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The economics faculty has embraced research in an increasingly active way as a direct complement to teaching. Members of the department have experienced considerable success in integrating students into their research activities. Publications by and with undergraduate authors include: Paul M. Sommers. "Chemical Bonds" (with Adam R. Posner '08, Thomas J. Sullivan '08, and Katherine B. Chambers '08) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "Home Hill Advantage in Eastern Collegiate Ski Racing" (with Kellan M. Florio '05, and Jacob A. Whitcomb '06) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "Has a Salary Cap in the NFL Improved Competitive Balance" (with Andrew K. Barriger '06, John W. Sharpe '06, and Brendan Sullivan '06) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "Park Elevation and Long Ball Flight in Major League Baseball" (with Jason M. Bloch '07, Kieran M. Coe '07, and James K. Ebberson '07) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "Promotions and Attendance in Minor League Baseball" (with Lorna S. Gifis '05) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, forthcoming. Jonathan Isham. "The Varieties of the Resource Experience: How Natural Resource Endowments and Social Institutions Affect Economic Growth" (with Michael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett and Gwen Busby '00) World Bank Economic Review,forthcoming. Jonathan Isham. "The Effect of Volunteering for Non-Profit Organizations on Social Capital Formation: Evidence from a Statewide Survey" (with Jane Kolodinsky and Garret Kimberly) Nonprofit and Volunteer Sector Quarterly, forthcoming. Jonathan Isham. "Overcoming Information Asymmetries in Low-Income Lending: Lessons from the 'Working Wheels' Program" (with Jessica Holmes and Jessica Wasilewski '02) Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "The Influence of Free Agent Filing on MLB Player Performance" (with Evan Holden '05) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 33 (December 2005), p. 489. Paul M. Sommers. "The New Hurry-Up Face-Off Rule in the NHL" (with Marc P. Scheuer '04 and Woo Y. Chang '04) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 1-2. Peter H. Matthews. "Incentives and Superstars on the LPGA Tour" (with Francisco J. Pescheira '01 and Paul M. Sommers) Applied Economics, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "HIV Prevalence Rates and Economic Performance" (with James P. Nicholson '05, Ekaterina K. Nikolova '04, and Shahan A. Mufti '04) International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 11, February 2005, p. 122.
Paul M. Sommers. "The AfterMath of Sammy Sosa's Corked Bat Incident" (with Brian A. Vickery '05, Nicholas S. Digani '05, and Caitlin J. Toombs '05) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 232-233. Jonathan Isham. "The Greening of Social Capital: An Examination of Land-Based Groups in Two Vermont Counties." 2005. (with Christopher McGrory Klyza and Andrew Savage '03.5). Rural Sociology 70(1): 113-31. Paul M. Sommers. "Is a Ticket to Cooperstown Getting Any Cheaper?" (with Richard B. Barfuss '03 and Robert C. Howard '03) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 302-307. Paul M. Sommers. "The Quest for '756'" (with Michael J. Saraceni '04, Ryan M. Cunningham '04, and Lyon Carter III '05) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2003-2004, pp. 130-132. Paul M. Sommers, "Do Contenders Really Outspend Non-contenders in Major League Baseball?" (with Richard A. Hightower, Jr. '04) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 205-209. Paul M. Sommers. "Shotgun!" (with Aaron T. Copeland '03, David J. Greiner '03, Brian D. McGregor '03, and Laura W. Woodward '03) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2002-2003, pp. 45-46. Phanindra Wunnava. "Alumni Giving at a Small Liberal Arts College: Evidence from Consistent and Occasional Donors" (with M. Lauze '98.5) Economics of Education Review, forthcoming. Paul M. Sommers. "Does a Salary Cap Improve Competitve Balance?" (with Melanie G. Endo '05, Kellan M. Florio '05, and John B. Gerber '04) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 31 (December 2003), p. 388. Paul M. Sommers. "Is Geography Destiny?" (with Anton T. Koychev '05, Erbor Kulla '05, and Ignas Brazauskas '05) International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 9 (November 2003), p. 327.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Scoring Change in World Cup Rugby" (with Elizabeth A. Ransom '01) Student, Vol. 4(4), September 2003, pp. 287-290. Jonathan Isham. "Killington Mountain Resort: A Case Study of 'Green' Expansion in Vermont." 2003. (with Jeff Polubinski '03) The Vermont Law Review26(3): 565-92.
