2024-03-28T11:57:50Zhttps://minds.wisconsin.edu/oai/requestoai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362222018-10-24T11:02:05Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:00Z
urn:hdl:1793/36222
Current Account Balances, Financial Development and
Institutions: Assaying the World Savings Glut
Chinn, Menzie D.
Ito, Hiro
Through investigation of the medium-term determinants of the
current account the authors find that for industrial countries,
the government budget balance is an important determinant of the
current account balance. However, their empirical findings are
not consistent with the argument that the more developed
financial markets are, the less saving a country undertakes.
There is no evidence of excess domestic saving in the Asian
emerging market countries; rather they seem to have suffered
from depressed investment in the wake of the 1997 financial
crises. The authors find that the more developed equity markets
are, the more likely countries are to run current account
deficits.
2009-09-09T17:57:00Z
2009-09-09T17:57:00Z
2006
Working paper
2006-027
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36222
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364102018-10-24T11:03:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:35Z
urn:hdl:1793/36410
The Puzzle of Private Rulemaking: Expertise, Flexibility, and
Blame Avoidance in Regulation
Weimer, David L.
Private regulation of
transplant organs instead of traditional control by a government
agency may surprise some observers, but the practice lends
itself to quick decision-making by experts and lets the
politicians off the hook for how organs are allocated.
2009-09-09T17:58:35Z
2009-09-09T17:58:35Z
2005
Working paper
2005-014
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36410
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363342018-10-24T11:02:38Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:57Z
urn:hdl:1793/36334
Measuring How Administration Shapes Citizenship:
A Policy Feedback Perspective on Performance Management
Moynihan, Donald P.
Wichowsky, Amber
Governments' emphasis on gauging the outcomes of social programs generally do not measure
how a policy affects an individual's role as citizen. The authors argue that performance management systems should focus on citizenship outcomes. They offer suggestions for measuring such outcomes.
2009-09-09T17:57:57Z
2009-09-09T17:57:57Z
2007
Working paper
2007-026
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36334
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/381432018-10-24T10:20:58Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-11-23T14:36:11Z
urn:hdl:1793/38143
The President and the Distribution of Federal Spending
Howell, William G.
Burden, Barry C.
Berry, Christopher R.
This study of distributive politics finds that districts represented by legislators in the president?s party receive systematically more spending, as do those where the legislator or the president was narrowly elected.
2009-11-23T14:36:11Z
2009-11-23T14:36:11Z
2009-11
Working Paper
2009-021
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38143
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364022018-10-24T11:03:12Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:30Z
urn:hdl:1793/36402
The Effect of Child Support Enforcement
Efforts on Nonmarital Fertility and Marriage
Wallace, Geoffrey L.
The author finds mixed evidence as to whether the strength of state child support enforcement affects nonmarital birth or marriage rates. In the preferred specifications, increased enforcement leads to a decrease in the likelihood of marriage among never-married, childless women and in the annual likelihood of a non marital birth and marriage among never-married women with one child.
2009-09-09T17:58:30Z
2009-09-09T17:58:30Z
2007
Working paper
2007-034
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36402
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362862018-10-24T11:02:23Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:33Z
urn:hdl:1793/36286
Access to Higher Education: Exploring the Variation among Research Universities in the Prevalence of Pell Grant Recipients
Steinberg, Matthew P.
Piraino, Patrizio
Haveman, Robert
The prevalence of low-income students at 148 public and private research universities is studied using receipt of a federal Pell Grant as a proxy for low-income status. The authors consider the factors that may contribute to variation among research universities in the prevalence of low-income students among the undergraduate student body and the extent to which an institution’s actual low-income prevalence deviates from their estimates.
2009-09-09T17:57:33Z
2009-09-09T17:57:33Z
2007
Working paper
2007-018
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36286
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364222018-10-24T11:03:17Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:40Z
urn:hdl:1793/36422
Globalization, Internationalization and U.S. Interest Groups
Wilson, Graham K.
The claims that globalization affects the balance of power among
interest groups, increases the structural power of some interests,
alters public policy preferences and may shift the site of
decision-making should not be deemed hardened truths.
2009-09-09T17:58:40Z
2009-09-09T17:58:40Z
2001
Working paper
2001-003
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36422
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/381332018-10-24T10:09:10Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-11-16T14:32:55Z
urn:hdl:1793/38133
Leadership and Reform: Mapping the Causal Pathways of Performance Information Use
Moynihan, Donald P.
Wright, Bradley E.
Pandey, Sanjay K.
The authors examine how leadership fosters performance data and influences the implementation of management reforms. They suggest that transformational leadership has a positive but indirect effect on the use of performance information via two mediating factors: goal clarity and organizational culture.
