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Improving The Performance Of The Global Economy: The Challenges Ahead, Robert C. Shelburne Jun 2002

Improving The Performance Of The Global Economy: The Challenges Ahead, Robert C. Shelburne

Robert C. Shelburne

This paper was presented as the Presidential Address to the International Trade and Finance Association at their annual meeting in Bangkok, Thailand in 2002. The basic theme is that a well-functioning market economic system requires a complex set of accompanying institutuions. A global economic system requires some institutions of global scope, and domestic institutions appropriately adjusted for the international dimension. The failure to appreciate the need for this complementary institutional infrastructure explains to a significant degree the large variation in economic outcomes that countries have experienced from globalization and has reduced the overall economic performance of the world economy. This …

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Unilateral Presidential Powers: Significant Executive Orders, 1949-99, Kenneth R. Mayer, Kevin Price Jun 2002

Unilateral Presidential Powers: Significant Executive Orders, 1949-99, Kenneth R. Mayer, Kevin Price

Kenneth R Mayer

The conventional sense of presidential power remains anchored in Neustadt’s notion of persuasion in a fragmented constitutional system.Here, the authors add to an emerging literature that redirects attention to formal sources of presidential authority. They examine the frequency of executive orders from 1949 to 1999 and offer new evidence that presidents rely on executive orders to effect significant policy change and send strategic signals to other actors in the political system. They contend that executive orders enable presidents to recast the organization and activities of the federal government and, at times, the larger contours ofAmerican politics. After assessing the political …

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De José Sarney A Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Relação Executivo-Legislativo E Política De Saúde No Brasil, Eduardo Meira Zauli Dr., Marta M. Assumpção Rodrigues Jun 2002

De José Sarney A Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Relação Executivo-Legislativo E Política De Saúde No Brasil, Eduardo Meira Zauli Dr., Marta M. Assumpção Rodrigues

Eduardo Meira Zauli

No abstract provided.

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Auctioning Timber To Maximize Revenues In British Columbia, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham Jun 2002

Auctioning Timber To Maximize Revenues In British Columbia, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

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Comments On Alternative Policy Options For Managing Capacity And Mitigating Congestion And Delay At Laguardia Airport, Peter Cramton Jun 2002

Comments On Alternative Policy Options For Managing Capacity And Mitigating Congestion And Delay At Laguardia Airport, Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton

Recommending auctions to manage congestion at LaGuardia.

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The Market Value Of Italian Government Debt, 1970-1996, Riccardo Fiorito, Lorenzo Pecchi, Giorgio Valente Jun 2002

The Market Value Of Italian Government Debt, 1970-1996, Riccardo Fiorito, Lorenzo Pecchi, Giorgio Valente

riccardo fiorito

The market value of Italy's outstanding government debt is calculated on a quarterly basis, using information from official sources. Individual series are provided for government bonds (BTPs), Treasury bills (BOTs) and floating-rate notes (CCT) at par and market value. The calculated market-value series are analyzed and compared with the par-value series. The two series share a common trend but differ at the cyclical frequencies. We also compute quarterly time series for the weighted average Macaulay duration of outstanding government debt. Our findings suggest that it may be appropriate to use market values instead of par values for estimating behavioral functions …

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Content Management And Virtual Reference Services, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu May 2002

Content Management And Virtual Reference Services, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Diana H. Wu

No abstract provided.

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Collaboration And Partnership, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu May 2002

Collaboration And Partnership, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu

Diana H. Wu

No abstract provided.

