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Η Πανίδα Και Η Χλωρίδα Στην Προϊστορική Κύπρο, Anastasia Tsaliki Dec 2001

Η Πανίδα Και Η Χλωρίδα Στην Προϊστορική Κύπρο, Anastasia Tsaliki

Dr Anastasia Tsaliki, PhD

No abstract provided.

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Employment Effects Of Product And Process Innovations In Europe, Mario Pianta, Tommaso Antonucci Dec 2001

Employment Effects Of Product And Process Innovations In Europe, Mario Pianta, Tommaso Antonucci

Mario Pianta

This paper develops a model of the employment impact of innovation considering, on the one hand, the interactions with demand and labour costs and, on the other, the variety of patterns of technological change. Different technological strategies are considered. First, a search for technological competitiveness is based on product innovation and productivity rooted in quality advantages; second a strategy of active price competitiveness has productivity growth rooted in process innovation-based restructuring; third a passive price competitiveness strategy is pursued by noninnovators relying on cost-cutting. The new European innovation database drawn from the Community Innovation Survey 1994-96, merged with structural and …

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Democratic Morality: Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning And The Democratic Peace, Jon D. Carlson Dec 2001

Democratic Morality: Kohlberg's Moral Reasoning And The Democratic Peace, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

No abstract provided.

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The 'Otter-Man' Empires: The Pacific Fur Trade, Incorporation, And The Zone Of Ignorance, Jon D. Carlson Dec 2001

The 'Otter-Man' Empires: The Pacific Fur Trade, Incorporation, And The Zone Of Ignorance, Jon D. Carlson

Jon D. Carlson

No abstract provided.

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Price Effects Of Indirect Taxation In A Regional Economy, Alejandro Cardenete, Ferran Sancho Dec 2001

Price Effects Of Indirect Taxation In A Regional Economy, Alejandro Cardenete, Ferran Sancho

Ferran Sancho

We study tax incidence in a regional economy following changes adopted at the national level. The tool we use is a regional social accounting matrix with calibrated tax rates.

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Information Literacy From Australia To Allendale, Kim L. Ranger Dec 2001

Information Literacy From Australia To Allendale, Kim L. Ranger

Kim L. Ranger

No abstract provided.

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Dualistic Imagination Of Africa In The Black Atlantic Narratives Of Wheatley, Equiano, And Delany, Babacar Mbaye Dec 2001

Dualistic Imagination Of Africa In The Black Atlantic Narratives Of Wheatley, Equiano, And Delany, Babacar Mbaye

Babacar Mbaye

No abstract provided.

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A Convict Criminology Approach To Classification Of Prisoners, Stephen C. Richards, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D. Dec 2001

A Convict Criminology Approach To Classification Of Prisoners, Stephen C. Richards, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Tribute To David Price (Wilbur Cross Medal), David R. Mayhew Dec 2001

Tribute To David Price (Wilbur Cross Medal), David R. Mayhew

David Mayhew

Tribute to Congressman David Price, who received the Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale.

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The European Convention On Human Rights: A Threat To United States-European Security Relations And The United States Military Justice System?, Darla W. Jackson Dec 2001

The European Convention On Human Rights: A Threat To United States-European Security Relations And The United States Military Justice System?, Darla W. Jackson

Darla W. Jackson

No abstract provided.

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What Do Family Mediators Do? A Look At Practices And Models, Sherrill W. Hayes Dec 2001

What Do Family Mediators Do? A Look At Practices And Models, Sherrill W. Hayes

Sherrill W. Hayes

No abstract provided.

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Use Of An Academic Library Web Site Search Engine, Jody C. Fagan Dec 2001

Use Of An Academic Library Web Site Search Engine, Jody C. Fagan

Jody C Fagan

No abstract provided.

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Mining Empire: Journalists In The American West, 1870, Karen M. Morin Dec 2001

Mining Empire: Journalists In The American West, 1870, Karen M. Morin

Karen M. Morin

No abstract provided.

