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Change In The Concentration Of Employment In Computer Services: Spatial Estimation At The U.S. Metro County Level, Donald Grimes, Mary Beth Walker, Penelope B. Prime Dec 2006

Change In The Concentration Of Employment In Computer Services: Spatial Estimation At The U.S. Metro County Level, Donald Grimes, Mary Beth Walker, Penelope B. Prime

International Business Faculty Publications

This paper models the concentration of computer services activity across theU.S.with factors that incorporate spatial relationships. Specifically, we enhance the standard home-area study with an analysis that allows conditions in neighboring counties to affect the concentration of employment in the home county. We use county-level data for metropolitan areas between 1990 and 1997. To measure change in employment concentration, we use the change in location quotients for SIC 737, which captures employment concentration changes due to both the number of firms and the scale of their activity relative to the national average. After controlling for local demand for computer services, …

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"The American Cookbook: A History" Book Review, Skye Hardesty Dec 2006

"The American Cookbook: A History" Book Review, Skye Hardesty

University Library Faculty Publications

This is a review of the book Kitchen Secrets: The Meaning of Cooking in Everyday Life by Frances Short.

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What Are We Afraid Of? A Survey Of Librarian Opinions And Misconceptions Regarding Instant Messenger., Sarah Steiner, Casey Long Dec 2006

What Are We Afraid Of? A Survey Of Librarian Opinions And Misconceptions Regarding Instant Messenger., Sarah Steiner, Casey Long

University Library Faculty Publications

Buzz about instant messaging (IM) customer service is becoming louder, both inside and outside the library field. In general, librarian opinions of IM are mixed and at times even combative. A survey was distributed to gather librarians' opinions of the usefulness of IM as compared to its feature-rich yet difficulty-prone sibling, commercial chat. Through detailed statistical analysis, this article provides an overview of trends in and opinions of IM reference, and offers analysis of its present and future in libraries.

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Analysis Of Access To Dental Care Provided Through Medicaid And Peachcare (Schip) Service Trends And Patterns Cy2000/Sfy2001 Through Cy2005/Sfy2006, Karen J. Minyard, Glenn M. Landers, Mei Zhou, Dawud Ujamaa Dec 2006

Analysis Of Access To Dental Care Provided Through Medicaid And Peachcare (Schip) Service Trends And Patterns Cy2000/Sfy2001 Through Cy2005/Sfy2006, Karen J. Minyard, Glenn M. Landers, Mei Zhou, Dawud Ujamaa

GHPC Articles

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Discrimination In The Lab: Experiments Exploring The Impact Of Performance And Appearance On Sorting And Cooperation, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie Dec 2006

Discrimination In The Lab: Experiments Exploring The Impact Of Performance And Appearance On Sorting And Cooperation, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie

ExCEN Working Papers

We present experimental evidence consistent with statistical discrimination in a public good and group formation game. We find that behavior is correlated with race and, to a lesser extent, gender, and people use race to predict behavior when no other information is available. When information on behavior is provided, people disregard personal characteristics completely. These characteristics are also disregarded when individual behavior is induced to break the correlation between characteristics and behavior. That is, people disregard race and gender even when observed behavior is unusual but relevant to payoffs. Finally, our experiments show that sorting into groups has dramatic implications …

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Social Barriers To Cooperation: Experiments On The Extent And Nature Of Discrimination In Peru, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie, Maximo Torero Dec 2006

Social Barriers To Cooperation: Experiments On The Extent And Nature Of Discrimination In Peru, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie, Maximo Torero

ExCEN Working Papers

We present a series of experiments to understand the nature and extent of discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. The experiments exploit varying degrees of information on performance and personal characteristics as people sort into groups to test for statistical versus taste-based discrimination. This allows us to examine the nature of discrimination. Our sample is similar to the racial and socio-economic diversity of young adults in urban Lima. This allows us to look at the extent of discrimination. We use a unique method to measure race, along four racial dimensions common in Peru, and find that race is clearly observable. This …

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Report Of Data Analyses To The Georgia Commission On The Efficacy Of The Con Program, William S. Custer, Patricia Ketsche, Bernette Sherman, Glenn M. Landers Nov 2006

Report Of Data Analyses To The Georgia Commission On The Efficacy Of The Con Program, William S. Custer, Patricia Ketsche, Bernette Sherman, Glenn M. Landers

GHPC Reports

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November/December 2006, Stall Times Nov 2006

November/December 2006, Stall Times

University Library Stall Times

No abstract provided.

