DP-71 Gordon Winston, Catharine Hill, and David Zimmerman, "A Note on How Well Available Income Information Identifies Low-Income Students," March 2007. Abstract | Full Text
DP-70 Matthew B. Kugler and George R. Goethals, "Social Comparison of Abilities at an Elite College: Feeling Outclassed with 1350 SATs," February 2006. Abstract | Full Text
DP-69 Gordon C. Winston and Catharine B. Hill, "Access to the Most Selective Private Colleges by High-Ability, Low-Income Students: Are They Out There?" October 2005. Abstract | Full Text
DP-68 David Zimmerman, David Rosenblum, and Preston Hillman, "Institutional Ethos, Peers and Individual Outcomes," June 2004. Abstract | Full Text
DP-67 George R. Goethals, Laurie C. Hurshman, Adam C. Sischy, Gordon C. Winston, Georgi Zhelev, and David J. Zimmerman, "Who Cares? How Students View Faculty and Other Adults in US Higher Education," April 2004. Abstract | Full Text
DP-66r Hill, Catharine B., Gordon Winston, and Stephanie Boyd, "Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities," January 2004. Abstract | Full Text
DP-66 Hill, Catharine B., Gordon Winston, and Stephanie Boyd, "Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private Colleges and Universities," October 2003. Full Text
DP-65 Winston, Gordon C., "Toward a Theory of Tuition: Prices, Peer Wages, and Competition in Higher Education," January 2003. Abstract | Full Text
DP-64 Winston, Gordon C. and David J. Zimmerman, "Peer Effects in Higher Education," January 2003. Abstract | Full Text
DP-63 Kirby, Kris N., Gordon C. Winston, and Mariana Santiesteban, "Impatience and grades: Delay-discount rates correlate negatively with college GPA," May 2002. Abstract | Full Text
DP-62 Hill, Catharine B. and Gordon C. Winston, "Access: Net Prices, Affordability, and Equity At A Highly Selective College," December 2001. Abstract | Full Text
DP-61 Goethals, George R., "Peer effects, gender and intellectual performance among students at a highly selective college: a social comparison of abilities analysis," October 2001. Abstract | Full Text
DP-60 Winston, Gordon C., ""Grow" the College? Why Bigger May Be Far From Better," October 2001. Abstract | Full Text
DP-59 Winston, Gordon C., Jared C. Carbone, and Laurie C. Hurshman, "Saving, Wealth, Performance, and Revenues in US Colleges and Universities," May 2001. Abstract | Full Text
DP-58 Winston, Gordon C., "Economic Stratification and Hierarchy in U.S. Colleges and Universities," November 2000. Abstract | Full Text
DP-57 Dugan, Kelly, Charles H. Mullin and John J. Siegfried, "Undergraduate Financial Aid and Subsequent Alumni Giving Behavior," November 2000. Abstract | Full Text
DP-56 Winston, Gordon C. and David J. Zimmerman, "Where Is Aggressive Price Competition Taking Higher Education?" June 2000. [A version appears in Change, July/August 2000.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-55 Goethals, George R., "Social Comparison and Peer Effects at an Elite College," May 2000. Abstract | Full Text
DP-54 Winston, Gordon C., "The Positional Arms Race in Higher Education," April 2000. [A version is forthcoming in Forum Futures 2000 Papers.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-53 Siegfried, John J. and Wendy A. Stock, "So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics: How Long Do You Think It Will Take?" March 2000. [A version is forthcoming in the Journal of Human Resources.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-52 Zimmerman, David J., "Peer Effects in Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," November 1999. Abstract | Full Text
DP-51 Goethals, George R., "Peer Influences Among College Students: The Perils and the Potentials," September 1999. Abstract | Full Text
DP-50 Goethals, George R., Gordon C. Winston, and David J. Zimmerman, "Students Educating Students: The Emerging Role of Peer Effects in Higher Education," April 1999. [A version appears in Forum Futures 1999 Papers, Forum Publishing, 1999.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-49 Winston, Gordon C., "For-Profit Higher Education: Godzilla or Chicken Little?" November 1998. [A version appears in Change, January/February 1999, pp. 12-19.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-48 Constantine, Jill M., "The Effect of Historically Black Colleges on Wages of Black Students: An Analysis by Gender," October 1998. [A version appears in The Review of African American Education, Fall 1999.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-47 Winston, Gordon C., Jared C. Carbone, and Ethan G. Lewis, "What's Been Happening to Higher Education? Facts, Trends, and Data, 1986-7 to 1994-95," March 1998. Abstract | Full Text
