This paper uses a recent wave of a nationally representative survey to determine the predictors of financial planning services utilization among younger baby boomers. The results suggest that cognitive factors and factors related to human capital, such as IQ and educational attainment, are...

This study examines retirement plan participation and savings behavior for American public and private sector employees using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data set. This paper also examines the determinants of preference for a diversified portfolio within the retirement plans. The...

Our results show that high-income families place significantly higher value on academic achievement than low-income families. High-income families are also more likely to penalize house price for non-desirable non-academic school quality. This paper uses quantile regression to examine the...

This is a STATA do file which produces a vector of localized neighborhood market conditions in the paper "Why Do Vacant Houses Sell for Less: Holding Costs, Bargaining Power, or Stigma?" by G.K. Turnbull and Velma Zahirovic-Herbert

Historic property designations have been lauded for spurring renovation beyond the historic structures themselves through positive externalities in surrounding neighborhoods. Previous historic district research focuses on whether historic designation results in a price premium. This paper takes...