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Resource Sharing And Collaboration, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Diana H. Wu

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Determinantes Explícitos E Implícitos De La Deuda Externa Pública Peruana, José Manuel Martin Coronado

José-Manuel Martin Coronado

This research aims to prove that sound economic policies are nothing more that basic conditions for the foreign public debt problem. In fact, by studying the factors of public debt issues in Peru, Latin America and the emerging economies it’s clear that some implicit economic and non-economic factors have to be considered because of the social complexity and variable characteristics in emerging economies. This causes failures in economic policies assumptions, inefficiencies, distorted causality and nonrational behavior. This paper proposes, first, to perform a deep and comparative analysis of the foreign debt determinants in emerging economies, then, to allocate financial resources, …

Rethinking Technical Services For A Digital World, Fredrick Miller

Fred Miller

Libraries should consider new ways to integrate and streamline their organization and work processes for effective and efficient service to library patrons. This paper looks at recent efforts in academic libraries to explore cost-saving measures without sacrificing service quality. It presents an overview of ways libraries can improve technical services to provide electronic resources and other services for library patrons.

Improving Economic Literacy: The Role Of Concurrent Enrollment Programs, Jerry M. Eversky, Donald H. Dutowsky, Gerald S. Edmonds

Jerry Evensky

This paper introduces Concurrent Enrollment Programs (CEPs), within the context of Syracuse University Project Advance (PA) Economics, as a way to improve economic literacy. We describe measures implemented to operate PA Economics as a high-quality CEP, as well as the National Alliance of Concurrent Education Partnerships to establish national standards. This study also contains results from administering to high school students taking PA Economics the nationally normed Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). PA students average nearly one percentage point higher than the AP/Honors Economics Group, and score considerably better than AP/Honors Economics in fundamentals and international economics. By cognitive level, …

Fisheries In Sundarbans: Problems And Prospects, Ganesh Chandra, R L. Sagar

Ganesh Chandra

Sundarbans, the largest delta on the planet earth is famous for its marine and estuarine fish resources. A large population is dependent on fishery activity and capture fisheries is treated as the backbone of Sundarban economy. Sundarban boast around 172 species of fishes, 20 species of prawn and 44 species of crabs including two edible crabs. But fisheries in Sundarbans faces some difficult problems which have an impact on the biodiversity, sustainability and livelihood of fish resources and fisher folk viz. shrinking tiger prawn population, indiscriminate fish seed collection, lack of post harvest and other infrastructures, natural calamities such as …

Radical Islam, Liberal Islam, Muqtedar Khan

Muqtedar Khan

This article extols the virtues of Liberal Islam and argues for the strategic compatibility of Liberal Islam and Liberal Democracy.

The Camel's Nose Is In The Tent: Rules, Theories And Slippery Slopes, Mario Rizzo, Glen Whitman

Mario Rizzo

The authors provide a general theory for understanding and evaluating slippery slope arguments (SSAs) and their associated slippery slope events (SSEs). The central feature of the theory is a structure of discussion within which all arguments take place. The structure is multi-layered, consisting of decisions, rules, theories,and research programs. Each layer influences and shapes the layer beneath: rules influences decisions, theories influence the choice of rules, and research programs influence the choice of theories. In this structure, SSAs take the form of meta-arguments, as they purport to predict the future development of arguments in this structure. Evaluating such arguments requires …

Estimating Auction Revenues For The Proposed Fcc Sale Of 3g Spectrum For Broadband And Advanced Wireless Services, Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton

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El Municipio En La Seguridad Ciudadana: Un Panorama Latinoaméricano, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

Lo primero que llama la atención es que todos reclamamos seguridad ciudadana. ¿Por qué no existen opositores? ¿Por qué no se ha logrado disminuir la violencia y más bien sigue ofreciendo? Mucho más cuando todos estamos absolutamente de acuerdo con esta propuesta. Me da la impresión que es un tema relativamente parecido a los de descentralización, democracia, derechos humanos o desarrollo económico a los que nadie se opone.

Lo que ocurre es que la inseguridad y la violencia son conceptos polisémicos; es decir, que tienen distintos significados dependiendo de quién los proponga. Porque si no es así hace mucho tiempo …

The Argus Digital Collection: A Digital Archive For Access And Preservation, Fredrick Miller

Fred Miller

The Argus Digital Collection is Illinois Wesleyan University’s first digital library project. This project began as an archival and preservation project, and presented management and technical challenges for the University’s library and central Information Technology organizations. This paper reviews how the project came to be, project hurdles, lessons learned, and where we go from here. Academic institutions contemplating similar digital archive projects can benefit from Illinois Wesleyan University’s experience with the Argus Digital Collection.

