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Economic Impacts Of Unscheduled Events: Sequential Interindustry Model (Sim) Approach, Yasuhide Okuyama, Geoffrey Hewings, Michael Sonis

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Regional economic models have been challenged to incorporate with structural changes in the economy. Especially, when a structural change is sudden, unpredictable, yet extensive, such as damages from a natural disaster, conventional models can hardly confront such significant changes due to their assumption of incremental changes. Sequential Interindustry Model (SIM) is an extension of the input-output framework that enables to trace the production process and the path of the impacts. SIM is particularly useful to simulate the dynamic process of impact propagation and of structural changes after a catastrophic disaster. In this paper, the issues and extensions of SIM are …

Front Matter: The State Of The Region: Hampton Roads 2002, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

Cover, front matter, table of contents, and other materials for the 2002 The State of the Region report authored by the Regional Studies Institute at Old Dominion University

Part 1: Hampton Roads… A Comparative Tour, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

We compare Hampton Roads to other metropolitan areas by means of more than 30 different economic, social, and educational variables. This section should be a valuable reference

Part 3: The Regional Distribution Of Income, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

We find that income is distributed more equally in Hampton Roads than in many other metropolitan areas and more equally than in the nation as a whole.

Part 2: Regional Economic Growth: The Impact Of Sept. 11 And The War On Terror, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

Here we examine both the short-run and long-run impacts of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. We also estimate the economic impact on the region of another military deployment of the magnitude of Desert Storm.

Part 4: Religious Life In Hampton Roads, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

Religion occupies a significant role in the region. Religious affiliations and activities are changing more rapidly than many might believe.

Part 7: Newspapers In Hampton Roads: Competition, Coverage And Issues, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

The region is fortunate to have two major daily newspapers plus a plethora of weekly, monthly and topically oriented publications. We examine their news coverage and ask how things might be different if only one major daily newspaper existed.

Part 5: Public Social Services In Hampton Roads: A Primer, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

Last year, governments spent nearly $600 million to provide social services within Hampton Roads. These services are part of the "social safety net" of which many regional citizens are ignorant. We detail the programs and their challenges.

Part 6: The Taxes We Pay In Hampton Roads: Where We Are And Recommendations For Change, Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads

Regions differ in terms of which taxes they pay locally, regionally or at the state level. Hampton Roads is a low-tax region in a national context, but is less competitive within the southeastern United States

Effective Best Practices For School Boards: Linking Local Governance With Student Academic Success, Christine Thurlow Brenner, Gary L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Dalton

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Housing First: Documenting The Need For Permanent Supportive Housing (Executive Summary), Susan Hertzler Burkholder, Kathryn W. Hexter

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

Five years ago, very few people would have believed that it was possible to end homelessness for the most marginalized Americans. Today, the idea that we can end the cycle of homelessness and institutionalization for vulnerable Americans is so mainstream that the Bush administration declared in its 2003 budget proposal that it considers “ending chronic homelessness in the next decade a top objective.” The key to this turnaround in thinking is supportive housing, an approach that is both smart and compassionate” according to a recent editorial in the New York Times. It is a concept that is proving to be …

Promoting Foreign Direct Investment In Bulgaria, Vessela Kapoulian

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

This paper examines the factors that favor Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI) in Bulgaria and recommends public policy changes that will enhance the international competitiveness of Bulgaria. Four factors that favor an increase in FDI in Bulgaria are clearly identified. First, although the economic environment is considered challenging compared to other countries in the region, Bulgaria enjoys political stability. Second, Bulgaria offers a low-cost, well-educated labor pool, although additional public investments in foreign language training may be needed. Third, there are investment opportunities for infrastructure development through privatization in the areas of energy, information technology (IT), and transportation. Bulgaria is …

Labor And Globalization Conference, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). Import share and terms of trade in OECD countries [Graphs].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2000, November 22). Estimating import equations [Document].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2001, October 12). Thirwall project [Document].

• Conti, A. (2001, October 12). Log of import share and log of relative prices (Pm/Py) [Graphs and handwritten notes].

• Conti, A. (2001, October 12). Testing for structural break via dummies [Graphs and handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2001, August). Regression outputs for import functions with dummies for Austria, France, and Japan [Regression outputs].

