2005 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MIDWEST BUSINESS ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
March 17 – March 19, Chicago, Illinois

 

Public Health Insurance Expansions for Parents: Evidence from Wisconsin

Jason R. Davis, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

 

Do Hospitals Use Service Intensity to Finance Inefficiency?

Dan Friesner, Gonzaga University

Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

Chris Stevens, Ohio University – Eastern Campus

 

The Spot-Forward Exchange Rate Relation and International Market Conditions

Matt McPherson, Gonzaga University

John Vilasuso, West Virginia University

 

Money Well Spent? An Empirical Examination of Government Expenditures for HIV/AIDS Treatment in South Africa
Dan Friesner, Gonzaga University
Sudesh Mujumdar, University of Southern Indiana
Peter Cashel-Cordo, University of Southern Indiana

 

Forecasting American Stock Option Prices

Sangwoo Heo, University of Southern Indiana

Choon-Shan Lai, University of Southern Indiana

 

Individual Difference Variables Associated with Academic Success in a Microeconomics Internet Course

Mary Washington, Governors State University

 

Academic Freedom and Post-Tenure Review: Economic Motivation

David A. Dilts, Indiana - Purdue University - Fort Wayne

Hedayeh Samavati, Indiana - Purdue University - Fort Wayne

 

Establishing a Small Business: Pursuing the American Dream or Just Taking Excessive Risk?

Hedayeh Samavati, Indiana University/Purdue University – Fort Wayne

Carolyn Stumph, Indiana University/Purdue University – Fort Wayne

 

Evaluation and Measurement of Marketing

Georgine Fogel, Salem International University

 

The Relationship between R&D Expenditures and Firm Performance

Jong Rhim, University of Southern Indiana

Peter Cashel-Cordo, University of Southern Indiana

Mohammed Khayum, University of Southern Indiana

 

A Property Rights Theory of the Firm Counter-Example Revisited

Dan Friesner, Gonzaga University

Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

Chris Stevens, Ohio University – Eastern Campus

 

The Utilization of Part-Time Faculty in Business Schools: Are They Different?

Tim Schibik, University of Southern Indiana

 

The ANIS-BE (Advanced Neural Identified Social-Business Enterprise) Model in Strategic Corporate Governance Policies

Massimo Pollifroni, University of Turin

 

An Economic Glance at Far Distant Bulgaria

John Bowdidge, Southwest Missouri State University

 

Busienss Ethics – Perspectives from Christianity and Islam

Munir Quddus, Prairie View A&M University

Henri Bailey III, Prairie View A&M University

Larry White, Prairie View A&M University

 

The Utilization of Course Management Systems in Business Schools: Some Recent Evidence

Timothy Schibik, University of Southern Indiana

Charles Harrington, University of Southern Indiana

Scott Gordon, University of Southern Indiana

 

What’s All This Talk about Power from Windmills?

Juan Meraz, Southwest Missouri State University

Margaret Swales, Southwest Missouri State University

John Bowdidge, Southwest Missouri State University

 

The Effects of Macroeconomic News Announcements on Mean Stock Returns

Choon-Shan Lai, University of Southern Indiana

Anusuya Roy, University of Southern Indiana

 

How Patient are Entrepreneurs?

Mohammed Khayum, University of Southern Indiana

Joy Peluchette, University of Southern Indiana

William Wilding, University of Southern Indiana