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The Feasibility Of Road User Fees And Other Alternative Sources Of Transportation Funding, Joshua R. Amberg Jul 2017

The Feasibility Of Road User Fees And Other Alternative Sources Of Transportation Funding, Joshua R. Amberg

Pepperdine Policy Review

The nation faces an approaching crisis in transportation funding. This is a critical issue that is both relevant and essential to public administration. It affects all levels of government and extends across the nation. Rapidly declining sources of transportation funding pose short-term and long-term challenges for politicians, public administrators, and everyday citizens. In the face of inadequate revenues, new forms of funding are necessary to keep the transportation system solvent. This paper will briefly outline the history of transportation funding that created this problem and examine various proposed solutions. It will focus specifically on the emerging theory of road user …


Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: Lessons Learned From State-Building In Iraq, Andrew F. Clark Jul 2017

Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: Lessons Learned From State-Building In Iraq, Andrew F. Clark

Pepperdine Policy Review

I was ten years old when the United States invaded Iraq to overthrow a tyrant, eradicate a terrorist organization, and destroy an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Thirteen years later there are still United States soldiers fighting in Iraq. The name of the war has changed over the last thirteen years, but the reality is that I have lived more years of my life with U.S. soldiers in Iraq than years without. The failed effort to rebuild Iraq after the 2003 invasion illustrates a larger incoherence of the United States foreign policy after conflict. There are valuable lessons to …


A Constitutional And Efficacious Analysis Of Affirmative Action Policies, Jeff Longust Jul 2017

A Constitutional And Efficacious Analysis Of Affirmative Action Policies, Jeff Longust

Pepperdine Policy Review

After several Supreme Court cases, university admissions processes, and state/federal policies, affirmative action programs are under several layers of scrutiny. This paper explores how court precedent and research studies have both shaped policies and raised substantive questions about whether or not these programs are effective and equitable.


Reflecting Back On The Ebola Outbreak And The Future Of Bioterrorism, Christian Pedersen Jul 2017

Reflecting Back On The Ebola Outbreak And The Future Of Bioterrorism, Christian Pedersen

Pepperdine Policy Review

In the wake of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, policy makers have focused on the public health components which led to the outbreak, the efforts to control it, and mitigate the impact of the outbreak. Some of the most enlightening aspects of the outbreak, pertain to National Security. The crisis demonstrated some crucial challenges the United States would have to plan for to effectively respond to a bioterrorist attack.


Solving Human Trafficking Between Mexico And The United States, Alexandra Still Jul 2017

Solving Human Trafficking Between Mexico And The United States, Alexandra Still

Pepperdine Policy Review

Human trafficking is a complex issue in the twenty-first century. Trafficking in persons is a major human rights violation that leads to exploitation of vulnerable persons. Increased globalization and refined trafficking techniques have established a strong trafficking route between Mexico and the United States. This paper analyzes the issue of human trafficking for sexual exploitation between Mexico and the U.S. It examines policies that contribute to the scale of the problem, both in the U.S. and Mexico. Finally, this paper recommends ways to implement policy to significantly decrease human trafficking between the two countries based on a provided set of …


Pepperdine Journal Of Communication Research Volume 5 // April 2017 Jun 2017

Pepperdine Journal Of Communication Research Volume 5 // April 2017

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

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Neurodiversity, Annika Lile Apr 2017

Neurodiversity, Annika Lile

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


The Frozen Cross-Cultural Conflict: Armenians, Azerbaijanis And Nagorno-Karabakh, Nona Mitoyan Apr 2017

The Frozen Cross-Cultural Conflict: Armenians, Azerbaijanis And Nagorno-Karabakh, Nona Mitoyan

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


The Butterfly Effect: How A Random Act Of Kindness Changed My Life, Mason Folse Apr 2017

The Butterfly Effect: How A Random Act Of Kindness Changed My Life, Mason Folse

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


Political Posts On Facebook: An Examination Of Voting, Perceived Intelligence, And Motivations, Caroline Laganas, Kendall Mcleod, Elizabeth Lowe Apr 2017

Political Posts On Facebook: An Examination Of Voting, Perceived Intelligence, And Motivations, Caroline Laganas, Kendall Mcleod, Elizabeth Lowe

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Whitney Young Apr 2017

This Is What Democracy Looks Like, Whitney Young

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


Perceiving Sex In Text Messages: Pepperdine Students Use Screenshots To Distinguish Individuals' Sexes, Rachel Yoshimura, Edmund Rothfus, Jingy Liu, Baixue Zheng Apr 2017

Perceiving Sex In Text Messages: Pepperdine Students Use Screenshots To Distinguish Individuals' Sexes, Rachel Yoshimura, Edmund Rothfus, Jingy Liu, Baixue Zheng

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


Crossroads Recognized As Seaver's First Lgbtq Club, Rachel Littauer Apr 2017

Crossroads Recognized As Seaver's First Lgbtq Club, Rachel Littauer

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


Online Exclusive Introduction, Meghan Doyle Apr 2017

Online Exclusive Introduction, Meghan Doyle

Pepperdine Journal of Communication Research

No abstract provided.


