Leo H Kahane
Biographic Data
| ID | 699867 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leo H Kahane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leo H |
| FAMILY NAME | Kahane |
| SIGNATURE | KAHANE L H |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4062-2384 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
State gun laws and the movement of crime guns between states
The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output
This paper uses data from the National Hockey League (NHL) to consider the potential gains to firms from employing culturally diverse work teams. It finds that the presence of foreign workers does increase firm-level performance: NHL teams that employed a higher proportion of European players performed better. However, the results also indicate that teams perform better when their European players come from the same country rather than being spre…
It’s the economy, and then some
The Abortion–Crime Link
Using data from England and Wales, we test the hypothesis that legalizing abortion reduces crime. The timing of changes in crime rates in aggregate data is generally inconsistent with this hypothesis. Using panel data on recorded crime from 1983 to 2001, we are able to replicate the negative association between abortion rates and reported crime that J. J. Donohue and S. D. Levitt found for the United States. However, this association breaks down …
The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws
In the July, 1998 issue of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Professor Tomislav V. Kovandzic strongly criticized the 1997 work on gun control by Kwon, Scott, Safranski and Bae, which appears in the same journal. A rejoinder by Kwon et al. refuted Kovnanzic's criticisms and the authors stand by their published results. The purpose of this comment is to reconsider some of the points raised by Kovandzic and to consider other issues not…
Senate voting patterns on the 1991 extension of the fast-track trade procedures
Congressional Voting Patterns on Nafta
On December 8, 1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law theNorth American Free Trade Agreementand in doing so he brought to a close the lengthypolitical processthat produced thetradeagreement. This paper combines information for individuallegislatorswith state-level economic data to conduct an empirical analysis of the House andSenatevoting patterns onNAFTA.Results from the logit model estimation confirm that expected job gains/losses, the pre…
Political, Ideological and Economic Determinants of Abortion Position
The Supreme Court's decisions in the 1989Websterand 1992Caseycases shifted the focus of abortion legislation from the federal to the state level. In light of this shift, the factors that affect the position taken by state level office holders on abortion is examined using state level data. Results of a probit analysis show that a governor's position on abortion is significantly influenced by the governor's ideology as well as the abortion demand …
International trade policy in Israel
The political economy of Israeli protectionism
Congressional Voting Patterns on Nafta
On December 8, 1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law theNorth American Free Trade Agreementand in doing so he brought to a close the lengthypolitical processthat produced thetradeagreement. This paper combines information for individuallegislatorswith state-level economic data to conduct an empirical analysis of the House andSenatevoting patterns onNAFTA.Results from the logit model estimation confirm that expected job gains/losses, the pre…
Political, Ideological and Economic Determinants of Abortion Position
The Supreme Court's decisions in the 1989Websterand 1992Caseycases shifted the focus of abortion legislation from the federal to the state level. In light of this shift, the factors that affect the position taken by state level office holders on abortion is examined using state level data. Results of a probit analysis show that a governor's position on abortion is significantly influenced by the governor's ideology as well as the abortion demand …
The political economy of Israeli protectionism
The Abortion–Crime Link
Using data from England and Wales, we test the hypothesis that legalizing abortion reduces crime. The timing of changes in crime rates in aggregate data is generally inconsistent with this hypothesis. Using panel data on recorded crime from 1983 to 2001, we are able to replicate the negative association between abortion rates and reported crime that J. J. Donohue and S. D. Levitt found for the United States. However, this association breaks down …
Senate voting patterns on the 1991 extension of the fast-track trade procedures
The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws
In the July, 1998 issue of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Professor Tomislav V. Kovandzic strongly criticized the 1997 work on gun control by Kwon, Scott, Safranski and Bae, which appears in the same journal. A rejoinder by Kwon et al. refuted Kovnanzic's criticisms and the authors stand by their published results. The purpose of this comment is to reconsider some of the points raised by Kovandzic and to consider other issues not…
International trade policy in Israel
The political economy of Israeli protectionism
Political, Ideological and Economic Determinants of Abortion Position
The Supreme Court's decisions in the 1989Websterand 1992Caseycases shifted the focus of abortion legislation from the federal to the state level. In light of this shift, the factors that affect the position taken by state level office holders on abortion is examined using state level data. Results of a probit analysis show that a governor's position on abortion is significantly influenced by the governor's ideology as well as the abortion demand …
Senate voting patterns on the 1991 extension of the fast-track trade procedures
Congressional Voting Patterns on Nafta
On December 8, 1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law theNorth American Free Trade Agreementand in doing so he brought to a close the lengthypolitical processthat produced thetradeagreement. This paper combines information for individuallegislatorswith state-level economic data to conduct an empirical analysis of the House andSenatevoting patterns onNAFTA.Results from the logit model estimation confirm that expected job gains/losses, the pre…
The Effectiveness of Gun Control Laws
In the July, 1998 issue of The American Journal of Economics and Sociology Professor Tomislav V. Kovandzic strongly criticized the 1997 work on gun control by Kwon, Scott, Safranski and Bae, which appears in the same journal. A rejoinder by Kwon et al. refuted Kovnanzic's criticisms and the authors stand by their published results. The purpose of this comment is to reconsider some of the points raised by Kovandzic and to consider other issues not…
The Abortion–Crime Link
Using data from England and Wales, we test the hypothesis that legalizing abortion reduces crime. The timing of changes in crime rates in aggregate data is generally inconsistent with this hypothesis. Using panel data on recorded crime from 1983 to 2001, we are able to replicate the negative association between abortion rates and reported crime that J. J. Donohue and S. D. Levitt found for the United States. However, this association breaks down …
It’s the economy, and then some
The Effects of Coworker Heterogeneity on Firm-Level Output
This paper uses data from the National Hockey League (NHL) to consider the potential gains to firms from employing culturally diverse work teams. It finds that the presence of foreign workers does increase firm-level performance: NHL teams that employed a higher proportion of European players performed better. However, the results also indicate that teams perform better when their European players come from the same country rather than being spre…
State gun laws and the movement of crime guns between states
Political science (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Global trade and economics (4 works) · Public finance (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Ideology (3 works)