Article Archive

• April 2013
  • Film Incentives and Film Production Employment
  • Extreme Return Correlation and Volatility
  • Talking Points
• March 2013
  • A Brief History of Indian Gaming
  • The Myth of the Laissez Faire Economy
  • Talking Points
• February 2013
  • Information Asymmetry and Tribal Bonds
  • Minimum wage: Implications of recent research
  • Talking Points
• January 2013
  • Graphic Narrative in Marketing & Business Education
  • The New Mexico economy is struggling
    Private sector job gains aren't enough to offset government job losses
  • Talking Points
• December 2012
  • It would be beastly, if it's true.
  • The Importance of Disclosure for Fair Value Accounting
  • Talking Points
• November 2012
  • New Mexico Export Future: Running against the odds?
  • A Brief History of Tribal Law and Policy
  • Talking Points
• October 2012
  • Glad Tidings! 4.4% Increase Predicted in New Mexico 2012 Holiday Retail Sales
  • New Mexico State University's Economic Impact
  • Talking Points
• September 2012
  • Minimizing Transaction Costs through Interfirm Trust and Transaction Costs
  • Wall Street and Indians: Barriers to Tribal Capital Market Access
  • Talking Points
• August 2012
  • Small Business Employment of Older Personnel for Business Marketing Positions
  • Aircraft Parts, The CIA, and Economic Multipliers
  • Talking Points
• July 2012
  • New Mexico Consumers Pay Higher Auto Insurance Rates as a Result of Court Decisions
  • Impressions of the Cuban Economy
  • Talking Points
• June 2012
  • New Mexico Consumers Pay Higher Auto Insurance Rates as a Result of Court Decisions
  • Impressions of the Cuban Economy
  • Talking Points
• May 2012
  • New Mexico Education Expenditure: What are we getting for our tax dollars?
  • Smooth Brome and Brewer's Sparrow Nest Survival in Sagebrush Steppe
  • Talking Points
• April 2012
  • Recovery from the Recession: How is New Mexico doing?
  • An Assessment of the Relationship between Consumer Well-Being, Job, and Life Satisfaction: The Case of College Professors
  • Talking Points
• March 2012
  • Learning and lifelong learning in business schools: A marketing educator's perspective
  • Community Development and Financial Institutions
  • Talking Points
• February 2012
  • Anthropomorphic Responses to Logos
  • When the Hand that Feeds Bites: Exploring Claims by Employers Against Employees
  • Talking Points
• January 2012
  • The Utilization of Various Product and Market Development Strategies by Small Business
  • The Razor's Edge: Unfunded Liabilities and the New Mexico Employee Retirement Board
  • Talking Points
• December 2011
  • Common Decency requires businesses to lobby for regulation
  • Listening to Dead Economist
  • Talking Points
• November 2011
  • Consumer Holiday Shopping
  • 2011 Holiday Hiring
  • Talking Points
• October 2011
  • Watch Out! 2.3% Decline Predicted in New Mexico 2011 Holiday Retail Sales
  • What Draws New Mexico Shoppers?
  • Talking Points
• September 2011
  • Immigration, the Status of Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Prosecutorial Discretion
  • Foot-in-the-door Versus Door-in-the-face Strategy
  • Talking Points
• August 2011
  • Business Incubators
  • From the Desk of a Teaching Economists Governmental Ownership In the U.S: Is this Really State Capitalism?
  • Talking Points
• July 2011
  • U.S. Personal Bankruptcies (and a note on New Mexico)
  • Behavioral Economics: Conflicts between the short run and long run self
  • Talking Points
• June 2011
  • Adjusting Prices for Externalities: Part 3 of 3
  • Is rapid inflation a good idea?
  • Talking Points
• May 2011
  • Adjusting Prices for Externalities: Part 2 of 3
  • Pricing Water in New Mexico
  • Talking Points
• April 2011
  • Adjusting Prices for Externalities: Part 1 of 3
  • Energy Market Volatility
  • Talking Points
• March 2011
  • Life History Training for Sales Representatives
  • If Plato Took Online Courses from Socrates
  • Talking Points
• February 2011
  • Medical Malpractice Litigation: Critiquing the Reform Proposals
  • N.M. State Health Insurance Exchange
  • Talking Points
• January 2011
  • Medical Malpractice Reform and the Cost of Health Care
  • Increasing Sales Force Expectations
  • Talking Points
• December 2010
  • New Mexico Tackles Its Retirement Plan Problems
  • Creating a Unified National Currency: Lessons from the Free Banking
  • Talking Points
• November 2010
  • Issuing Drivers Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants: Does It Reduce the Percentage of Uninsured Motorists?
