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Is There A Brazilian J−Curve?, Guilherme Moura, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

We show that the Marshall−Lerner condition holds for the Brazilian trade balance, and discard a J−curve in the short run. We present these results using impulse−response functions in a variety of (linear and nonlinear) models, including Markov−switching, vector error−correction models.

The Glass Ceiling: Women In Law Enforcement, Brian Kingshott

Brian F. Kingshott

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Portal Technology In Library User Education, James A. Van Fleet, B Stockland

James A. Van Fleet

Introduction: During the summer of 2004 Information Services and Resources (ISR) at Bucknell University installed both the Sirsi Rooms software and SCT Luminis Portal software. These web-based portals have allowed us to make profound changes to our web presence and web-based services. In addition, they have changed the way we provide library user education to undergraduate students, from freshman seminars to engineering senior design courses.

Slicing The Pie: A Discussion Of Seminary Book Budget Allocation At Andrews University, Terry Dwain Robertson

Terry Dwain Robertson

The allocation of a materials budget is a challenge. This paper discusses a solution for Andrews University that accounts for the more specialized needs of Ph.D. students, even though the materials may see less usage.

The Case Against A Proposed Relaxation Of Out-Of-Band Noise And Spurious Specifications For Docsis Edge-Qam Rf Devices, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

This submission supported Broadband Innovations' (BI) opposition to relaxing the Out-of-Band Noise and Spurious specifications in QAM downstream transmission of Edge-QAM (“EQAM”) devices. The specifications relaxation was proposed by a consortium of equipment vendors who called it the Joint Proposal for Self-Aggregate noise and spurious (“JPSA”). This note explains why the adoption of the JPSA would strip CATV systems from having sufficient operational noise and interference margins.

Post submission note: Despite the overwhelming majority of the Working Group's acceptance and recommendation of the JPSA, CableLabs' Technical Board voted to accept BI's proposal and to reject the JPSA.

Selected Counselling Interventions, Alan A. Mackenzie

Alan A MacKENZIE

FOUR DIFFERENT DISORDERS VIEWED THROUGH DIFFERENT 'LENSES'

Accommoplishment Of Job Growth With Social Security Maintenance-Theoretical Disputes And Policy Implications From The Dutch Social Reform, Chih-Lung Huang, Shrsyung Chang

Chih-lung Huang

Western advanced industrial states have recently been stumbling over a dilemma resulting from both growing unemployment rates and welfare expenditures. Such a dilemma was once known as “Dutch Dis-ease” in the 1980s. Following a series of policy reform, a “Dutch Miracle” has occurred since the 1990s in both job growth and suc-cessful redeployment of social security. Meanwhile, policy processes and acquired outcomes in the Netherlands have provoked and stimu-lated almost a “research industry” in itself, and have sparked a hope that might shed some light on the way to go beyond this current post-industrial dilemma. This paper provides an analytic-dynamic …

Unbundling The Pollution Haven Hypothesis, M. Scott Taylor

M. Scott Taylor

The “Pollution Haven Hypothesis” (PHH) is one of the most contentious and hotly debated predictions in all of international economics. This paper explains the theory behind the PHH by dividing the hypothesis into a series of logical steps linking assumptions on exogenous country characteristics to predictions on trade flows and pollution levels. I then discuss recent theoretical and empirical contributions investigating the PHH to show that each contribution either questions the logical inevitability or the empirical significance of one or more steps in the pollution haven chain of logic. Suggestions for future research are also provided.

Bounded Rationality: Static Versus Dynamic Approaches, Suren Basov

Suren Basov

Two kinds of theories of boundedly rational behavior are possible. Static theories focus on stationary behavior and do not include any explicit mechanism for temporal change. Dynamic theories, on the other hand, explicitly model the fine-grain adjustments made by the subjects in response to their recent experiences. The main contribution of this paper is to argue that the restrictions usually imposed on the distribution of choices in the static approach are generically not supported by a dynamic adjustment mechanism. The genericity here is understood both in the measure theoretic and in the topological sense.

Comparison Of Medicare Spending And Outcomes For Beneficiaries With Lower Extremity Joint Replacements, Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Partha Deb, José Escarce, Carrie Hoverman, Susan Paddock, Neeraj Sood

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin

The primary objective of this study is to conduct a set of analyses comparing costs and outcomes of lower extremity joint replacement patients discharged to three different post-acute settings: inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and patient homes. Multivariate techniques are employed in order to adjust these analyses for observable differences in severity of illness across sites of care. In doing so, multinomial models are used that predict which type of institutional post-acute care a beneficiary accesses, and these predictors are described. In addition, instrumental variables (IV) techniques are used that allow for the accounting of unobserved patient …

The Two Faces Of Intercountry Adoption: The Significance Of The Indian Adoption Scandals, David M. Smolin

David M. Smolin

This article summarizes international law, and the law of India and the United States, relevant to intercountry adoption. The article then presents extensive information and analysis of a major series of adoption scandals in Andhra Pradesh, India. The article uses this analysis of law and a major series of adoption scandals to present the "two sides of intercountry adoption:" positively, as a humanitarian act, and negatively as a form of child trafficking. The weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the intercountry adoption system that led to the Indian adoption scandals are extensively analyzed.

Intercountry Adoption As Child Trafficking, David M. Smolin

David M. Smolin

This article analyzes when intercountry adoption constitutes a form of child trafficking, particularly under international law. The article reviews relevant Treaties on the subjects of slavery and human trafficking, as well as analyzing the problem of money and adoption within the domestic (United States) adoption system.

