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Environment, Disaster, And Race After Katrina, Manuel Pastor, Robert Bullard, James Boyce, Alice Fothergill, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Beverly Wright
Environment, Disaster, And Race After Katrina, Manuel Pastor, Robert Bullard, James Boyce, Alice Fothergill, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Beverly Wright
Robert D Bullard
No abstract provided.
Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde
Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde
Craig B. Caldwell
Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2006, Central Bank Of Nigeria
Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2006, Central Bank Of Nigeria
CBN Annual Report
This Report reviews the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and macroeconomic developments during the fiscal year 2006 and appraises the major economic policy outcomes during the period. The Bank reported a stable foreign exchange market in 2006, with an average effective official exchange rate of N 128.65 per U.S dollar, an increase of 2.6% over 2005. The stock of external reserves, valued at US$12.30 billion, was 49.6% higher than in 2005, driven by high crude oil prices and lower debt-service burden. The reserves were equivalent to 28.4 months of import cover, exceeding the 6 months requirement under …
Cuba's De-Dollarization Program: Policy Measures, Main Objectives, And Principal Motivations, Mario A. Gonzalez-Corzo
Cuba's De-Dollarization Program: Policy Measures, Main Objectives, And Principal Motivations, Mario A. Gonzalez-Corzo
Publications and Research
This paper examines the main characteristics of Cuba’s de-dollarization program, the objectives of these policy measures, and their principal causes and motivations. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section describes the policy measures associated with the process of de-dollarization, followed by a detailed account of their main objectives (section two), and an analysis of their principal causes and motivations (section three).
Rural Women Entrepreneurship In South Dakota, Carol J. Cumber, Abbigail Meeder
Rural Women Entrepreneurship In South Dakota, Carol J. Cumber, Abbigail Meeder
Economics Commentator
No abstract provided.
Regional Innovation Systems (Ris) In The U.S. South: The Role Of Local Characteristics Of Ris In Rural Development, Doohee Lee
All Dissertations
Regional innovation systems (RIS) and innovative activity are now recognized as having important roles to play in regional economic development policy. The goal of this study is to expand our understanding of the relationship between regional economic growth and the local characteristics of RIS. The research identified the existence and importance of sources of innovation, knowledge spillovers, and regional spillovers as the principal characteristics of RIS in the South. A knowledge production function approach was used to estimate the determinants of innovative activity in rural counties. A zero inflated negative binomial model was estimated to capture the influence of local …
Economic Analysis Of Stormwater Management Practices, Ritu Sharma
Economic Analysis Of Stormwater Management Practices, Ritu Sharma
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Structural stormwater management practices help reduce the quantity and improve quality of stormwater runoff. This dissertation focuses on costs and cost effectiveness of these practices. Design, construction and maintenance costs data that were collected from six different sources and adjusted for purchasing power differences over time and location are analyzed using stochastic Leontief cost functions. Effects on these costs of land prices, wages for engineering, construction, and landscaping services, water storage or treatment, and differences in designs of the SMPs and the biophysical regions in which they are located are estimated with the Leontief functions. Results indicate that all SMPs …
Taxes And Competitiveness, Michael S. Knoll
Taxes And Competitiveness, Michael S. Knoll
All Faculty Scholarship
Around the world, the tax laws are shaped by concerns with competitiveness. This paper provides a general theory of how taxes impact competitiveness. As part of that theory, this paper also introduces the concept of tax-based competitiveness neutrality. A tax system is competitively neutral when taxes do not cause competitors to change their relative valuations of any investments. This paper then uses that theory to evaluate tax policy in two high profile and important areas. The paper begins by describing two models of competitiveness, called the conduit or new money model and the investor or old money model. The central …
Economic Interactions: Behavior Or Structure, Shyam Sunder
Economic Interactions: Behavior Or Structure, Shyam Sunder
Shyam Sunder
No abstract provided.
The Competitive Effects Of Multiple Exchange Listed Options On The Us Options Market: A Look At Market Share, Jason Kunkel
The Competitive Effects Of Multiple Exchange Listed Options On The Us Options Market: A Look At Market Share, Jason Kunkel
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In an attempt to foster competition between financial exchanges, the Securities and Exchange Commission developed the National Market System Plan. With the exchanges competing for market share, there is potential for the loss of property rights of price quotes developed by the dominant exchange. The smaller exchanges will free ride on the dominant exchange`s price quotes and 'cream skim' the less risky trades. This research develops a model of CBOE (the dominant options exchange) market share to show evidence of 'cream skimming.' The variables in the model of market share give insight into the risk and profitability of the option …
Commercialization Of Nonprofit Organizations: A New Model, Brittana L.W. Hardwick
Commercialization Of Nonprofit Organizations: A New Model, Brittana L.W. Hardwick
Economics Theses
No abstract provided.
