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Assessing Whether Oil Dependency In Venezuela Contributes To National Instability, Adam Kott
Assessing Whether Oil Dependency In Venezuela Contributes To National Instability, Adam Kott
Journal of Strategic Security
The focus of this article is on what role, if any, oil has on Venezuela's instability. When trying to explain why a resource-rich country experiences slow or negative growth, experts often point to the resource curse. The following pages explore the traditional theory behind the resource curse as well as alternative perspectives to this theory such as ownership structure and the correlation between oil prices and democracy. This article also explores the various forms of instability within Venezuela and their causes. Finally, the article looks at President Hugo Chavez's political and economic policies as well as the stagnation of the …
The Strategic Implications Of China's Rare Earths Policy, Shane Bilsborough
The Strategic Implications Of China's Rare Earths Policy, Shane Bilsborough
Journal of Strategic Security
Drawing on literature in China studies, strategic theory, and expert interviews, this article analyzes the possibility of "rare earths" being leveraged by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in a crisis. The evidence suggests China's position in the rare earths market could constitute a significant security liability for the United States. It also seems that even if coercion fails to materialize, China's rare earths policies have the potential to intensify security dilemmas in Sino-American relations.
Slides: Impacts Of Energy Deficits In Cooking, Illumination, Water, Sanitation, And Motive Power, Paul S. Chinowsky
Slides: Impacts Of Energy Deficits In Cooking, Illumination, Water, Sanitation, And Motive Power, Paul S. Chinowsky
2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18)
Presenter: Dr. Paul Chinowsky, Director, Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities; Professor, University of Colorado
25 slides
Slides: Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies: A Light To The World, Lakshman D. Guruswamy, Jason B. Aamodt, Blake Feamster
Slides: Appropriate Sustainable Energy Technologies: A Light To The World, Lakshman D. Guruswamy, Jason B. Aamodt, Blake Feamster
2012 Energy Justice Conference and Technology Exposition (September 17-18)
Presenter: Jason Aamodt, Attorney; Adjunct Professor, University of Tulsa
15 slides
Ranking Australian Economics Departments By Research Productivity, Frank V. Neri, Joan R. Rodgers
Ranking Australian Economics Departments By Research Productivity, Frank V. Neri, Joan R. Rodgers
Joan Rodgers
This study ranks Australian economics departments according to the average research productivity of their academic staff during 1996-2002. It also ranks departments according to the variability of research productivity among their members, the assumption being that, ceteris paribus, the less variable is productivity within a department, the better. Research productivity is found to be highly skewed within all departments. A few departments have high average research productivity because of just one or two highly productive members. However, in general, research productivity is more evenly distributed within those departments that have relatively high average research productivity than within departments with relatively …
Ranking Australian Economics Departments By Research Productivity, Frank V. Neri, Joan R. Rodgers
Ranking Australian Economics Departments By Research Productivity, Frank V. Neri, Joan R. Rodgers
Frank Neri
This study ranks Australian economics departments according to the average research productivity of their academic staff during 1996-2002. It also ranks departments according to the variability of research productivity among their members, the assumption being that, ceteris paribus, the less variable is productivity within a department, the better. Research productivity is found to be highly skewed within all departments. A few departments have high average research productivity because of just one or two highly productive members. However, in general, research productivity is more evenly distributed within those departments that have relatively high average research productivity than within departments with relatively …
Prospects In The Academic Labor Market For Economists, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Prospects In The Academic Labor Market For Economists, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] American colleges and universities are increasingly substituting nontenure track full-time and part-time faculty for full-time tenured and tenure track faculty. Moreover, institutions of public higher education, where almost two-thirds of the full-time faculty members at four-year institutions are employed, are under severe financial pressure. The share of state budgets devoted to public higher education is declining. The salaries of economics department faculty members at public higher education institutions have fallen substantially relative to the salaries of their counterparts at private higher education institutions, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for the publics to compete for top faculty in economics. …
The Changing Distributions Of New Ph.D. Economists And Their Employment: Implications For The Future, Ronald Ehrenberg
The Changing Distributions Of New Ph.D. Economists And Their Employment: Implications For The Future, Ronald Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Academic careers are no longer the be-all and end-all for economics Ph.D. students, and the findings and background provided by Siegfried and Stock help to explain why this is so. The median age at which individuals receive economics Ph.D.'s in the Siegfried and Stock sample is 32. While they are somewhat surprised at this finding, it parallels the experiences of many other fields. Increasingly, students are working before proceeding to doctoral studies. Often Ph.D. students in economics enter their programs after having spent several years working for government agencies or research consulting companies—work that has whetted their appetites for …
My Life And Economics, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
My Life And Economics, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Age 51 is a bit early to be writing a retrospective about one's career as an economist and one's life. This is especially true for me since I am not on track to win a Nobel Prize, to be admitted to the National Academy of Science, or even to be elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society. Nonetheless, as I write this essay during the fall of 1997, I look back on the 28 years I have spent as a PhD economist and see a record of accomplishment of which I am proud and a number of messages worth …
Do Economics Departments With Lower Tenure Probabilities Pay Higher Faculty Salaries?, Ronald Ehrenberg, Paul Pieper, Rachel Willis
Do Economics Departments With Lower Tenure Probabilities Pay Higher Faculty Salaries?, Ronald Ehrenberg, Paul Pieper, Rachel Willis
