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Des, Jason Ockert

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(No Title), Andrew Foster

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The Deep Fatigue Of Bone, M. Bennet Smith

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Power Failure, Jennifer Keller

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The Next Thing That Begins, Amy Mcinnis

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Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1 Fall 2002, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Legislative Bargaining And Incremental Budgeting, Dhammika Dharmapala

Economics Working Papers

The notion of 'incrementalism', formulated by Aaron Wildavsky in the 1960's, has been extremely influential in the public budgeting literature. In essence, it entails the claim that legislators engaged in budgetary policymaking accept past allocations, and decide only on the allocation of increments to revenue. Wildavsky explained incrementalism with reference to the cognitive limitations of lawmakers and their desire to reduce conflict. This paper uses a legislative bargaining framework to undertake a formal analysis of incremental budgeting. An exogenously chosen agenda setter proposes budgets and seeks to build coalitions to secure passage, over multiple periods. The central result is that …

Schools And Housing Markets: An Examination Of School Segregation And Performance In Connecticut, John M. Clapp, Stephen L. Ross

Economics Working Papers

This paper examines the relationship between house price levels, school performance, and the racial and ethnic composition of Connecticut school districts between 1995 and 2000. A panel of Connecticut school districts over both time and labor market areas is used to estimate a simultaneous equations model describing the determinants of these variables. Specifically, school district changes in price level, school performance, and racial and ethnic compositions depend upon each other, labor market wide changes in these variables, and the deviation of each school district from the overall metropolitan area. The specification is based on the differencing of dependent variables, as …

The Congressional Budget Process And The Aggregate Level Of Spending, Dhammika Dharmapala

Economics Working Papers

This paper analyzes whether the Congressional budget process (instituted in 1974) leads to lower aggregate spending than does the piece-meal appropriations process that preceded it. Previous theoretical analysis, using spatial models of legislator preferences, is inconclusive. This paper uses a model of interest group lobbying, where a legislature determines spending on a national public good and on subsidies to subsets of the population that belong to nationwide sector-specific interest groups. In the appropriations process, the Appropriations Committee proposes a budget, maximizing the joint welfare of voters and the interest groups, that leads to overspending on subsidies. In the budget process, …

Dynamic Effects Of Currency Depreciation On Stock Market Returns During The Asian Financial Crisis, Wenshwo Fang, Stephen M. Miller

Economics Working Papers

The current international integration of financial markets provides a channel for currency depreciation to affect stock prices. Moreover, the recent financial crisis in Asia with its accompanying exchange rate volatility affords a case study to examine that channel. This paper applies a bivariate GARCH-M model of the reduced form of stock market returns to investigate empirically the effects of daily currency depreciation on stock market returns for five newly emerging East Asian stock markets during the Asian financial crisis. The evidence shows that the conditional variances of stock market returns and depreciation rates exhibit time-varying characteristics for all countries. Domestic …

Nonparametric Measures Of Capacity Utilization: A Dual Approach, Subhash C. Ray

Economics Working Papers

This paper develops a nonparametric method of obtaining the minimum of the long run average cost curve of a firm to define its capacity output. This provides a benchmark for measuring of capacity utilization at the observed output level of the firm. In the case of long run constant returns to scale, the minimum of the short run average cost curve is determined to measure short run capacity utilization. An empirical application measures yearly rates of capacity utilization in U.S. manufacturing over the period 1968-1998. Nonparametric determination of the short run average cost curve under variable returns to scale using …

Ottoman Tax Registers (Tahrir Defterleri), Metin M. Cosgel

Economics Working Papers

The Ottoman government obtained current information on the empire's sources of revenue through periodic registers called tahrir defterleri. These documents include detailed information on tax-paying subjects and taxable resources, making it possible to study the economic and social history of the Middle East and Eastern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Although the use of these documents have been typically limited to the construction of local histories, adopting a more optimistic attitude toward their potential and using appropriate sampling procedures can greatly increase their contribution to historical scholarship. They can be used in comprehensive quantitative studies and in addressing …

Beef Tongue, Laura Lee Washburn

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Urchin #2, Elizabeth Crane

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Untitled, Tom Wagner

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Untitled, Tom Wagner

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The Artifact, Wendy Lu

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Four Dreams Of The Old House, Shane Seely

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Life Has A Board For Every Behind, J. Alicia Shank

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Interlochen, Chris Dombrowski

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Lumières, Fall 2002, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Friends of the LSU Libraries

The bi-annual newsletters from the Friends of the Library contain information about upcoming and recent events, descriptions of new collections, a list of members, and occasional obituaries, which inform members of the news and needs of the LSU Libraries.

F02rs Sgb No. 4 (Svga), Wainwright, Schultz, Gipson

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate five-hundred eight-six ($586) dollars to the student video game alliance (SVGA) to defray the cost of bringing in guest lecturer Kudo Tsunoda.

F02rs Sgb No. 6 (Amend Budget), Busada

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

Amending SGB No. 1 of the 2002-2003 legislative session as relates to the salaries of the College Council Liaison and the Director of International Affairs.

F02rs Sgb No. 7 (Hispanic Engineers), Cotton, Lambert

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate Three Thousand ($3,000) dollars to the Society of Hispanic Engineers to help defray the cost of attending the “Hispanic Engineer National achievement awards Conference” to be held on Thursday through Sunday, October 17-20, 2002 In South Padre Island, Texas.

F02rs Sgb No. 1 (Budget), Broussard

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To budget the funds of Student Government for the fiscal year 2002-2003; to appropriate funds for activities, projects, and programs of Student Government; to appropriate grants to certain student groups and organizations; according to the Constitution and by-laws.

F02rs Sgb No. 15 (Equestrian Team), Nolen

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate one thousand three hundred forty eight dollars ($1,348) to the Equestrian Team at LSU to help defray the cost of attending the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) horse show at West Texas A&M in Amarillo, Texas on February 7-10, 2003

F02rs Sgb No. 10 (Block & Bridle), Heltz, Busada

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate one thousand four-hundred and eight ($1,348) dollars to the block & bridle club to defray the cost of putting on the all student rodeo in the John M. Parker Coliseum november 7-9, 2002

F02rs Sgb No. 14 (Ffa), Heltz

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate four hundred dollars ($400) to the Collegiate FFA Chapter to defray the cost of attending the National Agriculture Education Conference (NAEC) and Alpha Tau Alpha (ATA) Conclave, held in Louisville, Kentucky on October 30 through November 2, 2002.

F02rs Sgb No. 11 (Asla), Ducote

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

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to appropriate six hundred dollars ($600) to the American Society of landscape architects (ASLA) to defryay the lodging cost at the ASLA Annual meeting and Expo to be held October 17^th -22^nd 2002 in San Jose, California.