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Reform In Lieu Of Change: Tastes Great, Less Filling, Jonathan G.S. Koppell

Publications from President Jonathan G.S. Koppell

In this response to Light, Koppell argues that the increasing frequency of reform may reflect Congress's inability to make significant changes to the substance of entrenched government programs. Moreover, he observes that the more profound evolution in government has been the movement toward the market-based provision of services, which has created a demand for new competencies in the public sector.

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 22, January 9, 2006, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Food Insecurity Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Les B. Whitbeck, Xiaojin Chen, Kurt D. Johnson

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and factors related to it among homeless and runaway adolescents.

Design: Computer-assisted personal interviews were conducted with homeless and runaway adolescents directly on the streets and in shelters.

Setting: Interviews were conducted in eight Midwest cities: Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Kansas City, Lincoln, Omaha, St. Louis and Wichita.

Subjects: The subjects were 428 (187 males; 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16–19 years. Average age of the adolescents was 17.4 (standard deviation 1.05) years.

Results: About one-third of the adolescents had experienced food …

Lanthorn, Vol. 40, No. 32, January 9, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 40, July 14, 2005 - June 15, 2006

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Two Essays On Government Behavior, Li Zhang

Economics Dissertations

The main theme of this dissertation is government’s strategic behaviors. We show that different budget structures give governments incentives to behave differently, and that the Leviathan model and the Bureaucratic model are better in modeling government behaviors than the median voter model. We first discuss theoretically the design of an optimal tax system, promoting the Leviathan government to maximize social welfare in order to maximize its own revenue. Then we examine empirically how government behaviors vary with different budget structures. In essay I, we apply the Buchanan-Brennan (B-B) rule to examine the effects of a tax system on the efficiency …

The Role Of Amenities In The Location Decisions Of Ph.D. Recipients In Science And Engineering, Albert Joseph Sumell

Economics Dissertations

Location-specific amenities have been shown to play an increasingly important role in individual migration decisions. The role certain amenities play in the location decisions of the highly educated may be the cause of persistent regional differences in certain types of human capital, and consequently in regional productivity. This dissertation examines the determinants of the location decisions of new Ph.D. recipients in science and engineering (S&E). A discrete choice random utility model of the city location decisions of new Ph.D.s is developed to estimate preferences for city attributes as well as willingness to pay for improved amenity quality. By estimating the …

Transforming Teachers Into Teacher Researchers: How To Become Information Literate Teacher Researchers And Model Information Literacy For Student Researchers, Susan Kendall, Mary Nino, Lorene Sisson

Faculty and Staff Publications

Information literacy is one of the major areas emphasized by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). According to NCATE, all candidates in school settings must be able to systematically integrate information literacy in Pre-K and K-12 school curriculum to assist student learning. The 21st century requires information literate teacher-researchers who are capable of meeting the standards set by the professional organizations such as (NCATE), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Teaching is no longer finite knowledge distributed by the teacher and returned upon demand. Critical thinking, …

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, January 8, 2006

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, CAN

Undated; Pamphlet; Of This Gospel I Was Made A Minister, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Pamphlets

No abstract provided.

Cedarville Vs. Mt. Vernon Nazarene, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Statistics

No abstract provided.

Combating Money Laundering, Paul R. Rickert

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper discusses the modern problem of dealing with money laundering. Illicit occupations inherently create illicit incomes that must be given the appearance of legitimately earned income. The more government criminalizes activities of its citizens, the greater the need for laundering money.

Options For The E-Reference Collection, Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

The electronic reference book revolution is in full swing, and nearly every reference book publisher is on board with the latest titles and interfaces for searching and retrieving top-notch scholarly resources. But which product will best suit your library? Which product has the best access and search features? And what about price-should you look for ownership or a subscription service? To assist with the reference e-book dilemma, this article examines five major electronic reference book products-ABC-CLlO's History Reference Online, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Greenwood Digital Collection, Oxford Reference Online, and Xreferplus-and compares them for content, search capabilities, interface, special features, …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 34, January 5, 2006

Central Florida Future

Retention helps start Senate in good shape: SGA officials looking to reach out to student body for greater input this year; FDLE investigation completed; 1 fan facing charges: Michael Young only person charged in wake of shooting; Big in '06: Orlando shedding its artificial music image as local acts become national names; Respect for past garners distinction.

City Council Members And The Representation Funtion In Intergovernmental Decision Making, Eric Zeemering

Working Group on Interlocal Services Cooperation

Local elected officials provide a representation function for their constituents, expressing citizen preferences for public goods and services and integrating public preferences into government decisions about how to provide and produce public goods and services. In an increasingly networked world, the provision and production of public goods and services frequently occurs through intergovernmental collaboration and inter-local agreements. Public administrators are often viewed as the primary actors in forming intergovernmental agreements, but what role do elected officials play in policy decisions about collaboration? I argue elected officials’ representation function in intergovernmental policymaking can be conceptualized through the analysis of three dimensions …

Interview No. 1338, Antonio Corchado

Combined Interviews

Mr. Corchado grew up in San Luis de Cordero, Durango; he recalls not going to school due to the lack of professors; he became a Bracero in 1956 where he was sent to Walco, Texas to harvest cotton; Mr. Corchado vividly describes having to pass medical examinations in order to get contracted as a Bracero; after being in Texas for 3 months Mr. Corchado was sent to fresno, California to harvest beetroot from 1956 to 1959; Mr. Corchado eventually returned to Texas where he harvested wheat, corn and beans; he recalls that Texas was the hardest place to live because …

