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Front Matter: The State Of The Region: Hampton Roads 2008, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Front Matter: The State Of The Region: Hampton Roads 2008, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
Cover, front matter, table of contents, and other materials for the 2008 The State of the Region report authored by the Regional Studies Institute at Old Dominion University
Part 1: The Regional Economy Downshifts, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Part 1: The Regional Economy Downshifts, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
The spectacular first half of this decade is fading into the background as our regional economic growth rate has fallen back to the Commonwealth and national averages. Defense spending continues to rise in importance and now is responsible for more than 40 percent of our regional income generation.
Part 7: Ranking Hampton Roads: Hot Or Not?, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Part 7: Ranking Hampton Roads: Hot Or Not?, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
The two most respected rankings of the livability of metropolitan areas are David Savigeau’s Places Rated Almanac (PRA) and Bert Sperling’s and Peter Sander’s Cities Ranked and Rated (CRR). In their most recent editions, PRA ranked Hampton Roads 20th in the nation among 370-plus metro areas, while CRR ranked our region 137th. We analyze where these ratings come from and how we compare to other areas.
Part 5: An Almost Invisible Corner: Care For The Mentally Ill In Hampton Roads, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Part 5: An Almost Invisible Corner: Care For The Mentally Ill In Hampton Roads, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
According to the U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, an estimated 64,972 people (5.4 percent) suffer from serious mental illness in Hampton Roads. Beginning in the 1970s, these individuals largely have been deinstitutionalized and now live within our communities, where they are served primarily by nine community services boards.
Part 4: Women Earn Less Than Men In Hampton Roads. Why?, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
Part 4: Women Earn Less Than Men In Hampton Roads. Why?, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University
State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads
As is true nationally, women in Hampton Roads earn less than men. Gender earnings differentials are particularly large in occupations characterized by “crowding” – where women constitute a sizable proportion of those employed. Economically speaking, women may be better off in the Richmond metro area than in Hampton Roads.
The Impact Of Colleges On House Prices In Ohio, Graham Mathieu Johnson
The Impact Of Colleges On House Prices In Ohio, Graham Mathieu Johnson
Honors Papers
Using a hedonic pricing model, I estimated the effects of changes in college and university characteristics on house prices in three regions of Ohio. I used cross-sectional housing and census data for the year 2000, compiled by David M. Brasington of Louisiana State University, and college data from Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges 2001. I measured college and university impact within radii ranging from one to two miles around a campus admissions office, allowing for an investigation of how the impact of academic institutions changes with distance. I found that changes in campus size, undergraduate student population, graduate student population, …
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Funds Rate On Stock Markets: A Sector-Wise Analysis, Kunaey Garg
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Funds Rate On Stock Markets: A Sector-Wise Analysis, Kunaey Garg
Undergraduate Economic Review
The federal funds rate is an indicator of monetary policy that investors in the stock market scrutinize very closely. This paper determines the relationship between changes in the federal funds rate and sector stock indexes. The paper goes on to determine why particular sectors are more sensitive to interest rate changes than others. Weekly returns of the Dow Jones ICB classified financial, energy, utilities, materials, industrials, consumer goods, consumer services, information technology, healthcare and telecommunications sectors are analyzed using separate OLS regression models for each sector. The results show that the utilities, financials, telecom and basic materials sectors are the …
The Power Of Tv: Women's Status In India And The Role Of Cable Television, Emily Oster
The Power Of Tv: Women's Status In India And The Role Of Cable Television, Emily Oster
Clemens Lecture Series
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Funds Rate On Stock Markets: A Sector-Wise Analysis, Kunaey Garg '08
The Effect Of Changes In The Federal Funds Rate On Stock Markets: A Sector-Wise Analysis, Kunaey Garg '08
Honors Projects
