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Uncertainty And Policy Agressiveness, Douglas Steigerwald, Roger Craine

Douglas G. Steigerwald

How should a decision maker proceed with uncertain knowledge of the decision outcome? We use the unknown coefficient control problem to shed light on the issue.

International Counter-Trade: The Developing Countries International Business Strategy In The 1980’S, Asayehgn Desta

Asayehgn Desta

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Federal Tax Changes Of The Cost Of Debt For State And Local Governments, Thomas Berry, Edward Farragher

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.

Learning, Preemption, And The Degree Of Rivalry, C Spatt, F Sterbenz

Fred P Sterbenz

We examine a model in which all firms receive common signals as to the uncertain profitability of an investment whose actual payoffs are split only among those who develop the project earliest. The benefit from preempting rivals yields an equilibrium reduction in the amount of learning and earlier development as the number of rivals increases. The set of equilibria shrinks as the number of rivals gets large, and in the limit only the competitive outcome occurs.

The City And The Syndicate: Organizing Crime In Philadelphia, Gary Potter, Philip Jenkins

Gary W. Potter

No abstract provided.

Fnma Mortgage Commitments As Put Options: An Empirical Examination, Thomas Berry, Adam Gehr

Thomas D Berry

The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) auctions commitments to purchase mortgages. An examination of the terms of the commitment contract shows that these commitments are actually put options on mortgages. The contract is unusual, however, in that the price of the commitment is a fixed percentage of the value of the mortgages. In the auction, the dealers effectively bid the exercise price at which they would be willing to pay the fixed commitment price. In this paper, we study the economics of the FNMA auction. We use a two-state approximation to the American put pricing model for interest-dependent securities to …

The District Of Columbia Fire Fighters' Project: A Case Study In Occupational Folklife, Robert Mccarl

Robert S. McCarl

No abstract provided.

State Variation In The Targeted Jobs Tax Credit Program, Thomas Berry, Julie Lane

Thomas D Berry

No abstract provided.

Investigations Of The Potential Effects Of Underwater Noise From Petroleum Industry Activities On Feeding Humpback Whale Behavior, Charles Malme, Paul Miles, Peter Tyack, Christopher Clark, James Bird

James E Bird

This report presents the results of an investigation of the potential effects of underwater noise from petroleum industry activities on the behavior of feeding humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The objective of the study was to determine the nature and degree of any observed behavioral response to controlled sound exposure levels from industrial noise sources. The noise sources used were a single 100 cu. in. air gun and playback of sounds from selected petroleum industry activities. The playback sounds were obtained from tape recordings of drillship, drilling platform, production platform, semi-submersible drilling rig, and helicopter overflight noise. The work was performed …

The Psychosocial Adjustment And Functioning Of Obese Children And Their Families, Heather Banis

Heather Banis

No abstract provided.

Assessing Political Risk In Less Developed Countries, Asayehgn Desta

Asayehgn Desta

Afterword, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Soviet Emigre Artists In The American Art World, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

Psychology And Nuclear War: A Legacy Of Expert Advice, Jill G. Morawski

Jill G. Morawski

No abstract provided.

Toward A Business-Cycle Of Tariffs, Giulio M. Gallarotti

Giulio M Gallarotti

No abstract provided.

And This Is Life Eternal - Mixed Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Anthem for mixed choir (SAB) and piano with text from John 17:1-3.

Cognitive Coordinate Systems: Accounts Of Mental Rotation And Individual Differences In Spatial Ability, Marcel Adam Just, Patricia A. Carpenter

Marcel Adam Just

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Emigrating From The Soviet Union, Marilyn Rueschemeyer

Marilyn Rueschemeyer

No abstract provided.

The Doctrine Of The Rule Of Law In The Twentieth Century., Noel B. Reynolds, Dennis Jensen

Noel B Reynolds

The concept of rule of law has been recognized repeatedly in twentieth century political and philosophical discussion, but with a constantly shifting meaning. In this paper we document most of the serious contributions to thought about rule of law before 1985 as a background to further work on the topic.

Some Parameters Of Behavioral Contrast And Allocation Of Interim Behavior In Rats, James Dougan, Frances Mcsweeney, Valeri Farmer

James Dougan

Two experiments examined the effects of baseline reinforcement rate and component duration on behavioral contrast and on re-allocation of interim behavior in rats. Positive behavioral contrast occurred during multiple variable-interval 10-second extinction (VI 10 EXT) after a multiple VI 10 VI 10 baseline condition, but not during multiple VI 60 EXT following multiple VI 60 VI 60 baseline. Component duration had no significant effect on contrast. These results differed from those found in studies of pigeons' key pecking. Contrast was accompanied by an increased rate of drinking in the changed component, but drinking in the constant component did not decrease. …

An International Exchange Program: Self-Esteem Building And Relationship Development For Youth And Staff, Norman Powell, Tony Maciocia

Norman W. Powell

Troubled youth can manage, and benefit from, short intensive relationship-centered experiences. This article reports on an innovative staff and client exchange program involving groups from Montreal, Quebec and Washington, D.C. Such experiences, as well as enhancing the youths' cultural awareness and self-esteem, provide exciting staff-development opportunities.

At The Cry Of The First Bird - Women's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

An Easter anthem arranged for women's (SSAA) choir from a song by David M. Guion and words from ancient Irish poetry.

The Competition Of Technologies In Markets For Ideas: Copyright And Fair Use In Evolutionary Perspective (With Steven Peretz), Richard Adelstein

Richard Adelstein

A theory of intellectual goods as distinct from public or private goods, and the rationale for copyright that flows from it.

Rhapsody On Come, Come Ye Saints - Piano Solo, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Piano solo based on a traditional hymn tune.

Narrativism, Cosmopolitanism, And Historical Epistemology, David J. Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.

Towards A Hoosier Economy Of Talk: Poetic Structuring In Indiana Narratives, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Pragmatics: Discourse Analysis: Personal Experience Stories, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.

Variation In Herrnsein’S R0 As A Function Of Alternative Reinforcement Rate, James Dougan, Frances K. Mcsweeney

James Dougan

In a test of Herrnstein's (1970, 1974) equation for simple schedules, 15 pigeons pecked a key that produced food delivered according to variable-interval schedules. One group of birds was water deprived, and food-reinforced key pecking occurred in the presence of free water. Two other groups were not water deprived; water was present for one and absent for the other. As predicted by Herrnstein, the parameter r_o was significantly higher in the water-deprived group than in the two nondeprived groups. Contrary to Herrnstein's interpretation of r_o, the rate of drinking varied across schedules. Herrnstein's interpretation can be salvaged …

Soviet Arms And Central American Turmoil, Alberto R. Coll

Alberto Coll

Capture And Ideology In American Farm Policy, Peter Navarro

PETER NAVARRO

This paper applies a synthesis of the private interest "capture" and public interest ideological models of public policy to explain the formulation of agricultural incomes policies as embodied in the Agricultural and Food Act of 1981. An econometric analysis of the Senate voting pattern indicates that both narrow private interest motives and broad, altruistic ideological motives help to explain farm policy; the latter variable appears to show more explanatory power.