2009-11-16T14:32:55Z
2009-11-16T14:32:55Z
2009
Working Paper
2009-018
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38133
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/476982019-04-24T14:08:43Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-12-20T14:10:15Z
urn:hdl:1793/47698
Education and Health in Late-Life among High School Graduates: Cognitive versus Psychological Aspects of Human Capital
Herd, Pamela
Higher academic performance in high school plays a critical role in better health throughout life. Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, the report looks at links between educational attainment, high school academic performance, personality and psychological characteristics, and late-life health among high school graduates.
2010-12-20T14:10:15Z
2010-12-20T14:10:15Z
2010-12
Working Paper
2010-024
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/47698
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362562018-10-24T11:02:16Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:18Z
urn:hdl:1793/36256
Uncertainty, Context, and the Duration of International Agreements
Copelovitch, Mark S.
Putnam, Tonya L.
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 negotiate international agreements — is a significant determinant of states’ choices about the duration of international cooperation.
2009-09-09T17:57:18Z
2009-09-09T17:57:18Z
2007
Working paper
2007-036
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36256
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364282018-10-24T11:03:22Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:43Z
urn:hdl:1793/36428
Spots and Leopards: The Capacity of Systems to Change; First
Impression
Wilson, Graham K.
A consideration of David Vogel's book National Styles of
Regulation.
2009-09-09T17:58:43Z
2009-09-09T17:58:43Z
2002
Working paper
2002-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36428
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/464722018-10-25T08:20:49Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-09-28T19:58:32Z
urn:hdl:1793/46472
Creaming-Skimming, Parking and Other Intended and Unintended Effects of Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Services
Koning, Pierre
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
The authors' analysis finds that government-contracted private providers of job placement services in the Netherlands tend to focus on helping clients who are the easiest to place, a practice known as cream-skimming, when the providers are engaged through fully performance-contingent contracts. In addition, making contract payments fully contingent on performance appears to increase job placements, but not job duration, for more readily employable workers.
2010-09-28T19:58:32Z
2010-09-28T19:58:32Z
2010-09
Working Paper
2010-021
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46472
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363422018-10-24T11:02:32Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:01Z
urn:hdl:1793/36342
A Heckuva Job: How Management Failures
Doomed the Bush Administration
Moynihan, Donald P.
This extended review examines six volumes and discusses the Bush administration from a public management perspective.
2009-09-09T17:58:01Z
2009-09-09T17:58:01Z
2008
Working paper
2008-018
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36342
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364502018-10-24T11:03:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:54Z
urn:hdl:1793/36450
Child Mental Health and Human Capital Accumulation: The Case of ADHD Revisited
Fletcher, Jason
Wolfe, Barbara
The authors look at a sample of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. They confirm and extend findings by other analysts in terms of implications for schooling, and they explore implications for human capital of siblings.
2009-09-09T17:58:54Z
2009-09-09T17:58:54Z
2008
Working paper
2008-003
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36450
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363862018-10-24T11:03:06Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:23Z
urn:hdl:1793/36386
Perspectives on Economic Development from Site
Selection Magazine
Lopez, Yeri
Scholz, John Karl
The authors find that a Wisconsin presence is missing from an
influential magazine that professionals consult when they consider locations for
their businesses. The authors categorize themes in the journal's advertisements
and measure their prevalence.
2009-09-09T17:58:23Z
2009-09-09T17:58:23Z
2007
Working paper
2007-006
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36386
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363802018-10-24T11:02:35Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:20Z
urn:hdl:1793/36380
Enhancing the Feasibility of School Finance Reform
Reschovsky, Andrew
Langley, Adam
This paper describes a simulation model designed to analyze school funding reform proposals in Wisconsin. It includes a parallel current law model and the capacity to show any proposal's aggregate budgetary and distributional impacts. The simulations allow for alternative spending and property tax levy responses by individual districts in response to changes in state aid.
2009-09-09T17:58:20Z
2009-09-09T17:58:20Z
2009
Working paper
2009-007
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36380
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362142018-10-24T11:02:11Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:56Z
urn:hdl:1793/36214
Will the Euro
Eventually Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Reserve
Currency?
Chinn, Menzie D.
Frankel, Jeffrey A.
The euro is a plausible competitor to replace the dollar as the
leading currency central banks hold, just as the dollar replaced
the pound. Factors affecting the dollar's status include size of
the home country, inflation, exchange rate variability and size
of the relevant home financial center as measured by the
turnover in its foreign exchange market. The euro's success will
depend on whether the United Kingdom and enough other European
Union members join euroland so it becomes larger than the U.S.
economy and whether U.S. macroeconomic policy undermines
confidence in the value of the dollar, in the form of inflation
and depreciation. This paper is a substantial revision of an earlier work presented at a National
Bureau of Economic Research conference on current account sustainability.
2009-09-09T17:56:56Z
2009-09-09T17:56:56Z
2006
Working paper
2006-001
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36214
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363122018-10-24T11:02:23Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:46Z
urn:hdl:1793/36312
Happiness as a Complex Financial Phenomenon: The Financial and Psychological Adjustment to Widowhood in the U.S.