The federal funds rate is an indicator of monetary policy that investors in the stock market scrutinize very closely. This paper determines the relationship between changes in the federal funds rate and sector stock indexes. The paper goes on to determine why particular sectors are more sensitive to interest rate changes than others. Weekly returns of the Dow Jones ICB classified financial, energy, utilities, materials, industrials, consumer goods, consumer services, information technology, health care and telecommunications sectors are analyzed using separate OLS regression models for each sector. The results show that the utilities, financials, telecom and basic materials sectors are …
The Effect Of Gender Inequality On Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study, Quentin Brummet '08
The Effect Of Gender Inequality On Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study, Quentin Brummet '08
Honors Projects
Recently, a large amount of economic literature has focused on the empirical determinants of economic growth, especially the impact of human capital. These studies have established that human capital is a very significant determinant of growth. However, relatively few studies have examined the effect of misallocation of human capital on the basis of gender. Furthermore, those that study gender inequality consider different measures of inequality, different control variables, and different data sets. This study attempts to investigate the robustness of these previous findings. Using OLS regressions and more recent data than past studies, the results highlight the fact that cross …
Birth Spacing Effect On Children's Attainments: Indentification Using Instrument Variables, Jing Xie
Birth Spacing Effect On Children's Attainments: Indentification Using Instrument Variables, Jing Xie
Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)
In this study, I address the relationship between an often overlooked dimension of family structure--the spacing between children's births--and the degree of children's attainments such as Mathematics, Reading Cognition and Reading Comprehension. Comparing to the results of OLS estimation, 2SLS Estimation using Twin and Catholic as Instrument Variables shows less significant effects on children's attainments. Hausman Test shows that OLS estimators are not consistent with 2SLS estimators, which means there is endogenous problem in OLS estimation. As the result in 2SLS shows the different spacing effects in different spacing groups, it is possible to use nonlinear estimation (quadratic form of …
The Philippine 'Diasporic Dividend': Maximizing The Development Potentials Of International Migration, Fernando T. Aldaba, Jeremaiah Opiniano
The Philippine 'Diasporic Dividend': Maximizing The Development Potentials Of International Migration, Fernando T. Aldaba, Jeremaiah Opiniano
Economics Department Faculty Publications
The annual Globalization Index produced by A.T. Kearney and ForeignPolicy magazine has consistently evaluated remittances as the prime feature of the Philippines’ performance in the global economy. Index results from 2004 to 2007 reveal that “remittances and personal transfers” are the main strengths of the Philippines’ role and participation in globalization, ranking either first or second in these categories. This is a significant record considering the Philippines remains at the bottom of the standings in other categories, such as foreign direct investments and investment income (A.T. Kearney, 2004, 2005, 2006 2007). It must be noted, however, that such globalization surveys …
Rational And Boundedly Rational Behavior In Sender-Receiver Games, Massimiliano Landi, Domenico Colucci
Rational And Boundedly Rational Behavior In Sender-Receiver Games, Massimiliano Landi, Domenico Colucci
Research Collection School Of Economics
The authors investigate the strategic rationale behind the message sent by Osama bin Laden on the eve of the 2004 U.S. Presidential elections. They model this situation as a signaling game in which a population of receivers takes a binary choice, the outcome is decided by majority rule, sender and receivers have conflicting interests, and there is uncertainty about both players’ degree of rationality. They characterize the structure of the sequential equilibria of the game as a function of the parameters governing the uncertainty and find that in all pure strategy equilibria, the outcome most preferred by the rational sender …
Two-Sample Estimation Of Poverty Rates For Disabled People: An Application To Tanzania, Tomoki Fujii
Two-Sample Estimation Of Poverty Rates For Disabled People: An Application To Tanzania, Tomoki Fujii
Research Collection School Of Economics
Estimating poverty measures for disabled people in developing countries is di cult, partly because relevant data are not available. We develop two methods to estimate poverty by the disability status of the household head. We extend the small-area estimation proposed by Elbers, Lanjouw and Lanjouw (2002, 2003) so that we can run a regression on head's disability status even when such information is unavailable in the survey. We do so by aggregation and by moment adjusted two sample instrumental variable estimation. Our results from Tanzania show that both methods work well, and that disability is indeed associated with poverty.