• Conti, A. (2001, March …

Analyzing The Success Of The Usaid-Funded Empleando Futuros And Crime And Violence Prevention Projects In Reducing Emigration From The Northern Triangle To The United States, Sofia M. Munoz

Scripps Senior Theses

This paper explores the role of USAID-funded projects focused on the root causes of migration in the Northern Triangle as a U.S. immigration prevention strategy. Through analyzing the Empleando Futuros activity in Honduras and the Crime and Violence Prevention Project in El Salvador, I found that the projects followed an overly simplistic approach to migration based off of neoclassical economic theories of migration. When compared to alternate migration theories and empirical evidence from the region, I found that the individualistic and employment-based approaches utilized by these projects do not have the desired effect of majorly decreasing someone’s propensity to migrate …

Slavery, Economics And Constitutional Ideals, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

As we think about endings, however, it is also useful to think about beginnings. That is what President Abraham Lincoln did in his Second Inaugural Address, delivered just five weeks before the surrender at Appomattox and his own assassination soon thereafter. All knew, he said reflecting sadly and thoughtfully on how the Civil War came about, that slavery was, "somehow," the cause. In fact, "somehow," however, lay puzzles, contradictions, and questions. The connections between slavery and the Civil War have concerned Americans ever since the events at Appomattox.

Trends In The Job Market For Librarians: 1985-2000, Kelly Blessinger

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

This article discusses the major influence that the information age has had on librarianship. Computer-related technology has changed the way librarians do their jobs, their duties and has created a whole new realm of opportunities for librarians. Data from the Library Journal annual salary surveys and the ALA Placement Center are included in charts and figures to track job market trends from 1985-2000. Issues such as salary, job mobility and education are also discussed.

Income Distribution Dynamics With Endogenous Fertility, Daniel L. Chen, Michael Kremer

Faculty Scholarship

Developing countries with highly unequal income distributions, such as Brazil or South Africa, face an uphill battle in reducing inequality. Educated workers in these countries have a much lower birth rate than uneducated workers. Assuming children of educated workers are more likely to become educated, this fertility differential increaases the proportion of unskilled workers, reducing their wages, and thus their opportunity cost of having children, creating a vicious cycle. A model incorporating this effect generates multiple stedy-state levels of inequality, suggesting that in some circumstances, temporarily increasing access to educational opportunities could permanently reduce inequality. Empirical evidence suggests that the …

Lobbying And Information In Politics, John M. De Figueiredo

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2002, Mark C. Berger, Glenn C. Blomquist, Frank A. Scott Jr., Richard W. Furst, Roy A. Sigafus

Kentucky Annual Economic Report

No abstract provided.

Pentadbiran Harta Penama Di Institusi-Institusi Kewangan Di Malaysia : Satu Kajian Mengikut Perspektif Undang-Undang Islam, Zuraida Saad

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research will focus on the administration of .. harta penama" (nominated property) and nomination in a few financial institutions in Malaysia from Syariah perspective. It will also highlight conflict between civil courts decision on "harta penama" and the rulings or «fatwas". It will also discuss the legal position in those financial institutions. Whether the administration of those property is inline with Syariah principles or not, is highlighted in this research. From the Syariah's perspective, there are vast differences between the position of "harta penama" and property, so also it differs from gift. The current practice in certain financial institutions …

Profitability Determinants In South Dakota's Beef Cow/Calf Enterprise, Amy N. Singrey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

South Dakota beef cow/calf producers who had completed a 2000 Standardized Performance Analysis were surveyed and interviewed to gain a better understanding of what personal characteristics and management factors may help determine profitability. Low, medium and high profitability categories were defined by calculating one standard deviation above or below a mean ROA. Producers were unaware of their profitability category at the time of the interview. Statistically significant differences were found in reference to the involvement of the operator in physical labor and management functions, and in the percentage of other family members involved in the management functions in the enterprise. …

Inflation, Argentine, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• A document titled "Inflation dynamics and the thruput ratio" with handwritten annotations (May 23, 2002)

• Comments from Martin titled "First comments on inflation dynamics – Argentina's case" (May 27, 2002)

• Regression output testing equation (9) for the whole period, with residual/actual/fitted plot (May 27, 2002)

• Regression output testing equation (9) excluding 1989-90, with residual/actual/fitted plot and handwritten notes (May 27, 2002)

• A document titled "Testing our inflation theory for Argentina" (May 28, 2002)

