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The Social Evolution Of Terror And Genocide Across Time And Geographic Space: Perspectives From Evolutionary Game Theory, Charles Anderton

Economics Department Working Papers

This article uses evolutionary game theory to reveal the interpersonal and geographic characteristics of a society that make it vulnerable to a conquest from within by terrorist organizations and genocide architects. Under conditions identified in the space-less version of the model, entrepreneurs of violence can create the social metamorphosis of a peaceful people group into one that supports or does not resist violence against an out-group. The model is extended into geographic space by analyzing interactions among peaceful and aggressive phenotypes in Moore and von Neumann neighborhoods. The model also reveals policy interventions in which the social evolution of aggression …

Hand In Hand, Fall 2014

Hand in Hand

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Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, September 2014

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

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Signs Of Faith, September 2014

Signs of Faith

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Paterson, NJ

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Deaf Catholic Newsletter, Fall 2014

Deaf Catholic Newsletter

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Ministry With The Deaf Newsletter, September 2014

Ministry with the Deaf Newsletter

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Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, Summer 2014

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter

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Life-Care Awards In The Age Of The Affordable Care Act, Joshua Congdon-Hohman, Victor Matheson

Economics Department Working Papers

Prior to January 1, 2014, it would have been reasonable to assume that persons injured in an act of negligence would be forced to pay for their future medical care costs out-of-pocket rather than being able to rely on health insurance. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has the potential to radically change how victims pay for future medical expenses, and now nearly every tort award that provides money to the plaintiff for the full payment of medical costs without consideration of the availability of health insurance will serve to overcompensate victims for their expected medical costs. New …

International Catholic Deaf Association United States Section, Inc. Midwest Region E-Newsletter, September 2014

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

Does Darden's Foreign Direct Investment Benefit Malaysia's Economy?, Nicole Tan

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

What's Up Newsletter, August 2014

What's Up Newsletter

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Office Of Ministry With The Deaf Newsletter, August 2014

Office of Ministry with the Deaf Newsletter

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Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, August 2014

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

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Learning Tastes Through Social Interaction, Alice Hsiaw

Economics Department Working Papers

This paper offers an information-based model of social interaction, and analyzes optimal investment and pricing of services that facilitate interaction in a duopoly. Agents have uncertainty over their preferences but are aware that they are correlated with others’, so there exists an incentive to communicate with others in the population. When a firm’s good can be bundled with a coordination mechanism for its consumers, its value is endogenously determined due to a consumption externality. Although this mechanism increases total surplus, it is underprovided and consumer surplus decreases.

Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use: Theory And Policy Implications, Gabriele Camera, Bryan Engelhardt

Economics Department Working Papers

The illicit nonmedical use of prescription drugs is studied in a model where individuals with imperfectly observable health conditions seek prescription drugs for either medical or nonmedical reasons. The equilibrium number of medical and nonmedical users is endogenous and depends on economic and non-economic barriers to drugs consumption, such as pricing, health care costs, refill policies, monitoring programs, and the medical community’s prescription standards. The results show policies centered around raising economic barriers reduces nonmedical use but inhibits medical use due to imperfect screening. Alternatively, the results suggest a national drug registry may be more effective at preventing nonmedical use.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, July 20, 2014

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St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, July 6, 2014

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Our Silent News, July-September 2014

Our Silent News

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Fort Worth, TX

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What's Up Newsletter, July 2014

What's Up Newsletter

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Office Of Ministry With The Deaf Newsletter, July 2014

Office of Ministry with the Deaf Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Springfield, MA

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Ncod E-Newsletter, July 2014

NCOD E-Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

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Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter, Spring 2014

Catholic Deaf Community Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Portland, OR

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Ministry With The Deaf Newsletter, July-August 2014

Ministry with the Deaf Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Camden, NJ

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St. Dominic Deaf Center, July-August-September 2014

Saint Dominic Deaf Center

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Houston, TX

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Newsletter Catholic Deaf Of Detroit, July 2014

Newsletter Catholic Deaf of Detroit

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The Value Of A Private Education: Differential Returns And Selection On Observables, Anil Nathan, Sovita Hean, Ryan Elliot

Economics Department Working Papers

The academic value of a private education versus a public education is explored. This study first attempts to see whether there are differential returns to a private education based on ability level. It also intends to non-parametrically control for the selection on observables of the decision to attend private school. Using 8th graders from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988, we find that the there is a positive effect on standardized math test scores using OLS. Based on quantile regression results, average students benefit most from a private education. Low-achieving and high-achieving students do not benefit as much. The …

Retirement Reversals And Health Insurance: The Potential Impact Of The Affordable Care Act, Joshua Congdon-Hohman

Economics Department Working Papers

This paper uses the longitudinal aspect of the Health and Retirement Study to explore the characteristics associated with reversals in retirement (referred to here as "unretirement"). Through the use of survival time analysis, this paper shows that health insurance status and its source are signi cant predictors of unretirement decisions. The relationship is important as the potential impacts of the Affordable Care Act are considered. By comparing the role of health insurance provision to the impact of financial "shocks", the analysis finds that insurance is equally important as other financial explanations for retirement reversals. The analysis also shows that health …

The Octofoil, July/August/September 2014, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

College Of The Holy Cross Libraries Annual Report 2013-2014, Karen Reilly

Holy Cross Libraries Annual Reports

At the end of the fiscal year, the Director of the Holy Cross Libraries issues an annual report that provides a review of library services, details budgets and regular operations, and highlights programs, projects and activities that were initiated, sponsored or assisted by the Libraries.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, June 15, 2014

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