Birthrate And Population Density As Predictors Of Quality Of Life, Jessica M. Young
Birthrate And Population Density As Predictors Of Quality Of Life, Jessica M. Young
Honors Program Theses
It is thought that economies can benefit from developing their members by providing more opportunities. Thus, when populations grow quickly or are large, quality of life may decrease due to fewer opportunities. To test this hypothesis, two studies were used to investigate correlations between population and quality of life variables. The first study considered U.S. states, while the second study examined countries. Population measures included birthrate and population density, as well as population growth rate for countries. State quality of life measures were: graduation rates, GDP, unemployment, poverty, violent crime rate, and income. Country measures were: life expectancy, literacy, GDP …
Adam Smith And Consumerism's Role In Happiness: Modern Society Reexamined, Michael Busch
Adam Smith And Consumerism's Role In Happiness: Modern Society Reexamined, Michael Busch
Honors Program Theses
In modern America, consumerism has encouraged people to seek happiness through constantly expansion of their material standard of living. Consumerism has led to a growth of status consumption and .want-creation, both of which increase consumption without contributing to happiness. Adam Smith observed that lasting happiness is found in tranquility as opposed to consumption. In their quest for more consumption, people have forgotten about the three virtues Smith observed that best provide for a tranquil lifestyle and overall social well-being. Applying the virtues to modern society may decrease overall consumption but will lead to a more satisfied life.
An Evaluation Of The 21st Century Workplace Skills Initiative, Kevin Hollenbeck, Bridget Timmeney
An Evaluation Of The 21st Century Workplace Skills Initiative, Kevin Hollenbeck, Bridget Timmeney
Reports
No abstract provided.
Tax Reform And Charitable Giving, Seth H. Giertz
Tax Reform And Charitable Giving, Seth H. Giertz
Department of Economics: Faculty Publications
Of the $240.7 billion donated to U.S. charities in 2003, 75 percent was from individuals. Of that total, $145.7 billion was taken as itemized deductions on federal income tax returns. In addition, non-itemizers and non-filers contributed $33.0 billion – contributions that received no special tax treatment. Under current law, only taxpayers who itemize may deduct from Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) their charitable donations in determining taxable income. In recent years, a number of different proposals have been put forth that would alter the tax treatment of giving by individuals. Some plans would extend a variant of the charitable deduction to …
The Conception Of The Socially Embedded Individual, John B. Davis
The Conception Of The Socially Embedded Individual, John B. Davis
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Revenue Diversification And Economic Base On Revenue Stability: An Empirical Analysis Of County And State Governments, Wenli Yan
University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations
In recent decades, revenue diversification has become a prevalent practice in state and local government finance. The trend of revenue diversification, according to the portfolio theory, has far-reaching implication for public financial management as it may change revenue stability, which has been an important policy objective for state and local government administrators. This study explores how revenue diversification affects revenue stability from both empirical and theoretical perspectives. Drawing on portfolio theory and regional science literature, this study develops a theoretical framework to explain how the effect of revenue diversification on revenue volatility of sub-national governments varies in terms of its …
Tobacco Control And The Role Of Litigation: A Survey Of Issues In Law, Policy, And Economics, Basil C. Bitas, Pedro B. Barros
Tobacco Control And The Role Of Litigation: A Survey Of Issues In Law, Policy, And Economics, Basil C. Bitas, Pedro B. Barros
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
No abstract provided.
Essays On Dynamics Of Financial Markets, Esin Cakan
Essays On Dynamics Of Financial Markets, Esin Cakan
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
In this study, the effects of different macroeconomic news on stock markets and different stock market co-movements are investigated. Impacts of good and bad macroeconomic news announcement surprises on the mean and conditional volatility of U.S. daily equity and Treasury bond market returns during economic recessions and expansions are examined. By jointly modeling returns and volatilities using a generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) models, it is found that surprise in unemployment news has no impact on stock returns during business cycles. On the other hand, the results indicate a significantly positive relation between the short term (long term) bond prices …
Data Users Conference Overview_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
Data Users Conference Overview_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
Historic Publications
DATA USERS CONFERENCE.