Holden, Karen
Kim, Jeungkun
Fontes, Angela
Using a sample of relatively young widows and widowers, this paper examines the relationship between psychological and financial well-being of the surviving spouse. For all married and widowed men and women, wealth and health shape financial satisfaction, but widowhood has a fairly selective effect. Controlling for financial satisfaction, the authors find that widows and widowers are more depressed than are married men and women.
2009-09-09T17:57:46Z
2009-09-09T17:57:46Z
2008
Working paper
2008-016
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36312
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362542018-10-24T11:02:15Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:17Z
urn:hdl:1793/36254
Private Information and the Monetary Model of Exchange Rates: Evidence from a Novel Data Set
Chinn, Menzie D.
Moore, Michael J.
The authors propose an exchange rate model that is a hybrid of the conventional specification with monetary fundamentals and the Evans-Lyons microstructure approach. They argue that the failure of the monetary model is principally due to private preference shocks that make the demand for money unstable. These shocks to liquidity preference are revealed through order flow. They estimate a model augmented with order flow variables, using a unique data set: almost 100 monthly observations on inter-dealer order flow on dollar/euro and dollar/yen. The augmented macroeconomic, or "hybrid," model exhibits out-of-sample forecasting improvement over the basic macroeconomic and random walk specifications.
2009-09-09T17:57:17Z
2009-09-09T17:57:17Z
2009
Working paper
2009-008
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36254
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364602018-10-24T11:03:16Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:59Z
urn:hdl:1793/36460
Strengthening the Social Dimension of the Lisbon Strategy
Zeitlin, Jonathan
The author introduces a discussion of how to strengthen the social dimension of the
Lisbon Strategy by focusing on the question of how best to implement the conclusion of the
spring 2007 European Council that "the common social objectives of Member States should be
better taken into account within the Lisbon Agenda."
2009-09-09T17:58:59Z
2009-09-09T17:58:59Z
2007
Working paper
2007-022
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36460
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363622018-10-24T11:02:35Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:11Z
urn:hdl:1793/36362
The Taxpayer
Bill of Rights (TABOR): A Solution to Wisconsin's Fiscal
Problems or a Prescription for Future Fiscal Crises?
Reschovsky, Andrew
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 rate of inflation means public
expenditures would become a smaller part of the economy even as the cost of those services,
especially health care and education, increase faster than inflation.
The author goes back to 1986 and calculates how much Wisconsin governments
could have spent under TABOR. He finds that results would
include reductions in programs that help the state's most
vulnerable residents, a downsizing of the University of
Wisconsin System and restrictions in school districts' ability
to provide quality education.
2009-09-09T17:58:11Z
2009-09-09T17:58:11Z
2004
Working paper
2004-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36362
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362342018-10-24T11:02:11Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:06Z
urn:hdl:1793/36234
China’s Current Account and Exchange Rate
Cheung, Yin-Wong
Chinn, Menzie D.
Fujii, Eiji
The authors examine whether the Chinese exchange rate is misaligned and how Chinese trade flows
respond to the exchange rate and to economic activity. They find, first, that the currency is
substantially below the value their cross-country estimates predicted. They also find that Chinese multilateral trade flows respond to relative prices.
2009-09-09T17:57:06Z
2009-09-09T17:57:06Z
2007
Working paper
2007-030
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36234
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364002018-10-24T11:03:11Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
urn:hdl:1793/36400
Economic Conditions and Poverty:
A Comparison of the 1980s and 1990s
Hoover, Gary A.
Wallace, Geoffrey L.
The authors first establish a benchmark for the relationship between poverty rates among family types and unemployment rates in the 1980s and 1990s. The authors then discuss possible reasons for the differences in responsiveness of family poverty to unemployment rates that this benchmark suggests.
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
2006
Working paper
2006-031
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36400
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362922018-10-24T11:02:25Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:36Z
urn:hdl:1793/36292
Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects?
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Lopez, Yeri
In a study of education projects in Honduras, the authors investigate whether participatory, community-driven approaches to social investment fund projects improve educational outcomes and community members’ perceptions of the projects’ effectiveness. Although they do not find significant effects of the education projects on academic outcomes of school-aged youth, they do observe a positive relationship between the use of participatory methods and household opinions of the projects.
2009-09-09T17:57:36Z
2009-09-09T17:57:36Z
2007
Working paper
2007-016
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36292
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364522018-10-24T11:03:28Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:55Z
urn:hdl:1793/36452
Education and Labor Market Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Evidence Using the Timing of Pregnancy Outcomes and Community Fixed Effects
Fletcher, Jason
Wolfe, Barbara
The authors explore the consequences of teen childbearing to the mother using a comparison group of pregnant teens who had miscarriages. Taking into account birth control choices, the timing of miscarriages, and community factors, they find evidence that teenage childbearing likely reduces the probability of receiving a high school diploma by 5 to 10 percentage points, reduces annual income as a young adult by $1,000 to $2,400, and may increase the probability of receiving cash assistance and decrease years of schooling.
