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Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- December 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- December 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- November 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- November 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
A Theory Of Economic Policy Lock-In And Lock-Out Via Hysterisis: Rethinking Economists’ Approach To Economic Policy, Thomas I. Palley
A Theory Of Economic Policy Lock-In And Lock-Out Via Hysterisis: Rethinking Economists’ Approach To Economic Policy, Thomas I. Palley
PERI Working Papers
This paper explores lock-in and lock-out via economic policy. It argues policy decisions may near-irrevocably change the economy’s structure, thereby changing its performance. That causes changed economic outcomes concerning distribution of wealth, income and power, which in turn induces locked-in changes in political outcomes. That is a different way of thinking about policy compared to conventional macroeconomic stabilization theory. The latter treats policy as a dial which is dialed up or down, depending on the economy’s state. Lock-in policy is illustrated by the euro, globalization, and the neoliberal policy experiment.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- October 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- October 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- September 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- September 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Certificate In Energy Economics And Policy, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Certificate In Energy Economics And Policy, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Library Impact Statements
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- August 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- August 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- July 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- July 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- May 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- May 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
High School Music Program Participation And Subsequent Strength Of The Local Music Economy., Andrew Segal
High School Music Program Participation And Subsequent Strength Of The Local Music Economy., Andrew Segal
College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
No Frills = No Thrills? An Econometric Study Of The Effects Of Airline Baggage Fee Charges, Hao You
No Frills = No Thrills? An Econometric Study Of The Effects Of Airline Baggage Fee Charges, Hao You
Undergraduate Craft of Research Prize Papers
No abstract provided.
Does Academic Performance Predict Workplace Productivity?, Jodie-Gaye Hunter
Does Academic Performance Predict Workplace Productivity?, Jodie-Gaye Hunter
Honors Projects in Economics
This research examines if college GPA affects productivity and compensation in the workplace. It uses data collected from a survey of approximately 23,000 Bryant University graduates in different stages of their career. About 10 percent of the alumni surveyed completed the survey. The econometric model used in this study allows estimating the effect of GPA on income after controlling for various demographic and socioeconomic variables, including education, major, occupation, gender, among others. The empirical work provides evidence that GPA has a positive and statistically significant impact on workplace productivity for females, but GPA seems to be a weaker predictor of …
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- April 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- April 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Global Economic Expansion And The Prevalence Of Militarized Interstate Disputes, Lucas Hahn
Global Economic Expansion And The Prevalence Of Militarized Interstate Disputes, Lucas Hahn
Honors Projects in Economics
Over the past several decades the entire world has experienced both the positive and negative effects of globalization. The question that this report will address is whether or not global economic expansion has led to a decline in the prevalence of militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) and what factors influence the prevalence of MIDs. This report will take an in-depth look at Thomas Friedman’s “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention”. It also includes a quantitative analysis in which regression techniques were used to see how different economic factors influence the prevalence of MIDs, while also introducing a previously unused independent variable …
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- March 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- March 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- February 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- February 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Public Higher Education’S Role In Shaping A Workforce In Rhode Island: The Case Of Rhode Island College, Francis J. Leazes Jr., Mikaila M. L. Arthur
Public Higher Education’S Role In Shaping A Workforce In Rhode Island: The Case Of Rhode Island College, Francis J. Leazes Jr., Mikaila M. L. Arthur
Faculty Publications
Skilled human capital plays a major role in sparking innovation, enhancing productivity, raising incomes, and driving economic growth. State prosperity depends heavily on attracting well-educated workers because these workers enjoy significantly higher per-capita incomes and perform well on other economic measures. The knowledge-based economy places a higher premium on an education that challenges those entering the workplace to be able to think beyond the immediate job they will seek. If the most desirable high-value technical businesses cannot find enough skilled workers in Rhode Island, they will neither come to the state or stay in it. Furthermore, in today’s economy, we …
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- January 2016, Leonard Lardaro
Rhode Island Current Conditions Index -- January 2016, Leonard Lardaro
The Rhode Island Current Conditions Index
No abstract provided.
Responses To Change In The Global Political Economy Of Innovation – The Role Of Sub-National States In Industrial Transition, Dan Herman
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This dissertation seeks to explore how sub-national levels of the state promote the development of new industrial sectors. To do so this dissertation builds on a series of theoretical perspectives on the role of the state in the economy and develops a unique view of how sub-national states coalesce and contrast within these perspectives. It does so through a series of empirical case studies focused on sub-national jurisdictions in North America that highlight diverse varieties of state actions that contribute, if not lead, industrial transitions and the development of new innovation-oriented industrial sectors. In so doing, the dissertation presents a …