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Statistical Properties Of Composite Distortions In Hfc Systems And Their Effects On Digital Channels, Ron D. Katznelson May 2002

Statistical Properties Of Composite Distortions In Hfc Systems And Their Effects On Digital Channels, Ron D. Katznelson

Ron D. Katznelson

The statistical properties of Composite Triple Beat (CTB) and Composite Second Order (CSO) distortion terms associated with the analog channels carried on Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) are presented. Both simulation and measurement results show that such distortion components falling on individual channels have amplitude Probability Density Function that is nearly Rayleigh distributed (having a Standard Deviation of 5.7 dB). It is shown that both CTB and CSO components have peak envelope power fluctuations that exceed their average (measured) power levels by more than 15 dB. The temporal statistical properties of these distortion components demonstrate peak envelope power fluctuations with characteristic …

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Monster Houses? Yes! No!, Robert E. Lang, Karen A. Danielsen May 2002

Monster Houses? Yes! No!, Robert E. Lang, Karen A. Danielsen

Karen A. Danielsen

No abstract provided.

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E-Journals And Print Journals: Similarities And Differences In Reader Behavior, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King May 2002

E-Journals And Print Journals: Similarities And Differences In Reader Behavior, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

Carol Tenopir

No abstract provided.

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Active Cultures: Here Come The Hacktivists, Eben English Apr 2002

Active Cultures: Here Come The Hacktivists, Eben English

Eben English

For some, the word "hacker" might conjure visions of a four-eyes, pocket-protected malcontent. But nowadays there's a new breed of hacker, one bent on using his powers for good instead of evil: the hacktivist.

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Determinants Of Demand For Food In Greece, Andreas Drichoutis, Panagiotis Lazaridis Apr 2002

Determinants Of Demand For Food In Greece, Andreas Drichoutis, Panagiotis Lazaridis

Andreas Drichoutis

No abstract provided.

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Discussion Of "Is Trade Good Or Bad For The Environment, Sorting Out The Causality" By Jeffrey Frankel And Andrew Rose, M. Scott Taylor Apr 2002

Discussion Of "Is Trade Good Or Bad For The Environment, Sorting Out The Causality" By Jeffrey Frankel And Andrew Rose, M. Scott Taylor

M. Scott Taylor

No abstract provided.

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A Comparison Of Equation-Based And Parity Pricing Of Stumpage Fees For British Columbia Timber Under Long-Term Tenures, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham Apr 2002

A Comparison Of Equation-Based And Parity Pricing Of Stumpage Fees For British Columbia Timber Under Long-Term Tenures, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

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La Violencia En Ecuador Y América Latina, Fernando Carrión Mena Apr 2002

La Violencia En Ecuador Y América Latina, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

No se puede desconocer que el tema de la violencia existe desde tiempos inmemoriales y que, por tanto, no es nuevo, al grado que se podría decir que es consustancial a la sociedad. Si bien la violencia ha existido desde que existe la sociedad, durante estos últimos años se ha convertido en uno de los temas más importantes de la agenda regional debido, entre otras cosas, al incremento de su magnitud, a la diversificación de formas en que se manifiesta, a la transformación de maneras de operar, al impacto que produce en las esferas sociales, políticas, económicas y culturales y …

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Review Of Michael Rosen's Turning Words, Spinning Worlds: Chapters In Organizational Ethnography. Michael Rosen. Singapore: Harwood, 2000, Terri A. Fredrick Apr 2002

Review Of Michael Rosen's Turning Words, Spinning Worlds: Chapters In Organizational Ethnography. Michael Rosen. Singapore: Harwood, 2000, Terri A. Fredrick

Terri A. Fredrick

No abstract provided.

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Digital Library Development: Springboard To Statewide Access, Barbara I. Dewey Mar 2002

Digital Library Development: Springboard To Statewide Access, Barbara I. Dewey

Barbara I. Dewey

No abstract provided.

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Media Advisers - Shadow Players In Political Communication, Richard Phillipps Mar 2002

Media Advisers - Shadow Players In Political Communication, Richard Phillipps

Richard Phillipps

Extract:Synopsis:It is a commonplace in political communication that the news media mediate wider political realities to their audiences. The extent to which that news content is itself mediated by others is a more ambiguous and problematic area. Perhaps because it is rarely directly visible to the public, the work of media advisers or press secretaries has become the subject of much speculation, with sweeping claims about their power. This thesis systematically explores the role of media advisers, a backroom group sometimes labelled spin-doctors or minders. Until now, this pivotal group in democratic political communication has not been the focus of …

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Bush Grasps To Define Enemy, William G. Moseley Mar 2002

Bush Grasps To Define Enemy, William G. Moseley

William G Moseley

No abstract provided.