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On Modeling Voluntary Contributions To Public Goods, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj Oct 2006

On Modeling Voluntary Contributions To Public Goods, James Cox, Vjollca Sadiraj

ExCEN Working Papers

This paper addresses four ìstylized factsî that summarize data from experimental studies of voluntary contributions to provision of public goods. Theoretical propositions and testable hypotheses for voluntary contributions are derived from two models of social preferences, the inequity aversion model and the egocentric other-regarding preferences model. We Önd that the egocentric other-regarding preferences model with classical regularity properties can better account for the stylized facts than the inequity aversion model with non-classical properties.

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The Gig Is Up: Combating The Meanings Of Education Proffered By Science, Technology, And Global Capitalism, Deron R. Boyles Oct 2006

The Gig Is Up: Combating The Meanings Of Education Proffered By Science, Technology, And Global Capitalism, Deron R. Boyles

Educational Policy Studies Faculty Publications

Colleagues in the academy seem to have a fascination with conceptual analysis and the term “education.” Debates are held, papers are written, and symposia take place within which definitions are articulated and modulated. Whether the point is to provide narrative, stipulative, or programmatic definitions matters little to the larger point: the quest for the meaning of “education” continues. In their turns, schooling and training are contrasted with education in order to help clarify the differences in scope, purpose, and meaning of the various terms. The concepts are often qualified in discussions of literacy, socialization, and democracy, but why? Why are …

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"Smithsonian Institution Entomology Library" Review, Skye Hardesty Oct 2006

"Smithsonian Institution Entomology Library" Review, Skye Hardesty

University Library Faculty Publications

This is a review of the Smithsonian Institution Entomology Library, available at http://entomology.si.edu/.

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The Briefing, Fall 2006, Andrew Young School Of Policy Studies Oct 2006

The Briefing, Fall 2006, Andrew Young School Of Policy Studies

The Briefing at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

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Casualties, Polls, And The Iraq War, Jason Reifler, Christopher Gelpi Oct 2006

Casualties, Polls, And The Iraq War, Jason Reifler, Christopher Gelpi

Political Science Faculty Publications

In their article “Success Matters: Casualty Sensitivity and the War in Iraq,” Christopher Gelpi, Peter Feaver, and Jason Reifler attempt to flush out the relationship between public opinion and the use of force as it pertains to the Iraq war.1 The authors promote the following proposition: “Our thesis is that expectations of future success are the key determinants of public casualty tolerance. That is, the U.S. public can accept that the war is not yet won and will involve continued and even mounting costs, provided that events thus far are not convincing it that eventual success is impossible” (p. 24). …

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Review Of The Successful Academic Librarian By Gwen Meyer Gregory, Sarah Steiner Sep 2006

Review Of The Successful Academic Librarian By Gwen Meyer Gregory, Sarah Steiner

University Library Faculty Publications

This is a book review of The Successful Academic Librarian by Gwen Meyer Gregory.

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Analysis Of Access To Dental Care Cy2004/Sfy2005, Karen J. Minyard, Glenn M. Landers, Mei Zhou Sep 2006

Analysis Of Access To Dental Care Cy2004/Sfy2005, Karen J. Minyard, Glenn M. Landers, Mei Zhou

GHPC Articles

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Explanation And Misrepresentation In The Laboratory, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church Sep 2006

Explanation And Misrepresentation In The Laboratory, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church

ExCEN Working Papers

We report the results of an experiment designed to examine the effect of opportunity to provide an explanation for inaccurate results and predictability of behavior on managers’ reporting bias and investors’ ability to decipher the bias. We conduct 20 experimental sessions, each comprised of one manager and three or four investors. The manager has an incentive, in general, to inflate investors’ expectations and investors have an incentive to accurately predict value. We find that the manager reports with an upward bias a majority of the time. The magnitude of the bias, however, is lessened considerably when the manager’s reporting behavior …

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Parties And Patronage: A Comparative Analysis Of The Indian Case, Charles Robert Hankla Aug 2006

