Archive

UNLV Economics Hub Papers. Archived working papers from cohorts prior to 2024.

The UNLV Economics Hub is aimed at creating an undergraduate, student-centered research environment with several goals: (i) Help high-achieving undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies, (ii) encourage undergraduate students to participate in research activities organized by UNLV's Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), (iii) contribute publications to the Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal (NSURJ) an interdisciplinary, statewide undergraduate journal, (iv) organize seminars that feature undergraduate student, alumni and faculty guest speakers, (v) construct and maintain a Webpage that showcases the activities of the Hub, and (vi) supervise an undergraduate research experience during summer in which high-achieving students pursue research projects leading to presentation at professional conferences and publications.

2018

A Million and Above: Hedonic Modeling of how the Characteristics of High-End Houses in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area are Valued

Authors: Josephine Fenton and Robert Villemaire

Semester: Spring 2018

Analysis of Film Revenues: Saturated and Limited Films

Authors: Megan Gold

Semester: Spring 2018

Does Having Children Make Cents? An Economic Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Nevada

Authors: Jeffrey Wheble

Semester: Spring 2018

Risk Behavior Patterns and Wealth Accumulation

Authors: Jeffrey Joe

Semester: Spring 2018

MMA Wages: The Determinants of UFC Fighter's Salaries

Authors: Jordan Eisinger

Semester: Spring 2018

An Economic Analysis if Legalization of Recreational Marijuana Impact Violent Crime?

Authors: Josefine Hippi

Semester: Spring 2018

Reference Dependence - On Any Given Sunday: Are Taxi Driver's Shift End Decisions Impacted by the NFL?

Authors: Matt Parkins

Semester: Spring 2018

Mezze Foods: An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Consumer Behavior in the Local Hummus Industry

Authors: Avetis Mazmanyan and Raphael Medina

Semester: Spring 2018

Major League Baseball Salary Determinants: Contract Year or Career Average

Authors: Michael Dillon

Semester: Spring 2018

An Economic Model of the Contemporary Oil Market: OPEC and the New Competitive Fringe

Authors: T.J. Wenzel and Tony Foresta

Semester: Spring 2018

2017

Shelter Animal Outcomes: Helping Improve Outcomes for Shelter Animals

Authors: Alexandra Ferguson

Semester: Spring 2017

2016

Child Care's Effects in the Las Vegas Valley

Authors: Lois Fortez, Cindy Valencia, and Edmund Yao

Semester: Fall 2016

Pythagorean Expectation for Baseball

Authors: E. Scott Leavitt1, Anthony Serrano2

Semester: Spring 2016

2014

An Analysis of Marital Status and Gender Related Disparity in Wage

Authors: Alex Cannon

Semester: Fall 2014