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Groundhog Day: Economic Forecasting, 2010, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

Publications

This article is the tenth in a year-long series about economics and holidays.

May Day: Fertility And Population, 2010, Holley Hewitt Ulbrich

Publications

This article is the sixteenth in a year-long series about economics and holidays.

A New Cavernicolous Parobisium Chamberlin 1930 (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) From Yosemite National Park, U.S.A., James C. Cokendolpher, Jean K. Krejca

KIP Articles

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The Special Measures Mandate Of The International Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Racial Discrimination: Lessons From The United States And South Africa, Connie De La Vega

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination' (CERD) is the United Nations main treaty

Making A "Black Beverly Hills": The Struggle For Housing Equality In Modern Los Angeles, Jennifer Mandel

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation explores the black struggle for housing equality through mid-twentieth century Los Angeles, California. Alongside the rise of Los Angeles as a major metropolitan center, residential discrimination became embedded in the fabric of the city and African Americans found themselves forced to live on the increasingly run down Eastside. In response, a number of middle- and upper-class blacks led a campaign against housing discrimination by migrating to the Westside. While they were accused of abandoning low-income blacks and adopting white norms, affluent blacks defied racial restrictive covenants, endured white intimidation, and pursued lawsuits in an effort to live in …

Slavery Exacts An Impossible Price: John Quincy Adams And The Dorcas Allen Case, Washington, Dc, Alison T. Mann

Doctoral Dissertations

On August 22, 1837, a Georgetown resident sold Dorcas Allen and her four children to James H. Birch, a District of Columbia slave trader He transported them across the Potomac to Alexandria, Virginia to hold them in the largest slave pen in the District. They faced, most likely, passage on a slave coffle to Natchez or New Orleans. That same evening, Allen, who had married and been living unofficially in the District as a "free Negro" for a number of years, killed the two youngest children and was restrained from harming the others, after their terrified shrieks alerted someone nearby. …

Four Challenges To Financial Regulatory Reform, Eric J. Pan

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

The article discusses the challenges that should be addressed in a successful financial regulatory reform. These challenges include the structuring of regulatory systems, separation of prudential supervision and consumer protection regulation, the entity responsible for monitoring and managing systemic risk, and the supervision of cross-border financial services and transactions. The reform proposals considered by Great Britain, the U.S., and European Union are analyzed.

Curtis Fogel On Dying Inside: The Hiv/Aids Ward At Limestone Prison. By Benjamin Fleury-Steiner & Carla Crowder. Ann Arbor, Mi: University Of Michigan Press, 2008. 238pp., Curtis Fogel

Human Rights & Human Welfare

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Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison. By Benjamin Fleury-Steiner & Carla Crowder. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2008. 238pp.

Benchmarking And Evaluating The Comparative Efficiency Of Urban Paratransit Systems In The United States: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, Hokey Min, Thomas E. Lambert

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 encouraged public transit authorities to reassess the way they serve aging populations and physically handicapped individuals requiring door-to-door services. As the demand for paratransit services rose dramatically the last few years due to a growing number of aging baby-boomers and injured Iraq-Afghanistan War veterans, many public transit authorities have been faced with the dilemma of meeting the growing demand while controlling costs in times of ongoing budget crises. To help public transit authorities better cope with such a dilemma, this paper evaluates the comparative operating efficiency of 75 selected paratransit agencies in …

The Stock Market Effects Of The Net Capital Rule Change, Jeffrey A. Payne

Theses and Dissertations

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Of Labor Inspectors And Judges: Chilean Labor Law Enforcement After Pinochet (And What The United States Can Do To Help), César F. Rosado Marzán

Saint Louis University Law Journal

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Universal Service In The United States: A Focus On Mobile Communications, Steven G. Parsons, James Bixby

Federal Communications Law Journal

The concept of universal service, providing affordable telecommunications to all citizens, has a long and changing history in the United States. Prior to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, efforts to achieve universal service were largely based on a complex web of implicit subsidies to basic landline local exchange residential service. The Act expanded and codified the concept of universal service and made the subsidies largely explicit. This Article evaluates the possible economic rationales for subsidizing voice communications and find them lacking. This Article argues that the weak rationale for subsidizing basic voice communications makes it critical that U.S. universal-service policy …

Soldiers Of Conscience : Conscription And Conscientious Objection In The United States And Britain During World War I, Timothy Mark La Goy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Conscience and the freedom to exercise conscience have long been cherished civil liberties in western democracies. However, during World War I, traditional concepts of conscience and conscientious objection to military service were challenged by the demands of conscription and militarism in the United States and Britain. This dissertation examines the definition, context, and exercise of conscience by conscientious objectors (COs) during the war. This study finds that conscience existed in a dynamic state. COs were compelled by changing circumstances to reevaluate and restate their objections as they responded to changing circumstances in army camps, guardhouses, and prisons.