Value Added As The Tax Base For Enterprise Income, Nicos Zafiris Feb 2017

Value Added As The Tax Base For Enterprise Income, Nicos Zafiris

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance

The paper addresses the long standing asymmetry in the tax treatment of debt and equity costs through a direct comparison of two hypothetical regimes based exclusively on income taxation, broadly defined, and value added taxation. The model presented widens existing debate to encompass the choice between entrepreneurial and contractual use of inputs generally and including labour, as well as capital. Using representative functional forms and numerical illustrations the analysis explores the effect of the tax regimes on firm decisions concerning input selection, output level and vertical integration. The greater neutrality of value added taxation is shown to produce gains in …


A Refuge For Refugees: The Historical Context And Socioeconomic Impact Of Palestinian Refugees In Jordan, Amelia Marie Dal Pra Jan 2017

A Refuge For Refugees: The Historical Context And Socioeconomic Impact Of Palestinian Refugees In Jordan, Amelia Marie Dal Pra

Global Tides

Today more than 41 percent of the Jordanian population is comprised of Palestinian refugees. Some argue that Jordan has become the new Palestinian state in place of their former land pre-1948. This paper presents the complications of this claim by focusing on the Jordanian government’s constitutional provisions on refugee citizenship, Palestinian support programs and the role the Palestinian identity has played in the integration, or lack thereof, of Palestinian refugees into the social, political, and economic spheres of Jordanian society.


The Implications Of Attachment Orientation And Personality Pathology For Detecting Deception, Madeline Luedke Jan 2017

The Implications Of Attachment Orientation And Personality Pathology For Detecting Deception, Madeline Luedke

Global Tides

This study investigated the implications of attachment orientations and personality dimensions for accuracy in detecting deception from emotionally-based statements. Thirty individuals (M age = 25.33, range = 18-52) completed a survey that included the Personality Inventory for DSM-V-Brief Form and the Relationship Styles Questionnaire to measure the individual differences in question. To measure deceit, 7 mental health counselors volunteered to participate in a video-recorded mock interview concerning their current romantic partner—3 individuals provided false responses, and the remaining 4 offered true answers. The audio-visual vignettes were imbedded in the survey and subjects viewed each, then responded a question asking …


The Rise And Fall Of The Zaibatsu: Japan's Industrial And Economic Modernization, David A. C. Addicott Jan 2017

The Rise And Fall Of The Zaibatsu: Japan's Industrial And Economic Modernization, David A. C. Addicott

Global Tides

Throughout the past century, the rise and fall of the zaibatsu and the operations of their direct successors has not only shaped Japan’s economic and financial landscape but also has been instrumental in the modernization of the world economy. Many of these corporations traced their roots to Japan’s premodern era, and were directly responsible for the transformation of a nation of rice farmers into an industrial powerhouse in the years prior to World War II. Following Japan’s defeat, these monopolistic corporations were dismantled by the Keynesian economists of the Allied occupation and were reorganized into the keiretsu system, which exists …


The Wwi Middle East: Western Intervention And Modern-Day Political Conflict, Pauline Park Jan 2017

The Wwi Middle East: Western Intervention And Modern-Day Political Conflict, Pauline Park

Global Tides

This paper analyzes three conflicting agreements made by the Allied powers between 1915 and 1917: the Husayn-McMahon correspondence, the Sykes-Picot arrangements, and the Balfour Declaration. It reveals the agreements as demonstrative of deeper patterns of political power and strategy in the Middle East that persist today. This paper moreover compares the Middle East with the European colonization of Rwanda in the 1880s, and how the nation's internal division was caused by external global powers seeking political and economic gain. This analysis seeks to connect global events as part of a wider political agenda propagated by Western powers.


The Role Of Intrapersonal Schemas In The Development Of Adolescent Body Satisfaction, Madeline Luedke Jan 2017

The Role Of Intrapersonal Schemas In The Development Of Adolescent Body Satisfaction, Madeline Luedke

Global Tides

Body image is a mental representation of the self that evolves across the lifespan and is a critical component of the psychological-developmental process of adolescence. An individual’s attitudinal and perceptual dimensions of this construct are formulated, in part, from intrapersonal factors such as self-efficacy, self-esteem, affect, attachment orientation, and childhood abuse history. The Big Five personality characteristics; agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to experience; act as a foundation for the prevalence of these traits. Intrapersonal schemas, such as these, sculpt the visualizations an individual experiences concerning their physical self, with regards to both the accuracy of interpretation and the …


The Reinforcement Of Hegemonic Masculinity Through Gender Frames During The 2016 Election, Kevin Gordon, Ryanne E. Gordon, Anthony Nabor Jan 2017

The Reinforcement Of Hegemonic Masculinity Through Gender Frames During The 2016 Election, Kevin Gordon, Ryanne E. Gordon, Anthony Nabor

Global Tides

Gender and its perception by the media played a big role in the election of 2016. The media simplifies the roles of women candidates and redistributes information to the public using gender frames. Though framing based on gender had varying effects on the election, it is still prominent among the media and usually negatively affects women in the public sphere.