Parties And Patronage: A Comparative Analysis Of The Indian Case, Charles Robert Hankla

Political Science Faculty Publications

What political factors influence the allocation of economic patronage in democracies? Answering this question is vital to improving our knowledge of how states and markets interact. In this paper, I argue that changing levels of party centralization can drive important changes in the allocation of state largess. When governing parties are centralized, national party leaders will control sources of patronage, targeting benefits to particularly influential regions and industries. By contrast, when governing parties are decentralized, influential sub-national party leaders will advocate for their constituents, allocating patronage evenly through a national logroll. I find evidence for these relationships by comparing India's …

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Intellectualism, Infiltration, And The Imaginary: The Challenge Of Conservative Think Tanks In Developing Coherent Democratic Community, Deron R. Boyles, Philip Kovacs Jul 2006

Intellectualism, Infiltration, And The Imaginary: The Challenge Of Conservative Think Tanks In Developing Coherent Democratic Community, Deron R. Boyles, Philip Kovacs

Educational Policy Studies Faculty Publications

This paper extends the question “What should we be doing and what kinds of activities would we be engaged in during the time we take off to craft and assert ourselves as public intellectuals?” Kathleen Kesson and Jim Henderson provided us with historical background (and a delightful song parody) while Kent den Heyer challenges us to take two years off from the academy and engage in research that would better enable us to communicate with and influence those in positions of power. For the purpose of this paper, we wish to join with Kesson, Henderson, and den Heyer, if only …

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"Food In The Ancient World" Review, Skye Hardesty Jul 2006

"Food In The Ancient World" Review, Skye Hardesty

University Library Faculty Publications

This is a review of the book Food in the Ancient World, by Joan P. Alcock.

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Discrimination In The Lab: Experiments Exploring The Impact Of Performance And Appearance On Sorting And Cooperation, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie Jul 2006

Discrimination In The Lab: Experiments Exploring The Impact Of Performance And Appearance On Sorting And Cooperation, Marco Castillo, Ragan Petrie

ExCEN Working Papers

We present experimental evidence consistent with statistical discrimination in a public good and group formation game. We find that behavior is correlated with race and gender, and people use race and gender to predict behavior when no other information is available. When information on behavior is provided, people disregard personal characteristics completely. These characteristics are also disregarded when individual behavior is induced to break the correlation between characteristics and behavior. That is, people disregard race and gender even when observed behavior is unusual but relevant to payoffs. Finally, our experiments show that sorting into groups has dramatic implications on cooperation. …

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Extending The Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, And English Education, Janet A. Swenson, Carl A. Young, Ewa Mcgrail, Robert A. Rozema, Phyllis Whitin Jul 2006

Extending The Conversation: New Technologies, New Literacies, And English Education, Janet A. Swenson, Carl A. Young, Ewa Mcgrail, Robert A. Rozema, Phyllis Whitin

Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications

The authors contend that new technologies have developed new literacies and new ways of thinking that are reshaping our lives. In the rapidly changing world, they argue, these new literacies and their practices must become central to effective English education programs. To frame their argument, they introduce the notion of "technological" pedagogical content knowledge to bridge the perceived binary of technology and English education. Throughout, they analyze how reflection on new technologies and integration of them into coursework for specific purposes is an educational, political, and even a moral imperative.

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Presentation - Cultivating Future Scholars: A Cross-Campus Collaboration On An Original Research Project, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D. Jun 2006

Presentation - Cultivating Future Scholars: A Cross-Campus Collaboration On An Original Research Project, Mandy J. Swygart-Hobaugh M.L.S., Ph.D.

University Library Faculty Publications

Presentation on a collaboration with a sociology faculty member, a Writing Consultant, and the Quantitative Reasoning Consultant to provide research and writing support for sociology undergraduates engaging in original research projects.

