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Deforestation and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
(MIT Press, 2019-02-25)Do environmental provisions in trade agreements make a difference? In part to coopt environmental criticisms, the United States has included environmental components to trade agreements since NAFTA side agreements in the ... -
The Effects of State Higher Education Policies and Institutions on Access by Economically Disadvantaged Students
(Springer, 2018-04-03)Do state government policies and institutions promote access to postsecondary education by economically disadvantaged students? I analyze the number of state residents receiving federal Pell grants relative to the college-age ... -
Variations in Volunteer Use among Human Service Organizations in the USA
(Springer, 2018-02-27)Knowledge of volunteering and volunteer management requires understanding from both individual and organizational perspectives. However, most existing research focuses on individual volunteers and the supply side of ... -
A Model of Monetary Policy Shocks for Financial Crises and Normal Conditions
(Wiley, 2018-07-26)Deteriorating economic conditions in late 2008 led the Federal Reserve to lower the target federal funds rate to near zero, inject liquidity through novel facilities, and engage in large-scale asset purchases. The combination ... -
How do State-Level Environmental Policies Impact the Voting Behavior of National Legislators?
(Wiley, 2018-11-27)Objective We investigate whether state-level policy adoption of environmental regulations leads to nationalization of similar policies and, if so, the mechanisms by which members of Congress are incentivized to vote ... -
Race and Gender Representation in Presidential Appointments, SES, and GS Levels, During Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations
(Sage Publications Inc, 2016-06-23)Achieving a representative bureaucracy that reflects the attitudes, values, and policy choices of women and racial minorities is imperative, as the gap in the representation of those groups in the federal workforce is ... -
The Importance of Scale in Spatially Varying Coefficient Modeling
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018-02)Although spatially varying coefficient (SVC) models have attracted considerable attention in applied science, they have been criticized as being unstable. The objective of this study is to show that capturing the "spatial ... -
Uncertainty in the Effects of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem under Different Levels of Spatial Autocorrelation: A Simulation Study
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018-11-13)The objective of this paper is to investigate uncertainties surrounding relationships between spatial autocorrelation (SA) and the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) with an extensive simulation experiment. Especially, ... -
Yield Curve Rotations, Monetary Shocks, and Greenspan's Conundrum
(American Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 2019-02-26)Between June 2004 and December 2005 the Federal Reserve conducted a relatively aggressive contractionary policy that saw a steady increase in the effective federal funds rate of over 300 basis points. Yet the 10-year ... -
Uncertainty and Context in GIScience and Geography: Challenges in the Era of Geospatial Big Data
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2019-01-17)No abstract available. -
Understanding Spatial and Contextual Factors Influencing Intraregional Differences in Child Vaccination Coverage in Bangladesh
(Sage Publications Inc, 2018-11-30)In Bangladesh, policy discourse has mostly focused on regional inequities in health, including child immunization coverage. Knowledge of local geographical and contextual factors within regions, however, becomes pertinent ... -
Eigenvector Spatial Filtering for Large Data Sets: Fixed and Random Effects Approaches
(Wiley, 2018-03-25)Eigenvector spatial filtering (ESF) is a spatial modeling approach, which has been applied in urban and regional studies, ecological studies, and so on. However, it is computationally demanding, and may not be suitable for ... -
Staying Home, Staying Safe? A Short-Term Analysis of COVID-19 on Dallas Domestic Violence
(Springer Nature, 2020-06-14)COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the lives of persons around the world and social scientists are just beginning to understand its consequences on human behavior. One policy that public health officials put in place to help ... -
Harmonizing Legal Socialization to Reduce Antisocial Behavior: Results from a Randomized Field Trial of Truanting Young People
(Routledge, 2019-06-05)Legal socialization conceptualizes two processes for attaining compliance as either consensus-based or coercive-based. However, in real life, an adolescent’s exposure to police and school authorities is likely to incorporate ... -
Paramilitary Violence in Colombia: A Multilevel Negative Binomial Analysis
(Routledge, 2019-06-14)Although Colombia is well known for its persistent leftist guerrilla conflict, the country also suffers from paramilitary violence. This study examines the potential factors related to persistent paramilitary violence in ... -
A Comparative Study of the China Factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong Elections
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018-05-20)This chapter probes the economic dimension of the China factor in Taiwan and Hong Kong politics. We discuss how economic integration efforts affect elections and party competitions in smaller states neighboring China. ... -
Using Risk Terrain Modeling to Predict Homeless Related Crime in Los Angeles, California
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019-06-22)We apply Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to identify the factors that predict homeless related crime at micro grid cells in Los Angeles, CA. We find that place based factors predicting whether homeless individuals are victimized ... -
Spatio-Temporal Comparison of Pertussis Outbreaks in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 2004-2005 and 2012: A Population-Based Study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-05-19)Objective: Two pertussis outbreaks occurred in Olmsted County, Minnesota, during 2004-2005 and 2012 (5-10 times higher than other years), with significantly higher incidence than for the State. We aimed to assess whether ... -
Environment and Anthropogenic Activities Influence Cetacean Habitat Use in Southeastern Brazil
(Inter-Research, 2019-05-09)Investigating the influence of coastal development on marine environments is a priority to maintain healthy seas. Cetaceans are top predators, keystone and umbrella species and thus are good candidate models to evaluate ...
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