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2007

San Jose State University

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Learning 2.0 At Sjsu And Sjpl, Susan L. Kendall Jan 2007

Learning 2.0 At Sjsu And Sjpl, Susan L. Kendall

Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.


Information Outlook, January 2007, Special Libraries Association Jan 2007

Information Outlook, January 2007, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2007

Volume 11, Issue 1


Book Review. One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional And Innovative Models Of Student Affairs Practice, Jason A. Laker Jan 2007

Book Review. One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional And Innovative Models Of Student Affairs Practice, Jason A. Laker

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Corporatizing Public Education In The Philippines: The Case Of Usaid And The Ayala Foundation, Peter Chua Jan 2007

Corporatizing Public Education In The Philippines: The Case Of Usaid And The Ayala Foundation, Peter Chua

Peter Chua

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Death And Taxes, Including Inflation: The Public Versus Economists, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Jan 2007

Death And Taxes, Including Inflation: The Public Versus Economists, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Inflation worries the general public much more than it does the economics profession, and economists remain perplexed as to exactly why. The costs that concern economists are inflation’s deadweight loss. But that is only a part of the losses that concern the public, because inflation simultaneously transfers some of people’s income into the hands of government. The fact that the seigniorage tax may pay for programs they favor is a separate issue. Moreover, unlike income and other taxes, which people in democratic countries may think they have some control over through voting, seigniorage appears utterly arbitrary. In fact, people can …


Linking Research And Policy: The Case Of Ghana's Rice Trade Policy, Aharon Degrassi Jan 2007

Linking Research And Policy: The Case Of Ghana's Rice Trade Policy, Aharon Degrassi

Faculty Publications, Geography

Agricultural trade policies, in particular import tariffs to protect domestic production, constitute a highly contested field of agricultural policy. In view of the recent focus on “evidence-based policy making†in the international development debate, the question arises as to which extent research-based evidence is used in such policy decisions, and which role research plays as compared to other political factors. Against this background, this paper seeks to examine and explain research-policy linkages in the case of rice tariff reform in Ghana. It is based on literature reviews and 70 interviews. The paper uses a historical cultural political economy approach, and …


Factor Market Oligopsony And The Location Decision Of Free Entry Oligopoly, Yeung-Nan Shieh, Chiung - I Wang Jan 2007

Factor Market Oligopsony And The Location Decision Of Free Entry Oligopoly, Yeung-Nan Shieh, Chiung - I Wang

Yeung-Nan Shieh

No abstract provided.