This series includes preprints and other working papers authored by faculty members of Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.
Submissions from 2024
Submissions from 2023
Optimal Taxation Of Cigarettes And E-Cigarettes: Principles For Taxing Reduced-Harm Tobacco Products, James Prieger
Tax Noncompliance: The Role of Tax Morale in Smokers’ Behavior, James Prieger
Submissions from 2022
The impact of a mobile phone-delivered digital financial education program on financial behavior among Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Lucia Chen, Isaias Hernandez, April D. Thames, and Joyce Serido
Systematic Review of Racial, Ethnic and Gender Differences on Financial Knowledge in the United States, Luisa Blanco, Cruz Garcia, and Rosemary Gutierrez
Thomas Piketty’s Brief History of Equality (2022): Beyond Tocqueville, Marx, Rawls and Piketty I and II, Gordon Lloyd
Submissions from 2021
Financial Stress Among Latino Adults in California During COVID-19, Luisa Blanco, Vanessa Cruz, Deja Frederick, and Susie Herrera
Tax Evasion and Illicit Cigarettes in California: Prevalence and Demand-Side Correlates, James Prieger
Submissions from 2020
A Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational Intervention to Promote Retirement Saving Among Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Duru O. Kenrik, and Carol Mangione
Smoke or Vapor: Regulation of Tobacco and Vaping, James Prieger
Submissions from 2019
Empty Discarded Pack Data and the Prevalence of Illicit Trade in Cigarettes in California, James Prieger
Submissions from 2018
Understanding the Racial/Ethnic Gap in Bank Account Ownership among Older Adults, Luisa Blanco, Marco Angrisani, Emma Aguila, and Mei Leng
Delivering Information about Retirement Saving among Hispanic Women: Two Facebook Experiments, Luisa R. Blanco and Luis Rodriguez
Submissions from 2017
Mobile Banking as a Mechanism to Increase Access to Financial Services, Luisa Blanco, C. Andrew Bosque, and Xizhu Wang
How to Read Thomas Piketty's Capital, Gordon Lloyd
The Constitutional Case of the American Commercial Republic, Gordon Lloyd
The Philosophical Case for the Commercial Republic, Gordon Lloyd
Mobile Data Roaming and Incentives for Investment in Rural Broadband Infrastructure, James Prieger
The Importance of Transportation, Broadband, and Intellectual Infrastructure for Entrepreneurship, James E. Prieger, Heng Lu, and Habi Zhang
Cigarette Taxes and Illicit Trade in Europe Online Appendix, James Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick
Submissions from 2016
Does Oil Hinder Democratic Development?: A Time-Series Analysis, Luisa Blanco, Kelsey J. O'Connor, and Jeffrey B. Nugent
The Growth of the Broadband Internet Access Market in California: Deployment, Competition, Adoption, and Challenges for Policy, James E. Prieger
The Growth of the Broadband Internet Access Market in California: Deployment, Competition, Adoption, and Challenges for Policy (Research Brief), James E. Prieger
Cigarette Taxes and Illicit Trade in Europe, James E. Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick
Targeted Enforcement against Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, James Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick, and Mark A. R. Kleiman
Submissions from 2015
Retirement Planning Among Middle-Aged and Older Hispanics, Luisa Blanco, Emma Aguila, Arturo Gongora, Beverly Weidmer, and O. Kenrik Duru
Hispanic Immigrant Workers in Paradise: Malibu Day Laborers in a Time of Insecurity, Luisa Blanco, Daniel Morrison, George Carlsen, Lila Carlsen, Ashley Chaparro, and Erick Molina
The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the U.S. States: Online Appendix, Luisa Blanco, James Prieger, and Ji Gu
Crime, Institutions and Sector-Specific FDI in Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Isabel Ruiz, W. Charles Sawyer, and Rossitza Wooster
Unintended Consequences of Cigarette Prohibition, Regulation, and Taxation, Jonathan D. Kulick, James E. Prieger, and Mark A. R. Kleiman
Evaluating the Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s BTOP Program on Broadband Adoption, James Prieger and Janice A. Hauge
Countervailing Effects: What the FDA Would Have to Know to Evaluate Tobacco Regulations, James Prieger, Jonathan D. Kulick, and Mark A. R. Kleiman
Submissions from 2014
Equity Commitment under Uncertainty: A Hierarchical Model of Real Option Entry Mode Choices, Luisa Blanco, Rossitza Wooster, and W. Charles Sawyer
Unintended Consequences of Enforcement in Illicit Markets, James E. Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick
Violence in Illicit Markets: Unintended Consequences and the Search for Paradoxical Effects of Enforcement, James Prieger and Jonathan D. Kulick
Submissions from 2013
Economic Growth and the Optimal Level of Entrepreneurship, Catherine Bampoky, Luisa Blanco, Aolong Liu, and James Prieger
A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of Financial Services and Saving Behavior among Older African Americans and Latinos in the Los Angeles Area, Luisa Blanco, Maria Ponce, Arturo Gongora, and O. Kenrik Duru