2009-09-09T17:58:55Z
2009-09-09T17:58:55Z
2008
Working paper
2008-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36452
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363582018-10-24T11:02:34Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:09Z
urn:hdl:1793/36358
The Gap in Employment of High-Income
Professionals in Wisconsin
Nichols, Donald A.
A shortfall in employment of high-income professionals in Wisconsin, does
exist. The author attributes this to the absence of a mega city with a large financial and
business services sector.
2009-09-09T17:58:09Z
2009-09-09T17:58:09Z
2007
Working paper
2007-010
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36358
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/381392018-10-24T10:13:31Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-11-23T14:25:07Z
urn:hdl:1793/38139
Governance and Evidence-Based Medicine: Lessons from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
Weimer, David L.
The author explores whether an evidence-based governance arrangement based on the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network be applied to Medicare through a sketch of MedSAVE, an organization that would set reimbursement rates and reporting requirements for surgeries paid for by Medicare.
2009-11-23T14:25:07Z
2009-11-23T14:25:07Z
2009-11
Working Paper
2009-023
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38139
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362962018-10-24T11:02:26Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:38Z
urn:hdl:1793/36296
One Standard Fits All? The Pros and Cons
of Performance Standard Adjustments
Barnow, Burt S.
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Public performance measurement systems rarely use formal
performance standards adjustment procedures. After weighing the pros and cons and describing processes, the authors recommend how public sector performance measurement systems can be improved and argue this is a rich area for experimentation and academic research.
2009-09-09T17:57:38Z
2009-09-09T17:57:38Z
2008
Working paper
2008-023
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36296
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362082018-10-24T11:02:09Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:53Z
urn:hdl:1793/36208
Supply Capacity, Vertical Specialization
and Tariff Rates: The Implications for Aggregate U.S. Trade Flow Equations
Chinn, Menzie D.
This paper re-examines aggregate and disaggregate import and export demand functions
for the United States. This re-examination is warranted because income elasticities are
too high to be warranted by standard theories and because they remain high even when it is
assumed that supply factors are important. This finding suggests that the standard models
omit important factors. An empirical investigation suggests that rising importance of
vertical specialization combined with decreasing tariffs rates explains some of results.
Accounting for these factors yields more plausible estimates of income elasticities, as
well as smaller prediction errors.
2009-09-09T17:56:53Z
2009-09-09T17:56:53Z
2005
Working paper
2005-020
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36208
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363282018-10-24T11:02:31Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:54Z
urn:hdl:1793/36328
The Case for Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Capacity
Hou, Yilin
Moynihan, Donald P.
The authors suggest that state governments develop "counter-cyclical fiscal capacity" to create and use financial tools
to maintain spending and program stability when revenue drops. This would help avoid spending cuts and tax increases.
2009-09-09T17:57:54Z
2009-09-09T17:57:54Z
2007
Working paper
2007-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36328
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362762018-10-24T11:02:17Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:28Z
urn:hdl:1793/36276
Economic
Inequality in College Access, Matriculation, and Graduation
Haveman, Robert
Wilson, Kathryn
This paper concerns the extent to which colleges and
universities have succeeded in their desire to promote merit,
foster economic mobility, and serve youth from less advantaged
families.
2009-09-09T17:57:28Z
2009-09-09T17:57:28Z
2005
Working paper
2005-032
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36276
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362242018-10-24T11:02:06Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:01Z
urn:hdl:1793/36224
The Overvaluation of Renminbi Undervaluation
Cheung, Yin-Wong
Chinn, Menzie D.
Fujii, Eiji
The authors find little statistical that China's renminbi is
undervalued.
2009-09-09T17:57:01Z
2009-09-09T17:57:01Z
2007
Working paper
2007-002
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36224
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362662018-10-24T11:02:28Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:23Z
urn:hdl:1793/36266
Expectations
and Exchange Rate Policy
Devereux, Michael B.
Engel, Charles
Empirical evidence and theoretical discussion have long
emphasized the impact of "news" on exchange rates. In most exchange
rate models, the exchange rate acts as an asset price and, as such,
responds to news about future returns on assets. But the exchange
rate also plays a role in determining the relative price of
non-durable goods. This paper argues that these two roles may
conflict with one another when nominal goods prices are sticky. If
news about future asset returns causes movements in current exchange
rates, then when nominal prices are slow to adjust, this may prompt
changes in current relative goods prices that have no efficiency
rationale. In this sense, anticipations of future shocks to
fundamentals can cause current exchange rate misalignments. The
paper outlines a series of models in which an optimal policy
eliminates news shocks on exchange rates.