Patent Political Economy - Indian Lessons On Pharmaceutical Patent, Julien L. Chaisse, Samira Guennif
Patent Political Economy - Indian Lessons On Pharmaceutical Patent, Julien L. Chaisse, Samira Guennif
ExpressO
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime adopted by any country is essentially a tool that strives to ensure both the growth of the domestic pharmaceutical industry and people’s access to medicines. But, contrary to the very easily advanced theory, there is no paradox between the two. From this perspective, the Indian experience has shown that it is precisely the relaxation of its national IPR regime that promoted the growth of its domestic industry, thereby ensuring a better patient access to medicines. However, the globalisation process does not overlook any sector, which means that medicines too are submitted to the new …
Paying Attention To Welfare: Supplemental Security Income, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, And The Incentives Of Parents, Jason Rudbeck
Paying Attention To Welfare: Supplemental Security Income, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, And The Incentives Of Parents, Jason Rudbeck
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The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is the only welfare program that extends cash benefits to children for being blind or disabled. The largest growth in the program has occurred towards children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Using in-house data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), this research measures parents` sensitivity to having their children diagnosed with ADHD given increases in real SSI payments. Children who are more likely to receive SSI benefits given income and living condition are also more elastic to increases in payments through becoming diagnosed with ADHD. In addition, parents alternate between claiming that …
Identifying Economic Indicators For Ecosystem-Based Management:, Scott Norris
Identifying Economic Indicators For Ecosystem-Based Management:, Scott Norris
Publications
In America and across the world, the use of ecosystem-based management is
increasing. One of the primary challenges faced in using this method of management is the integration of economic data and environmental information. This report explores the use of a new tool for integrating economic data, ecosystem-based economic indicators, in a case study of Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, an estuarine environment located in Monterey County, CA. Research and literature reviews were used to detail the economic activities of the area, in order to identify possible indicators,criteria for evaluating the indicators, and potential sources of indicator data. After …
An Econometric Analysis Of Determinants Of Foreign Direct Investment: A Panel Data Study For Africa, Evarist Twimukye
An Econometric Analysis Of Determinants Of Foreign Direct Investment: A Panel Data Study For Africa, Evarist Twimukye
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In the last two decades, foreign direct investment has become a major source of investment capital for developing countries. This study evaluates the determinants of foreign direct investment in Africa using fixed effects feasible generalized least squares model for 45 countries covering the period 1990-2003. The study finds gross domestic product, literacy rate, exchange rate and population size to have positive relationship with foreign direct investment. But, inflation rate and remoteness have negative relationship with foreign direct investment. Finally, central, eastern and western regions have lower foreign direct investment than southern region.
Are Obese People Choosing More Sedentary Jobs?, Ashley Cluley
Are Obese People Choosing More Sedentary Jobs?, Ashley Cluley
All Theses
Throughout the developed world there are a growing number of people becoming obese. Advancing technology continues to make our jobs less physically demanding. I show that a person with a higher body mass index (BMI) does not choose a more sedentary job position.
Job strenuousness is found by using principal component analysis. The three instrumental variables used for two-stage least squares are youth health, the number of restaurants per state per thousand residents, and an indicator variable if a person plays computer games at home. I reviewed 2SLS, JN2SLS and ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions and based on the testing …
Sequencing Capital Account Liberalisation, Bright Okogu, Philip Osafo-Kwaako
Sequencing Capital Account Liberalisation, Bright Okogu, Philip Osafo-Kwaako
Economic and Financial Review
This paper focuses on the case of Nigeria and examines whether following the successful implementation of the recent reform program, appropriate policies are now in place for effective capital account liberalization.
Capital Account Liberalization: What Options For Developing Economies, Biodun Adedipe
Capital Account Liberalization: What Options For Developing Economies, Biodun Adedipe
Economic and Financial Review
This paper deals with some basic facts about Capital Account Liberalization, Liberalization Experiences, problems and prospects, policy options and recommendations.
Capital Account Liberalization: Experience From The Emerging Market Economies, Mike I. Obadan
Capital Account Liberalization: Experience From The Emerging Market Economies, Mike I. Obadan
Economic and Financial Review
The liberalization of the capital account of the balance of payments is rooted in economic theory and is said, can help to bridge savings and foreign exchange gaps in national economics thereby promoting national growth. In the light of the foregoing, this paper explores the experiences of the developing countries in particular, the emerging market economies, in capital account liberalization.
Capital Account Liberalization In Nigeria: Problems And Prospects, Ayodele F. Odusola
Capital Account Liberalization In Nigeria: Problems And Prospects, Ayodele F. Odusola
Economic and Financial Review
Capital Account is one of the lynchpins of globalization and it is often seen as an inevitable path to economic development for developing countries. This is based on the premise that liberalizing capital account would permit financial resources to flow from capital abundant countries to capital scarce countries. This paper examines the problems, prospects and challenges of foreign private capital flows in Nigeria.
