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Wetlands Provisions In The 1985 And 1990 Farm Bills, F. Gregory Hayden

Department of Economics: Faculty Publications

In 1984, my national agricultural policy article surprised some readers because its first concern was with policy regarding the natural environment [Hayden 1984]. Others thought it contained the policy agenda that agricultural policymakers could expect in the future. The future came more quickly than most expected when the 1985 Farm Bill (Food Security Act) included provisions to limit harmful impacts of the agriculture industry on the environment. The purpose of this article is to explore the importance, success, and future of the Swampbuster provision that was intended to protect wetlands in the United States from further agricultural destruction.

Sustainable Balance Of Trade Deficits, Eric O'N. Fisher

Economics

This paper analyzes a model of overlapping generations in which there are two currencies. There are two agents born in each period, and these agents have completely heterogeneous preferences and endowments. The paper shows that there are monetary equilibria in which one country can sustain a trade deficit whose present value is arbitrarily close to that of its trading partner's entire stream of resources. Hence, there may be no limit to the present value of a country's trade deficit, even if the equilibrium for the world economy satisfies an intertemporal efficiency criterion.

Indices, Editorial Advisory Board, Ascii Text Files, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

[Excerpt] "An unindexed journal is of little use over the long haul, and many libraries will not subscribe to it. [Of course, we plan to include at least an author and title index in the next issue, but that doesn't count.] Therefore, we were pleased to learn that Risk has been approved by the Indexing Periodical Literature Advisory Committee [One of the few which may not need nonexpert members!] of the American Association of Law Libraries. This means, for example, that Risk will be included in the Current Law Index, Legaltrac, and Legal Resources Index published by Information Access Company."

News From Hope College, Volume 21.6: June, 1990, Hope College

News from Hope College

No abstract provided.

Job Search Outcomes For The Employed And Unemployed, David M. Blau, Philip K. Robins

Economics Articles and Papers



This paper examines how four components of the job search process--the choice of search methods, the choice of how many firms to contact, the rate at which offers are received, and the acceptance or rejection of an offer--influence the job-finding rate. A reduced-form model of job search is estimated that takes account of the fact that users of a particular method of job search are not a random subset of all searchers. The empirical analysis focuses on differences in search behavior between the employed and unemployed. A key finding of the analysis is that the offer rate per contact …

Center Scan: June 1990, St. Cloud Hospital

Center Scan

Employees honored for innovative, creative approach

New payroll paperwork due

Blood loss decreased by cell saver

Tool improves cataract surgery procedure

Caution: hard hat zone

Salzer named new nurse recruiter

Article Delivery Solutions, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

This article discusses solutions to the problems of libraries that offer online or CD-ROM searching of bibliographic databases. One perennial problem facing libraries that offer online or CD-ROM searching of bibliographic databases is helping patrons get copies of the documents they identify in a search. Although the problem exists even with printed indexes, database searching makes it easier to locate more items in a wider variety of sources. Patrons with long printouts of articles in sometimes obscure journals are common in libraries, especially as libraries provide CD-ROM indexes for self-service searching. Some libraries report an increase in the use of …

Municipal Budget Workshop, Mtas, The University Of Tennesse Center For Government Training

MTAS Publications: Full Publications

This manual provides an up-to-date look at the art of local government budgeting. In spite of the variety of local governments in Tennessee, general descriptions can be offered and analytical patterns discussed. The following topics are covered: why do we budget; the budget cycle; the budget process, including the interaction of the many role players in the process; the many purposes of budgeting; and resource constraints.

Economic Characteristics Of The Nursery-Greenhouse Sector In Connecticut, Wayne Gineo, Manda Rao

Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

No abstract provided.

[Review Of] The Decca Hillbilly Discography, 1927-1945, Robert A. Aken

Library Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

National Wildlife Refuges - A Cruel Hoax

Close Up Reports

No abstract provided.

Philosophical Disputes In Social Work: Social Justice Denied, Dennis Saleebey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The debate in the social work academy about the pertinence of empiricist/positivist modes of knowing and doing is epistemological in character. It is the argument of this essay that prior ontological questions must be answered before the profession of social work can profitably enter this debate. These questions center on the nature of social work, the symbolic and moral essence of the social work enterprise and what the profession is becoming.

The Frobenius Problem And Maximal Lattice Free Bodies, Herbert E. Scarf, David F. Shallcross

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Let p = ( p 1 ,…, p n ) be a vector of positive integers whose greatest common divisor is unity. The Frobenius problem is to find the largest integer f * which cannot be written as a non-negative integral combination of the p i . In this note we relate the Frobenius problem to the topic of maximal lattice free bodies and describe an algorithm for n = 3.

News And Views Of The South Carolina Library Association V.11 N.3 06/1990

South Carolina Libraries

News and Views of the South Carolina Library Association v.11 n.3 06/1990

Diseconomies Of Scale In Employment Contracts, Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Todd Zenger

Eric Bennett Rasmusen

We find that small teams can write more efficient incentive contracts than large teams when agents choose individual effort levels but the principal observes only the joint output. This result is helpful in understanding organizational diseconomies of scale and is consistent with both existing evidence and our own analysis of data from the Current Population Survey. Our modelling approach, similar to classical hypothesis testing, is of interest because we need not derive the optimal contract to show the advantage of small teams.

Klipsun Magazine, 1990 - June, Michelle Partridge

Klipsun Magazine

No abstract provided.

Review Of Nato's Conventional Defenses And Review Of The Politics Of European Defense Cooperation: Germany, France, Britain, And America, Robert B. Charlick

Political Science Faculty Publications

Robert B. Charlick reviews NATO's Conventional Defenses by Stephen J. Flanagan; The Politics of European Defense Cooperation: Germany, France, Britain, and America by David Garnham.

"Bridging The Ravine"; Or, The Joint Library Automation Project Of Henderson State And Ouachita Baptist University, Marilyn Martin, S. Ray Granade, Robert Yehl

Articles

Automating a library is challenging, frustrating and rewarding. It requires detailed, often tedious planning, and enormous amounts of patience. Software glitches, hardware failures, and miscommunication between automation vendors and library staff are common complaints found in the library literature. These problems loom large when any library automates. When two libraries undertake such a project together, problems proliferate. The automation project of Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) and Henderson State University (HSU) Libraries illustrates problems inherent in any automation, some unique to joint endeavors, and others representative of cooperation between a public and a private institution. Above all, it illustrates how a …

United Way Appreciation Certificate, 1990

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Certificate in appreciation for outstanding service to the United Way and Northeast Florida Community presented to Dr. Edna Saffy, June 1990. Signed by Chairman and President and Chief Professional Officer, United Way of Northeast Florida.

American Irish Newsletter - June 1990, American Ireland Education Foundation - Pec

American Irish Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents, Volume One, Number Three, Summer 1990, Risk Editorial Board

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Table of contents for the journal Risk: Issues in Health & Safety (ISSN: 1073-8673).

Public Accountability Of Advisory Committees, Sidney A. Shapiro

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

The final paper from the symposium on public participation in Risk management discusses existing procedures for ensuring the integrity of advisory committee recommendations. It concludes that they are inadequate and argues that accountability would be better served if nonexperts were included. It also suggests that, in any event, measures need to be taken to indicate, e.g., the bases for committee conclusions.

Pvn-Lot-079-H-048, Colleen Siders

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-079-H-055, Colleen Siders

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-079-C-075, Colleen Siders

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-040-Bq-001, Orellana Alfonso

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-040-Bq-003, Orellana Alfonso

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-040-Bq-004, Orellana Alfonso

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Pvn-Lot-084-A-086, Lavinia True

Four Valleys Archive

No abstract provided.

Tax Rates And Tax Evasion: Evidence From California Amnesty Data, Steven E. Crane, Farrokh Nourzad

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

The effect of marginal tax rates on income tax evasion is examined using data from the California Tax Amnesty Program, which provided amnesty for people who had not filed returns, had filed inaccurate returns, or were delinquent in paying their tax liabilities. People under criminal investigation were not eligible. After correcting for the selectivity bias, it was found that tax evaders respond to higher marginal tax rates by increasing their evasion activity. The results also confirm the theoretical prediction that people with higher levels of income tend to evade more. The absolute and relative sizes of income and tax rate …