The Impact of Research and Development on Economic Growth and Productivity in the US States, Luisa Blanco, James Prieger, and Ji Gu
Unintended Consequences of Cigarette Taxation and Regulation, Angela Hawken, Jonathan D. Kulick, and James Prieger
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Minorities, James Prieger
The Impact of Government Policies on Access to Broadband, James Prieger
A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
A Basic Analysis of Entry and Exit in the US Broadband Market, 2005-2008: More Detail and Additional Results, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
Submissions from 2012
Effects of Natural Resource Abundance on Institutions: Which, Where and When?, Luisa Blanco, Jeffrey Nugent, and Graham Veenstra
Making American Places: Civic Engagement Rightly Understood, Ted McAllister
What Does Burke Have to Do with America?, Ted McAllister
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband for Rural Areas, James Prieger
The Economic Benefits of Mobile Broadband, James Prieger
Civic Engagement in California: Why Do We Lag?, James Prieger and Kelly Faltis
Submissions from 2011
The Finance–Growth Link Revisited and the Role of Institutions as a Source of Finance in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
The Impact of Insecurity on Democracy and Trust in Institutions in Mexico, Luisa Blanco
The impact of spatial interdependence on FDI in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
Immigration Regulation, Luisa Blanco and Odinakachi Anyanwu
In the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis of 2008: What Have We Learned?, Luisa Blanco and Michael Crouch
The Impact of FDI on CO₂ Emissions in Latin America, Luisa Blanco, Fidel Gonzalez, and Isabel Ruiz
Explaining the Rise of the Left in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
The (non) effect of natural resource dependence on capital accumulation in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
Competition between Tax Havens: Does Proximity Matter?, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Do Tax Havens Really Flourish? Accounting for Endogeneity in Growth Regressions, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Tax Havens and FDI Spillovers: Implications for LDCs, Luisa Blanco and Cynthia Rogers
Material Support: Counternarcotics vs. Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Jonathan D. Kulick, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Mark A. R. Kleiman
A Dreadful Emancipation: Walter Lippmann’s Critique of Modernity, Ted McAllister
Deployment of Mobile Broadband Service in the United States, James Prieger and Thomas V. Church
Oust the Louse: Does Political Pressure Discipline Regulators?, James Prieger, Janice A. Hauge, and Mark A. Jamison
Verifiable and Non-Verifiable Anonymous Mechanisms for Regulating a Polluting Monopolist, James Prieger and Nicholas J. Sanders
Submissions from 2010
Powering America: The Impact of Ethanol Production in the Corn Belt States, Luisa Blanco and Michelle Isenhouer
Demand-Side Programs to Stimulate Adoption of Broadband: What Works?, James Prieger and Janice A. Hauge
Applications Barriers to Entry and Exclusive Vertical Contracts in Platform Markets, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
French Automobiles and the Chinese Boycotts of 2008: Politics Really Does Affect Commerce, James Prieger, Wei-Min Hu, Canhui Hong, and Dongming Zhu
The Broadcasters’ Transition Date Roulette: Strategic Aspects of the DTV Transition, James Prieger and James Miller
Submissions from 2009
Life is Unfair in Latin America, But Does it Matter for Growth?, Luisa Blanco
The Finance–Growth Link in Latin America, Luisa Blanco
Long Live Democracy: The Determinants of Political Instability in Latin America, Luisa Blanco and Robin Grier
America’s Vital Interests, Ted McAllister
Economics at the FCC, 2008-2009: Broadband and Merger Review, James Prieger and Michelle Connolly
The Macroeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
The Microeconomic Impacts of E-Business on the Economy, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
Submissions from 2008
The Rules of the Road or Roadblocks on the Information Highway? Regulation and Innovation in Telecommunications, James Prieger and Daniel Heil
The Broadband Digital Divide and the Nexus of Race, Competition, and Quality, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
The Empirics of the Digital Divide: Can Duration Analysis Help?, James Prieger and Wei-Min Hu
Submissions from 2007
Product Innovation, Signaling, and Endogenous Regulatory Delay, James Prieger
Are Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Inherently Less Safe?, James Prieger and Robert W. Hahn
Submissions from 2005
What’s Wrong with the Right: A Conservative Vision For the Twenty-First Century, Ted McAllister
Submissions from 2003
Marshall v Madison: The Supreme Court and Original Intent, 1803-1835, Gordon Lloyd