DP-46 Winston, Gordon C., "A Guide to Measuring College Costs," January 1998. [A version appears in Middaugh, Michael (Ed.), Analyzing Costs in Higher Education: What Institutional Researchers Need to Know, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-45 Winston, Gordon C., "College Costs: Subsidies, Intuition, and Policy," November 1997. [A version appears in Straight Talk about College Costs and Prices: Report of the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, Oryx Press, 1998.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-44 Goethals, George R. and Cynthia McPherson Frantz, "Thinking Seriously About Paying for College: The Large Effect of a Little Thought," September 1997. [Versions appear in American Association of Higher Education Bulletin, April 1998, pp. 3-7, and Meyerson, J. W. (Ed.), New Thinking on Higher Education: Creating a Context for Change, Anker Publishing Co., 1998.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-43 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies," September 1997. Abstract | Full Text
DP-42 Winston, Gordon C., "Why Can't a College Be More Like a Firm?" May 1997. [A version appears in Change, September/October 1997, pp. 32-38.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-41 Lewis, Ethan G. and Gordon C. Winston, "Subsidies, Costs, Tuition and Aid in US Higher Education: 1986-87 to 1993-94," April 1997. Abstract | Full Text
DP-40 Winston, Gordon C., "The Economic Structure of Higher Education: Subsidies, Customer-Inputs, and Hierarchy," November 1996. [A version appears as "Subsidies, Hierarchy and Peers: The Awkward Economics of Higher Education,' Journal of Economics Perspectives, Winter 1999.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-39 Goethals, George R. and Cynthia McPherson Frantz, "Subsidy Shock: Reshaping Judgments of College Sticker Prices," November 1996. [A version appears in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, September 1999, pp. 167-175.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-38 Behrman, Jere R., Jill Constantine, Lori Kletzer, Michael McPherson, and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Impact of College Quality Choices on Wages: Are There Differences Among Demographic Groups?" October 1996. [A version appears as "Microeconomics of College Choice, Careers, and Wages" in Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, September 1998, pp. 12-23.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-37 McPherson, Michael S., Morton Owen Shapiro, and Gordon C. Winston, "The Economic Analogy," June 1996. Abstract | Full Text
DP-36 Macunovich, Diane, J., "Cohort Size Effects on US Enrollment Decisions," April 1996. Abstract | Full Text
DP-35 Winston, Gordon C. and Ethan G. Lewis, "Physical Capital and Capital Service Costs in US Colleges and Universities: 1993," February 1996. [A version appears in the Eastern Economic Journal, Spring 1997, pp. 165-189.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-34 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Shapiro, "Are We Keeping College Affordable? Student Aid, Access, and Choice in American Higher Education," January 1996. Abstract | Full Text
DP-33 Winston, Gordon C., "Capital and Capital Costs in 2700 US Colleges and Universities," December 1995. Abstract | Full Text
DP-32 Winston, Gordon C. and Ivan C. Yen, "Costs, Prices, Subsidies, and Aid in U.S. Higher Education," July 1995. Abstract | Full Text
DP-31 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Skills, Innovations and Values: Future Needs for Postsecondary Education," February 1995. [A version appears in Change, July/August 1995, pp 26-32.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-30 Constantine, Jill M., "Measuring the Effect of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Future Wages of Black Students," December 1994. [A version appears in Industrial and Labor Relations Review, April 1995, pp. 531-546.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-29 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "College Choice and Family Income: Changes Over Time in the Higher Education Destinations of Students From Different Income Backgrounds," November 1994. Abstract | Full Text
DP-28 Weber, Valerie and Gordon C. Winston, "The Economic Performance of Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, and Wellesley 1988-9 to 1992-3: A Global Comparison," September 1994. Full Text
DP-27 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Expenditures and Revenues in American Higher Education," September 1994. Abstract | Full Text
DP-26 Ahlburg, Dennis, Michael S. McPherson, and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Predicting Higher Education Enrollment in the United States: An Evaluation of Different Modeling Approaches," August 1994. Abstract | Full Text
DP-25 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Merit Aid: Students, Institutions, and Society," July 1994. Full Text
DP-24 Winston, Gordon C, "The Decline in Undergraduate Teaching: Moral Failure or Market Pressures?", May 1994. [A version appears in Change, Sept/Oct 1994, pp. 9-15.] Full Text
DP-23 Winston, Gordon C, "A Note on The Logic and Structure of Global Accounting: Tautologies to Accounts," January 1994. Full Text
DP-22 Winston, Gordon C, "Maintaining Collegiate Wealth: Global Accounts, Fund Accounting, and Rules of Thumb," December 1993. Full Text
DP-21 Easterlin, Richard A, "Prices and Preferences in Choice of Career: The Switch to Business, 1972-87," August 1993. [A version appears in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, June 1995, pp. 1-34.] Full Text