2009-09-09T17:57:23Z
2009-09-09T17:57:23Z
2006
Working paper
2006-008
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36266
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/486102018-10-24T11:49:25Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2011-03-02T20:20:15Z
urn:hdl:1793/48610
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Implementing a Sales Tax on Motor Fuels in Wisconsin
Coe, Kieran
Hartung, Adam
Russ, Jennifer
Smith, Adam
Whalen, Peter
This cost-benefit analysis devises a mixed-tax alternative to Wisconsin's 32.9 cent excise tax on motor fuel. The authors compare their alternative to the current tax and to three variations on the current policy that take inflation and sudden price changes into account. Changing from the status quo of 32.9 cents per gallon to the mixed-tax alternative could yield Wisconsin an additional $1.7 billion in total revenue from 2012 to 2020, if price shocks are considered.
2011-03-02T20:20:15Z
2011-03-02T20:20:15Z
2011-01
Working Paper
2011-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/48610
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363222018-10-24T11:02:30Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:51Z
urn:hdl:1793/36322
Learning under Uncertainty:
Networks in Crisis Management
Moynihan , Donald P.
This paper examines the nature of learning in networks
dealing with conditions of high uncertainty. It applies Koppenjan
and Klijns (2004) framework for understanding network uncertainty
to an extreme example: an inter-organizational crisis task force
dealing with an exotic animal disease. The paper identifies the
basic difficulties involved in learning under crisis conditions. The
task force had to learn most of the elements taken for granted in
more mature structural forms the nature of the structural
framework in which it was working, how to adapt that framework, the
role and actions appropriate for each individual, and how to deal
with unanticipated problems. The network pursued this learning in a
variety of ways. Most critically, the task force used standard
operating procedures to provide a form of network memory, and a
command and control structure to reduce institutional and strategic
uncertainty.
2009-09-09T17:57:51Z
2009-09-09T17:57:51Z
2005
Working paper
2005-028
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36322
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364482018-10-24T11:03:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:53Z
urn:hdl:1793/36448
Inequality and Health: Is Housing
Crowding the Link?
Maani, Sholeh A.
Vaithianathan, Rhema
Wolfe, Barbara
The authors propose a new mechanism through which income inequality can
influence health. They argue that increased income inequality induces household
crowding, which in turn leads to increased rates of infectious diseases.
2009-09-09T17:58:53Z
2009-09-09T17:58:53Z
2007
Working paper
2007-011
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36448
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363562018-10-24T11:02:31Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:08Z
urn:hdl:1793/36356
Wisconsin's Border Counties
Nichols, Donald A.
Given the tendency of some people to live in Wisconsin and commute to the
Twin Cities or Chicago metropolitan areas, Wisconsin border communities can
take steps to attract and retain these commuters.
2009-09-09T17:58:08Z
2009-09-09T17:58:08Z
2007
Working paper
2007-009
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36356
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/464642018-10-25T08:20:48Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-09-28T19:53:06Z
urn:hdl:1793/46464
Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Holzer, Harry J.
The authors review the evidence based on youth development policies for adolescents, programs seeking to improve educational attainment and employment for in-school youth, and programs that try to "reconnect" those who are out of school and frequently out of work to identify programmatic strategies that are promising or proven based on rigorous evaluations. They conclude that policy efforts need to promote a range of approaches to engage and reconnect youth, and to encourage ongoing evaluation efforts to improve understanding of what works, including which program components, for whom.
2010-09-28T19:53:06Z
2010-09-28T19:53:06Z
2010-09
Working Paper
2010-017
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46464
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362722018-10-24T11:02:12Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:26Z
urn:hdl:1793/36272
SCHIP Expansion and Parental Coverage: An Evaluation of
Wisconsin's BadgerCare
Wolfe, Barbara
Kaplan, Thomas
Haveman, Robert
Cho, Yoonyoung
In the wake of the expansion of Wisconsin's public
health-insurance program, this research explores the extent to
which a program like Wisconsin's BadgerCare reduces the
proportion of the low-income population without health-care
coverage.
2009-09-09T17:57:26Z
2009-09-09T17:57:26Z
2005
Working paper
2005-030
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36272
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363642018-10-24T11:02:35Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:12Z
urn:hdl:1793/36364
The Impact of State Government Fiscal
Crises on Local Governments and Schools
Reschovsky, Andrew
This paper discusses budgetary problems facing state
governments, and explores the relationship between state
government fiscal conditions and potential impacts on municipal
governments and school districts. It examines how state budget
cuts have affected the state funding of municipal governments
and how these governments are likely to respond to reductions in
state funding. The paper discusses the possibilities that the
state government budget crisis will increase unfunded mandates
imposed on local governments or result in an implicit shifting
of costs from the state to local governments. A version of
this paper was published in State and
Local Government Review,
vol. 36, no. 2, (Spring 2004): 86-102.
2009-09-09T17:58:12Z
2009-09-09T17:58:12Z
2004
Working paper
2004-007
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36364
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362642018-10-24T11:02:08Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:22Z
urn:hdl:1793/36264
The U.S.