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The Rise In Old-Age Longevity And The Market For Long-Term Care, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Tomas Philipson Mar 2002

The Rise In Old-Age Longevity And The Market For Long-Term Care, Darius Noshir Lakdawalla, Tomas Philipson

Darius N. Lakdawalla

No abstract provided.

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Bertrand Competition Under Uncertainty, Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Maarten Janssen Mar 2002

Bertrand Competition Under Uncertainty, Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Maarten Janssen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Consider a Bertrand model in which each firm may be inactive with a known probability, so the number of active firms is uncertain. This simple model has a mixed-strategy equilibrium in which industry profits are positive and decline with the number of firms, the same features which make the Cournot model attractive. Unlike in a Cournot model with similar incomplete information, Bertrand profits always increase in the probability other firms are inactive. Profits do decline more sharply than in the Cournot model, and the pattern is similar to that found by Bresnahan & Reiss (1991).

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Testing For Anti-Competitive Bidding In Auction Markets, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham Mar 2002

Testing For Anti-Competitive Bidding In Auction Markets, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

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Auction-Based Timber Pricing And Complementary Market Reforms In British Columbia, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham Mar 2002

Auction-Based Timber Pricing And Complementary Market Reforms In British Columbia, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

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An Economic Approach To Adultery Law, Eric Bennett Rasmusen Feb 2002

An Economic Approach To Adultery Law, Eric Bennett Rasmusen

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

A long- term relationship such as marriage will not operate efficiently without sanctions for misconduct, of which adultery is one example. Traditional legal sanctions can be seen as different combinations of various features, differing in who initiates punishment, whether punishment is just a transfer or has real costs, who gets the transfer or pays the costs, whether the penalty is determined ex ante or ex post, whether spousal rights are alienable, and who is punished. Three typical sanctions, criminal penalties for adultery, the tort of alienation of affections, and the self-help remedy of justification are formally modelled. The penalties are …

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Summary Gender Assessment And Emerging Priorities For Collaborative Projects In Azerbaijan: Final Report, Nuket Kardam Feb 2002

Summary Gender Assessment And Emerging Priorities For Collaborative Projects In Azerbaijan: Final Report, Nuket Kardam

Nüket Kardam

No abstract provided.

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Can Law And Economics Be Both Practical And Principled?, David A. Hoffman, Michael P. O'Shea Feb 2002

Can Law And Economics Be Both Practical And Principled?, David A. Hoffman, Michael P. O'Shea

David A Hoffman

This article describes important recent developments in normative law and economics, and the difficulties they create for the project of efficiency-based legal reform. After long proceeding without a well articulated moral justification for using economic decision procedures to choose legal rules, scholars have lately begun to devote serious attention to developing a philosophically attractive definition of well-being. At the same time, the empirical side of law and economics is also being enriched with an improved understanding of the complexities of individuals' decision-making behavior. That is where the problems begin. Scholars may have better, more plausible conceptions of well-being in hand, …

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Declaration Of Peter Cramton, Peter Cramton Feb 2002

Declaration Of Peter Cramton, Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton

Comments in support of wireless number portability. For Leap Wireless.

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Affidavit Of Peter Cramton, Peter Cramton Feb 2002

Affidavit Of Peter Cramton, Peter Cramton

Peter Cramton

Comments on proposed changes to how the energy clearing price is calculated. For ISO New England.

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Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers From Illegal Immigration?, Raymond Robertson, G. Hanson, G., Et Al. Feb 2002

Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers From Illegal Immigration?, Raymond Robertson, G. Hanson, G., Et Al.

Raymond Robertson

No abstract provided.

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