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When The Shoe Is On The Other Foot: Experimental Evidence On Valuation Disparities, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church, Gerald Dwyer Jun 2006

When The Shoe Is On The Other Foot: Experimental Evidence On Valuation Disparities, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church, Gerald Dwyer

ExCEN Working Papers

The method of elicitation has an important effect on valuations. We investigate the effect of perspective on decision makers’ elicited values. We conduct experimental sessions in which participants act as sellers or buyers and replicate the disparity between willingness to accept and willingness to pay: sellers want to collect more and buyers want to pay less. We conduct additional sessions in which endowed decision makers provide values that are used to determine a price at which anonymous others transact. In these sessions, decision makers’ experimental earnings are not affected by valuations, but rather determined by their endowment. Decision makers appear …

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Nip & Tuck: Operational Concerns Of Menu Makeovers, Dave Pavesic May 2006

Nip & Tuck: Operational Concerns Of Menu Makeovers, Dave Pavesic

Hospitality Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Why Library And Information Science? Results Of A Career Survey Of Mlis Students Along With Implications For Reference Librarians And Recruitment, Allyson Ard, Susan Clemmons (Smith), Nathan Morgan, Patrick Sessions, Brett Spencer, Tracy Tidwell, Patricia J. West Apr 2006

Why Library And Information Science? Results Of A Career Survey Of Mlis Students Along With Implications For Reference Librarians And Recruitment, Allyson Ard, Susan Clemmons (Smith), Nathan Morgan, Patrick Sessions, Brett Spencer, Tracy Tidwell, Patricia J. West

University Library Faculty Publications

Hearing why the librarians of tomorrow chose the library profession is vital, because understanding their motivations provides librarians with a glimpse of the future as well as ways to improve that future for the profession. This article therefore seeks to communicate the career motivations of MLIS students by reporting the results of a survey conducted at the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies. Library administrators and others responsible for hiring information professionals will want to hear the library students’ reasons for entering the field, their salary expectations, geographic preferences, perceptions of the job market, and interest in …

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"Springerlink" Review, Skye Hardesty Apr 2006

"Springerlink" Review, Skye Hardesty

University Library Faculty Publications

This is a review of the database SpringerLink.

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Understanding And Reducing The Number Of Uninsured Georgians, Georgia Health Policy Center Mar 2006

Understanding And Reducing The Number Of Uninsured Georgians, Georgia Health Policy Center

GHPC Briefs

No abstract provided.

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Committee Service And The Fledgling Librarian: Creating Community, Confidence, And Employability, Sarah Steiner Mar 2006

Committee Service And The Fledgling Librarian: Creating Community, Confidence, And Employability, Sarah Steiner

University Library Faculty Publications

As a librarian-in-training, you face many demands on your time - classes, homework, a job, a marriage, a family - the list can go on and on. In the midst of all these school- and life-related responsibilities, committee service is something people often defer until after graduation. This is unfortunate, because the benefits of participation in committees, round tables, and other groups early in your career cannot be overstated. With only a small time commitment, local professional service can provide you with an invaluable - and underrated - way to meet people, gain experience in the profession, and land yourself …

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Social Distance And Reciprocity, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church, Shawn Davis Mar 2006

Social Distance And Reciprocity, Lucy Ackert, Bryan Church, Shawn Davis

ExCEN Working Papers

Contrary to the predictions of non-cooperative game theory, trust and reciprocity are commonly reported in simple games. We conduct a one-shot investment game to examine how social distance affects behavior in two-person exchanges. Two aspects of social distance are examined: ex post revelation of complete information on the second player’s choice set and ex post revelation of information regarding the second player’s identity. The results indicate that reciprocity is not affected by knowledge of the choice set, but depends critically on the possible revelation of the decision maker’s identity. That is, the possibility that the second player’s identity (picture) is …

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Foreign Policy And The Electoral Connection, John Aldrich, Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver, Jason Reifler, Kristin Thompson Sharp Mar 2006

Foreign Policy And The Electoral Connection, John Aldrich, Christopher Gelpi, Peter D. Feaver, Jason Reifler, Kristin Thompson Sharp

Political Science Faculty Publications

Public opinion is central to representation, democratic accountability, and decision making. Yet, the public was long believed to be relatively uninterested in foreign affairs, absent an immediate threat to safety and welfare. It had become conventional to say that "voting ends at water's edge." We start the examination of the scholarly understanding of the role of foreign affairs in public opinion and voting at that low point of view. Much subsequent development saw an increasing degree of holding and using of attitudes and beliefs about foreign affairs among the public. Moving in parallel with developments in political psychology, theoretical and …

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