Studies On Taxonomy And Ecology Of Some Fish Larve From The Gulf Of Aqaba, 2011 Philadelphia University
Studies On Taxonomy And Ecology Of Some Fish Larve From The Gulf Of Aqaba, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
تلخيص ونبذة عن كتاب الجراحة التجميلية في الجوانب القانونية والشرعية, 2011 Philadelphia University
تلخيص ونبذة عن كتاب الجراحة التجميلية في الجوانب القانونية والشرعية, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Quality Evaluation Of Reconstructed Biological Signals, American Journal Of Applied Sciences, 6 (1): 187-193, 2009., 2011 Philadelphia University
Quality Evaluation Of Reconstructed Biological Signals, American Journal Of Applied Sciences, 6 (1): 187-193, 2009., Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Guidelines For Teaching These Speech Acts, 2011 Philadelphia University
Guidelines For Teaching These Speech Acts, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Exploration And Impacts Of Utilizing Computerized Information Systems Field Study: At The Headquarters Of Jordanian Ministry Of Education, 2011 Philadelphia University
Exploration And Impacts Of Utilizing Computerized Information Systems Field Study: At The Headquarters Of Jordanian Ministry Of Education, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Spatial Organization Of The International Tourism Flows In Jordan, 2011 Philadelphia University
Spatial Organization Of The International Tourism Flows In Jordan, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
Cancun Climate Negotiations, 2011 SelectedWorks
Cancun Climate Negotiations, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, held from November 29 to December 11, 2010, in Cancún, Mexico, relaunched the United Nation's multilateral facilitation role.
Tribes As Essential Partners In Achieving Sustainable Governance, 2011 SelectedWorks
Tribes As Essential Partners In Achieving Sustainable Governance, Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Prof. Elizabeth Burleson
Indigenous peoples have modeled sustainable development around the world. Incentivizing the innovation and instillation of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources can come in the form of public funding, including renewable portfolio standards, feed in tariffs and green tag programs. This article analyzes ways in which tribal communities are helping to expand cooperative good governance.
Real-Time Forecasting, 2011 University of Richmond
Real-Time Forecasting, Dean D. Croushore
Economics Faculty Publications
This chapter will discuss real-time forecasting in a macroeconomic policy context. I will begin by talking about the Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF), a survey of private-sector forecasters. Next, I will discuss research on real-time data analysis and its importance in forecasting. Finally, I will discuss real-time forecasting in the 1990s.
Monetary And Fiscal Policies: Ordinary Recessions And Financial Crises, 2011 Gettysburg College
Monetary And Fiscal Policies: Ordinary Recessions And Financial Crises, Svetoslav I. Semov
Gettysburg Economic Review
This paper uses two different samples to study the effects of monetary and fiscal policies on the profiles of recessions and recoveries. Several results emerge from the econometric analysis presented. First, monetary policy during ordinary recessions and banking crises is a powerful tool with lasting effects that extend to recovery growth rates. However, the effect of monetary policy during financial crises is strongly diminished in the case of forbearance – banks left to function despite being technically insolvent. Second, the effectiveness of fiscal policy is reversed – it is a powerful tool during banking crises, but it does not seem …
"Does It Pay To Be Informed?" Expenditure Efficiency In The Us Mutual Fund Industry, 2011 Gettysburg College
"Does It Pay To Be Informed?" Expenditure Efficiency In The Us Mutual Fund Industry, Jan Cerny
Gettysburg Economic Review
The mutual fund industry would like us to believe that fund expenses are justifiable by their extensive management expertise, security analysis and the consequent delivery of returns that exceed the market performance. Management know-how is costly and thus it drives up the expenditure of actively managed mutual funds and potentially lowers their net returns. Nevertheless the fund managers argue that their contributions to the returns fully outweigh their costs and in general their trading strategies add value to the investors. On the other hand many academics hold that such claims are fundamentally misleading and actively managed funds cannot continuously outperform …
Ohio's Aerospace & Aviation Industries, 2011 Wright State University
Ohio's Aerospace & Aviation Industries, Wright State University Center For Urban And Public Affairs
Economic Development
Despite the struggling economy and the challenges that have plagued the commercial aviation market, the U.S. Aerospace and Aviation industries have experienced growth and an increase in profits and sales from 2005 to 2009.