From Herding Cats To All Your Ducks In A Row, Or: The Further Adventures Of Martha In E-Journals Land, Martha Gunnarson

Martha Gunnarson

Note: this abstract was for a presentation originally scheduled for the 2004 inFIRE Conference in Perth, Australia, and describes an earlier version of the presentation.

Up a Creek? Here's a paddle, or: How not to drown in the e-journal ocean.

Hopefully an entertaining and enlightening presentation on coping with the flood of electronic journals.

I will look at how we dealt with e-journals the "old" way -- in the online catalog, on web lists, using vendor-supplied solutions and union listing.

Then explain what we are doing now and how we are moving forward, with some possible directions for the future. …

Landowner Driven Sustainable Forest Management And Value-Added Processing, David T. Damery

David T. Damery

The Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, LLC (MWC) is working to help members conduct sustainable forestry of the highest standards while increasing financial returns from harvest activities. The forests of Massachusetts, the 3rd most densely populated of the United States, are threatened. Decades of high grading and the threat of conversion to alternative use present challenges for maintaining a forested landscape. Despite being 60% forested Massachusetts imports approximately 98% of the wood fiber that its citizens consume.

Reexamining The Distribution Of Wealth In 1870, Joshua L. Rosenbloom, Gregory W. Stutes

Joshua L. Rosenbloom

This paper uses data on real and personal property ownership collected in the 1870 Federal Census to explore factors influencing individual wealth accumulation and the aggregate distribution of wealth in the United States near the middle of the nineteenth century. Previous analyses of these data have relied on relatively small samples, or focused on population subgroups. By using the much larger sample available in the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) we are able to disaggregate the data much more finely than has previously been possible allowing us to explore differences in inequality across space and between different population groups. …

“Uncertainty And Intentional Action In Contemporary Cameroon.”, Dianna Shandy

Dianna Shandy

No abstract provided.

Relying On Electronic Journals: Reading Patterns Of Astronomers, Carol Tenopir, Donald King, Peter Boyce, Matt Grayson, Keri-Lynn Paulson

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

A Chinese Sky Trust? Distributional Impacts Of Carbon Charges And Revenue Recycling In China, Mark Brenner, Matthew Riddle, James K. Boyce

James K. Boyce

The introduction of carbon charges on the use of fossil fuels in China would have a progressive impact on income distribution. This outcome, which contrasts to the regressive distributional impact found in most studies of carbon charges in industrialized countries, is driven primarily by differences between urban and rural expenditure patterns. If carbon revenues were recycled on an equal per capita basis via a ‘sky trust,’ the progressive impact would be further enhanced: low-income (mainly rural) households would receive more in sky-trust dividends than they pay in carbon charges, and high-income (mainly urban) households would pay more than they receive …

Bush V. Gore And The Distortion Of Common Law Remedies, Tracy A. Thomas

Tracy A. Thomas

The book The Final Arbiter addresses the legal and political consequences of the Bush v. Gore decision. This article presented as Chapter 4 addresses the lasting impact of Bush v. Gore on the law of remedies. While others have focused on what the Court should or could have done in the case, this article focuses on what the Court actually did by analyzing the text of the decision and the remedial platform that formed the Court's consensus. The Court in Bush adopted a new model of prophylactic relief that provided too much, not too little relief. Yet this prophylactic remedy …

Two Hundred Years Of Young Adult Library Services: A Chronology, Anthony Bernier, M. K. Chelton, C. A. Jenkins, J. B. Pierce

Anthony Bernier

No abstract provided.

Freezeframe: Identity, Law And Categorization, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.

Are These Victims Worthy?, Erik Ugland, Karen Slattery

Erik Ugland

No abstract provided.

The Timing Of Cabinet Reshuffles In Five Westminster Parliamentary Systems, Indridi Indridason, Christopher Kam

Indridi H Indridason

Despite their political prominence, cabinet reshuffles have not attracted a great deal of scholarly attention. We provide a theory of cabinet reshuffles that emphasizes both systematic and time-varying causes. In particular, we argue that prime ministers employ cabinet reshuffles to retain power in the face of both intraparty and electoral challenges to their leadership. We use repeated-events duration models to examine the timing of cabinet reshuffles in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in the period 1960–2001, and find support for several of our hypotheses.

Reaching Critical Mass In Nigeria's Telephone Industry, Chukwuka Onwumechili

Chukwuka Onwumechili

The Prudent Village: Risk Pooling Institutions In Medieval English Agriculture, Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson

The prudent peasant mitigated the risk of crop failures by scattering his arable land throughout his village, Deirdre McCloskey argued, because alternative risksharing institutions did not exist. But, alternatives did exist, this essay concludes. Medieval English peasants formed two types of farmers’ cooperatives. Fraternities protected members from the perils of everyday life. Customary poor laws redistributed resources towards villagers beset by bad luck. In both institutions, the expectation of reciprocation motivated farmers with surpluses to aid neighbors with shortages.

Pastures Of Persuasion: Herding Faculty For An Institutional Repository, Denise Troll Covey

Denise Troll Covey

No abstract provided.

The Bundling Of Academic Journals, Aaron S. Edlin, Daniel L. Rubinfeld

Daniel L. Rubinfeld

No abstract provided.

Broadband Penetration: An Empirical Analysis Of State And Federal Policies, Scott J. Wallsten

Scott J. Wallsten

No abstract provided.

The Bundling Of Academic Journals, Aaron S. Edlin, Daniel L. Rubinfeld

Aaron Edlin

No abstract provided.

Política Monetária E A Relação Entre Pib Real E Mercado De Ações Na Economia Brasileira, Mauricio Nunes, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

This paper presents favorable piece of evidence of the relationship between the Brazilian real output and its stockmarket. Neglecting this fact may jeopardize current price stability and economic growth. (Portuguese)