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On The Difference Between Raising And Control, Jill Heather Flegg, Ileana Paul Dec 2001

On The Difference Between Raising And Control, Jill Heather Flegg, Ileana Paul

Ileana Paul

No abstract provided.

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Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal Dec 2001

Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal

Robert A Seal

No abstract provided.

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Richard Riordan And Los Angeles Charter Reform.Pdf, Matthew J. Parlow Dec 2001

Richard Riordan And Los Angeles Charter Reform.Pdf, Matthew J. Parlow

Matthew Parlow

When the new City Charter took effect on July 1, 2000, Los Angeles cast aside a seventy-five year old governing structure in favor of a streamlined system more reflective of the political realities of a twenty-first century metropolis. It was in many ways a typical Los Angeles moment. Dissatisfied with a municipal institution designed for another age, voters looked to the future and embraced sweeping changes in the fundamental operations of the city. Fully sixty percent of voters rejected a venerable but outdated document and chose a new but unproven one. More importantly, voters opted for legislation that reflected the …

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Does Study Abroad Make A Difference? An Investigation Of Linguistic And Motivational Outcomes, Heather W. Allen Dec 2001

Does Study Abroad Make A Difference? An Investigation Of Linguistic And Motivational Outcomes, Heather W. Allen

Heather Willis Allen

Investigated linguistic and affective outcomes of summer study abroad participation by 25 college French students. Sought to determine if significant changes occurred in two linguistic factors--oral and listening French skills--and two affective factors--integrative motivation and language anxiety after study abroad.

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Democratization As A Cultural Confluence: Re-Examining The Un-Led Peace Process In Cambodia, Tatsushi Arai Dec 2001

Democratization As A Cultural Confluence: Re-Examining The Un-Led Peace Process In Cambodia, Tatsushi Arai

Tatsushi Arai

Culture is a web of meaning-making patterns that consciously and sub-consciously guide, legitimize, and routinize human behaviors and perceptions evolving in a given communal context. The question under study for this essay is: what happens when different cultures interact with one another in a dynamic interplay of conflict resolution and national reconstruction in post-war societies? Analysis of the United Nations’ peace-building operations in Cambodia offers valuable insights into this inquiry. The case study will illustrate the turbulence of cultural confluence in which Cambodian Theravada Buddhism and Brahmanism interact with the distinct cultural tradition of Western democracy. The sustained tension that …

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Animal Problems/People Skills: Emotional And Interactional Strategies In Humane Education., Leslie Irvine Dec 2001

Animal Problems/People Skills: Emotional And Interactional Strategies In Humane Education., Leslie Irvine

Leslie Irvine, PhD

Recent changes in the organizational culture of nonhuman animal sheltering, coupled with attitudes that are more progressive toward companion animals, have made shelters into resources rather than last resorts. Consequently, shelter workers need the “people skills” to communicate to a public that urgently needs accurate information about animal behavior and training. This poses a difficulty for workers drawn to working with animals but who find themselves working with people. Based on participant observation and informed by social psychology and the sociology of emotions, this study articulates three primary dimensions of shelter workers’ interactions with clients: (a) Narrative Knowing, (b) Emotion …

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Price Dispersion On The Internet: Good Firms, Bad Firms, Kathy Baylis, Jeffrey M. Perloff Dec 2001

Price Dispersion On The Internet: Good Firms, Bad Firms, Kathy Baylis, Jeffrey M. Perloff

Kathy Baylis

Internet firms charge a wide range of prices for such homogeneous products, and high-priced firms remain high-priced and low-priced firms remain low-priced over long periods. One explanation is that high-price firms are charging a premium for superior service. An alternative explanation is that firms price discriminate across informed and uniformed consumers (Salop and Stiglitz 1977) or between serious shoppers and others (Wilde and Schwartz 1979). The pricing pattern for a digital camera and a flatbed scanner is consistent with the price-discrimination model and inconsistent with the service-premium story.