There is a window of opportunity for the State of Ohio to emerge as a global industry leader. In order to capitalize on this opportunity, the State must address critical gaps in workforce and economic development. The talent development pipeline must focus not only on meeting the current business demand, but also on anticipating future national demand. This forward reaching strategy would position the state to …
A Sufficient Condition For The Tops-Only Property Of Strategy-Proof Social Choice Functions In The Case Of Two Voters, 2011 Singapore Management University
A Sufficient Condition For The Tops-Only Property Of Strategy-Proof Social Choice Functions In The Case Of Two Voters, Huaxia Zeng
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
In this thesis, we consider the standard voting model with a finite set of alternatives A and 2 voters, and address the following question: besides Domains D satisfying the
Property T (Chatterji & Sen (2011) ), what are other characteristics of domains that induce every strategy-proof and unanimous social choice function f : Dn → A to satisfy the tops-only property? We impose a minimal richness condition which ensures that for every alternative a ∈ A, there exists a preference ordering where a is maximal. We identify a more general condition on domains that is sufficient for strategy-proofness …
Analysis Of Singapore's Foreign Exchange Market Microstructure, 2011 Singapore Management University
Analysis Of Singapore's Foreign Exchange Market Microstructure, Chee Wai Wan
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
This paper analyses the Singapore foreign exchange market from a microstructure approach. Specifically, by applying and modifying the empirical methodology designed by Bollerslev and Melvin (1994), we examine the relationship between bid-ask spreads and the underlying volatility of the USD/SGD. Our data set comprises high-frequency USD/SGD tick data of three separate years (April-June 1989, April-May 2006, April-May 2009). We found that for the USD/SGD: i) the size of bid-ask spreads are positively related to the underlying exchange rate volatility; ii) the magnitude of the dependence on underlying volatility increases as tick volume increases; and iii) the size of the bid-ask …
Take Me Out Of The Ball Game: The Efficacy Of Public Subsidies In The Success Of Professional Sports Stadiums, 2011 Claremont McKenna College
Take Me Out Of The Ball Game: The Efficacy Of Public Subsidies In The Success Of Professional Sports Stadiums, Jonah Chodosh
CMC Senior Theses
This paper weights the relative advantages of multiple factors that lead to the success of professional sports stadiums in major markets, though a discussion of the arguments for and against public subsidies towards these projects. Using a logit statistical model, the paper determines that the two factors determining the highest likelihood of venue success include multiple tenants and access to mass transit. The analysis demonstrates that public subsidies towards stadiums don’t generate sufficient economic returns, and that successful stadiums can be created without using taxpayer funds.
Economic Development Analysis & Action Plan: Camden, Maine, 2011 University of Southern Maine
Economic Development Analysis & Action Plan: Camden, Maine, Charles S. Colgan
Regional Studies
This report addresses the issues of economic growth in the context of the Town of Camden, one of the 20 communities examined in the Gateway 1 planning process. The intention of this Commercial Development Inventory and Economic Development Analysis is to guide the Economic Development efforts of Camden for the next 5-10 years within the context of the Gateway 1 initiative.
From Programmatic Reform To Social Science Research: The National Tax Association And The Promise And Perils Of Disciplinary Encounters, 2011 Indiana University Maurer School of Law
From Programmatic Reform To Social Science Research: The National Tax Association And The Promise And Perils Of Disciplinary Encounters, Ajay K. Mehrotra, Joseph J. Thorndike
Articles by Maurer Faculty
This article uses the history of the National Tax Association (NTA), the leading twentieth-century organization of tax professionals, to strengthen our empirical understanding of the disciplinary encounter between law and the social sciences. Building on existing sociolegal scholarship, this article explores how the NTA embodied tax law's ambivalent historical interaction with public economics. Since its founding in 1907, the NTA has changed dramatically from an eclectic and catholic organization of tax professionals with a high public profile to an insular, scholarly association of mainly academic public finance economists. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative historical evidence, we contend that …
Adequate (Or Adipose?) Yearly Progress: Assessing The Effect Of "No Child Left Behind" On Children's Obesity, 2010 Dartmouth College
Adequate (Or Adipose?) Yearly Progress: Assessing The Effect Of "No Child Left Behind" On Children's Obesity, Patricia Anderson, Kristin Butcher, Diane Schanzenbach
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
This paper investigates how accountability pressures under No Child Left Behind (NCLB) may affect children’s rate of overweight. Schools facing increased pressures to produce academic outcomes may reallocate their efforts in ways that have unintended consequences for children’s health. For example, schools may cut back on recess and physical education in favor of increasing time on tested subjects. To examine the impact of school accountability programs, we create a unique panel data set of schools in Arkansas that allows us to test the impact of NCLB rules on students’ weight outcomes. Our main approach is to consider schools to be …
Experimental Evidence On The Effect Of Childhood Investments On Postsecondary Attainment And Degree Completion, 2010 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Experimental Evidence On The Effect Of Childhood Investments On Postsecondary Attainment And Degree Completion, Susan Dynarski, Joshua Hyman, Diane Schanzenbach
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
This paper examines the effect of early childhood investments on college enrollment and degree completion. We use the random assignment in the Project STAR experiment to estimate the effect of smaller classes in primary school on college entry, college choice, and degree completion. We improve on existing work in this area with unusually detailed data on college enrollment spells and the previously unexplored outcome of college degree completion. We find that assignment to a small class increases the probability of attending college by 2.7 percentage points, with effects more than twice as large among blacks. Among those with the lowest …
Judicial Expenditures And Litigation Access: Evidence From Auto Injuries, 2010 Rand Corporation
Judicial Expenditures And Litigation Access: Evidence From Auto Injuries, Paul Heaton, Eric Helland
Paul Heaton
Despite claims of a judicial funding crisis, there exists little direct evidence linking judicial budgets to court utilization. Using data on thousands of auto injuries covering a 15-year period, we measure the relationship between state-level court expenditures and the propensity of injured parties to pursue litigation. Controlling for state and plaintiff characteristics and accounting for the potential endogeneity of expenditures, we show that expenditures increase litigation access, with our preferred estimates indicating that a 10% budget increase increases litigation rates by 3%. Consistent with litigation models in which high litigation costs undermine the threat posture of plaintiffs, increases in court …