Paul M. Sommers. "Chasing Hank Aaron's Home Run Record" (with Steven P. Bisgaier '03, Benjamin S. Bradley '03, and Peter D. Harwood '00) College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, September 2002, pp. 293-295.
Paul M. Sommers. "March Madness: The Racket in Regional Brackets" (with Christopher E. Fanning '02, Kyle H. Pilkington '03, and Tyler A. Conrad '02) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 31(3), 2002-2003, pp. 201-203.
Paul M. Sommers. "The Fuzzy Math on Butterfly Ballots and the Buchanan Vote" (with Fahim Ahmed '03 and Saad Kamal '03) Atlantic Economic Journal,Vol. 30 (December 2002), p. 441.
Paul M. Sommers. "Does Governance Explain Unofficial Activity?" (with William H. Pyle and James W. May '01) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 9 (2002), pp.537-539.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Note on New England's Residual Wholesale Electricity Market" (with Brian C. Deese '00 and Eric P. Schacht '00) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 29, December 2001, p. 473.
Peter H. Matthews and Paul M. Sommers. "Net Interstate Migration Revisited" (with Daniel A. Meyer '99) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 8 (2001), pp. 131-134.
Paul M. Sommers. "Punxsutawney's Phenomenal Phorecaster" (with Michael A. Aaron '00, Brewster B. Boyd, Jr. '00, and Melanie J. Curtis '00) College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 2001, pp. 26-29.
Paul M. Sommers. "Splines, Tigers, and Economic Growth" (with Wai Yee Chiong '01) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 28, December 2000, p. 494.
Rebecca P. Judge and Paul M. Sommers. "The Distribution of Environmental Justice: A Comment" (with Elizabeth A. Cassidy '99)Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 81, September 2000, pp. 877-878.
Paul M. Sommers . "Reply to 'A New Line on the Phillips Curve: Additional Evidence on the U.S.'" (with Marina J. Malinov '98) Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 81, June 2000, pp. 682-684.
Sunder Ramaswamy. "The Role of Foreign Capital in Domestic Manufacturing Productivity: Empirical Evidence from Asian Economies" (with Rubiana Chamarbagwala '98 and Phanindra Wunnava) Applied Economics Vol. 32, March 2000, pp. 393-398.
Phanindra Wunnava. "Union Wage Premiums by Gender and Race: Evidence from PSID 1980-1992" (with Noga O. Peled '95) Journal of Labor Research, Vol. XX, Summer 1999, pp. 415-423.
Phanindra Wunnava. "Factors affecting infant mortality rates: evidence from cross sectional data" (with Mohammed Zakir '98) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 6, May 1999, pp. 271-273.
Paul M. Sommers. "Reply to A Comment on 'A New Line on the Phillips Curve'" (with Marina J. Malinov '98) Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 80 (March 1999), pp. 197-198.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Fable for Prime Time: Fox and the Peacock" (with Tiffany S. Davidson '00, Meredith R. Fisher '00, and Renee S. Minott '00) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 27 (March 1999), p. 116.
Paul M. Sommers. "Ice Moves" (with Sebastien Bilodeau '97)Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 29(2), 1998, pp. 93-94.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Simple Cross-Section Model of Economic Growth Stands the Test of Time" (with Sandeep K. Gupta '94) Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 6, 1999, pp. 601-603.
Paul M. Sommers. "Closing the Gender Gap in Track and Field" (with Alissa A. White '97) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 29(3), 1998, pp. 180-183.
Paul M. Sommers. "Striking Back: The Baseball Fan Boycott of 1995" (with Michael T. Nally '98) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 29(3), 1998, pp. 184-188.
