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Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Monetary Policy Hearing, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Ben Bernanke's answers at the House Financial Services Monetary Policy Hearing.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Chairman Bernanke’S Semiannual Monetary Policy Report, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Ben Bernanke's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report.

Sustainable Budgeting, Brian K. Strow, Claudia W. Strow

Economics Faculty Publications

At the forefront of current discussion and social conscience is the importance of ecological sustainability. An also important but often overlooked issue is the importance of sustainable budgeting practices for our various levels of government. Governments often provide social services such as food, clothing, shelter, education, public safety, or health care. If the money to pay for the social services comes from additional government debt, social services to future citizens become imperiled. In this paper, the authors set forth a theoretical framework for sustainable government decision making with special emphasis on sustainable governmental budgeting. The authors outline the intricacies of …

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Final Guidance On Incentive Compensation, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board announcing the final guidance on incentive compensation issued by the Federal Reserve, OCC, OTS and FDIC.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke On Squam Lake Report, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Ben Bernanke's speech regarding the Squam Lake Report: Fixing the Financial System.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke On The State Of The Economy, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Budget Committee regarding the state of the economy.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Central Bank Independence, Transparency & Accountability, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of speech delivered by Ben Bernanke at the 2010 Institute for Monetary & Economic Studies Conference.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve's Role In Bank Supervision, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of testimony given by Ben Bernanke to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services.

Monopoly, Regulation, And Innovation, Matt Bogard

Economics Faculty Publications

Recently the Justice department has started investigations into alleged anti-trust violations by Monsanto. This has helped fuel a lot of already hyped discontent with one of the world’s leaders in innovative solutions for sustainable agriculture. This article discusses how the regulatory environment could possibly have contributed to more concentration and power in the biotech industry. Increasing regulation would likely have the opposite effect of creating a level playing field in the agriculture industry. From AgWeb, March 27,2010 http://www.agweb.com/blog/Economic_Sense_190/Monopoly_Regulation__and_Innovation_10771/

The Relationship Between Economic Freedom And Economic Growth: The Transistion Process In Vietnam And China, Hanh T. Vu

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

The relationship between economic freedom and economic growth has always been frequently discussed in the economic literature. Economic freedom is often believed to enhance economic growth, which in turn creates more economic freedom. The first part of this paper studies the transition process in China and Vietnam from a planned economy to a free market economy. The transition process, which takes place over the period of more than two decades, allowing more economic freedom, and implementing some elements of a free market, has boosted the growth rate in both China and Vietnam, and increased considerably the standard of living of …

Ua1b1/1 Rodes-Helm Lecture Series, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

These records were created by and about the Rodes-Helm Lecture Series which invited distinguished, and prominent individuals from the spheres of politics, economics, and the arts, to lecture at the university. The records include programs, and recordings of lectures.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Gov. Duke's Speech, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board regarding Governor Elizabeth Duke's speech on the economic outlook before the Economic Forecast Forum in Raleigh, NC, Jan. 4, 2010.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke's Swearing In/Kevin Warsh's Speech & Op-Ed, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board excerpting remarks by Ben Bernanke at his swearing in; speech of Kevin Warsh before the New York Association for Business Economics and Warsh's op-ed piece in the Financial Times.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - American Economic Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board excerpting speeches of Ben Bernanke and Donald Kohn delivered to the American Economic Association in Atlanta, GA.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Bernanke Speech To Economic Club Of Washington, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

WKU Administration Documents

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board of speech given by Ben Bernanke at the Economic Club of Washington.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke Confirmation Hearing Q&A, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Question and answers from Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing as distributed to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board.

Ua37/29 Gary Ransdell - Fed. Reserve Board - Ben Bernanke's Confirmation Hearing Testimony, St. Louis Federal Reserve Board

WKU Administration Documents

Email sent to members of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board regarding Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing testimony.

