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Ricardian equivalence for sub-national states

The authors test Ricardian equivalence within an endogenous growth model for U.S. states, which have high rates of migration relative to most countries. Results are consistent with both Ricardian equivalence and endogenous growth, despite the relative ease of migration. Increases in productive government expenditures increase long-run real growth by the same amount, for example, whether financed by taxes or bonds. State rules limiting the use of bond financing may play a role in supporting Ricardian equivalence. The study provides the first explicit test of Ricardian equivalence for sub-national states in the context of an endogenous growth model.endogenous growth

An Economist’s Guide to Heaven

This paper is the first to offer an economic model of God and humanity as optimizing agents in the context of concrete belief archetypes (religious ‘contracts’) in Judeo-Christian theology. Data support the model’s unique predictions, despite their otherwise counterintuitive, unlikely nature. For example, the model requires that in one belief archetype, ‘good works’ not increase with strength of faith, as one might otherwise expect, and that what appears may be God’s dominant contract precisely balances divine penalties for reneging on promises with incentives to seek divine ‘gifts’—an equivalence supported in the data.economics;religion

Investigations Of The Construct Validity Of A New Measure Of The Type A Behaviour Pattern: The Survey Of Work Styles

Previous measures of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) fail to assess the multidimensionality of the TABP. This dissertation evaluates the construct validity of the Survey of Work Styles (SWS), a multidimensional self-report measure of the TABP.;In Study 1, the SWS demonstrated (1) moderate to high internal consistency, (2) moderate correlations with the Jenkins Activity Survey and the Framingham Type A Scale, and (3) a significantly higher TABP classification agreement than other self-report measures with the Structured Interview in a sample of 163 middle-aged male business managers. Three bipolar modal profiles were identified and labelled as the Anger/Impatience, Job Dissatisfaction, and Anger/Work Involvement profiles. The three SWS modal profiles were predictive of mean systolic blood pressure during the Structured Interview, and the Anger/Work Involvement modal profile was predictive of diastolic blood pressure.;The results of Study 2 demonstrated that in a sample of 252 middle-aged men the SWS was (1) essentially uncorrelated with traditional coronary risk factors, and (2) incrementally predictive of CHD. Eight-eight percent of men with coronary heart disease scored high on either the SWS Anger/Impatience or the Job Dissatisfaction modal profile.;Study 3, an examination of the psychopathological correlates of the SWS in a sample of 33 male and 76 female employed adults found that the Anger/Impatience profile was related to interpersonal problems. The Job Dissatisfaction profile was negatively related to interpersonal problems. Hypochondriasis, interpersonal problems, persecutory ideas, and anxiety were associated with the Anger/Work Involvement profile. These results indicate that the Anger/Impatience profile, the Job Dissatisfaction profile, and the Anger/Work Involvement profile resemble the angry state, the depressed state, and the Superwoman/Superman state, respectively. These are three Type A states posited by Price (1982).;These results support the reconceptualization of the TABP as a multidimensional construct. Important individual differences were identified in the expression of the Type A components. Differences were also noted in the associations of the SWS profiles with physiological reactivity, prevalence of CHD, and psychopathology

The rising share of nonmarital births: A response to Ermisch, Martin, and Wu

We are flattered that our recent paper in Demography, GSS (2006), has attracted such close attention from Ermisch Martin and Wu (EMW). In this response we appreciate the opportunity to expand on several key aspects of our paper, but see no reason to substantially revise any of our major conclusions based on EMW comments. Reading EMW, one might think we had proposed the demographic equivalent of Newton’s second law of thermodynamics – the existence of a universal phenomenon, manifest in identical form in all places, for all groups, during all times periods, regardless of circumstances. It will be helpful, then, to review briefly the central points in GSS before turning to the major EMW comments, along with our responses.fertility, illegitimacy ratio, marriage, nonmarital fertility ratio, nonmarital births

The Marriage between Fury and Fervor: An analysis of the performance FURY, as part of the Senior Project Theater Festival, Inferno

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts of Bard College

Perceiving the Intangible: Introspective & Meditational Practices in Moroccan Sufism

Sufism has earned an exponentially prominent role within Morocco’s political and social arenas through recent decades. The Moroccan monarchy’s endorsement of the religious variant and its prevalence in pop-cultural events, national journalism, and literature are a few indicators of its growing influence. However, the tradition is, by no means, a modern construction and has existed since the beginning of the larger Islamic tradition. What qualities, then, has granted Sufism its relevance as a cornerstone of Moroccan society today? Its chief focus on introspective and meditational practices, rather than physical religious discipline, may foster a more inclusive and liberal form of spirituality to match Morocco’s recent political agendas. This paper will investigate what types of exposure Moroccan people have for education on Sufism, what its general perceptions are by Moroccan society, and how its meditational and introspective differentiators might open doors for marginalized groups

Alien Registration- Gray, Anna B. (Auburn, Androscoggin County)

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The depths of the cuts: uneven geography of local government austerity

Drawing on spatial analysis of local authority budgets, Mia Gray and Anna Barford highlight the uneven impacts of UK austerity. They argue that it has actively reshaped the relationship between central and local government, shrinking the capacity of the local state, increasing inequality between local governments, and exacerbating territorial injustice