Satellite Ocean Color Assessment Of Air-Sea Fluxes Of Co2 In A River-Dominated Coastal Margin, Steven E. Lohrenz, Wei-Jun Cai

Faculty Publications

Quantification of the contributions of river-influenced margins to regional CO2 fluxes is difficult due to the high degree of spatial and temporal variability in these regions. We describe an algorithm for assessment of surface water partial pressure of CO2 (pCO(2)) from MODIS imagery in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Principal component analysis and multiple regression were used to relate surface pCO(2) to environmental variables (T, S, chlorophyll). Subsequent retrieval of corresponding products from MODIS-Aqua L1B data permitted the assessment of regional distributions of pCO(2). An area of low pCO(2) was evident in the vicinity of the Mississippi River delta, consistent …

The Guardian, January 04, 2006, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twenty page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

The Hog Industry In 2005, Al Prosch

Cornhusker Economics

The hog industry enjoyed a remarkable year in 2005. The USDA, December 1st Hog and Pig Report estimated the market herd at 100.3 percent, breeding herd at 100.7 percent, and total herd at 100.4 percent of December 1, 2004 numbers. For the third year in a row, producers increased production while receiving profitable prices.

The “Culture System” In Dutch Indonesia 1830–1870: How Rawls’S Original Position Ethics Were Violated, Parulian Silaen, Ciorstan J. Smark

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The “Culture System” was enforced in Java and other parts of Indonesia by the Dutch colonial government between 1830 and 1870. Under this system, Indonesian farmers were forced to put aside part of their land and labour for growing cash crops such as sugar, coffee, indigo, tobacco and pepper, so that they could pay their land tax to the Dutch.

This paper examines the ramifications of two aspects of the Culture System and the policies that allowed its administration. The first of these is the segregation of education and access to higher-level employment on the grounds of race. The second …

Wilberforce Vs. Cedarville, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Statistics

No abstract provided.

Excessive (?) Entry Of National Telecom Networks, 1990-2001, Christiaan Hogendorn

Christiaan Hogendorn

We document entry and capacity expansion in US long-distance fiber-optic networks before and during the “telecom boom.” We disentangle the many swaps and leases between networks in order to measure owned route miles versus route miles shared with other carriers. Entry appears much more moderate when these shared miles are not counted. Strategic behavior can lead to excessive entry, and we find evidence of such behavior regarding total miles (including swaps and leases) but not regarding owned miles. We conclude that entry was excessive only with regard to swaps and leases, but not with regard to the physical building of …

Convergence Of Learning Experiences For First Year Tertiary Commerce Students – Are Personal Response Systems The Meeting Point?, Brian Murphy, Ciorstan J. Smark

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper reflects on the need for interactivity in first year lectures. This need is suggested to arise from first year students’ diminishing tolerance for impassivity and also from the increasing accessibility of Personal Response Systems (PRS) in terms of cost, user-friendliness and students’ level of technological savvy. The ways in which PRS can enhance interactivity and the importance of increasing interactivity in first year students’ learning outcomes is discussed in terms of factors supporting good learning and enhancing their overall learning experience.

The Last Discrimination: Gay Men And Lesbians In The Classroom, H. W. Collier, R. Perrin, C. B. Mcgowan

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

A democracy can only be strong when the rights of all the people are protected. If given the opportunity; individuals or groups that promote intolerance, hate, and bigotry will in time deny rights to all. Discrimination is at least as old as recorded history. The Roman Empire and Classical Greek society created a class system. Some were citizens; males only of course as women were treated more like property; others were slaves and traded and owned by others. Some were free men. However, during the early centuries of the Roman Empire and during virtually all of the Classical Greek period, …

Gender And Attitude Toward An International Career: A Survey Of Russian Nationals, H. W. Collier, R. E. Jones, Carl B. Mcgowan

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

This paper examines attitudes of Russian MBA students toward international careers and finds that gender is not an issue but that respondents with family constraints were less favorable toward an international career. Respondents who are male, single, or with no children were slightly favorable toward international careers. Women and respondents with spouses without a career were neutral toward international careers. Respondents who were married, respondents with children, and respondents with a spouse with a career, were slightly unfavorable toward an international career. The results of this survey indicate that Russian MBA students are, on average, only slightly favorable toward international …

The Failure Of The Oslo Peace Process: Causes And Impacts, Nidal Mahmoud Al-Natour

Archived Theses and Dissertations

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2006-3 A Comment On "Sequential Equilibria", Peter A. Streufert

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2006-4 Nested Pseudo-Likelihood Estimation And Bootstrap-Based Inference For Structural Discrete Markov Decision Models, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Katsumi Shimotsu

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2006-5 Nonparametric Identification And Estimation Of Finite Mixture Models Of Dynamic Discrete Choices, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Katsumi Shimotsu

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2006-1 Products Of Several Relative Probabilities, Peter A. Streufert

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.

2006-2 Characterizing Consistency By Monomials And By Product Dispersions, Peter A. Streufert

Department of Economics Research Reports

No abstract provided.