Managing Public Higher Education Restructuring: Understanding College And University Cost Structures, G. Thomas Sav

Economics Faculty Publications

This paper focuses on understanding college and university costs as a prerequisitefor successfully managing ongoing issues associated with restructuring publiclyprovided higher education. Restructuring is well underway as a result ofglobalization, the European led Bologna Declaration, and U.S. nationallycompetitive forces. It potentially affects the mix and level of products that collegesand universities produce. To capture the possible cost implications of thosechanges, multi-product cost functions are empirically estimated for four levels ofU.S. public colleges and universities: doctoral, master, bachelor, and associatedegree granting institutions. Scale and scope estimates are derived for researchand three teaching outputs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professionaleducation. Findings regarding product …

Mapping The American Shareholder Litigation Experience: A Survey Of Empirical Studies Of The Enforcement Of The U.S. Securities Law, James D. Cox, Randall S. Thomas

Faculty Scholarship

In this paper, we provide an overview of the most significant empirical research that has been conducted in recent years on the public and private enforcement of the federal securities laws. The existing studies of the U.S. enforcement system provide a rich tapestry for assessing the value of enforcement, both private and public, as well as market penalties for fraudulent financial reporting practices. The relevance of the U.S. experience is made broader by the introduction through the PSLRA in late 1995 of new procedures for the conduct of private suits and the numerous efforts to evaluate the effects of those …

2014: U.S. Gaap Transition To Ifrs, Kenichiro Azumaya

Honors Capstones

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Evaluation Of Transparency Initiatives Concerning Recovery Act Funding Across U.S. State Governments, Meredith Frank

Honors Capstones

My thesis examines the transparency initiatives of the ten states that received the most amount of funding from the federal government via The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA). Transparency is defined for reader ease and ARRA is analyzed fully to get a background on the implications and goals of the act. Included in this, is a statistical analysis concerning all states in the United States along with their transparency score reported. Furthermore, the ten states that received the most funding are put through an in-depth analysis to determine the means for funding. Discussion concerning the political nature …

Rethinking Treaty Shopping: Lessons For The European Union, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, C. H. Panayi

Book Chapters

Whilst treaty shopping is not a new phenomenon, it remains as controversial as ever. It would seem that the more countries try to deal with it, the wider the disagreements as to what is improper treaty shopping and what is legitimate tax planning. In this paper, we reassess the traditional quasi-definitions of treaty shopping in an attempt to delineate the contours of such practices. We examine the various theoretical arguments advanced to justify the campaign against treaty shopping. We also consider the current trends in treaty shopping and the anti-treaty shopping policies under the OECD Model and the US Model. …

The Impact Of Institutional And Peer Support On Faculty Research Productivity: A Comparative Analysis Of Research Vs. Non-Research Institutions, Ming Ju

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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U.S. Gaap Vs. Ifrs: What Lies Ahead For The United States?, Trista Hanauer

Honors Capstones

With the global use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the United States is facing the dilemma of whether to convert to these standards or converge them with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) in an effort to remove the major differences between standards. One set of global financial reporting standards would improve the comparability of financial statements around the world, but the Securities & Exchange Commission believes the standards need further improvement, before the U.S. takes any major steps to convert. I conducted research, focusing on professional journals, publications from the Big Four accounting firms, and standards issued by …

Commercial Paper Funding Facility, Federal Reserve System: Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Documents

A Special Purpose Vehicle Consolidated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 , and for the Period October 14, 2008 to December 31, 2008 and Independent Auditors' Report

Repeal The Safe Harbors, Stephen Lubben

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Rethinking Board Function In The Wake Of The 2008 Financial Crisis, Nicola Faith Sharpe

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This paper can be downloaded from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection. To view this article in its entirety please see the related resources section above. Recommended Citation: Sharpe, Nicola F., Rethinking Board Function in the Wake of the 2008 Financial Crisis (June 1, 2011). Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS11-25; Journal of Business and Technology Law, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2010; Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS11-25; Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 10-37. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1856723

Central Bank Tools And Liquidity Shortages, Stephen C. Schemering, Piti Disyatat

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Buffalo Cooperative Federal Credit Union 2010 Capital Survey, U. S. Department Of The Treasury

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Fdic Quarterly Volume 4 No. 1, United States: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Fdic)

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Journal Of Economic Perspectives, Markets: The Credit Rating Agencies, Lawrence J. White, Lawrence J. White

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Comptroller Of The Currency Large Bank Supervision - Comptroller's Handbook, United States: Department Of The Treasury: Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency (Occ)

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Bernanke's Pressure Cooker Policy, George Cooper

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Small Business Jobs Act Of 2010, U.S. Congress

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