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Territorial Tax System Reform And Corporate Financial Policies, Matteo Arena, George Kutner

Matteo P. Arena

We examine the effect of a permanent change to a country corporate income repatriation tax system on corporate financial policies. In 2009 Japan and the U.K. switched from a worldwide to a territorial system for the taxation of repatriated foreign earnings. The new system effectively reduced the tax liabilities of most multinational firms when repatriating earnings. We find that after the change firms accumulate less cash, pay out larger amounts through dividends and share repurchases, and invest less abroad. We do not find that the tax system change has significantly affected domestic investments even when controlling for capital constraints.

Positive Trait Item Response Models, Joseph F. Lucke

Joseph Lucke

A new item response model is proposed for which the trait is positive. Three such models, the loglogistic, the log-normal, and the Weibull, are presented along with their item information curves. The data of seven addiction items from the DSM-IV from a study on alcohol addiction is analyzed by these three models using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. The item characteristic curves and item information curves are presented for all three models. The person scores for four item response patterns are presented for the log-logistic model.

Psychological Aspects Of Negotiating Strategies And Processes, Mara Olekalns, Philip L. Smith

Mara Olekalns

This entry into the Encyclopedia of Peace Psychology proveis an overview of cognitive factors that shape negotiation processes

The Legal Salience Of Taxation, Andrew Hayashi

Andrew Hayashi

The enforcement of tax laws affects the distribution of tax burdens. Many tax enforcement regimes incorporate taxpayer-initiated administrative procedures for adjusting tax liabilities. For these procedures, individual decisions to seek administrative relief are the first causal link in the chain of actions leading to tax adjustments, decisions that can be driven by factors that are arbitrary from the perspective of the tax law and vary across individuals, effectively resulting in heterogeneous enforcement. This effect can undermine the fairness and efficiency of the tax system, but has been largely ignored. Using a novel dataset, I study the property tax appeals process …

Acolhimento Familiar: Os Resultados De Um Estudo, Seus Desafios E Avanços, Susy Cristina Rodrigues

Susy Cristina Rodrigues

Esta contribuição ilustra os resultados quantitativos e qualitativos de um Serviço de acolhimento familiar. O escopo do trabalho desenvolvido fundamenta-se na perspectiva da proteção integral à criança vítima de violência doméstica, sob os cuidados da família acolhedora, enquanto medida excepcional e provisória. Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa documental demonstram que as estratégias metodológicas desenvolvidas na intervenção interdisciplinar junto às famílias de origem das referidas crianças comprovam seu sucesso na reintegração familiar. O artigo finaliza com reflexões relacionadas aos limites e desafios enfrentados no trabalho com famílias atendidas na Alta Complexidade da Assistência Social, enfatizando a dificuldade em encontrar famílias acolhedoras …

Information Literacy Reality Check, Nancy H. Seamans

Nancy Seamans

As the information literacy movement moves into its third decade, it is appropriate to look at the state of information-literacy implementation and how it has been integrated into the lives of our libraries and our colleges and universities. In a library environment of significant change and competing agendas, library administrators must make difficult decisions about how to distribute resources and how to have the most impact on their varied constituent groups. As one of many initiatives that are important in the contemporary academic research library, can information literacy be one that is deemed a success or is there still work …

Mediating Christianity In Asia, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Francis Khek Gee Lim

No abstract provided.

El Desafío Político De Gobernar Una Ciudad-Región, Fernando Carrión Mena Arq.