Behavior Analysis And The Patrol Officer, Rick Parfitt

Rick Parfitt

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Bifurcations And Patterns In Compromise Processes, E. Ben-Naim, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner

Eli Ben-Naim

We study an opinion dynamics model in which agents reach compromise via pairwise interactions. When the opinions of two agents are sufficiently close, they both acquire the average of their initial opinions; otherwise, they do not interact. Generically, the system reaches a steady state with a finite number of isolated, noninteracting opinion clusters (``parties''). As the initial opinion range increases, the number of such parties undergoes a periodic sequence of bifurcations. Both major and minor parties emerge, and these are organized in alternating pattern. This behavior is illuminated by considering discrete opinion states.

Optimal Fiscal Policy In An Economy Facing Socio-Political Instability, Chetan Ghate, Quan Vu Le, Paul J. Zak

Chetan Ghate

The paper presents a model of optimal government policy when policy choices may exacerbate sociopolitical instability (SPI). The authors show that optimal policy that takes into account SPI transforms a standard concave growth model into a model with both a poverty trap and endogenous growth. The resulting equilibrium dynamics inherit the properties of government policies and need not be monotone. Indeed, for a broad set of conditions, government policy is unable to eliminate the poverty trap; when these conditions do not hold, “most” countries eventually reach a balanced growth path. The predictions of the model are tested by developing three …

Not All Users Are Alike: How Do Age And Productivity Affect User Behavior?, Carol Tenopir, Peter B. Boyce, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Patterns Of Journal Use: What Are Our Users Telling Us?, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Peter B. Boyce

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Bring The President's Nerds Back In From The Cold, Robert Hahn, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

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Planificación Estratégica En Tiempos De Crisis. La Necesidad De La Permanente Readecuación Metodológica, Patricia A. Pintos

Patricia Pintos

El objeto de este trabajo es invitar a la reflexión a quienes de algún modo participan en procesos de planificación, acerca de la coherencia entre metodologías participativas y crisis en la argentina de hoy, a modo de encontrar caminos valederos y legítimos hacia los escenarios deseables que vislumbramos de modo tenue y sobre los que es preciso trabajar concertadamente en la construcción de la historia común, rescatando las cuestiones identitarias que definen lo local.

Estado Militar, Política Económica Y Representación De Intereses: Dificultades De La Transición Democrática En El Brasil En Los Años Ochenta, Adriano Codato

Adriano Codato

This article discusses some of the institutional formats utilized by the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985) in order to regulate the influence of large commercial interest groups on economic policy. It focuses particularly on the conflicts between the directors of the dominant social class groups and high-level state bureaucratic leaders on decisory priorities in the context of the politics of redemocratização during the Figueiredo government (1979-1985).

Partners In Forest Conservation: "Willingness-To_Work" (Wtw) To Protect Local Forest Resources In Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico , James F. Casey

James F Casey

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The Political Power Of The Retirees In A Two-Dimensional Voting Model, Georges Casamatta

Georges Casamatta

We show that the retirees are able to obtain favorable pension policies whereas they belong to a minority in the population. The argument relies on the multidimensional nature of the political process. We consider a two-dimensional collective choice problem. The first of these choices is the level of the contribution rate to the Pay-As-You- Gopension system. The second is a noneconomic decision, unrelated to the pension system. Using a political agency model, we show that, as soon as the retirees are sufficiently numerous, the equilibrium tax rate may be higher than the tax rate preferred by the young, who yet …

The Strategic Importance Of U.S.-South Korea Economic Relations, Marcus Noland, Taeho Bark

Marcus Noland

Due to the still critical nature of the United States-Republic of Korea (U.S.-ROK) alliance, diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations assume larger than usual importance. This fourth NBR Special Report examines whether economic ties could diffuse conflict in other aspects of the bilateral relationship, or whether economic irritants might be a source of further bilateral tensions. In the Foreword, Stephen W. Bosworth, former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea and current Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, places the importance of United States-Republic of Korea relations in the broader context of ongoing changes in Northeast Asia. …