Data Users Conference State Data_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
Data Users Conference State Data_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
Historic Publications
DATA USERS CONFERENCE.
County Profiles_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
County Profiles_2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research, New Mexico Economic Development Department
Historic Publications
DATA USERS CONFERENCE.
Statistical Abstract And Data Sources _2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research
Statistical Abstract And Data Sources _2008, University Of New Mexico Bureau Of Business And Economic Research
BBER Publications
This report provides a comprehensive overview of New Mexico's economy in 2008, including economic forecasts, employment trends, population change, exports, manufacturing, tourism, county profiles, and comparative state data. Prepared for the Annual Economic Outlook Conference, it serves as a reference resource for researchers, planners, businesses, and policymakers seeking current demographic and economic information on New Mexico.
State Health Insurance Regulations And The Price Of High-Deductible Policies, Mark H. Showalter, Amanda E. Kowalski, William J. Congdon
State Health Insurance Regulations And The Price Of High-Deductible Policies, Mark H. Showalter, Amanda E. Kowalski, William J. Congdon
Faculty Publications
This study examines the impact of state health insurance regulations on the price of high-deductible family and individual polices in the nongroup market. We use a unique and rich data set on actual insurance policies sold through a large Internet health insurance distributor to examine the impact of various regulations on policy prices, controlling for policy characteristics, demographic characteristics of the purchasers, and state-level demographics. We also use data from a single major insurance firm that provided offer prices for a family policy from a set of randomly selected zip codes. Both datasets suggest a strong statistical relationship between regulation …
User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson
User Fees In Local Finance: Performance And Potential In Czech And Slovak Republics, Phillip J. Bryson
Faculty Publications
The Czech Republic and Slovakia, like other transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, have given significant lip service to fiscal decentralization and engaged in public administration reforms. But the subnational governments of their public finance systems still lack relative autonomy, which could be addressed partly through developing independent revenue sources for their municipalities and regions. Currently, such independent revenue sources include the proceeds of a strictly nominal property tax as well as those of a small set of local user fees and taxes designed and approved by the central governments. Together they represent only about 5 percent of total …
Urban Watershed/Water Body Restoration - The Driving Forces, Vladimir Novotny, David E. Clark, Robert J. Griffin
Urban Watershed/Water Body Restoration - The Driving Forces, Vladimir Novotny, David E. Clark, Robert J. Griffin
Economics Faculty Research and Publications
Urban streams are used for several purposes. Some uses are conflicting and some are complementary. The use of urban water bodies and the resolution of conflicts is driven by anthropogenic and biocentric/ecocentric interests that must be optimized and the conflicts resolved. This article examines and analyzes land ethics (biocentric) and socio-economic (anthropocentric) drives for stream restoration of urban watersheds located in the Milwaukee (WI) metropolitan area. The basins experienced increased flooding, significant degradation of sediment and water quality, and loss of aquatic species, all due to urbanization. It was found that the primary drivers for restoration of urban streams are …
Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2007, Central Bank Of Nigeria
Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2007, Central Bank Of Nigeria
CBN Annual Report
In 2007, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) faced significant challenges in monetary management due to statutory allocations to government tiers, autonomous foreign exchange inflows, and pre-election spending. These challenges were addressed through Open Market Operations (OMO), issuance of treasury securities, standing facilities, and foreign exchange swaps. The introduction of the monetary policy rate (MPR) in December 2006 moderated inter-bank rates, encouraged trading, and improved the transmission of monetary policy actions. The Bank intensified its non-regular management activities to ensure the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) target was met. The financial system at end-2007 comprised the CBN, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance …