Newsletter
Patents: protecting inventors and the public good
Ott, Lesli S. (2010-05)
Patent rights are becoming increasingly controversial in areas such as pharmaceuticals and genetics. Should the public good come before the private gain of new product inventors or developers? The May 2010 Newsletter tackles this issue.
Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter , Issue May

Journal Article
Uneven city job trends weigh on Kentucky's recovery
Ott, Lesli S.; Garrett, Thomas A. (2006-07)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul , Pages 17-17

Journal Article
Neighboring cities show job trends that are far apart
Ott, Lesli S.; Garrett, Thomas A. (2005-07)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jul , Pages 17

Journal Article
Up, up and away: personal bankruptcies soar!
Ott, Lesli S.; Garrett, Thomas A. (2005-10)
Over the past 24 years, the U.S. rate of personal bankruptcies jumped nearly 350 percent. The rate varies greatly among states. Tennessee's rate last year-the highest in the nation-was more than 10 filings per 1,000 people, nearly four times the rate in Massachusetts.
The Regional Economist , Issue Oct , Pages 10-11

Journal Article
Auctions as a vehicle to reduce airport delays and achieve value capture
Cohen, Jeffrey P.; Ott, Lesli S.; Coughlin, Cletus C. (2009-11)
Congestion at airports imposes large costs on airlines and their passengers. A key reason for congestion is that an airline schedules its flights without regard to the costs imposed on other airlines and their passengers. As a result, during some time intervals, airlines schedule more flights to and from an airport than that airport can accommodate and flights are delayed. This paper explores how a specific market-based proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which includes the use of auctions to determine the right to arrive or depart in a specific time interval at airports in ...
Review , Volume 91 , Issue Nov

Journal Article
Job cuts in manufacturing, transportation slow recovery
Ott, Lesli S.; Garrett, Thomas A. (2006-01)
The Regional Economist , Issue Jan , Pages 16

Journal Article
Soft or hard landing?
Ott, Lesli S.; Coughlin, Cletus C. (2006-10)
The Regional Economist , Issue Oct , Pages 18

Journal Article
What do you get for \"Sixteen Tons\"?
Ott, Lesli S.; Coughlin, Cletus C. (2007-12)
National Economic Trends , Issue Dec

Newsletter
Big-box retail and its impact on local communities
Ott, Lesli S. (2008-01)
What is the local impact of big-box retail? Some states have begun to reconsider whether the benefits of such development are worth the costs to local communities.
Liber8 Economic Information Newsletter , Issue Jan

Working Paper
Crime and arrests: deterrence or resource reallocation?
Ott, Lesli S.; Garrett, Thomas A. (2010)
We use monthly time-series data for 20 large U.S. cities to test the deterrence hypothesis (arrests reduce crimes) and the resource reallocation hypothesis (arrests follow from an increase in crime). We find (1) weak support for the deterrence hypothesis, (2) much stronger support for the resource reallocation hypothesis, and (3) differences in city-level estimates suggest much heterogeneity in the crime and arrest relationship across regions.
Working Papers , Paper 2010-011