Nullificatory Juries, David A. Hoffman, Kaimipono D. Wenger

David A Hoffman

In this Article, we argue that current debates on the legitimacy of punitive damages would benefit from a comparison with jury nullification in criminal trials. We discuss critiques of punitive damages and of jury nullification, noting the surprising similarities in the arguments scholars use to attack these (superficially) distinct outcomes of the jury guarantee. Not only are the criticisms alike, the institutions of punitive damages and jury nullification also turn out to have many similarities: both are, we suggest, examples of what we call "nullificatory juries." We discuss the features of such juries, and consider recent behavioral data relating to …

Long-Run Inflation-Unemployment Dynamics: The Spanish Phillips Curve And Economic Policy, Marika Karanassou, Hector Sala, Dennis Snower

Dennis Snower

This paper takes a new look at the long-run dynamics of inflation and unemployment in response to permanent changes in the growth rate of the money supply. We examine the Phillips curve from the perspective of what we call “frictional growth”, i.e. the interaction between money growth and nominal frictions. After presenting theoretical models of this phenomenon, we construct an empirical model of the Spanish economy and, in this context, we evaluate the long-run in‡ation-unemployment tradeo¤ for Spain and examine how recent policy changes have a¤ected it.

Kapitalizmus És Szocializmus Bibó István Gondolatrendszerében [István Bibó On Capitalism And Socialism], Peter Cserne

Péter Cserne

Although István Bibó’s (1911–1979) reputation in Hungary is based on his political and historical essays, he has written much on economic and social issues as well. As an anti-speculative thinker, he formulated his views each time in the context of actual economic and social problems. Starting from the critique of modernity and a sort of elitism in the 30’s, his interest turned toward the serious deformations of Hungarian social structure, especially the situation of the agrarian population. His great private lecture on The Meaning of the Development of European Society (1971–72) treated the history of Europe from a philosophical perspective …

Undergraduate Science Students And Electronic Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Richard Pollard, Peiling Wang, Dan Greene, Elizabeth Kline, Julia Krummen

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

Response Piece, Ananya Vajpeyi

Ananya Vajpeyi

No abstract provided.

Bridging The Great Divide: Combining Engineers And Musicians, Document Delivery And Circulation, Pauline Lister, Grace Saw

Grace Saw

At the end of 1999 two physically separate University of Queensland branch libraries, the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library and the Architecture and Music Library, grouped under one service – The Physical Sciences and Engineering Library Service. At the end of 2000 the University of Queensland Library was forced to reduce staffing levels following a reduction in income and a plummeting Australian dollar. To continue to deliver excellence in customer service, a group of library technicians, previously divided by branch location, user involvements, organisational culture, team membership and task responsibility, were brought together to become a focussed and …

La Evaluación De La Heterogeneidad De Los Perfiles Académicos Por Medio De Un Programa De Estímulos Al Personal Académico: Experiencia De Una Universidad Pública Estatal, Graciela Cordero-Arroyo, Jesús F. Galaz-Fontes, Juan J. Sevilla-García, Kiyoko Nishikawa-Aceves, Evelyn Gutiérrez-Villegas

Jesús Francisco Galaz Fontes

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo ejemplificar la relación existente entre la concepción del trabajo académico y los procedimientos e instrumentos de evaluación de su desempeño a partir de la experiencia de la última década de la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) en la aplicación del programa de estímulos al personal académico. El artículo está estructurado en cinco apartados: en primer término se presenta el surgimiento de los programas de estímulos (merit pay) en la universidades públicas en México; en un segundo apartado se analizan dos conceptualizaciones del trabajo académico. En tercer término se presentan los objetivos y estructura metodológica …

The Relativity Of Risk Assessments In Investment Decisions, Michael Sack Elmaleh

Michael Sack Elmaleh

The level of risk in investing in a closely held firm is related to the qualifications of the control managing investor. While there is generally a minimum threshold of expertise and capital that a control investor must possess, beyond this threshold the potential levels of expertise and capital can vary significantly. The level of enterprise risk is inversely related to the level of expertise and capital possessed by the control investor. The more resources and expertise the investor possesses, the less the operational risk. Thus enterprise risk is a relative and not an inherent fixed property of an enterprise. Furthermore, …

Can Insider Power Affect Employment?, Dennis Snower, Pilar Diaz-Vazquez

Dennis Snower

Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no in‡uence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages. The reason given is that an increase in insider wages gives rise to a countervailing fall in reservation wages, leaving the present value of wage costs unchanged. Our analysis contradicts this conventional answer. We show that, in the context of a stochastic model of the labor market, an increase in insider wages promotes firing in recessions, while leaving hiring in …