Current Account Deficit and the Expected Share of World Output
Engel, Charles
Rogers, John H.
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 account is determined by the expected
discounted present value of its future share of world gross domestic
product relative to its current share of world gross domestic
product.
2009-09-09T17:57:22Z
2009-09-09T17:57:22Z
2006
Working paper
2006-007
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36264
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/464702018-10-25T08:22:05Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-09-28T19:57:21Z
urn:hdl:1793/46470
Temporary Help Work: Multiple Job-Holding and Compensating Differentials
Hamersma, Sarah
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
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 premium) relative to traditional jobs. They find lower quarterly earnings at THS jobs relative to non-THS jobs and a wage premium of $1 per hour for THS work that they suggest is largely explained by the much shorter duration of THS jobs.
2010-09-28T19:57:21Z
2010-09-28T19:57:21Z
2010-09
Working Paper
2010-020
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46470
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363462018-10-24T11:02:32Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:03Z
urn:hdl:1793/36346
The End of an Idea? The Bush Administration
and the Exhaustion of the Politicized Presidency
Moynihan, Donald P.
Roberts, Alasdair S.
The most
important component of the George
W. Bush administration's management agenda was the extension of the
politicized presidency. However, the strategy of increased tighter political control of the federal
bureaucracy largely failed: it undermined the Bush administration's policy goals and restoration of the institution of the presidency.
2009-09-09T17:58:03Z
2009-09-09T17:58:03Z
2008
Working paper
2008-024
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36346
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/385982018-10-24T13:57:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-01-22T18:32:26Z
urn:hdl:1793/38598
A Critical Review of Property Tax Relief in Wisconsin: The School Levy Credit and the First Dollar Credit
Reschovsky, Andrew
Wisconsin's school levy credit and first dollar credit are an expensive and highly inefficient means of providing property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers, this analysis suggests. In fact, they provide relatively little relief to homeowners and renters facing the highest property tax burdens.
2010-01-22T18:32:26Z
2010-01-22T18:32:26Z
2010-01
Working Paper
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38598
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364042018-10-24T11:03:12Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:32Z
urn:hdl:1793/36404
The Effects of Family Caps on the Subsequent Fertility Decisions of Never-Married Mothers
Wallace, Geoffrey L.
The author's estimates suggest that family caps designed to reduce fertility among welfare recipients by denying additional cash assistance to those who have children do not have an effect on subsequent child-bearing among never-married women.
2009-09-09T17:58:32Z
2009-09-09T17:58:32Z
2007
Working paper
2007-035
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36404
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363382018-10-24T11:02:30Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:59Z
urn:hdl:1793/36338
Public Service Motivation and Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations: Testing a Preliminary Model
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Wright, Bradley E.
Moynihan, Donald P.
This paper tests the relationships between individual levels of public service motivation and interpersonal citizenship behavior. The authors find that public service motivation increases organizational citizenship, even when accounting for the significant role of co-worker support.
2009-09-09T17:57:59Z
2009-09-09T17:57:59Z
2007
Working paper
2007-028
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36338
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362442018-10-24T11:02:13Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:12Z
urn:hdl:1793/36244
Nonlinearities, Business Cycles and Exchange Rates
Chinn, Menzie D.
The paper brings together the literature on exchange rate
models and monetary policy models, with special reference to the importance of output,
inflation gaps and exchange rate targets. It focuses on the dollar/euro exchange rate,
and the differential results arising from using alternative measures of the output gap for
the United States and the euro region.
2009-09-09T17:57:12Z
2009-09-09T17:57:12Z
2008
Working paper
2008-015
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36244
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362882018-10-24T11:02:24Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:34Z
urn:hdl:1793/36288
Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Work,
Earnings, and Neighborhood Quality
Carlson, Deven
Haveman, Robert
Kaplan, Thomas
Wolfe, Barbara
This analysis of the federal Section 8 housing voucher program finds that voucher recipients live in better neighborhoods within five years of receiving vouchers. The results also show that voucher receipt initially causes lower earnings, but these dissipate over time. The work and earnings effects from voucher receipt differ substantially across demographic groups.
2009-09-09T17:57:34Z
2009-09-09T17:57:34Z
2008
Working paper
2008-013
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36288
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/361982018-10-24T11:02:04Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:47Z
urn:hdl:1793/36198
Macroeconomic
Management and Financial Stability: The Implications for East
Asia
Chinn, Menzie D.
The determinants of economic and financial linkages between
developed and developing countries, with special focus on East
Asia, are explored. The paper discusses recent efforts to reform
the international financial architecture, and the conclusion
discusses prospects for adjustment in light of the empirical
relationships identified.
2009-09-09T17:56:47Z
2009-09-09T17:56:47Z
2004
Working paper
2004-001
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36198
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362602018-10-24T11:02:17Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:20Z
urn:hdl:1793/36260
Master or Servant?
Agency Slack and the Politics of IMF Lending
Copelovitch, Mark S.
