In this paper, we evaluate the impact of state immigration legislation targeting employment on the employment levels, population, and employment rates for working age natives and immigrants. Our quasi-experimental estimator relies on comparing average outcome levels for the six months before the legislation passes to the six months following passage in states enacting such laws relative to stat...

We reviewed the adoption and implementation of smokefree policies in all Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries. Significant progress has been achieved among LAC countries since the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was adopted in 2005. Both national and sub-national legislation have provided effective mechanisms to increase the fraction of the population protected fr...

Although historical research into twentieth-century theatrical tribunals is widespread, the recurring theme of justice in contemporary performance practices remains largely unexplored. However, an increasing number twenty-first-century artists have begun relying on structures court. By creating tribunals, these try to create a space for alternative jurisdiction. clear typology this tribunal gen...

This paper considers the effect of mental health insurance mandates on the supply of cadaveric donors. We find that enacting a mental health mandate decreases the count of organ donors from suicides and results are driven by female donors. Using a number of empirical specifications, we calculate that the mental health parity laws are responsible for an approximately 0.52% decrease in cadaveric ...

Models of market microstructure tell us that a spread is necessary to compensate market makers for order processing costs, inventory risk, and adverse selection. Since entry into market making is relatively easy on the Nasdaq dealer market, and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) specialist faces competition from public liquidity suppliers as well as from regional exchanges, competition should a...

We study experimentally how players learn to make decisions if they face many different (normal–form) games. Games are generated randomly from a uniform distribution in each of 100 rounds. We find that agents do extrapolate between games but learn to play strategically equivalent games in the same way. If either there are few games or if access to information about the opponents’ behavior is ea...

Intuitive access to information in real environments is a challenge for Information Society Technologies. Having this in mind, a new device for Mixed Reality applications called Virtual Showcase has been developed. It has been conceived to be used in museums and exhibitions, due to its compatibility with traditional museum showcases, offering additional information to the public by means of a s...