Fernando Carrión Mena

América Latina tiene unas 16 mil 500 urbes1, de las cuales 63 tienen más de 1 millón de habitantes, concentran el 41% de la población urbana y tienen una tasa de crecimiento promedio del 2.4%. Luego están las ciudades pequeñas –que van desde 2500 a 500000 habitantes– que crecen a un ritmo del 3.7% y concentran el 49% de la población. Fi- nalmente están las ciudades intermedias que tienen entre los 500000 y un millón de habitantes y que crecen a 1.5 por ciento. De lo anterior, se puede concluir que el universo de ciudades latinoa- mericanas es muy heterogéneo …

Business And Non-Profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition And Growing Customers' Demands (Vol. 11), Anna Ujwary-Gil

Anna Ujwary-Gil

The monograph focuses attention on the description and analysis of new phenomena and processes for commercial and non-commercial organizations. Valid conditions are pointed out for the functioning of both commercial and non-commercial organizations and an attempt is made to explain their impact on these organizations. The analysis also examines the strategies used by organizations in the face of fierce competition and increasing consumer demands in their effort to gain and maintain a competitive edge. This case study below is segmented into four areas of interest: • commercial and non-commercial organizations as an object of research, • commercial and non-commercial organizations …

Excel Calculator For Assignment/Article "Compound Interest And The Power Of Saving", Richard H. Serlin

Richard H. Serlin

No abstract provided.

Contextualizing Vocabularies Of Motive In International Migration: The Case Of, Chien-Juh Gu

Chien-Juh Gu

No abstract provided.

Some Observations On The Weddings Of Tokugawa Shogun’S Daughters – Part 1, Cecilia S. Seigle Ph.D.

Cecilia S Seigle Ph.D.

In this study I shall discuss the marriage politics of Japan's early ruling families (mainly from the 6th to the 12th centuries) and the adaptation of these practices to new circumstances by the leaders of the following centuries. Marriage politics culminated with the founder of the Edo bakufu, the first shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542-1616). To show how practices continued to change, I shall discuss the weddings given by the fifth shogun Tsunayoshi (1646-1709) and the eighth shogun Yoshimune (1684-1751). The marriages of Tsunayoshi's natural and adopted daughters reveal his motivations for the adoptions and for his choice of the daughters’ …

Cars And Carbon - Automobiles And European Climate Policy In A Global Context, Theodoros Zachariadis

Theodoros Zachariadis

No abstract provided.

New Middle Class And The Rule Of Law In China, Xiaogang Wu, Jinghua Cheng

Xiaogang Wu

This paper attempts to bring classes back into empirical analyses of access to civil and administrative justice, focusing on the linkage between the emergence of new middle class and legal development in China. We define six classes: the elite class, the old middle class, the new middle class, the self-employed getihu, the working class, and farmers, then examine class differentials in choosing legal resolutions to civil and administrative disputes, both actual and hypothetical ones. Based on the analysis of data from a national representative survey in 2005, we show that, the elite and the new middle class are more likely …

Nuclear Enlightenment, Daniel J. Boyle

Daniel J Boyle

This article is intended for nations considering launching large nuclear programs, like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as they evaluate the merits of designs to meet specific national requirements. Globally there are 433 nuclear power plants in operation in 30 countries, generating over 13% of the world’s electricity. Of these, all but 17 are water-cooled. Of the 17 that are not water-cooled reactors, one is cooled with liquid sodium and 16 are cooled with carbon dioxide. This article traces the historic roots of why the industry coalesced around water-cooled reactors, the consequent design problems, and describes an alternative design based …

Solomon’S Knot: How Law Can End The Poverty Of Nations, Robert D. Cooter, Hans Bernd Schaefer

Robert Cooter

Dressing The Lumad Body: Indigenous Peoples And The Development Discourse In Mindanao, Cherubim A. Quizon

Cherubim A Quizon

The Exigence Of Zoning The Presidency For Nation-Building In Nigeria, David O. Moveh Mr

David O Moveh PhD.

The quest for nation-building in Nigeria has again been confronted with challenges arising from agitations for a regionalized form of politics. Zoning; as these agitations have been labeled has been presented as a convenient arrangement towards giving the Northern and Southern parts of Nigeria equal opportunities for the Presidency. Yet, such an arrangement amounts to the institutionalization of regionalism and ethnic nationalism - problems which contributed to the collapse of the First Republic. This paper is a critical examination of the agitations for zoning the Presidency in Nigeria; and its implications for the nation-state project in the country. The paper …

State, Ethno-Religious Divide And Conflicts In Tafawa-Balewa Local Government Area Of Bauchi State, David O. Moveh Dr

David O Moveh PhD.

