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Rethinking Methodology, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Rethinking Methodology, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Feminist Philosophy Of Science, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Feminist Philosophy Of Science, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Feminist Economics And The World Bank: An Introduction, Drucilla Barker, Edith Kuiper Jun 2010

Feminist Economics And The World Bank: An Introduction, Drucilla Barker, Edith Kuiper

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Tort Reform On Medical Malpractice Insurance Markets: An Empirical Analysis, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

The Effects Of Tort Reform On Medical Malpractice Insurance Markets: An Empirical Analysis, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Volume Ii: Households, Labor, And Paid Work, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Introduction To Volume Ii: Households, Labor, And Paid Work, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


A Seat At The Table: Feminist Economics Negotiate Development, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

A Seat At The Table: Feminist Economics Negotiate Development, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


The Dickensian World Of Micro-Finance: Grameen May Not Be So Good For Women After All, Susan Feiner, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

The Dickensian World Of Micro-Finance: Grameen May Not Be So Good For Women After All, Susan Feiner, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Economic Globalization, Drucilla Barker, Laura Parisi Jun 2010

Economic Globalization, Drucilla Barker, Laura Parisi

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Local Art Agencies, Accountability, And Artistic Quality, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Local Art Agencies, Accountability, And Artistic Quality, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Emancipatory For Whom? A Comment On Critical Realism, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Emancipatory For Whom? A Comment On Critical Realism, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Health Care Technology, And The Competitive Environment, Ed. H.P. Brehm And R.M. Mullner, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Health Care Technology, And The Competitive Environment, Ed. H.P. Brehm And R.M. Mullner, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

A review of Health Care Technology, and the Competitive Environment, ed. H.P. Brehm and R.M. Mullner


Feminism, Drucilla Barker, Darla Schumm Jun 2010

Feminism, Drucilla Barker, Darla Schumm

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Reorienting Economics, By Tony Lawson, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Reorienting Economics, By Tony Lawson, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

A review of Reorienting Economics, by Tony Lawson


Dualisms, Discourse, And Development, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Dualisms, Discourse, And Development, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Natural Images In Economic Thought: Markets Read In Tooth And Claw, By Philip Mirowski, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Natural Images In Economic Thought: Markets Read In Tooth And Claw, By Philip Mirowski, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

A review of Natural Images in Economic Thought: Markets Read in Tooth and Claw, by Philip Mirowski


Feminist Economics, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Feminist Economics, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Feminist Economics: Critical Concepts, Ed. Drucilla K. Barker And Edith Kuiper, Drucilla Barker, Edith Kuiper Jun 2010

Feminist Economics: Critical Concepts, Ed. Drucilla K. Barker And Edith Kuiper, Drucilla Barker, Edith Kuiper

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Feminist Economics And The World Bank: History, Theory And Policy, Ed. Drucilla Barker And Edith Kuiper, Edith Kuiper, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Feminist Economics And The World Bank: History, Theory And Policy, Ed. Drucilla Barker And Edith Kuiper, Edith Kuiper, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Values, Subsidization, And Consumer Tastes, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Values, Subsidization, And Consumer Tastes, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

No abstract provided.


Living Wages, Equal Wage: Gender And Labor Market Policies In The United States, By Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, And Marilyn Power, Drucilla Barker Jun 2010

Living Wages, Equal Wage: Gender And Labor Market Policies In The United States, By Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, And Marilyn Power, Drucilla Barker

Drucilla K. Barker

A review of Living Wages, Equal Wage: Gender and Labor Market Policies in the United States, by Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power


A Spatial Model Of Ecosystem Services, Edward Barbier May 2010

A Spatial Model Of Ecosystem Services, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.


Illegal Immigration And Immigration Reform: Protecting The Employment Rights Of The American Labor Force (The Native Born And Foreign Born) Who Are Eligible To Be Employed, Vernon Briggs, Jr. Apr 2010

Illegal Immigration And Immigration Reform: Protecting The Employment Rights Of The American Labor Force (The Native Born And Foreign Born) Who Are Eligible To Be Employed, Vernon Briggs, Jr.