This paper argues that states and International Monetary Fund bureaucrats exercise partial but incomplete control over the fund’s lending policies. Using an original dataset of IMF lending to 47 countries from 1984-2003, the author finds that "agency slack," or the extent of staff autonomy, is conditional on the intensity and heterogeneity of preferences among the IMF’s largest shareholder countries.
2009-09-09T17:57:20Z
2009-09-09T17:57:20Z
2007
Working paper
2007-039
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36260
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362382018-10-24T11:02:12Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:08Z
urn:hdl:1793/36238
The Euro May over the Next 15 Years Surpass the Dollar
as Leading International Currency
Chinn, Menzie D.
Frankel, Jeffrey A.
The euro has arisen as a credible eventual competitor to the dollar as leading
international currency, much as the dollar rose to challenge the pound 70 years ago. The authors find that the euro may surpass the dollar as the world's top reserve currency as soon as 2025.
2009-09-09T17:57:08Z
2009-09-09T17:57:08Z
2008
Working paper
2008-007
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36238
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363102018-10-24T11:02:18Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:45Z
urn:hdl:1793/36310
Grandparents to Grandchildren Transfers:
The Potential Importance to Younger Families’ Economic Stability
Fontes, Angela
Holden, Karen
Grandparents are more likely to give time and money to their grandchildren's families when grandparents are young, married and financially secure. They are more likely to assist grandchildren if they themselves were assisted or assisted their own children. Grandparents who continue to work are more likely to provide time and money assistance than nonworking grandparents, even controlling for age and income of grandparents. The authors conclude that grandparents may adjust their retirement plans to enable their adult children to fulfill child-rearing needs.
2009-09-09T17:57:45Z
2009-09-09T17:57:45Z
2008
Working paper
2008-009
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36310
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/486082018-10-24T11:43:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2011-03-02T20:18:54Z
urn:hdl:1793/48608
An Analysis of the Proposal to Reduce Revenue Limits for Wisconsin School Districts
Reschovsky, Andrew
If the Wisconsin governor's budget includes a mandated reduction of $500 per pupil in the sum of general aid received from the state and local property tax revenue, school districts would see an aggregate 7 percent reduction in allowable revenues relative to the 2010-11 revenue limit. In general, the districts with higher property values would face smaller percentage reductions in the revenue limits.
2011-03-02T20:18:54Z
2011-03-02T20:18:54Z
2011
Working Paper
2011-003
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/48608
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/381472018-10-24T13:54:19Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-11-30T14:07:57Z
urn:hdl:1793/38147
Local Air Quality and Climate Policy: Valuing Ancillary Benefits When the Debate is about Minimizing Costs
Meier, Paul
Holloway, Teresa
Nemet, Gregory F.
While air quality co-benefits have been prominently portrayed as a hedge against uncertainty in climate policy, this assessment finds that full inclusion of co-benefits depends on?rather than substitutes for?better valuation of climate damages.
2009-11-30T14:07:57Z
2009-11-30T14:07:57Z
2009-11-24
Working Paper
2009-025
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38147
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363362018-10-24T11:02:29Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:58Z
urn:hdl:1793/36336
The Ties that Bind:
Social Networks, Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Moynihan, Donald P.
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 that external networks increase turnover intention. In addition, an employee whose personal values mesh with those of the organization are more likely to make a long-term commitment to that organization.
2009-09-09T17:57:58Z
2009-09-09T17:57:58Z
2007
Working paper
2007-027
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36336
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364242018-10-24T11:03:18Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:41Z
urn:hdl:1793/36424
Importing Cooperation
Wilson, Graham K.
in the late 1990s, Wisconsin adapted an environmental
governance model from the Netherlands and Bavaria to create
Green Tier, a comprehensive approach to environmental protection
that creates a new governance structure to improve the
performance of agriculture and industry.
2009-09-09T17:58:41Z
2009-09-09T17:58:41Z
2002
Working paper
2002-002
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36424
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363742018-10-24T11:02:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:17Z
urn:hdl:1793/36374
Fiscal Conditions in Selected
Metropolitan Areas
Chernick, Howard
Reschovsky, Andrew
This paper presents the initial steps to better understand
the current fiscal condition of local governments within
metropolitan areas and to establish the extent to which fiscal
disparities exist within a sample of U.S. metropolitan areas. The
primary focus is to determine the extent to which fiscal
institutions within a metropolitan area taxing authority,
mandates, expenditure responsibilities, intergovernmental
grants-in-aid, regional governance contribute to the fiscal health
of local governments within metropolitan areas.
2009-09-09T17:58:17Z
2009-09-09T17:58:17Z
2006
Working paper
2006-011
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36374
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/472352018-10-24T10:42:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-11-12T17:22:11Z
urn:hdl:1793/47235
Revenue Diversification and the Financing of Large American Central Cities
Chernick, Howard
Langley, Adam
Reschovsky, Andrew
The authors develop the concept of constructed governments to compare the revenue-raising policies of large central cities and related overlying governments. They explore whether revenue diversification supports higher levels of government spending. Using central city fiscal data and information on state sales tax rates, they also explore vertical tax competition between states and their large cities.