Paul M. Sommers. "Hold That 'y = mx + b'!" (with Shamoil T. Shipchandler '96) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 29(4), 1998, pp. 241-245.
Paul M. Sommers. "Who Is Le Mieux: Wayne or Mario?" (with James R. Walsh '97, W. Ryan Goldman '98, and Michael T. Anastasio '98) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 29(4), 1998, pp. 248-253.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Note on NHL Salaries After Glasnost" (with Peter L. Austin '99, Sebastien Bilodeau '97, and Ross B. Sealfon '99) International Advances in Economic Research, Vol. 4 (May 1998), pp. 205-206.
Paul M. Sommers. "Measuring Competitive Balance in Major League Baseball" (with Danielle E. Carbonneau '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(3), 1996-97, pp. 161-165.
Paul M. Sommers. "Sleeveless in Seattle" (with Peter M. Polson '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(4), 1996-97, pp. 280-285.
Paul M. Sommers. "Should Order of Birth Give One Paws?" (with Alexandra N. Dorf '96) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(4), 1996-97, pp. 285-286.
Paul M. Sommers. "Baseball's Designated Hitter: A Retrospective" (with Kevin R. Raymond '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(4), 1996-97, pp. 287-288.
Paul M. Sommers. "Numbers You Can Bank On" (with Alix A. Spivack '94 and Kip M. Kirkpatrick '94) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(2), 1996-97, pp. 123-128.
Paul M. Sommers. "Judging Olympic Judges for Political Bias" (with Katherine D. Buchan '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 28(2), 1996-97, pp. 93-97.
Paul M. Sommers. "A New Line on the Phillips Curve" (with Marina J. Malinov '98) Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 78, September 1997, pp. 740-746.
Paul M. Sommers. "A Comment 'Industry's Response to Market Liberalization in China: Evidence from Jiangsu Province'" (with MengHao Zhao '97) Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 45(3), April 1997, pp. 667-670.
Paul M. Sommers. "Voting Irregularities in the 1995 Referendum on Quebec Sovereignty" (with Jason J. Cawley '98) CHANCE, Vol. 9, No. 4, Fall 1996, pp. 26-27.
Paul M. Sommers. "Congressional Ways and Statistical Means" (with Jennifer E. Trickett '98) CHANCE, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 1996, pp. 57-59.
Paul M. Sommers. "An Empirical Assessment of Presidential Veto Power" (with Daniel P. Hanson '92 and Jonathan E. Parr '92) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 27(2), 1995, pp. 98-103.
Paul M. Sommers. "Grateful Data Analysis" (with Gregory J. Pitts '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics,Vol. 27(1), 1995, pp. 43-47.
Paul M. Sommers. "Tee Tests" (with Brian E. Smith '95) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 26(4), 1994, pp. 282-284.
Luke S. Schaeffer '94. "The Cost of Public School Versus Private School: A Case Study" The Bellarmine College Student Journal of Economics 5 (July 1994): 16-24.
Derek R. Lounsbury '94. "Does Social Security Reduce Savings" The Bellarmine College Student Journal of Economics5 (July 1994): 56-60.
Phanindra V. Wunnava. "The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Rate and Average Duration: Evidence from Pooled Cross-Section Time Series Data" (with Syed A. Mehdi '93) Applied Economics Letters 1 (July 1994): 114-118.
Paul M. Sommers. "The Line-Item Veto: A Reappraisal" (with Mark A. Hamre '95) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 21, December 1993, p.86.
Thomas A. Carr and Sunder Ramaswamy. "Rain Forest Entrepreneurs: Cashing In On Conservation" (with Heather L. Pedersen '92) Environment 35 (September 1993): 12-15, 33-38.
Paul M. Sommers. "Cleveland, Ohio: Still Under the Weather?" (with Scott B. Harper '92) Journal of Recreational Mathematics,Vol. 25(4), 1993, pp. 241-246.
Paul M. Sommers. "Investing in the (St.) Nick of Time" (with Derek R. Lounsbury '94) Journal of Recreational Mathematics,Vol. 25(2), 1993, pp. 142-144.
