New Releases by Melanie Marks

This study empirically examines what factors increase the probability of a quick sale, an event where a property sells quicker than what is considered a normal marketing duration. This investigation is the first to explore the determinants of the probability of a quick sale utilizing a Probit methodology. Findings of the study suggest that overpricing, increased housing inventory, and increased listings by the listing broker decrease the probability of a quick sale. Dual agency, rising interest rates, and vacant properties increase the probability of a quick sale.

It''s phonics! It''s comics! It''s awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! Sara isn''t so different from everyone else...or is she? Just ask her friends: Mr. Bones, Ghosty, and Frank. Spooky Surprises and magical mishaps fill this hauntingly funny tale. GRL: M

It''s phonics! It''s comics! It''s awesome! Perfect for early and developing readers, each paperback includes three exciting, easy-to-read stories! Exhilarating adventures, daring heroes, magic, time travel and much, much more! Each cool 24-page comic book feature three exciting, phonetically decodable stories. Developed and leveled with the help of reading specialists, these 6" x 9" paperbacks are easy to read and hard to put down! A slug? A spider? A squid? What IS Super Sam? And where did he get those gross powers? Kids can find the answers in these slimy, scaly, and just plain weird stories. GRL: L

From hiding lost teeth in a safe to burying them outside, Max does his best to outsmart the tooth fairy. This enchanting tale comes with a soft pillow that has a built-in tooth box.

When the popular Trent suddenly starts to show interest in her, Megan--a devout Mormon and a gifted singer--is alternately thrilled and confused about his attentions.

In this article we show how teaching the fundamentals of supply, demand and the market equilibrium can be enhanced by including lessons from transition countries, in which markets did not exist less than two decades ago and the market institutions are still being built. We draw upon the experience of transition economies to show how sensitive the functioning of markets is to the quality of institutions like private property, property rights enforcement, competitive environment and social safety net. We suggest that selected aspects of transition should be incorporated right at the beginning of a microeconomics course, where they add value and fit well with main thrust of the supply, demand and market equilibrium topic. We use anecdotal evidence accompanied by simple diagrams to illustrate the institutional background of a market economy. The result is a ready-to-use set of tools instructors can use to enhance their lectures.

We present a classroom public goods experiment based on a provision point mechanism, where subjects must make an all or nothing decision about providing the public good. We find that, as a teaching tool, this design is superior to traditional prisoners'' dilemma games in which there exists a dominant strategy to free-ride. The provision point mechanism design creates a multiple equilibrium setting while retaining free-riding incentives. Since the provision point design does not incorporate a dominant strategy to free-ride, students must individually choose a level of cooperation (or free-riding) without the benefits of communication. Students quickly discover problems of achieving an optimal social outcome, since free-riding can potentially eliminate benefits to the entire group. We have found this experiment to be an excellent vehicle for introducing game theoretic problems of public good provision and for engendering meaningful discussion of real world applications.