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An Egypt-Based Model For The Use Of The Internet In National Development, Naila Nabil Hamdy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Fallacy Of Spanish Policy Towards Asylum Seekers, Isabel Cara Martin

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Revitalization Of The Urban Historic Environment In Coptic Cairo, Rasha Mehyar

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Social Orientalism, Daniel P Reany

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Montana Vision Travel Research: 2003, Norma P. Nickerson

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

Outlook for 2003 and Review of 2002.

Laws And Limits Of Econometrics, Peter C.B. Phillips

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We start by discussing some general weaknesses and limitations of the econometric approach. A template from sociology is used to formulate six laws that characterize mainstream activities of econometrics and the scientific limits of those activities., we discuss some proximity theorems that quantify by means of explicit bounds how close we can get to the generating mechanism of the data and the optimal forecasts of next period observations using a finite number of observations. The magnitude of the bound depends on the characteristics of the model and the trajectory of the observed data. The results show that trends are more …

The Elusive Empirical Shadow Of Growth Convergence, Peter C.B. Phillips, Donggyu Sul

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Two groups of applied econometricians have figured prominently in empirical studies of growth convergence. In terms of a popular caricature, one group believes it has found a black hat of convergence (evidence for growth convergence) in the dark room of economic growth, even though the hat may not exist (the task may be futile). A second group believes it has found a black coat of divergence (evidence against growth convergence) even though this object also may not exist (empirical reality, including the nature of growth divergence, is ever more complex than the models used to characterize it). The present paper …

Rationalizing And Curve-Fitting Demand Data With Quasilinear Utilities, Donald J. Brown, Caterina Calsamiglia

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In the empirical and theoretical literature a consumer’s utility function is often assumed to be quasilinear. In this paper we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for testing if the consumer acts as if she is maximizing a quasilinear utility function over her budget set. If the consumer’s choices are inconsistent with maximizing a quasilinear utility function over her budget set, then we compute the “best” quasilinear rationalization of her choices.

Coordination, Communication And Common Knowledge: A Retrospective On The Electronic Mail Game, Stephen Morris

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Common knowledge plays an important role in coordination problems and coordination problems are central to many areas of economic policy. In this paper, I review some common knowledge puzzles culminating in the electronic mail game. These puzzles may seem distant from practical concerns. However, I then argue why insights derived from this literature are useful in interpreting empirical evidence of how people coordinate under uncertainty and in understanding the role of communication in coordinating behaviour.

Heterogeneity And Uniqueness In Interaction Games, Stephen Morris, Hyun Song Shin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Incomplete information games, local interaction games and random matching games are all special cases of a general class of interaction games (Morris (1997)). In this paper, we use this equivalence to present a unified treatment of arguments generating uniqueness in games with strategic complementarities by introducing heterogeneity in these different settings. We also report on the relation between local and global heterogeneity, on the role of strategic multipliers and on purification in the three types of interaction game.

Bonds Or Loans? The Effect Of Macroeconomic Fundamentals, Galina Hale

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The costs of debt crises are not invariant to the foreign debt instrument composition: bank loans or bonds. The lending boom of the 1990s witnessed considerable variation over time and across countries in the debt instrument used by emerging market (EM) borrowers. This paper tests how macroeconomic fundamentals affect the composition of international debt instruments used by EM borrowers. Analysis of micro-level data using ordered probability model shows that macroeconomic fundamentals explain a significant share of variation in the ratio of bonds to loans for private borrowers, but not for the sovereigns.

Bryson’S Dictionary Of Troublesome Words, Priscilla Finley

Library Faculty Publications

Travel writer and humorist Bryson has revised, adapted, and updated his style guide, first published in 1984 in Britain as Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words and in the US as Facts on File Dictionary of Troublesome Words, to appeal to contemporary American book buyers. Presenting itself as a "compilation of suggestions, observations, and treasured prejudices," the work compiles and comments on commonly misspelled words and proper nouns and other conundrums of usage scrupulous writers or copy editors may face.

How People With Disabilities Communicatively Manage Assistance: Helping As Instrumental Social Support, Dawn O. Braithwaite, Nancy J. Eckstein

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

While social support is often conceptualized as a temporary need in crisis situations, people with visible physical disabilities face an ongoing challenge of balancing the need for instrumental social support against receiving unwanted help on a daily basis. Our goal was to study instrumental support interactions from the perspective of support recipients; in this case, people who are disabled, focusing on how physical assistance is communicatively managed with strangers and newer acquaintances. A qualitative/interpretive analysis was carried out on transcripts of in-depth interviews with 30 participants who had visible physical disabilities. Participants and interviewers discussed how help was communicated and …

Weapons Of Mass Victimization, Radioactive Waste Shipments, And Environmental Laws: Policy Making And First Responders, Kristine Botsford Mullendore, James Ballard

Kristine Botsford Mullendore

Transnational and domestic terrorists may employ unconventional weapons of mass destruction and/or mass contamination in their future operations against governments. These asymmetrical tactics may include nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons designed to produce panic and disruption in daily life. This article addresses several of the myriad legal and practical issues relative to potential radiological weapons. Several suggestions as to local-level policy are offered and discussed. Among these suggestions are the need for local law enforcement and policy decision makers to formally recognize the potential use of radiological weapons of mass contamination and the need to develop both protection strategies for …

Public-Private Partnerships In Houston And Seattle Urban Municipalities. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Tanesha Dillard

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

New Springtime For Vocations, William Thorn

William Thorn

No abstract provided.