No abstract provided.

Organizational Context For Promoting Diversity In Higher Education, Jeffrey F. Milem, Nolan L. Cabrera

Nolan L. Cabrera

No abstract provided.

A State-Mandated Epistemology Of Ignorance: Arizona’S Hb2281 And Mexican American/Raza Studies, Nolan L. Cabrera

Nolan L. Cabrera

No abstract provided.

Assault On Ethnic Studies, Anna O. O'Leary, Andrea J. Romero, Nolan L. Cabrera, Michelle Rascon

Nolan L. Cabrera

No abstract provided.

Working Through Whiteness: White Male College Students Challenging Racism, Nolan L. Cabrera

Nolan L. Cabrera

This qualitative study relies upon Freire’s conception of liberatory praxis to examine White male college students becoming aware of racism and translating this awareness into action. The participants developed racial cognizance via both cross-racial contact and course content. Key to this development was empathy derived from minority experiences that facilitated a willingness to understand racial minority experiences. The participants took actions against racism but continued to struggle with race (e.g., essentializing minority experiences). The findings demonstrate the importance of race-based education, empathy, and cross-racial contact in promoting racial identity development, while also illustrating the nonlinear trajectory of racial identity development.

“Ganas”: From The Individual To The Community, And The Potential For Collective Action., Nolan L. Cabrera, Patricia D. Lopez, Victor B. Saenz

Nolan L. Cabrera

No abstract provided.

Women's Legal History Symposium Introduction: Making History, Felice J. Batlan

Felice J Batlan

This essay introduces the Chicago-Kent Symposium on Women's Legal History: A Global Perspective. It seeks to situate the field of women's legal history and to explore what it means to begin writing a transnational women's history which transcends and at times disrupts the nation state. In doing so, it sets forth some of the fundamental premises of women's legal history and points to new ways of writing such histories.

Explaining The Wind: How Self-Identified Born Again Christians Define What “Born Again” Means To Them, John D. Foubert, Angela Watson, Matt W. Brosi, Dale R. Fuqua

John D. Foubert

Christian students on college campuses form a large proportion of the student body on many campuses, and consequently, they are an important influence, collectively, on the existential dialogue occurring on university campuses. However it is understood, regeneration is a fundamental and central element of the life and belief system of Christian students. Some college students who identify as Christian also define themselves as born again, yet a multiplicity of understandings of this concept appears to exist. The present study sought to investigate how self-identified, born again Christian students define the term “born again,” how they come to know that they …

Mahfouz, Naguib, Benjamin Geer

Benjamin Geer

An encyclopaedia article about the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz.

The Priesthood Of Nationalism In Egypt: Duty, Authority, Autonomy, Benjamin Geer

Benjamin Geer

This thesis considers the effects of nationalism on the autonomy of intellectuals in Egypt. I argue that nationalism limits intellectuals’ ability to challenge social hierarchies, political authority and economic inequality, and that it has been more readily used to legitimise new forms of domination in competition with old ones. I analyse similarities between religion and nationalism, using the sociological theory of Pierre Bourdieu together with cognitive linguistics. Focusing mainly on the similarities between priests and nationalist intellectuals, and secondarily between prophets and charismatic nationalist political leaders, I show that nationalism and religion are based on relatively similar concepts, which lend …

Syllabus Of Intermediate Macroeconomics (Master's Course), Reza Moosavi Mohseni Dr.

Reza Moosavi Mohseni

No abstract provided.

Graduate Student Researchers' Knowledge/Efficacy: Results From A Virtual Lab., Lee Stadtlander, Martha Giles, Amy Sickel

Lee Stadtlander

Stadtlander and Giles (2010) showed the feasibility of a virtual psychology research laboratory. The present study examines improvement in students’ research skills and efficacy in a three quarter lab. Students conducted interviews in a faculty designed project, analyzed the data, and co-wrote a journal manuscript. Findings indicate lab students’ research knowledge and efficacy improved significantly over non-lab graduate students.