Ben's
Research
Ben Smith
of the
University
of
Nebraska
at
Omaha
Published Papers
Pundits — The Confidence Trick: Better Confident than Right?
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Simulating Confidence for the Ellison-Glaeser Index
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Simulation Software
Low-cost, Transportable Hydrogen Fueling Station for Early Market Adoption of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
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A Practitioner's Guide to Testing Regional Industrial Localization
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Software Builds
Bazinganomics: Economics of The Big Bang Theory
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Website
Giving Away the Store: How the zero price constraint results in fewer add-on features
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Short vs. Long: Cognitive Load, Retention and Changing Class Structures
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Improved Grade Outcomes with an E-mailed 'Grade Nudge'
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Online Appendix
Multiplatform Software Tool to Disaggregate and Adjust Value-added Learning Scores
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Website & Software
Public Working Papers
On Guessing: An Alternative Adjusted Positive Learning Estimator and Comparing Probability Misspecification with Monte Carlo Simulations
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Adjusting for Guessing and Applying a Statistical Test to the Disaggregation of Value-added Learning Scores
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Improving Student Performance Through Loss Aversion
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Network Externalities and Friendly Neighbors: When Firms Choose to Invite Competition
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A Path To Consumer Surplus & Loyalty: How Path Dependent Products Result in Lower Prices and Order-Dependent Consumer Loyalty
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Teaching Software
Grade Nudge
A tool to notify students of grade outcomes on every assignment.
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G. Drive App
Create Random Assignments
A tool to generate homeworks unique to each student.
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G. Drive App
Create Group Projects
Tool to generate group project work spaces for each team in a class.
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G. Drive App
Remove Permissions
Removes all permissions (except your own) on every file and folder that you own within the selected Google Drive folder.
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G. Drive App
Assessment Disaggregation
A tool to disaggregate pre- and post-test responses into value-added learning scores and adjust them for guessing.
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Downloads & Examples
LaTeX and Git
Handouts explaining LaTeX and Git (intended for economists)
LaTeX Handout
Git Handout
Introduction to SQL
Handout explaining the basics of the SQL language (intended for data scientists)
SQL Handout
Python for Economists
Four period class teaching Python programming from computer fundamentals to SciPy
Slides (Zip)
Calculating Distances
Calculates geographic distances between cities.
Source Files (Zip)
Active Open Source
Expense.txt
Expense.txt is a command line tool to keep track of your expenses
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Time.txt
Time.txt allows you to track and analyze your time (sheets) using plain text files.
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csvToLedger
This tool allows you to convert CSVs into a format appropriate for Ledger
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Depreciation for Ledger
This tool allows you to create a depreciation schedule appropriate for Ledger.
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Ledger Scheduler
This application moves transactions from a scheduled transaction file to a main Ledger file.
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