Enrollee Appeals Of Pre-Service Coverage Denials At Two Health Maintenance Organizations, D. Studdert, Carole Gresenz

Carole Roan Gresenz

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Of The Factors That Influence Employee Participation In Europe, Elizabeth Cabrera, Jaime Ortega, Ángel Cabrera

Jaime Ortega

The goal of this study was to identify the determinants of direct participation in organizations across Europe. Some factors were predicted to be related to levels of participation in general, namely competition, sector, the pursuit of a differentiation strategy based on either quality or service, and indirect participation. Two additional factors were expected to be differentially related to two forms of direct participation: consultation and delegation. These factors were organizational size and the pursuit of a cost leadership business strategy. The hypothesized relationships were contrasted using data from the EPOC survey, a representative survey of over 5,700 organizations located in …

From School Walls To School Halls: Containment And Contraint At A Metropolitan Public High School, Christine Yalda

Christine A. Yalda

No abstract provided.

The Carolinas' Rich Library Legacy, Barbara Tierney

Barbara Tierney

Assessing Welfare Accounts, Stefan Fölster, Robert Gidehag, Micheal J. Orszag, Dennis Snower

Dennis Snower

The paper examines the possible effects of introducing a large-scale welfare reform in Sweden, namely, the introduction of comprehensive welfare accounts. Under this policy, individuals make mandatory contributions to accounts, which they can top up with voluntary contributions. In return, individuals’ welfare benefits are paid from their accounts. The paper uses a large panel of individual income data to examine how the adoption of universal welfare accounts may affect economic activity. We find that this policy could be designed so as to reduce social insurance expenditure considerably, improve the incentives to work and save, all with relatively small redistributive impact.

Representations Of Therapists By Patients With Personality Disorders, Donna S. Bender, Barry A. Farber, Charles A. Sanislow, Ingrid R. Dyck, Jesse D. Geller, Andrew E. Skodol

Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.

The purpose of this study was to investigate attributes of mental representations of therapists by patients with specific personality disorders (PDs), schizotypal (STPD), borderline (BPD), avoidant (AVPD), and obsessive-compulsive (OCPD), and a comparison group with Major Depressive Disorder and no PD (MDD). The Therapist Representation Inventory-II (TRI) measured characteristics of participants' extra-session thoughts about their therapists. Results showed that patients with STPD had the highest level of mental involvement with therapy outside the session, missing their therapists and wishing for friendship, while also feeling aggressive or negative. Patients with BPD exhibited the most difficulty in creating a benign image of …

Correlates Of Suicide Risk In Juvenile Detainees And Adolescent Inpatients, Charles A. Sanislow, Carlos M. Grilo, Dwain C. Fehon, Seth R. Axelrod, Thomas H. Mcglashan

Charles A. Sanislow, Ph.D.

OBJECTIVE: To compare correlates of risk for suicidal behavior in juvenile detainees with those in another high-risk group, adolescent psychiatric inpatients.

METHOD: Eighty-one adolescents in a short-term juvenile detention center were contrasted with a matched group of 81 adolescent psychiatric inpatients on a clinical assessment battery of established instruments including a measure for risk of suicidal behavior.

RESULTS: Juvenile detainees and adolescent psychiatric inpatients reported similar levels of distress on measures of suicide risk, depression, impulsivity, and drug abuse. After controlling for depression, impulsivity and drug abuse remained significantly associated with suicide risk scores in the juvenile detention group, but …

Employee Surveys And Hrm Strategy, Carol Gill

Carol Gill

This article demonstrates that employee surveys can be an important strategic tool but poor implementation can diminish their value. Specifically surveys should be linked to Business Strategy and have actionable outcomes.

Play And The Evolution Of Fairness: A Game Theory Model, Lee Alan Dugatkin, Marc Bekoff

Ethology Collection

Bekoff [J. Consci. Stud. 8 (2001) 81] argued that mammalian social play is a useful behavioral phenotype on which to concentrate in order to learn more about the evolution of fairness. Here, we build a game theoretical model designed to formalize some of the ideas laid out by Bekoff, and to examine whether ‘fair’ strategies can in fact be evolutionarily stable. The models we present examine fairness at two different developmental stages during an individual’s ontogeny, and hence we create four strategies--fair at time 1/fair at time 2, not fair at time 1/not fair at time 2, fair at time …

2003 Alltel Indoor Track & Field Classic, Cedarville University

Men's Track & Field Statistics

No abstract provided.

Executive Council Retreat Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding spring semester events, goals, copy center, public relations and banquet.

Cedars, January 31, 2003, Cedarville University

Cedars

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, January 31, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 120, Issue 6

Interview No. 996, José Guadalupe Blanco Ortega

Combined Interviews

Mr. Blanco recalls his family, childhood, and adolescence; in 1948, he married his wife, and the following year, before the birth of their second child, he decided to enroll in the Bracero Program; he describes how he and a group of men walked through the mountains for three days to get to a town where they could take the train to Durango, Durango, México; from there they traveled to Chihuahua to officially begin the hiring process; he describes the entire hiring and contracting process including the medical exams and disinfecting procedures; as a bracero, he worked picking cotton in New …