Capital Account Liberalization: The Ecowas Experience, M.O. Ojo
Capital Account Liberalization: The Ecowas Experience, M.O. Ojo
Economic and Financial Review
Capital account liberalization can enhance economic growth and development through access to foreign savings for domestic investment, improvement in the efficiency of resources allocation for greater competitiveness in the global economy. The paper focuses on the status of Capital account liberalization in the ECOWAS region and the policy measures that could be adopted.
Capital Account Liberalization: The Way Forward For Nigeria, Sam Omoruyi
Capital Account Liberalization: The Way Forward For Nigeria, Sam Omoruyi
Economic and Financial Review
Capital account liberalization is a complex and multifaceted issue, which if not properly addressed could increase the risks of a crisis in a country with serious negative consequences for the real sector. The purpose of this paper is to dwell in some detail on capital account liberalization, emphasizing the preconditions for tits safe implementation, the degree and sequencing of implementation, effects of capital account liberalization, noting costs and the way forward to its effective administration in Nigeria.
Welcome Address At The 2006 Executive Seminar "Capital Account Liberalization: Issues, Problems, And Prospect", E.O. Alilonu
Welcome Address At The 2006 Executive Seminar "Capital Account Liberalization: Issues, Problems, And Prospect", E.O. Alilonu
Economic and Financial Review
The welcome address was given by the then Branch Controller, Calabar Branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the 2006 Executive Seminar.
Wright State University Regional Economic Report, December 2006, Thomas L. Traynor
Wright State University Regional Economic Report, December 2006, Thomas L. Traynor
Economics Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Globalization And Capital Account Liberalization, Ademola T. Oyejide
Globalization And Capital Account Liberalization, Ademola T. Oyejide
Economic and Financial Review
This paper reviews some aspects of the debate on the linkages between globalization and capital account liberalization. This paper analyses globalization and the associated capital flows and then discusses the impact of the capital flows on the financial and real sectors of the economy.
Keynote Address At The Cbn Executive Seminar On "Capital Account Liberalization: Issues, Problems, And Prospect", Obadiah Mailafia
Keynote Address At The Cbn Executive Seminar On "Capital Account Liberalization: Issues, Problems, And Prospect", Obadiah Mailafia
Economic and Financial Review
The keynote address was given by the Deputy Governor, (Economic Policy), Central Bank of Nigeria. He highlighted the aptness of the theme for the seminar in view of the developments in the global economy and the policy reforms embedded in the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Oecd's Fdi Regulatory Restrictiveness Index: Revision And Extension To More Economies, T. Koyama, Stephen S. Golub
Oecd's Fdi Regulatory Restrictiveness Index: Revision And Extension To More Economies, T. Koyama, Stephen S. Golub
Economics Faculty Works
This paper provides a revised measure of regulatory restrictions on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) for OECD countries and extends the approach to 13 non-member countries. The methodology is largely similar to that adopted in the previous version of the OECD indicator and covers three broad categories of restrictions: limitations on foreign ownership, screening or notification procedures, and management and operational restrictions. The FDI restrictiveness indicator captures statutory deviations from "national treatment", i.e. discrimination against foreign investment. When combined with other factors having an influence on foreign investment decisions, it has proven to be a good predictor of countries' inward …
Asset Welfare: A Different Approach In The War On Poverty, Renée De Voursney
Asset Welfare: A Different Approach In The War On Poverty, Renée De Voursney
Economics Theses
This thesis evaluates American asset poverty. By looking at the history of American poverty aid, it posits that asset poverty is not being addressed. Through a careful review of the literature this thesis answers a series of questions that demonstrate the import of the asset dimension of poverty. The current systems of asset based aid are evaluated, and policy recommendations are made for a more adequate national approach to this issue.
Currency Restructuring: The Role Of The Media., Festus O. Odoko
Currency Restructuring: The Role Of The Media., Festus O. Odoko
Bullion
One of the mandates of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as provided in the CBN Act of 1991 (as amended) is the issuance of legal tender currency. This paper examines the rationale for currency restructuring so as to elicit the buy-in and support of the media and in that way enhance the acceptability of the currency in economic transactions in Nigeria. The rest of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 outlines the major elements of currency restructuring, while section 3 discusses the critical success factors. In section 4 the role of the media is enunciated while section …
Religion And Subjective Well-Being Among China’S Elderly Population, Philip H. Brown, Brian Tierney
Religion And Subjective Well-Being Among China’S Elderly Population, Philip H. Brown, Brian Tierney
Working Papers in Economics
Evidence from developed and developing countries alike demonstrates a strongly positive relationship between religiosity and happiness, particularly for women and particularly among the elderly. Using survey data from the oldest old in China, we find a strong negative relationship between religious participation and subjective well-being in a rich multivariate logistic framework that controls for demographics, health and disabilities, living arrangements and marital status, wealth and income, lifestyle and social networks, and location. In contrast to other studies, we also find that religion has a larger effect on subjective well-being on men than women.