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dc.contributor.authorMolina, Allen Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-28T20:09:16Z
dc.date.available2015-10-28T20:09:16Z
dc.date.issued2015-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11122/6103
dc.descriptionThesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2015en_US
dc.description.abstractCollege textbook prices are investigated in detail using an Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration. This technique allows for the examination of short and Long run affects to prices brought upon by changes in personal income, college enrollment, input Prices and changes in corporate profit. The 2008 economic downturn and the introduction of the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act have also been included in this analysis as factors Affecting price. The results of my analysis show that supply factors are stronger determinants in The long run changes of textbook prices, while in the short run, both supply and demand factors Are determinants of textbook prices. Both 2008 market shocks also were found to have negative Effects on prices in the college textbook market.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Introduction -- 2. Background information -- 2.1 Literature review -- 2.2 Trends in college tuition and textbooks -- 2.3 The Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 -- 3. The model and the method -- 3.1 A price model of US college textbooks -- 3.2 The ARDL modelling -- 4. Variables and data sources -- 5. Empirical results -- 6. Conclusions and policy implications -- 7. Appendix.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleExamination of US college textbook pricesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.degreemsen_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.contributor.chairBaek, Jungho
dc.contributor.committeeWright, Christopher
dc.contributor.committeeLittle, Joseph
refterms.dateFOA2020-03-05T10:55:56Z


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