Warren County, Kentucky - New Deal Programs, 1934-1935 (Mss 253), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 253. Documents related to New Deal relief programs in Warren County, Kentucky and surrounding counties; correspondence of Ida Leighton Hodges, Bowling Green, Area Administrator of the Kentucky Emergency Relief Administration.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 44, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Aricles:

• Hale, Marianne. Western Prepares for 4 Percent Budget Cuts
• Hale, Marianne. Small Business Meet Success as Auto Industry Feels Downturn – Imagine Cakes & Candies
• Stewart, Colleen. Corvette Plant Takes Hard Hit – Economics
• Diamond, Kala. A Thousand Words – Skyler Winters, Cheryl Obright
• Howerton, Christina. President’s Task Force on Quality & Access Releases Recommendations
• Former Dean Dies at Age 58 – Karen Adams
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Faculty Raises
• Faculty & Staff Should Consider Other Parties Involved with One-time Bonuses
• Smiley, Kevin. You Care. I Care. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 84, No. 42, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Hale, Marianne. U.S. House Votes to Postpone Loan Auction – Student Financial Aid
• Simpson, Mandy. Putting In the Extra Hours – Jessica Gad, Steak ‘n’ Shake
• Harten, David. Western, Sun Belt Conference Cope with Tough Economic Times – Athletics
• Greer, Lindsey. A Thousand Words – Douglas Lopez, Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida
• Barczak, Mary. Student Government Association Approves 35, Rejects 2 Constitutional Amendments
• Veritas Forum to Discuss Science, Religion – Fritz Schaefer
• Howerton, Christina. Music Department to Host Recital Sunday
• Ulber, Emily. Student Wins Idea State U Competition – …

Learn This Lesson: We Really Can't Have It All, Aaron W. Hughey

Counseling & Student Affairs Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 7 Deadly Sins, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special Valentine's Day edition of the College Heights Herald.

• Barczak, Mary. Greed – Spouses, Economics, David Zimmer
• Stewart, Colleen. Gluttony – Psychology, Sam McFarland
• Brandenburg, Katie & Susie Laun. Pride – Theology, Don Schweitzer
• Ulber, Emily. Sloth – Psychology, Sam McFarland
• Waggoner, Tabitha. Wrath – Psychology, Sam McFarland
• McCrarey, Magen. Envy – Philosophy & Religion, Arvin Vos
• Simpson, Mandy. Lust – Philosophy & Religion, Arvin Vos

Ua7 Ored Quarterly Newsletter, Sadiq Shah

ORED Quarterly Newsletter

Connecting Knowledge with Businesses and Society to Promote Economic Growth and to Enhance the Quality of Life

Ua7 Ored Quarterly Newsletter, Sadiq Shah

ORED Quarterly Newsletter

Connecting Knowledge with Businesses and Society to Promote Economic Growth and to Enhance the Quality of Life

The Effects Of Gender On Small Businesses: A Case Study Of Kasigau, Kenya, Leslie Abell, Jerry Daday

Sociology Faculty Presentations

Small businesses are seen as an agent of economic growth in developing countries. Recently, the idea of micro-lending has received increased attention due to its promising effects on employment and personal economic growth in rural developing areas. However, we lack an in depth understanding of how male and female business owners differ.

In the summer of 2007, our research group from Western Kentucky University spent three and a half weeks in a small rural area of Kenya, Africa. This area called Kasigau was situated at the base of Mount Kasigau in eastern Kenya. During our time there, we surveyed the …

Taxation Causes Kentucky To Lag Tennessee In Growth, Stephen E. Lile

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Reminiscences: Impact Of Textiles And Apparel Technology On Our Lives, Ann Beth Presley, Martha C. Jenkins

Applied Human Sciences

Women's perceptions of technological changes in textiles and apparel and how the changes have affected daily life were examined using the transmissive reminiscence technique. Technological advances do contribute to use of less time and effort and offer a greater variety of products, but the products often have a shorter life expectancy or are kept in inventory for a shorter time because it is more expedient to replace rather than repair or recycle textile and clothing items. Care must be taken to cultivate cohesive relationships within the family and teach values that were once inherent in textiles/ apparel tasks. Otherwise advances …

Kentucky's Debt Relief Attempt, Stephen E. Lile

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua7 Ored Quarterly Newsletter, Sadiq Shah

ORED Quarterly Newsletter

Connecting Knowledge with Businesses and Society to Promote Economic Growth and to Enhance the Quality of Life

Using Student Response Systems In Economics And Finance Classes, Jean Snavely, Michelle Trawick

Finance Faculty Publications

Student response systems (clickers) offer the potential for student engagement and active learning in the classroom. Use of the technology can also help instructors identify areas of uncertainty and use student feedback to customize lectures. Earlier identification of problem areas for both student and instructor should lead to more efficient and effective use of class time and better learning outcomes. This presentation covers best practices in the use of clickers in introductory statistics and principles of managerial finance classes. Topics include how to use clickers, sample exercises, what has worked and what hasn’t worked from personal experience, how to produce …