Agnieszka Kwapisz, Ph.D.

research
Olin Levi Warner, Research holding the torch of knowledge (1896).

My primary research interest is in quantitative analysis as applied to a variety of problems relevant in economics and business.

Papers in Refereed Journals:

  • “Published, not Perished, but Has Anybody Read It? Citation success of finance research articles.”, accepted Feb 2012, Applied Financial Economics
  • “Differential Gender Performance on the Major Field Test—Business” (with F. William Brown), accepted Feb 2012, Journal of Education for Business
  • “Is Higher Better? Determinants and Comparisons of Performance on the Major Field Test-Business”, (with Brown F.W. & Semenik R.J.), Journal of Education for Business, 87(3): 159-169, 2012
  • “Interpreting Standardized Assessment Test Scores and Setting Performance Goals in the Context of Student Characteristics: The Case of The Major Field Test in Business” (with F. William Brown and Richard J. Semenik), Journal of Education for Business 87(1):7-13, 2012
  • “What Determines Excise Tax Rates?”, Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 09(1), February 2011
  • “Alcohol Consumption and its Adverse Effects in Poland in Years 1950-2005” (with Zofia Mielecka-Kubien), Economics Research International, vol.2011, May 2011
  • “Alcohol prices, consumption and traffic fatalities” (with Douglas J. Young), Southern Economic Journal 72(3), January 2006
  • “Sufficiency in Blackwell’s theorem”, Mathematical Social Sciences 46(1), August 2003
  • “Alcohol Consumption, Beverage Prices and Measurement Error” (with Douglas J. Young), Journal of Studies on Alcohol 64 (2), March 2003
  • “Alcohol Taxes and Beverage Prices”, (with Douglas J. Young), National Tax Journal LV-1: 57-74, March 2002

    Working Papers:

  • "The Impact of Intellectual Diversity On Academic Performance” (with F. William Brown)
  • “Organizational Change: testing the deceleration hypothesis on the example of state excise taxes"
  • “Success in the Business Software Applications Course as an early indicator of performance on the Major Field Test in Business.” (with Harry C. Benham and F. William Brown)

    Research Support:

  • MSU Retention Initiative 2011 Grant; Role: Co-Investigator, 2011 - 2012
  • 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 Summer Research Grants, College of Business
  • Summer 2010 Bracken Faculty Professional Development Grant
  • National Academy of Sciences “Alcohol Policy – The U.S. and Poland” Z3160 ($20,000) Bielinska-Kwapisz – PI 2003–2007
  • National Institutes of Health “Taxes, Prices, Consumption, and Traffic Fatalities”. R03 ($140,000) Young – PI 2001 –2003 Role: Co-Investigator