  • Influence of Large Banks on Bank Industry Risk
  • Talking Points
• October 2010
  • Special Holiday Retailing Edition of the New Mexico Business Outlook
  • Retailing in 2010 Better than Some Predict; 2011 to be Rosier
  • Predictions for New Mexico Holiday Retail Sales
  • What Consumers Might Buy for Holiday 2010
  • Back-to-School
  • Some Retail Sectors Should Fare Better than Others
  • On-line Holiday Shopping
  • Luxury Sales Predictions for the 2010 Winter Holiday
  • Some Other Factors Affecting Holiday Sales
  • References
  • Talking Points
• September 2010
  • CAPM vs The Fama-French Asset Return Model
  • Macroeconomic Stabilization and Growing the Private Sector
  • Talking Points
• August 2010
  • Your Obligations to Survey Participants
  • Inferring Geographic Interdependencies for Retailing
  • Talking Points
• July 2010
  • A Comparison of Traditional and None-Traditional Media Based on the Viewer Response Profile
  • Semantic Differential Scales: Deal or No Deal?
  • Talking Points
• June 2010
  • The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and The Financial Crisis of 2007-2008
  • Anti-Poverty Promotional Campaign Through Time
  • Talking Points
• May 2010
  • Likert Scales: Design Issues
  • Class Size does Matter: At Least when Teaching Economics
  • Talking Points
• April 2010
  • Cross Cultural Leadership
  • Marketing Research Tips for Business Managers
  • Talking Points
• March 2010
  • Utility Rate Hikes in Las Cruces
  • Brand Response-Effects of Perceived Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
  • Talking Points
• February 2010
  • Transitioning from the Petroleum Based Economy
  • Leadership Prototypes of Male and Female Leaders: An International Comparison
  • Talking Points
• January 2010
  • Selecting a Sample Size for Your Customer Survey
  • Investment Strategies in a World of Black Swans
  • Talking Points
• December 2009
  • Extreme Return Clusters
  • Workers' Compensation for NM Farms and Ranches an Unsettled Issue
  • Talking Points
• November 2009
  • Increasing Sales Force Expectations
  • What You Should Expect from a Marketing Researcher
  • Talking Points
• October 2009
  • Teaching Ethics: Worth the Effort?
  • 2009 Holiday Retail Sales Forecast: Holiday Sales Predicted to Drop 2.6%
  • Hot Holiday Gifts for 2009
  • Talking Points
• September 2009
  • Low-cost Alternatives for Marketing Research Assistance
  • Is Cash for Clunkers a Good Idea?
  • Talking Points
• August 2009
  • Recession and Employment Hyman
  • From the Desk of a Teaching Economist: The New Relevance of the Medical Care Price Index
  • Talking Points
• July 2009
  • Changes in Required Rates of Return on CDs: Unintended Consequences of New Mexico State Treasury Policy
  • Exports and Job Quality (and a note on New Mexico)
  • Talking Points
• June 2009
  • Long term energy prices important for New Mexico's future Calculation is uncertain
  • Who Said the Ranges were Over Stocked?
  • Talking Points
• May 2009
  • Uninsured Motorists in New Mexico - The MVD Insurance Identification Database
  • Uninsured Motorists - The Curious Case of New Mexico
  • The Dangers of Sports Celebrity Idolatry
  • Talking Points
• April 2009
  • Uninsured Motorists in New Mexico – The Insurance Research Council Study
  • Madoff and the Auditors
  • Talking Points
• March 2009
  • A Dynamic Model of Insurgency and the War in Iraq
  • Las Cruces and the National Recession: We are better off than most
  • Talking Points
• February 2009
  • If it Walks and Talks Like a Duck…
  • Maritime Law for Landlocked States: Carrier Liability for Loss or Damage in the International Shipment of Goods
  • Talking Points
• January 2009
  • Mark to Market Accounting and the Financial Crisis
  • Stock Market Volatility
  • Talking Points
• December 2008
  • From the Desk of A Teaching Economist: A Primer on Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • When What You Are Thinking Can Be As Important As What You Are Saying: The Role of Subjective Intent in International Contracts for the Sale of Goods
  • Talking Points
• November 2008
  • From the Desk of A Teaching Economist: A Primer on Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • When What You Are Thinking Can Be As Important As What You Are Saying: The Role of Subjective Intent in International Contracts for the Sale of Goods
  • Talking Points
• October 2008
  • Options for Managing Oil and Gas Revenue Volatility to RSTP Meeting
  • 2008 Holiday Retail Sales Forecast: In the Bleak Midwinter
  • Talking Points
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