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More Gun Hypocrisy Out At Georgia Southern, Gregory J. Brock Aug 2015

More Gun Hypocrisy Out At Georgia Southern, Gregory J. Brock

Gregory J. Brock

No abstract provided.


These Are The Good Old Days, Gregory J. Brock May 2015

These Are The Good Old Days, Gregory J. Brock

Gregory J. Brock

No abstract provided.


Fiscal Decentralization And China’S Regional Infant Mortality, Gregory J. Brock, Yinghua Jin, Tong Zeng Apr 2015

Fiscal Decentralization And China’S Regional Infant Mortality, Gregory J. Brock, Yinghua Jin, Tong Zeng

Gregory J. Brock

Regional Chinese infant mortality rates (IMRs) are examined using a stochastic frontier method for the first time. The composite error term method yields estimates of large underreporting of IMRs over time and provinces in China during the past 30 years. China does not follow the standard growth paradigm of moregrowth leading to lower IMRs. Fiscal decentralization has not alleviated the problem of high IMRs. Both IMRs and the sex ratio at birth suggest reported data constitute a floor or minimal level of demographic distress across provinces with millions of missing females not fully included in the data. China’s one-child policy …


Ga. Lottery - Why Celebrate A Tax On The Poor?, Gregory J. Brock Mar 2015

Ga. Lottery - Why Celebrate A Tax On The Poor?, Gregory J. Brock

Gregory J. Brock

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