First Author:   Amitrajeet Batabyal Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology aabgsh@rit.edu   Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, 14623-5604, USA   585-475-2805(Phone) 585-475-2805(Fax) http://www.rit.edu/~aabgsh Second Author: Gregory DeAngelo Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology hypcar51@hotmail.com   Department of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, 14623-5604, USA