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The Budgetary Effects Of Rising Public Employee Costs, Roy W. Bahl

ECON Publications

No abstract provided.

Alpha Blocking To Auditory Stimulation In Simple And Discrimination Reaction Time Tasks, Lynn Riette Cooper

Psychology Theses

The effects of selective and anticipatory attention on alpha blocking were examined by presenting an 8 sec. warning tone followed .4 sec. later by a second tone which alternately commenced 1) a control series of passive listening, 2) a simple reaction time task, or 3) a discrimination reaction time task. No differences in alpha activity were noted in the period of auditory anticipation following the onset of the warning signal or during the process of selection after the reaction signal.

Significant differences in conditions were noted only in the period after the response had been made. It was suggested that …

The Budgetary Implications Of Rising Employee Retirements System Costs, Roy W. Bahl, Bernard Jump

ECON Publications

No abstract provided.

Forecasting Urban Government Expenditures, Roy W. Bahl, Richard D. Gustely

ECON Publications

No abstract provided.

Wage Rates, Employment Levels And State And Local Government Expenditures For Health And Education: An Analysis Of Interstate Variations, Roy W. Bahl, Richard D. Gustely

ECON Publications

Because of a growing concern with equalization in the provis:LOn of human services, the substantial variance among and within American states in per capita health-hospital and education expenditures has received much serious empirical analysis. The major policy implications of interstate analysis are clear and well known: how much and what kind of federal assistance is necessary to effect an equalization of service levels, and what kinds of state-local government adjustments ought to be required as a condition of receiving this assistance. The research question underlying these policy concerns is threefold: (1) What is the magnitude of the interstate variations? (2) …

Measuring The Social Attitudes And Aesthetic And Economic Considerations Which Influence Transmission Line Routing, Paul Henderson, Roy W. Bahl, Brian Gray, William Maynard

ECON Publications

This report summarizes a study conducted by Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Battelle-Northwest) f o r the Atomic Energy Commission. It represents an interdisciplinary effort to extend a methodology (recently developed at Battelle-Northwest) for siting nuclear power plants to the problem of routing electric power transmission lines. The methodology incorporates both public values and technical assessments.