Browsing Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs by Title
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The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR): A Solution to Wisconsin's Fiscal Problems or a Prescription for Future Fiscal Crises?
(2004)Facts do not support arguments in favor of an amendment to Wisconsin's constitution to limit government spending and taxing authority. The amendment's proposal to tie growth in per-capita or per-public spending to ... -
The Taxpayer Protection Amendment: A Preliminary Analysis
(2006)This analysis demonstrates that a proposed amendment to Wisconsin's constitution to limit the annual growth of government revenue would reduce public services and harm economic development. If it had been enacted in ... -
Taylor Rules and the Deutschmark Dollar Real Exchange Rate
(2006)The authors explore the link between an interest rate rule for monetary policy and the behavior of the real exchange rate. The interest rate rule, in conjunction with some standard assumptions, implies that the ... -
Temporary Help Work: Multiple Job-Holding and Compensating Differentials
(2010-09)The authors use a compilation of administrative data to examine hourly wages, total hours of work, and quarterly earnings to investigate whether temporary help service (THS) jobs pay a compensating differential (or wage ... -
Third-Party Governance under No Child Left Behind: Accountability and Performance Management Challenges
(2009)This study explores how the Milwaukee public school district manages the organizations that provide tutoring and other supplemental educational services required under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. It also examines ... -
Thirty Years of Business and Politics
(2002)The author examines the state of research on the relationship between business and politics. -
Three Current Account Balances: A "Semi-Structuralist" Interpretation
(2005)Three large current account imbalances the U.S. deficit and the two surpluses in Japan and in the euro area are subjected to a minimalist structural interpretation. This simple interpretation enables us to assess how ... -
The Ties that Bind: Social Networks, Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention
(2007)The authors argue that employees exist in social networks that shape employee attitudes and behavior. They find that strong relationships with coworkers reduce intent to leave but do not uncover strong support ... -
Transportation Utility Fees: Possibilities for the City of Milwaukee
(2007)Using four evaluation criteria, this report evaluates whether Milwaukee should implement a transportation utility fee (TUF) to fund the operation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure in the city. Under a TUF, ... -
Treatment of Juveniles in the Wisconsin Criminal Court System
(2008)Seventeen-year-olds accused of criminal offenses in Wisconsin have been under the jurisdiction of the adult court system since 1995, when the court system?s treatment of juveniles was changed dramatically. This report ... -
Troms� Center: Direction in a Complex Arctic System
(2007)The authors examine the systemic nature of the issues affecting the Barents Euro-Arctic Region. The report focuses on five issues environmental concerns, indigenous groups, fisheries, oil and gas extraction, and maritime ... -
Two Essays in International Finance: Interest Rate Parity and the Forward Premium Puzzle
(2007)These two essays were prepared for the Princeton Encyclopedia of the World Economy, edited by Kenneth Reinert and Ramkishen Rajan, forthcoming from Princeton University Press. -
The U.S. Current Account Deficit and the Expected Share of World Output
(2006)This paper investigates the possibility that the large current account deficits of the United States are the outcome of optimizing behavior. It develops a simple long-run world equilibrium model in which the current ... -
U.S. Health Care Reform: A Primer and an Assessment
(2010-08)The authors examine the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. They describe the existing structure of the U.S. health-care system, identify its major weaknesses, describe the primary features introduced by ... -
The (Un)Productivity of American Higher Education: From "Cost Disease" to Cost-Effectiveness
(2010-12)The authors examine two explanations for why productivity in academic degrees granted by American colleges and universities is declining. First, few popular programs and strategies in higher education are cost-effective, ... -
Uncertainty, Context, and the Duration of International Agreements
(2007)Why are some international agreements set up to operate indefinitely while others are of limited duration? This paper argues that "institutional context" — the existing legal and institutional environment in which states ... -
Understanding Racial Disparities in Health: The Income-Wealth Paradox
(2004)The authors examine the ways in which racial differences in health vary over the income-wealth distribution, comparing the self-reported health status of non-Hispanic whites with those of individuals of other races and ...