• A document titled "Inflation dynamics and the thruput ratio" (May 30, 2002)

• A document titled "Testing inflation …

Above And Beyond The Rim: An Examination Of Customer Discrimination In The National Basketball Association, Carl E. Tugberk

Honors Theses

I present a study of customer discrimination in the NBA by examining total annual attendance for all 29 teams for the five-season period from 1996 to 2001. Several previous studies have been conducted on this issue and seldom have found evidence of discrimination by measuring the racial composition of a team as the percentage of _white players on the roster. However, using this measure and several alternative measures of racial composition, I find that fans do discriminate against black players, and this discrimination occurs in a variety of ways. Specifically, spectators alter their decisions to attend games based on the …

Asset-Base: New Reserve Requirements For A New Banking Industry, James Robert Bryans

Masters Theses

This paper discusses a regulatory plan known as asset-based reserve requirements. By examining the history of reserve requirements in the United States and of current regulatory proposals and practices, I argue that a system of asset-based reserve requirements may provide a useful, though not often considered alternative to the current structures of liability based reserve requirements and capital requirements. Required reserves based on assets provide the Federal Reserve with a powerful, versatile, and adaptable policy tool for monetary policy. Additionally, they ensure risk-assessment, reduce the moral hazard problem associated with deposit insurance, and when applied to all fmancial institutions create …

My Trade Models, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). My trade models [Folder cover].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1992, October 27). Dynamics of XR adjustment [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1992, October 20). BOT and XR theory [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1991, February 26). Dynamic models of XR theory [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1990, July 30). Dynamics of XR adjustment [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1990, July 30). Dynamic XR adjustment [Unpublished handwritten notes].

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1992, January 11). BOP model and XR: Basic adjustment process [Unpublished handwritten notes]. …

An Optimal Fair Job Assignment Problem, Zaifu Yang

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We study the problem of how to allocate a set of indivisible objects like jobs or houses and an amount of money among a group of people as fairly and as efficiently as possible. A particular constraint for such an allocation is that every person should be assigned with the same number of objects in his or her bundle. The preferences of people depend on the bundle of objects and the quantity of money they take. We propose a solution to this problem, called a perfectly fair allocation. It is shown that every perfectly fair allocation is efficient and envy-free, …

Valid Asymptotic Expansions For The Maximum Likelihood Estimator Of The Parameter Of A Stationary, Gaussian, Strongly Dependent Process, Offer Lieberman, Judith Rousseau, David M. Zucker

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We establish the validity of an Edgeworth expansion to the distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator of the parameter of a stationary, Gaussian, strongly dependent process. The result covers ARFIMA type models, including fractional Gaussian noise. The method of proof consists of three main ingredients: (i) verification of a suitably modified version of Durbin’s (1980) general conditions for the validity of the Edgeworth expansion to the joint density of the log-likelihood derivatives; (ii) appeal to a simple result of Skovgaard (1986) to obtain from this an Edgeworth expansion for the joint distribution of the log-likelihood derivatives; (iii) appeal to and …

Turning Points In Business Cycles, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

Ayres, L. P. (1939). Turning points in business cycles [Excerpt; photocopy with handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD]. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Price Convergence On World Commodity Markets: Fact Or Fiction, James O. Bukenya, Walter C. Labys

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Recent attention to the use of commodity market derivatives as a vehicle for reducing the price risks of commodity exporting developing countries has renewed interest in the behavior of primary commodity prices separated by space. For some time a common belief has existed that commodity prices have converged over the last several decades on world markets. Increases in communications, central bank activities and globalization are cited as reasons as to why prices in spatially dispersed markets should become closer. However, the interrelations between business cycles and price instability are likely to reduce this possibility. To analyze this hypothesis, we utilize …

Competition And Complementarity In Local Economic Development: A Nonlinear Dynamic Approach, Richard Healy, Randall Jackson

Regional Research Institute Working Papers

Competition for local economic development has increased dramatically in the past 20 years. This competition is in many cases extremely costly to states and communities, while the benefits are uncertain. If regions whose economic fortunes are complementary could work with instead of against one another, costs of competition could be eliminated, while returns to economic development investments could be enhanced. This paper presents a method by which the underlying spatial economic relationships among areas within a region can be identified. Economic development policy can then be guided by the identification of the competitive or complementary links that exist among areas. …