Assessing the relationship between income smoothing and the value of the firm

LN Bitner, RC Dolan - Quarterly Journal of business and Economics, 1996 - JSTOR
This study develops the theoretical basis for the relationship between smooth income and
equity market valuation. The model yields two testable hypotheses: equity markets should pay …

Modeling institutional production of higher education

RC Dolan, RM Schmidt - Economics of Education Review, 1994 - Elsevier
The article examines the relative contributions of human and physical resources in the
production of private undergraduate education. The research methods are noteworthy in three …

Assessing the impact of expenditure on achievement: Some methodological and policy considerations

RC Dolan, RM Schmidt - Economics of Education Review, 1987 - Elsevier
The article examines the relationship between achievement and expenditure in primary and
secondary public education. The estimation methods are noteworthy in three respects: (1) …

Fixed-effects estimates of earnings impacts for the vocational rehabilitation program

DH Dean, RC Dolan - The Journal of Human Resources, 1991 - JSTOR
Since 1920, the Vocational Rehabilitation Program (VR) has operated as a federal/state
partnership providing remedial services to persons with work disabilities. While the annual cost …

Business conditions and economic analysis: An experiential learning program for economics students

RC Dolan, JL Stevens - The Journal of Economic Education, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Dolan is a professor of economics (e-mail: rdolan@richmond.edu), and Jerry L. Stevens
is a professor of finance in the EC Robins School of Business at the University of Richmond. …

Assessing the role of vocational rehabilitation in disability policy

DH Dean, RC Dolan - Journal of Policy Analysis and …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Since 1975, vocational rehabilitation has represented a small and declining component of
federal disability policy. This trend is perhaps reflective of the relatively crude assessment …

Evaluating the vocational rehabilitation program using longitudinal data: Evidence for a quasiexperimental research design

DH Dean, RC Dolan, RM Schmidt - Evaluation Review, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
… For a fuller discussion of these issues, see Dean and Dolan 1991 (574-76). … they arise in
an experimental evaluation of VR, see Dean, Dolan, and Schmidt (1998). This paper reports on “…

Experiential learning for undergraduates in economics and finance: A true top-down investment fund

RC Dolan, JL Stevens - Journal of Financial Education, 2010 - JSTOR
The paper describes an experiential learning program noted for the comprehensive
integration of applied economics and finance. The core idea links the operations of a top-down …

Liberal arts or business: Does the location of the economics department alter the major?

DH Dean, RC Dolan - The Journal of Economic Education, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examine whether the administrative location of an economics department in a
business versus liberal arts school alters the character of the economics program provided to …

Evaluating educational inputs in undergraduate education

RC Dolan, CR Jung Jr, RM Schmidt - The Review of Economics and …, 1985 - JSTOR
This study examines institutional production of higher education. An interesting aspect of this
production process is that two of the more important inputs, students and faculty, enter upon …