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The simplest competitive labor market model asserts that if tenure is a desirable job characteristic for professors, they should be willing to pay for it by accepting lower salaries. Conversely, if an institution unilaterally reduces the probability that its assistant professors receive tenure, it will have to pay higher salaries to attract new faculty. Our paper tests this theory using data on salary offers accepted by new assistant professors at economics departments in the United States during the 1974-75 to 1980-81 period, along with data on the proportion of new Ph.D.s hired by each department between 1970 and 1980 that …
Policy Decisions And Research In Economics And Industrial Relations: An Exchange Of Views: Comment, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Daniel S. Hamermesh, George E. Johnson
Policy Decisions And Research In Economics And Industrial Relations: An Exchange Of Views: Comment, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Daniel S. Hamermesh, George E. Johnson
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] John Dunlop has presented what are certainly some of the most provocative remarks to appear in a scholarly journal in the labor field in many years. We find much to agree with in his remarks; however, we also find many areas where we feel he condemns research because of his overly optimistic expectations about its ability to contribute to the policy process, and other areas where he appears to be unaware that research in labor economics has already contributed fairly directly to policy decisions.
Involving Undergraduates In Research To Encourage Them To Undertake Ph.D. Study In Economics, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Involving Undergraduates In Research To Encourage Them To Undertake Ph.D. Study In Economics, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Recent evidence suggests that the growing use of part-time and full-time non-tenure-track faculty nationwide adversely influences American college students’ graduation rates (Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang, 2005). I have become concerned that the increased usage of non-tenure track faculty members also likely adversely influences the propensity of undergraduate students to go on for Ph.D.s in economics for two reasons. First, many students enter college with the expressed intent of becoming doctors or lawyers, getting an MBA, or going on for advanced degrees in the sciences or humanities. However, with the exception perhaps of the small number of high-school students who …
Labour Economics: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle
Labour Economics: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle
Robert G. Castle
No abstract provided.
Examining Higher School Certificate Economics, Robert Castle
Examining Higher School Certificate Economics, Robert Castle
Robert G. Castle
No abstract provided.
The Evolution Of Economic Ideas: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle
The Evolution Of Economic Ideas: Focus On Economics Series, Robert Castle
Robert G. Castle
No abstract provided.
A Comparison Of Anti-Manipulation Rules In U.S. And Eu Electricity And Natural Gas Markets: A Proposal For A Common Standard, Shaun D. Ledgerwood, Dan Harris
A Comparison Of Anti-Manipulation Rules In U.S. And Eu Electricity And Natural Gas Markets: A Proposal For A Common Standard, Shaun D. Ledgerwood, Dan Harris
Shaun D. Ledgerwood
In this paper, we describe the development and current status of anti-manipulation rules as they apply to wholesale electricity and natural gas markets in the United States and the European Union, including the institutions that are responsible for overseeing these rules. We then compare and contrast these jurisdictions to discuss similarities, differences, and potential gaps in coverage within and across their internal markets. We note that while the behavior prohibited by the U.S. and EU statutes is remarkably similar, there is in fact no common standard for defining market manipulation. The absence of a common EU/U.S. framework for examining manipulative …
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2009, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2009, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the third quarter of 2009.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 2, 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 2, 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the second quarter of 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the fourth quarter of 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2010, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2010, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the fourth quarter of 2010.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 2, 2010, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 2, 2010, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the second quarter of 2010.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the third quarter of 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 1, 2010, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 1, 2010, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the first quarter of 2010.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2009, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 4, 2009, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the fourth quarter of 2009.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Trends: 2001-2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Trends: 2001-2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report shows the nonresident traveler expenditure trends for visitors of Montana from 2001-2011. It also displays the total actual expenditures and the total inflation-adjusted expenditures.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 1, 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 1, 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the first quarter of 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2010, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditure Profiles: Quarter 3, 2010, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report examines spending profiles of nonresident travelers to Montana. It displays the average daily expenditures by purpose of trip for different spending categories during the third quarter of 2010.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditures And Economic Contribution: 2011, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditures And Economic Contribution: 2011, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report shows the economic contributions, expenditures, and average daily spending of nonresident visitors to Montana during 2011.
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditures And Economic Contribution: 2008, Kara Grau
Montana Nonresident Traveler Expenditures And Economic Contribution: 2008, Kara Grau
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications
This report shows the economic contributions, expenditures, and average daily spending of nonresident visitors to Montana during 2008.