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Editor's Introduction: Social Capital, Paul C. Godfrey Sep 2008

Editor's Introduction: Social Capital, Paul C. Godfrey

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Keys To Understanding Your Social Capital, Brian Uzzi Sep 2008

Keys To Understanding Your Social Capital, Brian Uzzi

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Reciprocal Dynamics: Social Capital And Microcredit, Warner P. Woodworth Sep 2008

Reciprocal Dynamics: Social Capital And Microcredit, Warner P. Woodworth

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Social Capital: The Benefits, Potential Costs, And Prospects, Moses Acquaah Sep 2008

Social Capital: The Benefits, Potential Costs, And Prospects, Moses Acquaah

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Diasporas: Exploring Their Development Potential, Liesl Riddle Sep 2008

Diasporas: Exploring Their Development Potential, Liesl Riddle

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Esr Review Sep 2008

Front Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Mfdi Actively Promotes International Research, Esr Review Sep 2008

Mfdi Actively Promotes International Research, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


End Matter, Esr Review Sep 2008

End Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Svc Winners Go A Step Further, Esr Review Sep 2008

Svc Winners Go A Step Further, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Single Mom Initiative Enters The Next Phase, Esr Review Sep 2008

Single Mom Initiative Enters The Next Phase, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Bottom Billion, Ben Lewis Sep 2008

Bottom Billion, Ben Lewis

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Law As Relationship: Toward A More Effective And Ethical Legal Reform, Wade Channell Sep 2008

Law As Relationship: Toward A More Effective And Ethical Legal Reform, Wade Channell

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 10 No. 2 Esr Review, Esr Review Sep 2008

Vol. 10 No. 2 Esr Review, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Esr Review Apr 2008

Front Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Economic Development At A New Level, Ned C. Hill Apr 2008

Economic Development At A New Level, Ned C. Hill

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


What Is Economic Self-Reliance?, Paul C. Godfrey Apr 2008

What Is Economic Self-Reliance?, Paul C. Godfrey

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Editor's Note: This issue begins our third year under the banner ESR Review. ESR stands for economic self-reliance, and we have published a number of themed issues addressing particular issues of development and self-reliance. When I first became involved in this project, my task was to define what we mean by economic selfreliance and to create a theory-based model of how individuals and families can become more self-reliant. The next four issues will center on the different elements of the model. This issue focuses on the role of human capital in economic development and self-reliance.


Self-Reliance And Self-Respect, Dallin H. Oaks Apr 2008

Self-Reliance And Self-Respect, Dallin H. Oaks

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

This article is adapted from Oaks’ speech given to Enterprise Mentors International on 27 October 2006.


The Persistence Of Poverty, Charles Karelis Apr 2008

The Persistence Of Poverty, Charles Karelis

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

This article is adapted from Karelis' book titled The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can't Help the Poor, published by Yale University Press in 2007.


End Matter, Esr Review Apr 2008

End Matter, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Corrado Giannantoni: A Modern-Day Newton, Donald L. Adolphson Apr 2008

Corrado Giannantoni: A Modern-Day Newton, Donald L. Adolphson

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Education A Powerful Asset For Single Mothers, Richard J. Mcclendon, Julie Humberstone Apr 2008

Education A Powerful Asset For Single Mothers, Richard J. Mcclendon, Julie Humberstone

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Utilizing Socially Responsive Knowledge, Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer Boehme Kumar Apr 2008

Utilizing Socially Responsive Knowledge, Lisa Jones Christensen, Jennifer Boehme Kumar

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Solving The Access Problem, Francisco Prior Sanz Apr 2008

Solving The Access Problem, Francisco Prior Sanz

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Entrepreneurship, Thinking, And Economic Self-Reliance, Ronald K. Mitchel, Adam D. Bailey, Mitchell J. Robert Apr 2008

Entrepreneurship, Thinking, And Economic Self-Reliance, Ronald K. Mitchel, Adam D. Bailey, Mitchell J. Robert

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Vol. 10 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review Apr 2008

Vol. 10 No. 1 Esr Review, Esr Review

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Racial Bias In The Nba: Implications In Betting Markets, Tim Larsen, Joe Prince, Justin Wolfers Apr 2008

Racial Bias In The Nba: Implications In Betting Markets, Tim Larsen, Joe Prince, Justin Wolfers

Faculty Publications

Recent studies have documented the existence of an own-race bias on the part of sports officials. In this paper we explore the implications of these biases on betting markets. We use data from the 1991/92 - 2004/05 NBA regular seasons to show that a betting strategy exploiting own-race biases by referees would systematically beat the spread.


Rolling In The Dough: The Continued Surge In Individual Contributions To Presidential Candidates And Party Committees, David B. Magleby Mar 2008

Rolling In The Dough: The Continued Surge In Individual Contributions To Presidential Candidates And Party Committees, David B. Magleby

Faculty Publications

The dramatic growth in the numbers of individuals contributing to presidential candidates and the surge in total amounts being contributed has generated substantial media attention in the 2008 presidential election. Individuals are giving more, in part, because the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) raised contribution limits and encouraged "max-out" donors to contribute to party committees as well. This study compares individual contributions to presidential candidates and party committees in 1999, the year prior to the last pre-BCRA presidential election, and in the years prior to post-BCRA presidential elections.


User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson Jan 2008

User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson

Faculty Publications

The Czech Republic and Slovakia, like other transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, have given significant lip service to fiscal decentralization and engaged in public administration reforms. But the subnational governments of their public finance systems still lack relative autonomy, which could be addressed partly through developing independent revenue sources for their municipalities and regions. Currently, such independent revenue sources include the proceeds of a strictly nominal property tax as well as those of a small set of local user fees and taxes designed and approved by the central governments. Together they represent only about 5 percent of total …


State Health Insurance Regulations And The Price Of High-Deductible Policies, Mark H. Showalter, Amanda E. Kowalski, William J. Congdon Jan 2008

State Health Insurance Regulations And The Price Of High-Deductible Policies, Mark H. Showalter, Amanda E. Kowalski, William J. Congdon

Faculty Publications

This study examines the impact of state health insurance regulations on the price of high-deductible family and individual polices in the nongroup market. We use a unique and rich data set on actual insurance policies sold through a large Internet health insurance distributor to examine the impact of various regulations on policy prices, controlling for policy characteristics, demographic characteristics of the purchasers, and state-level demographics. We also use data from a single major insurance firm that provided offer prices for a family policy from a set of randomly selected zip codes. Both datasets suggest a strong statistical relationship between regulation …


A Leontief Model Of Municipal Budgeting, Phillip J. Bryson Jan 2008

A Leontief Model Of Municipal Budgeting, Phillip J. Bryson

Faculty Publications

Local budgeting in transition countries is an important process because it can reveal the extent to which fiscal decentralization has occurred. Because central planning regimes were highly centralized, adopting a market/democratic approach requires a devolution of power from the central government to regions and municipalities. A Leontief model is presented as a simple theoretical approach to local budgeting. Local revenues are considered as financial inputs and local expenditures as financial outputs. A method of measuring the degree of local autonomy as a part of the budgeting process is a part of this model.