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2002

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Water-Based Recreational Benefits Of Conservation Programs: The Case Of Conservation Tillage On U.S. Cropland, Kathy Baylis, Peter Feather, Merritt Padgitt, Carmen Sandretto Dec 2001

Water-Based Recreational Benefits Of Conservation Programs: The Case Of Conservation Tillage On U.S. Cropland, Kathy Baylis, Peter Feather, Merritt Padgitt, Carmen Sandretto

Kathy Baylis

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Valuing Cooperation And Participation : A Challenge To Standard Normative Economics, Denis Claude Dec 2001

Valuing Cooperation And Participation : A Challenge To Standard Normative Economics, Denis Claude

Denis Claude

This paper focuses on the economic assessment of environmental policies that rely on the participation and cooperation of local communities. It argues that such policies have an intrinsic value that is ignored by the usual methods of economic valuation. This omission results from an adhesion to welfarism, a doctrine according to which the evaluation of public policy should be based solely on its consequences in terms of individual utilities. A number of authors reject this doctrine, however. They stress that public policy should not be narrowly interpreted as the choice of a social state since it also involves a choice …

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A Social Constructivist Approach To Computer-Mediated Instruction, Joseph J. Pear, Darlene E. Crone-Todd Dec 2001

A Social Constructivist Approach To Computer-Mediated Instruction, Joseph J. Pear, Darlene E. Crone-Todd

Darlene Crone-Todd

A computer-mediated teaching system, called computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), has been developed that incorporates a social constructivist approach. This educational philosophy maintains that human learning occurs primarily through a socially interactive process. In CAPSI, course material is divided into study units, and the instructor prepares study questions on each unit. The study questions require verbally composed answers. In addition, the study questions in CAPSI often do not specify any one correct answer; instead the quality of the answer depends on how well it is argued as judged by the feedback it evokes from others. All students receive feedback …

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Incentivos Electorales Y Selección De Candidatos En Organizaciones Neopopulistas: El Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (1984-2000), Flavia Freidenberg Dec 2001

Incentivos Electorales Y Selección De Candidatos En Organizaciones Neopopulistas: El Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (1984-2000), Flavia Freidenberg

Flavia Freidenberg

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School Quality, Race And Housing Values In Louisiana, Dave N. Norris Dec 2001

School Quality, Race And Housing Values In Louisiana, Dave N. Norris

Dave Norris

No abstract provided.

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Postcolonialism And Native American Geographies: The Letters Of Rosalie La Flesche Farley, 1896-1899, Karen M. Morin Dec 2001

Postcolonialism And Native American Geographies: The Letters Of Rosalie La Flesche Farley, 1896-1899, Karen M. Morin

Karen M. Morin

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Scaling Power Laws In The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Iram Gleria, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

Scaling Power Laws In The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Iram Gleria, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

The scaling of the probability distribution of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange index is shown to be described by a Levy stable stochastic process for the modal region of the distribution. The truncated Levy process is characterized by a scaling index of 1.66. Scaling power laws are also shown to be present in the mean and standard deviation of the series as the time horizon is increased. A power law is also found for the autocorrelation time of the natural logs of the index series. The deviations from the line that best fits the natural logs of the series are …

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Criticality, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

Criticality, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

This article reviews some current interdisciplinary work on power laws.

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A Brief Overview Of The Current State Of Exchange Rate Modeling, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

A Brief Overview Of The Current State Of Exchange Rate Modeling, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

The paper provides a brief overview of the current state of exchange rate modeling.

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Obtrusiveness As Strategy In Ethnographic Research, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2001

Obtrusiveness As Strategy In Ethnographic Research, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

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