[PDF] Spatial Competition And The Price Of College eBook

Author : Daniel P. McMillen
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,71 MB
Release : 2006
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Relatively little work has examined whether universities compete directly in either list or net tuition. This paper is the first to examine competition among universities, doing so through the introduction of geographic proximity into a model of tuition determination. We also contribute to the spatial econometric literature by relaxing the constraint in the standard spatial model that the strength of the spatial relationship be common across all observations. Exploiting detailed data for a cross-section of private US universities, the results of standard spatial models applied to tuition setting suggest that both list and net tuition are positively related to the proximity of competitors. Thus, the paper provides the first formal evidence that universities compete directly on price, and that the market for students depends on the proximity of competitors. However, the differential spatial-lag models suggest imposing a common spatial effect across all classes of institutions is overly restrictive insofar as spatial dependence depends on both geographic proximity and institutional quality.

Author : Manuel S. González Canché
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3031248570

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With the primary goal of expanding access to spatial data science tools, this book offers dozens of minimal or low-code functions and tutorials designed to ease the implementation of fully reproducible Spatial Socio-Econometric Modeling (SSEM) analyses. Designed as a University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. level course for sociologists, political scientists, urban planners, criminologists, and data scientists, this textbook equips social scientists with all concepts, explanations, and functions required to strengthen their data storytelling. It specifically provides social scientists with a comprehensive set of open-access minimal code tools to: •Identify and access place-based longitudinal and cross-sectional data sources and formats•Conduct advanced data management, including crosswalks, joining, and matching •Fully connect social network analyses with geospatial statistics•Formulate research questions designed to account for place-based factors in model specification and assess their relevance compared to individual- or unit-level indicators•Estimate distance measures across units that follow road network paths •Create sophisticated and interactive HTML data visualizations cross-sectionally or longitudinally, to strengthen research storytelling capabilities•Follow best practices for presenting spatial analyses, findings, and implications•Master theories on neighborhood effects, equality of opportunity, and geography of (dis)advantage that undergird SSEM applications and methods•Assess multicollinearity issues via machine learning that may affect coefficients' estimates and guide the identification of relevant predictors•Strategize how to address feedback loops by using SSEM as an identification framework that can be merged with standard quasi-experimental techniques like propensity score models, instrumental variables, and difference in differences•Expand the SSEM analyses to connections that emerge via social interactions, such as co-authorship and advice networks, or any form of relational data The applied nature of the book along with the cost-free, multi-operative R software makes the usability and applicability of this textbook worldwide.

Author : James Peoples
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1780524684

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Provokes the reader to think critically about the emergence of corporate styles of governance, management and leadership in higher education institutions (HEIs) and ways in which the demands of public management and the knowledge economy has shaped and re-shaped scholarly work and identity.

Author : J. Paul Elhorst
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642403409

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This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. The book not only presents different model specifications and their corresponding estimators, but also critically discusses the purposes for which these models can be used and how their results should be interpreted.

Author : John C. Smart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402056664

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This handbook series provides a compendium of literature reviews on a wide array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature, and sets forth an agenda for future research. Coverage focuses on twelve general areas that encompass the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international community.

Author : Bruce A. Seaman
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2018-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1785363522

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Building on the success of the first edition, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition explores (1) areas of general agreement from previous research; (2) areas of conflicting results and unexplored questions; (3) the relative roles of theory, data availability and empirical analysis in explaining gaps in our knowledge; and (4) what must be done to improve our knowledge and extend the literature. Selected original chapters addressing especially challenging topics include the value of risk management to nonprofit decision-making; nonprofit wages theory and evidence; the valuation of volunteer labor; property tax exemption for nonprofits; when is competition good for the third sector; and product diversification and social enterprise; international perspectives; the application of experimental research and the macroeconomic effects of the nonprofit sector.