Does immigration affect foreign direct investment? This question has been examined in some form or another since Lucas' (1990) observation that labor and capital do not flow in opposite directions as predicted by economic theory. Existing studies on immigration and FDI have all looked at...

Why is there international trade in newspapers? Why do even very small countries both import from and export to large nations? New trade models founded on transport costs and increasing returns fail to explain the high degree of bilateral trade in cultural goods like newspapers and periodicals....

What factors influence the decision by immigrants to marry within or outside of their ethnic group? I attempt to answer this question by using data from the 2008-2016 American Community Survey. This datasource allows for improved estimation of the determinants of endogamy as it includes...

Anecdotal evidence suggests that there have been three waves of immigration from the Middle East to the United States, roughly defined as a first wave from the late 1800's to 1924, then a second wave from the mid 1940's until 1965, and a third wave from the passage of the 1965 Immigration and...