Vernon M Briggs Jr

[Excerpt] Ever since the latter half of the 19th Century when the United States began to use its lega l system as a means to regulate both the size and the composition of the flow of foreign-born persons into its population and labor force, policymakers have had to confront the issue of what to do about those who defy the ensuing limitations, restrictions, and exclusions. As a consequence, the subject of illegal immigration has made frequent appearances on the nation’s political reform agenda. For while the United States claims to be a “a nation of immigrants,” it also boasts that …


Managerial Incentives, Market Power And Bank Risk Taking, Mamiza Haq, Shams Pathan, Barry Williams Apr 2010

Managerial Incentives, Market Power And Bank Risk Taking, Mamiza Haq, Shams Pathan, Barry Williams

Barry Williams

We investigate the effect of managerial incentives and market power on bank risk‐taking for a sample of 212 large US bank holding companies over 1997‐2004 (i.e. 1,534 observations). Bank managers have incentives to prefer less risk while bank shareholders have preference for ‘excessive’ risk. Likewise, the market power is the centre piece of any bank regulation.However, the literature is inconclusive as to the effect of managerial incentives and market power on bank risk‐taking. Our results reveal a U‐shaped relation between bank risk and CEO ownership (proxy for managerial incentives) and between bank risk and charter value (proxy for market power). …


Microcredit For Poverty Alleviation And Fostering Environmentally Sustainable Development: A Review Of African Case Studies, Asayehgn Desta Feb 2010

Microcredit For Poverty Alleviation And Fostering Environmentally Sustainable Development: A Review Of African Case Studies, Asayehgn Desta

Asayehgn Desta

With the hastening of the global poverty crisis and the absence of an adequate social safety net for those marginalized and vulnerable sections of society in the less developed countries, a number of researchers have moved beyond the relentless pursuit of short-term toward long-term anti- poverty, environmentally sustainable paradigms to assist chronically poor sectors of society. Though a remarkably polarizing issue, in the last three decades microcredit programs have been made available to the chronically poor as a viable option to involve them in the formal economic sector. It is assumed that the disadvantaged groups will become productive members of …


A Global Green Recovery, The G20 And International Sti Cooperationin In Clean Energy, Edward Barbier Dec 2009

A Global Green Recovery, The G20 And International Sti Cooperationin In Clean Energy, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.


Economies Of Scope For Microfinance: Differences Across Output Measures, Valentina Hartarska, Christopher Parmeter, Denis Nadolynak, Beibei Zhu Dec 2009

Economies Of Scope For Microfinance: Differences Across Output Measures, Valentina Hartarska, Christopher Parmeter, Denis Nadolynak, Beibei Zhu

Christopher F. Parmeter

In banking, scope economies of mobilizing deposits and lending are often estimated, while consideration of the same measures for microfinance institutions (MFI) is still in its infancy. An open issue remains regarding what characterizes an output of an MFI. Moreover, depending on the output used, do estimated scope economies differ? We use a novel data set for over 800 MFI across more than 70 countries to estimate economies of scope. Our findings suggest that statistical differences arise between estimates of scope economies. However, our qualitative findings indicate that both of these measures provide similar overviews of the landscape of scope …


Ecosystem Services As A Common Language For Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management., Elise Granek, Stephen Polasky, Carrie Kappel, Denise Reed, David Stoms, Evamaria Koch, Chris Kennedy, Lori Cramer, Sally Hacker, Edward Barbier, Shankar Aswani, Mary Ruckelshaus, Gerardo Perillo, Brian Silliman, Nyawira Muthiga, David Bael, Eric Wolanski Dec 2009

Ecosystem Services As A Common Language For Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management., Elise Granek, Stephen Polasky, Carrie Kappel, Denise Reed, David Stoms, Evamaria Koch, Chris Kennedy, Lori Cramer, Sally Hacker, Edward Barbier, Shankar Aswani, Mary Ruckelshaus, Gerardo Perillo, Brian Silliman, Nyawira Muthiga, David Bael, Eric Wolanski

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.


School Policies And Children's Obesity, Patricia Anderson, Kristin Butcher, Diane Schanzenbach Dec 2009

School Policies And Children's Obesity, Patricia Anderson, Kristin Butcher, Diane Schanzenbach

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

No abstract provided.


Biodiversity And Geography, M. Rauscher, Edward Barbier Dec 2009

Biodiversity And Geography, M. Rauscher, Edward Barbier

Edward B Barbier

No abstract provided.


Market Power, Eu Integration And Privatization: The Case Of Romania, Gabriel Asaftei, Christopher Parmeter Dec 2009

Market Power, Eu Integration And Privatization: The Case Of Romania, Gabriel Asaftei, Christopher Parmeter

Christopher F. Parmeter

This paper investigates the effects on pricing behavior of firms in a transition economy resulting from integration into the European Union’s Common Market and changes in ownership. We use a semiparametric model with a rich panel of manufacturing firms in Romania from 1995 to 2003 to estimate firm-level markups. We find that markups are higher in more concentrated industries and less exposed to foreign competition. Trade integration appears to generally increase competitive pressure on markups. Industries exposed to more international competition experience a larger change in markups following integration into the European Union’s Common Market. However, as the initial impact …