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Water-Based Recreational Benefits Of Conservation Programs: The Case Of Conservation Tillage On U.S. Cropland, Kathy Baylis, Peter Feather, Merritt Padgitt, Carmen Sandretto Dec 2001

Water-Based Recreational Benefits Of Conservation Programs: The Case Of Conservation Tillage On U.S. Cropland, Kathy Baylis, Peter Feather, Merritt Padgitt, Carmen Sandretto

Kathy Baylis

No abstract provided.

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Valuing Cooperation And Participation : A Challenge To Standard Normative Economics, Denis Claude Dec 2001

Valuing Cooperation And Participation : A Challenge To Standard Normative Economics, Denis Claude

Denis Claude

This paper focuses on the economic assessment of environmental policies that rely on the participation and cooperation of local communities. It argues that such policies have an intrinsic value that is ignored by the usual methods of economic valuation. This omission results from an adhesion to welfarism, a doctrine according to which the evaluation of public policy should be based solely on its consequences in terms of individual utilities. A number of authors reject this doctrine, however. They stress that public policy should not be narrowly interpreted as the choice of a social state since it also involves a choice …

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A Social Constructivist Approach To Computer-Mediated Instruction, Joseph J. Pear, Darlene E. Crone-Todd Dec 2001

A Social Constructivist Approach To Computer-Mediated Instruction, Joseph J. Pear, Darlene E. Crone-Todd

Darlene Crone-Todd

A computer-mediated teaching system, called computer-aided personalized system of instruction (CAPSI), has been developed that incorporates a social constructivist approach. This educational philosophy maintains that human learning occurs primarily through a socially interactive process. In CAPSI, course material is divided into study units, and the instructor prepares study questions on each unit. The study questions require verbally composed answers. In addition, the study questions in CAPSI often do not specify any one correct answer; instead the quality of the answer depends on how well it is argued as judged by the feedback it evokes from others. All students receive feedback …

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Incentivos Electorales Y Selección De Candidatos En Organizaciones Neopopulistas: El Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (1984-2000), Flavia Freidenberg Dec 2001

Incentivos Electorales Y Selección De Candidatos En Organizaciones Neopopulistas: El Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (1984-2000), Flavia Freidenberg

Flavia Freidenberg

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School Quality, Race And Housing Values In Louisiana, Dave N. Norris Dec 2001

School Quality, Race And Housing Values In Louisiana, Dave N. Norris

Dave Norris

No abstract provided.

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Postcolonialism And Native American Geographies: The Letters Of Rosalie La Flesche Farley, 1896-1899, Karen M. Morin Dec 2001

Postcolonialism And Native American Geographies: The Letters Of Rosalie La Flesche Farley, 1896-1899, Karen M. Morin

Karen M. Morin

No abstract provided.

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Scaling Power Laws In The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Iram Gleria, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

Scaling Power Laws In The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, Iram Gleria, Raul Matsushita, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

The scaling of the probability distribution of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange index is shown to be described by a Levy stable stochastic process for the modal region of the distribution. The truncated Levy process is characterized by a scaling index of 1.66. Scaling power laws are also shown to be present in the mean and standard deviation of the series as the time horizon is increased. A power law is also found for the autocorrelation time of the natural logs of the index series. The deviations from the line that best fits the natural logs of the series are …

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Criticality, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

Criticality, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

This article reviews some current interdisciplinary work on power laws.

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A Brief Overview Of The Current State Of Exchange Rate Modeling, Sergio Da Silva Dec 2001

A Brief Overview Of The Current State Of Exchange Rate Modeling, Sergio Da Silva

Sergio Da Silva

The paper provides a brief overview of the current state of exchange rate modeling.

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Obtrusiveness As Strategy In Ethnographic Research, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Dec 2001

Obtrusiveness As Strategy In Ethnographic Research, Elisabeth Brooke Harrington

Brooke Harrington

No abstract provided.

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