Robert M Feinberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 5843158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Feinberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Feinberg |
| SIGNATURE | FEINBERG R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8087-3853 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Why Do Foreign PhD Students Return Home
Amid concerns about a “brain drain” from less-developed to developed economies, one issue that arises is the role of doctoral students from these countries enrolling in universities in developed economies and then staying (as opposed to returning and bringing their enhanced human capital home). Developed economies may also be concerned with their young scholars remaining abroad post-PhD. Examining confidential micro-data from the National Science…
The Funding of Economics Research
Utilizing data on research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Economics Program over a 5-year period, this paper examines whether the social capital stock of grant applicants enhances their access to research resources by increasing the probability of being awarded a research grant. We estimate latent-variable specifications of the NSF decision to fund a research proposal. Our results show that, given ability, being a Na…
The Competitive Role of Credit Unions in Small Local Financial Services Markets
Although there is a considerable literature on the role of market structure in banking markets, no attention has been given to the impact of the competitive discipline provided by credit unions on consumer credit rates offered by banks. After presenting a theoretical framework for understanding the impact credit unions should be expected to have, this article analyzes a pooled cross-sectional, time-series sample with roughly 1,000 observations on…
Paralegals and Associate Lawyers
This article investigates changes over time in the substitutability of paralegals for other employees within the law firm. The substitutability between paralegals and associate lawyers does not seem to have increased over time; if anything, the increased role for paralegals has been accompanied by increased specialization of tasks performed. In fact, in the largest legal markets and the legal practices employing the most specialized attorneys, pa…
Exchange Rates and "Unfair Trade"
An examination of the changing country pattern of dumping and subsidy complaints by U.S. companies over time suggests that exchange rate fluctuations are a significant factor in determining case filings, especially against Japanese companies. The inverse relationship observed between filings and the real external value of the U.S. dollar is consistent both with the traditional (or technical) interpretation of dumping and subsidy cases, and with t…
The Effects of Foreign Exchange Movements on U.S. Domestic Prices
This paper draws on the fields of international economics and industrial organization to model and empirically examine the relationship between currency-value fluctuations and domestic producer prices. The major focus is the issue of whether (and why) domestic industries differ systematically in their response to exchange rate changes. The major findings are that changes in the external value of the U.S. dollar between 1974 and 1987 passed most f…
The Enforcement and Effects of European Competition Policy
Antitrust Enforcement and Subsequent Price Behavior
Market Structure and Employment Instability
QINCE the 1930s an unresolved controversy among economists has centered around the connection between market power and fluctuations. After presenting some theoretical arguments relating to this controversy and briefly examining a few previous studies, this paper will address the empirical question of the link between market structure and the stability of employment. By controlling for differences in worker characteristics, the effects of industry…
Risk Aversion, Risk, and the Duration of Unemployment
A jobseeker's attitudes towards risk and his perception of the risk inherent in the labor market he is searching have been shown to have a theoretical effect on his expected duration of search, when he is assumed to be searching for jobs in an optimal fashion.' However, no empirical research has adequately tested for these predicted effects.2 This article presents estimates of a reduced-form equation derived from the job search theory3 and tests …
Risk Aversion, Risk, and the Duration of Unemployment
A jobseeker's attitudes towards risk and his perception of the risk inherent in the labor market he is searching have been shown to have a theoretical effect on his expected duration of search, when he is assumed to be searching for jobs in an optimal fashion.' However, no empirical research has adequately tested for these predicted effects.2 This article presents estimates of a reduced-form equation derived from the job search theory3 and tests …
Market Structure and Employment Instability
QINCE the 1930s an unresolved controversy among economists has centered around the connection between market power and fluctuations. After presenting some theoretical arguments relating to this controversy and briefly examining a few previous studies, this paper will address the empirical question of the link between market structure and the stability of employment. By controlling for differences in worker characteristics, the effects of industry…
Antitrust Enforcement and Subsequent Price Behavior
The Enforcement and Effects of European Competition Policy
Exchange Rates and "Unfair Trade"
An examination of the changing country pattern of dumping and subsidy complaints by U.S. companies over time suggests that exchange rate fluctuations are a significant factor in determining case filings, especially against Japanese companies. The inverse relationship observed between filings and the real external value of the U.S. dollar is consistent both with the traditional (or technical) interpretation of dumping and subsidy cases, and with t…
The Effects of Foreign Exchange Movements on U.S. Domestic Prices
This paper draws on the fields of international economics and industrial organization to model and empirically examine the relationship between currency-value fluctuations and domestic producer prices. The major focus is the issue of whether (and why) domestic industries differ systematically in their response to exchange rate changes. The major findings are that changes in the external value of the U.S. dollar between 1974 and 1987 passed most f…
Paralegals and Associate Lawyers
This article investigates changes over time in the substitutability of paralegals for other employees within the law firm. The substitutability between paralegals and associate lawyers does not seem to have increased over time; if anything, the increased role for paralegals has been accompanied by increased specialization of tasks performed. In fact, in the largest legal markets and the legal practices employing the most specialized attorneys, pa…
The Competitive Role of Credit Unions in Small Local Financial Services Markets
Although there is a considerable literature on the role of market structure in banking markets, no attention has been given to the impact of the competitive discipline provided by credit unions on consumer credit rates offered by banks. After presenting a theoretical framework for understanding the impact credit unions should be expected to have, this article analyzes a pooled cross-sectional, time-series sample with roughly 1,000 observations on…
The Funding of Economics Research
Utilizing data on research proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Economics Program over a 5-year period, this paper examines whether the social capital stock of grant applicants enhances their access to research resources by increasing the probability of being awarded a research grant. We estimate latent-variable specifications of the NSF decision to fund a research proposal. Our results show that, given ability, being a Na…
Why Do Foreign PhD Students Return Home
Amid concerns about a “brain drain” from less-developed to developed economies, one issue that arises is the role of doctoral students from these countries enrolling in universities in developed economies and then staying (as opposed to returning and bringing their enhanced human capital home). Developed economies may also be concerned with their young scholars remaining abroad post-PhD. Examining confidential micro-data from the National Science…
Economics (10 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Merger and Competition Analysis (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Actuarial science (2 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Enforcement (2 works)