DP-20 Schapiro, Morton O., and Michael S. McPherson, "Projections of College Costs, Affordability, and Tuition Dependency at COFHE and Other Institutions: 1990-2010," March 1993. Full Text
DP-19 Winston, Gordon C., "New Dangers in Old Traditions: The Reporting of Economic Performance in Colleges and Universities," November 1992. [A version appears in Change, January/February 1993.] Full Text
DP-18 Behrman, Jere R., Lori G. Kletzer, Michael S. McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro, "The College Investment Decision: Direct and Indirect Effects of Family Background on Choice of Postsecondary Enrollment and Quality," July 1992. Abstract | Full Text
DP-17 Blasdell, Scott W., Michael S. McPherson, and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Trends in Revenues and Expenditures in U.S. Higher Education: Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does it Go?" June 1992. [A version appears in McPherson, Schapiro, and Winston, Paying the Piper, 1993, ch. 2.] Full Text
DP-16 Winston, Gordon C., "Hostility, Trust, and Maximization: An Economic View of Higher Education in 1992," January 1992. [A version appears in Change, July/August 1992, as "Hostility, Maximization, and the Public Trust."] Full Text
DP-15 Winston, Gordon C., "Organizing Economic Information for Colleges and Universities: An Alternative to Fund Accounting," November 1991. [Versions appear as "The Necessary Revolution in Financial Accounting," Planning for Higher Education, Summer 1992 and as "Global Accounts" in Massy, William F., Resource Allocation in Higher Education, University of Michigan Press, 1996.] Full Text
DP-14 Winston, Gordon C., "Why Are Capital Costs Ignored by Colleges and Universities and What Are the Prospects for Change?" July 1991. [Versions appear in NACUBO Business Officer, June 1993, and McPherson, Schapiro, and Winston, Paying the Piper, University of Michigan Press, ch. 13.] Full Text
DP-13 McPherson, Michael S. and Gordon C. Winston, "The Economics of Cost, Price and Quality in U.S. Higher Education," April 1991. [A version appears in McPherson, Schapiro, and Winston, Paying the Piper, University of Michigan Press, 1993, ch. 4.] Full Text
DP-12 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Federalism and Higher Education Finance: Rethinking the Role of the States and the Federal Government in Paying for College," March 1991. [A version appears in Brookings Review, Volume 9, No. 3, Summer 1991, pp. 14-19] Full Text
DP-11 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "The Student Finance System for Undergraduate Education: How Well Does it Work?" March 1991. [A version appears in Change, May/June 1991, pp. 16-22.] Full Text
DP-10 Bradburd, Ralph M. and Duncan P. Mann, "Wealth in Higher Education Institutions," March 1991. [A version appears in Journal of Higher Education, July/Aug 1993.] Full Text
DP-9 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "The Effect of Government Financing on the Behavior of Colleges and Universities," October 1990. [A version appears in McPherson and Schapiro, Keeping College Affordable, Brookings Institution, 1991, ch. 4.] Full Text
DP-8 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Projections of College Costs and Affordability: 1990-2010," June 1990. [A version appears in McPherson and Schapiro, Keeping College Affordable, Brookings Institution, 1991, ch. 6.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-7 Sabot, Richard and John Wakeman-Linn, "Determinants of Performance in Introductory Courses in Economics and Seven Other Disciplines," April 1991. Full Text
DP-6 Schapiro, Morton Owen, Michael P. O'Malley, and Larry H. Litten, "Tracing the Economic Backgrounds of COFHE Students: Has There Been a 'Middle-Income Melt'?" November 1990. [A version appears in McPherson and Schapiro, Keeping College Affordable, Brookings Institution, 1991, ch. 5.] Full Text
DP-5 McPherson, Michael S. And Morton Owen Schapiro, "Expenditure Patterns and Trends in U.S. Higher Education: Implications for Quality," May 1990. Full Text
DP-4 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Measuring the Effects of Federal Student Aid: An Assessment of Some Methodological and Empirical Problems," May 1990. [A version appears in McPherson, Schapiro, and Winston, Paying the Piper, University of Michigan Press, 1993, ch. 8.] Full Text
DP-3 Sabot, Richard and John Wakeman-Linn, "The Implications of Grading Policies for Student Course Choice," November 1988. [A version appears in Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1991, pp. 159-170.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-2 Schapiro, Morton Owen, Michael P. O'Malley, and Larry H. Litten, "Progression to Graduate School from the 'Elite' College and Universities," revised September 1990. [A version appears in Economics of Education Review, Fall 1991, pp. 227-244.] Abstract | Full Text
DP-1 McPherson, Michael S. and Morton Owen Schapiro, "Does Student Aid Affect College Enrollment? New Evidence on a Persistent Controversy," April 1990. [A version appears in American Economic Review, March 1991, pp. 309-318.] Full Text
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