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Sufficiency Of An Outside Bank And A Default Penalty To Support The Value Of Fiat Money: Experimental Evidence, Juergen Huber, Martin Shubik, Shyam Sunder

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We present a model in which an outside bank and a default penalty support the value of fiat money, and experimental evidence that the theoretical predictions about the behavior of such economies, based on the Fisher-condition, work reasonably well in a laboratory setting. The import of this finding for the theory of money is to show that the presence of a societal bank and default laws provide sufficient structure to support the use of fiat money and use of the bank rate to influence inflation or deflation, although other institutions could provide alternatives.

Field Measurements Of Influence Of Sand Transport Rate On Structure Of Wind-Sand Flow Over Coastal Transverse Ridge, Yuxiang Dong, S. L. Namikas, P. A. Hesp, Jun Ma

Faculty Publications

The structure of wind-sand flow under different total sand transport rates was measured with field vertical anemometer and sand trap on the crest of typical coastal transverse ridge in Changli Gold Coast of Hebei Province, which is one of the most typical coastal aeolian distribution regions in China and famous for the tall and typical coastal transverse ridges. The measurement results show that, on the conditions of approximate wind velocities and same surface materials and environments, some changes happen to the structure of wind-sand flow with the increase of total sand transport rate on the crest of coastal transverse ridge. …

Ethnobotanical Observation On Tuberous Plants From Tribal Area Of Rajasthan (India), Shweta Swarnkar, S. S. Katewa

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The present paper gives an account of 42 tuberous plants of Ethnobotanical interest from Aravalli hills of Rajasthan. Main tribes inhabiting the study area are Bhil, Meena, Garasia, Damor and Kathodi. These tribes use the tuberous plants for various purposes in their daily life. Health, vitality and longevity enjoyed by the tribals have been attributed by them to these wild tuberous plants. On account of environmental changes and lack of insight of conservation of tuberous plants, many of them have become rare, threatened and endangered. If proper attention is not given, extinction of these plant species is certain and this …

September 2008 (Vol. 35, No.9)

Research Matters

No abstract provided.

Anth 400.01: History Of Anthropological Thought, Richard A. Sattler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Changing Concepts Of Chief And Hierarchy On A Polynesian Outlier, William W. Donner

Pacific Studies

Sikaiana is a Polynesian society with a legend of a powerful, centralized chief or aliki. However, Sikaiana is also a very egalitarian society, and it has resisted efforts by Protectorate and national government administrators to establish a local chief. This article examines the legendary and modern history of Sikaiana chiefs to show how power and authority became and remained decentralized. The ideology of Sikaiana egalitarianism is supported by familiarity and face-to-face experience with personally known others. This egalitarianism faces new challenges as Sikaiana society both differentiates internally and becomes incorporated into larger, regional, and international social systems. There is …

Ethnic Representations And Social Integration Of Contemporary French Migrants In Tahiti, French Polynesia, Laura Schuft

Pacific Studies

This study analyzes the discourse on social integration and ethnic representations of French civil servants working short and long term in Tahiti, French Polynesia. Appointed to positions in education, public administration, and law and order by the mainland authority, the attitudes and social interactions of this community compose a dynamic element of ethnic identity formation in Tahiti. Habitually the literary and academic voice on Tahitian culture and history, the discourse of this dominant socioeconomic category is herein redefined as the object of sociological study.

Analysis reveals three principal ideal-type attitudes toward ethnic representations and relations, each positioned differently around reactions …

Playing For His Side: Kipling’S ‘Regulus,’ Corporal Punishment, And Classical Education, Emily A. Mcdermott

Classics & Religious Studies Faculty Publication Series

Rudyard Kipling’s short story, “Regulus,” revolves around the flogging of a student who has let loose a mouse in the drawing classroom of a turn-of-the-century British public school. The first part of the story is devoted to a fifth-form Latin class’s line-by-line explication of Horace’s fifth Roman ode, in which the story’s title character is presented as a paradigm of manly virtue; the remainder is given over to narration of the mouse-miscreant’s progress toward punishment, in thematic counterpoint to the Regulus exemplum. Within that idiosyncratic framework, the story tackles as ambitious a topic as the purposes of education, with particular …

The Structure Of Classical Public Law (Reviewing The Rise And Fall Of Classical Legal Thought By Duncan Kennedy), Barry Cushman

University of Chicago Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Banyan Tree [Volume 3, Number 1], Alan Altany

Faculty Center: News & Publications

Excerpt: "The CET is designating 2008-2009 as the “Year of Course Design” and is available to work with individuals and departments in developing optimal course design or re-design so that greater student learning is achieved on a regular basis. Effective course design is key to the best teaching and learning."