Paul M. Sommers. "Are Supreme Court Resignations Non-stochastic?" (with Shirin S. Tabechian '91 and Andrew C. Peach '91)Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 25(1), 1993, pp. 13-17.
Paul M. Sommers. "Political Cycles in the Distribution of Income" (with Jacob A. Citrin '94) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 20, December 1992, p. 90.
Ayaz Ul Haque '91. "Truth in Teaching Econometrics" in Educating Economists, David C. Colander and Reuven Brenner, eds. The University of Michigan Press, 1992.
Paul M. Sommers. "Some Differences Are Like Night and Day" (with Matthew D. Disco '91 and Felix Paulick '92)Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 24(2), 1992, pp. 94-96.
Paul M. Sommers. "The Golden Midd" (with Lori K. Calise '92, Tamara M. Caruso '92, and John B. Cunningham '92) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 24(1), 1992, pp. 26-29.
Phanindra V. Wunnava. "The Union-Nonunion Wage Differential Over the Business Cycle: Evidence from PSID" (with John K. Honney '89) Economics Letters 37 (1991): 97-103.
Paul M. Sommers. "Is the Great One Slipping? Not On the Ice" (with Robert J. Downs*) Journal of Recreational Mathematics,Vol. 23(1), 1991, pp. 1-5.
Paul M. Sommers. "Salary Differentials by Sex and Region in Academe" (with Raymond B. Strong '91) Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 19, March 1991, p. 99.
Paul M. Sommers. "Collusion in Major League Baseball: An Empirical Test" (with Dan W. Durland '89) Journal of Sport Behavior, Vol. 14, March 1991, pp. 19-29.
Paul M. Sommers. "Hypothesis Tasting" (with Amy R. Rau '91 and Cornelia S. Wise '91) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol 22(2), 1990, pp. 98-100.
Phanindra V. Wunnava. "An Empirical Study of the Life-Cycle Hypothesis With Respect to Alumni Donations" (with Katherine Olsen '89 and Amy L. Smith '89) The American Economist 33 (Fall 1989): 60-63.
Paul M. Sommers. "Joint Distributions" (with Karen J. Devine '90 and Viraj M. Mirani '92)Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 21(4), 1989, pp. 260-263.
Phanindra V. Wunnava. "A Note on Union-Nonunion Benefit Differential and Size of Establishment" (with Michael D. Robinson and Donald G. Bramley '88) Economics Letters 30 (1989): 85-88.
Paul M. Sommers. "Youth Will be Served" (with Michael D. Gregorich '89) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 19(4), 1987, pp. 286-290.
Phanindra V. Wunnava. "Pooled Cross-Section Time Series Estimation of the Effects of Unemployment Insurance Compensation on Unemployment Rate and Unemployment Duration" (with John R. Henley '87) Economics Letters 25 (1987): 367-371.
Paul M. Sommers. "Eye-pothesis Testing: Another Look at the 1986 World Series" (with Andrew Cornish '89, Charles W. Fiedler '89, and Brian S. Foss '89) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 19(4), 1987, pp. 241-246.
Paul M. Sommers. "The Boys of Summer are the Chis of Spring" (with Jill E. Erickson '89, Elizabeth A. Loring '89, and Lisa B. Seiden '89) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 19(3), 1987, pp. 161-163.
Paul M. Sommers. "Restricting Federal Funds for Abortion: Another Look" (with Laura S. Thomas '82) Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 64, June 1983, pp. 340-346.
Paul M. Sommers. "Are Women the Weaker Sex in Grand Prix Jumping? The Answer is Nay" (with Mary E. McCombs '82) Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Vol. 15(3), 1982-83, pp. 161-167. Paul M. Sommers. "Pay and Performance in Major League Baseball: The Case of the First Family of Free Agents" (with Noel Quinton '79) The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 17, Summer 1982, pp. 426-436.
Paul M. Sommers. "An NIT for NYC: Analysis of a Policy Option" (with Peter B. Culman '78) Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 6, August-October 1980, pp. 203-208.
*Transferred from Middlebury College

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