Akila Weerapana
Biographic Data
| ID | 709843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akila Weerapana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akila |
| FAMILY NAME | Weerapana |
| SIGNATURE | WEERAPANA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wellesley College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Women’s Colleges and Economics Major Choice: Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants
Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals, but because who is in a field may shape what is studied by it. If increasing the rate of majoring in mathematically intensive fields among women is a worthy goal, then understanding whether women’s colleges causally affect that choice is important. Among all admitted applicants to Wellesley College, enrollees are 7.2 percentage p…
The Effects of an Anti-Grade Inflation Policy at Wellesley College
Average grades in colleges and universities have risen markedly since the 1960s. Critics express concern that grade inflation erodes incentives for students to learn; gives students, employers, and graduate schools poor information on absolute and relative abilities; and reflects the quid pro quo of grades for better student evaluations of professors. This paper evaluates an anti-grade-inflation policy that capped most course averages at a B+. Th…
The Impact of Aids-Related News on Exchange Rates in South Africa
This article focuses on the economic impact of AIDS‐related news on exchange rates in South Africa. South Africa’s HIV/AIDS infection rates are so high that AIDS is now a macroeconomic problem, not just a public health problem. News about the spread of the disease can therefore have significant effects on financial markets. We collect daily data on the number of news stories about AIDS that appear in the Cape Times from 1998 to 2002 and examine t…
Economic conditions and terrorism
An Economic Model of Terrorism
We develop an economic model of terrorism. Groups undertake violent activities to change the status quo when they are unable to bring about drastic political change in the face of limited access to economic opportunity. Furthermore, these groups are more likely to resort to terrorist activity when they face powerful policy-making elites who can't be uprooted easily, by legitimate means or otherwise. If, on the other hand, the elite groups current…
Relief for poor nations
An Economic Model of Terrorism
We develop an economic model of terrorism. Groups undertake violent activities to change the status quo when they are unable to bring about drastic political change in the face of limited access to economic opportunity. Furthermore, these groups are more likely to resort to terrorist activity when they face powerful policy-making elites who can't be uprooted easily, by legitimate means or otherwise. If, on the other hand, the elite groups current…
The Effects of an Anti-Grade Inflation Policy at Wellesley College
Average grades in colleges and universities have risen markedly since the 1960s. Critics express concern that grade inflation erodes incentives for students to learn; gives students, employers, and graduate schools poor information on absolute and relative abilities; and reflects the quid pro quo of grades for better student evaluations of professors. This paper evaluates an anti-grade-inflation policy that capped most course averages at a B+. Th…
Relief for poor nations
Economic conditions and terrorism
An Economic Model of Terrorism
We develop an economic model of terrorism. Groups undertake violent activities to change the status quo when they are unable to bring about drastic political change in the face of limited access to economic opportunity. Furthermore, these groups are more likely to resort to terrorist activity when they face powerful policy-making elites who can't be uprooted easily, by legitimate means or otherwise. If, on the other hand, the elite groups current…
The Impact of Aids-Related News on Exchange Rates in South Africa
This article focuses on the economic impact of AIDS‐related news on exchange rates in South Africa. South Africa’s HIV/AIDS infection rates are so high that AIDS is now a macroeconomic problem, not just a public health problem. News about the spread of the disease can therefore have significant effects on financial markets. We collect daily data on the number of news stories about AIDS that appear in the Cape Times from 1998 to 2002 and examine t…
The Effects of an Anti-Grade Inflation Policy at Wellesley College
Average grades in colleges and universities have risen markedly since the 1960s. Critics express concern that grade inflation erodes incentives for students to learn; gives students, employers, and graduate schools poor information on absolute and relative abilities; and reflects the quid pro quo of grades for better student evaluations of professors. This paper evaluates an anti-grade-inflation policy that capped most course averages at a B+. Th…
Women’s Colleges and Economics Major Choice: Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants
Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals, but because who is in a field may shape what is studied by it. If increasing the rate of majoring in mathematically intensive fields among women is a worthy goal, then understanding whether women’s colleges causally affect that choice is important. Among all admitted applicants to Wellesley College, enrollees are 7.2 percentage p…
Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Status quo (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Market economy (2 works)