The Opinion Volume 46 Issue 1 – September 1, 2008, The Opinion

The Opinion Newspaper (all issues)

The Opinion newspaper issue dated September 01, 2008

Anth 314.01: Principles Of Forensic Anthropology, Randall Skelton

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Art 314a.02: Elementary School Art, Jody Paulson

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

Anth 220.01: Comparative Social Organization, Richard A. Sattler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Anth 101.03: Introduction To Anthropology, Richard A. Sattler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Anth 511.01: Seminar In Physical Anthropology - Ancient Migrations Seminar, Unknown

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Soundings 2008-09, N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Nietzsche's Naturalism Reconsidered, Brian Leiter

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Microperformances Of Identity: Visible Same-Sex Couples And The Marriage Controversy, Marc R. Poirier

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

The Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act At The Margin: Does Nagpra Govern The Disposition Of Ancient, Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains?, Robert Van Horn

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Service, Ethnography, And The “Leap Of Faith”: A Spiritan Catholic Perspective On Service Learning, Kathleen Glenister Roberts

Journal of Catholic Education

This article considers the state of service and experiential learning initiatives in higher education, especially in Catholic universities. Concluding that the Catholic mission of service, education, moral values, world concerns, and ecumenism can be integrated into student experience, the essay offers a model of service ethnography. Service ethnography is a research method wherein ethnographers undertake service with the intercultural community as a central component of their learning. The model is explored via a case study, demonstrating the experiences of students at a Catholic university and uses their reflections to describe a new vision of ethnography as a “leap of faith.”

A Woman's Work. Review Of Challenges Of The Faculty Career For Women: Success And Sacrifice By M. I. Phillipsen, Jody E. Jessup-Anger

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

A Theory Of Positive Mental Health, Jason D. Rowden

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

For many decades psychological research has erred on the side of looking toward pathology and has neglected to define what positive mental health functioning is on an individual level (Dahlsgaard, Peterson, & Seligman, 2005, p. 203). Without a sound theory of positive mental health, the field of psychology is left guessing as to its meaning. The importance of having a clear definition of mental health cannot be underscored enough. Without a clear understanding of mental health, the field of psychology is forced to function with varying opinions, defined by each clinician. The goal of the current thesis is to contribute …

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 01 - September 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles on campus redesign and building initiatives, the Genzyme/UMass Scholars Program, the Dorchester Beach Festival, an exhibit curated by UMass faculty on Shakespeare at the Boston Public Library, and the Iraq Project (and Project director Padraig O'Malley), a joint venture of the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies (MGS), the Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI), and other news from UMass Boston.

Digital Preservation And The Small Academic Library, Marilyn Geller

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

People Profile: Marilyn Geller, Editor

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Towards A Cultural Framework Of Audience Response And Television Violence, Lajos Császi

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his paper "Towards a Cultural Framework of Audience Response and Television Violence" Lajos Császi argues that media violence is not a reification of social violence; rather, a popular ritual allowing contemporary societies to sublimate, to substitute, and to discuss aggression in the public sphere. Császi reviews the central questions of contemporary debates about television violence including Stuart Hall's thought on this topic and introduces the ideas of Elias, Geertz, Turner, Bettelheim, Benjamin, Girard, and others in order to locate the representation of violence in an interdisciplinary context. Using the genre of the horror film as an example, Császi suggests …

The Chilean Pension System At 25 Years: The Evolution Of A Revolution, Gregory J. Buchholz, Alberto Coustasse, Patricio Silva, Peter E. Hilsenrath

Eberhardt School of Business Faculty Articles

The 1981 reform of the Chilean pension system was revolutionary at its time. It was the first instance of a mature public Pay-As-You-Go social security system being converted into a mandatory defined contribution system managed by the private sector. This paper contends that a unique confluence of events were responsible for this change. The rise of a dictatorship in Chile, a struggling public retirement system, and a cadre of Chicago oriented economists determined to make Chile a model free market neoliberal economy. This was later followed by the Washington Consensus and the promotion of Chilean reform by the World Bank. …

Wrl Newsletter September 2008, Maryke Barber

WRL Newsletters

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