2010-11-12T17:22:11Z
2010-11-12T17:22:11Z
2010-11
Working Paper
2010-022
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/47235
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363502018-10-24T11:02:33Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:05Z
urn:hdl:1793/36350
Cost Containment for Climate Policy Requires Linked
Technology Policies
Nemet, Gregory F.
Safety valves, discretionary advisory boards, and other cost containment
mechanisms enhance the political feasibility of stringent climate
policy by limiting firms’ and households’ exposures to higher
than anticipated costs associated with reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
However, cost containment comes at a price; it increases the
risk of climate-related damages and it also discourages investments in
low-carbon innovation.
2009-09-09T17:58:05Z
2009-09-09T17:58:05Z
2008
Working paper
2008-010
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36350
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363942018-10-24T11:03:09Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:27Z
urn:hdl:1793/36394
The Color
of Devolution: Race, Federalism, and the Politics of Social
Control
Soss, Joe
Fording, Richard
Schram, Sanford F.
Through analysis of state-level policy decisions, the authors
show how modest but consistent racial effects on policy choices
combine to produce large disparities in welfare and criminal
justice policies encountered by members of different racial
groups.
2009-09-09T17:58:27Z
2009-09-09T17:58:27Z
2006
Working paper
2006-026
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36394
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362842018-10-24T11:02:23Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:32Z
urn:hdl:1793/36284
The Chicago O'Hare Expansion: A Case Study of Administrative Manipulation of Benefit-Cost Principles
Haveman, Robert
The author describes the application of benefit-cost analysis
principles by the Federal Aviation Administration to a major
infrastructure investment proposal: the expansion of OHare
International Airport.
2009-09-09T17:57:32Z
2009-09-09T17:57:32Z
2006
Working paper
2006-022
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36284
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362502018-10-24T11:02:15Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:15Z
urn:hdl:1793/36250
Private Information and the Monetary Model of Exchange Rates:
Evidence from a Novel Data Set
Chinn, Menzie D.
Moore, Michael J.
The proposed exchange rate model argues that the failure of the monetary model is principally due to
private preference shocks that render the demand for money unstable.
2009-09-09T17:57:15Z
2009-09-09T17:57:15Z
2009
Working paper
2009-003
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36250
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364342018-10-24T11:03:23Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:46Z
urn:hdl:1793/36434
Policy Transfer Versus Varieties of Capitalism in
Environmental Policy
Wilson, Graham K.
This paper considers why interest in transfer policies from
one country's government to another nation seems to be
increasing.
2009-09-09T17:58:46Z
2009-09-09T17:58:46Z
2003
Working paper
2003-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36434
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/382472018-10-24T13:54:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-12-17T18:45:22Z
urn:hdl:1793/38247
Do Rising Property Taxes Lead the Elderly to Move from their Homes?
Reschovsky, Andrew
Caruth, Bradley
Boldt, Rebecca
This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, these findings suggest that property taxes throughout the country have little effect on people's decisions to move, especially among older adults.
2009-12-17T18:45:22Z
2009-12-17T18:45:22Z
2009-12
Working Paper
2009-026
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38247
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362122018-10-24T11:02:10Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:55Z
urn:hdl:1793/36212
Why the
Renminbi Might be Overvalued (But Probably Isn't)
Cheung, Yin-Wong
Chinn, Menzie D.
Fujii, Eiji
The authors find that some approaches for evaluating China's
renminbi imply substantial underevaluation, while others imply
little or none, and other methods indicate slight overevaluation.
2009-09-09T17:56:55Z
2009-09-09T17:56:55Z
2005
Working paper
2005-029
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36212
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362982018-10-24T11:02:26Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:39Z
urn:hdl:1793/36298
Supplemental Education Services
under No Child Left Behind:
Who Signs Up, and What Do They Gain?
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Meyer, Robert H.
Whitten, Gregory
A federally mandated and funded tutoring program in Milwaukee Public Schools is not necessarily reaching the people who need the help the most, nor is it effective in increasing student achievement. The authors integrate qualitative and quantitative data from a large-scale study of supplemental educational services offered under the No Child Left Behind Act to assess the effectiveness of these services.
2009-09-09T17:57:39Z
2009-09-09T17:57:39Z
2009
Working paper
2009-010
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36298
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362462018-10-24T11:02:14Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:13Z
urn:hdl:1793/36246
A Faith-based Initiative:
Does a Flexible Exchange Rate Regime Really
Facilitate Current Account Adjustment?
Chinn, Menzie D.
Wei, Shang-Jin
The authors find no strong tie between exchange rate regime flexibility and the rate of current account reversion, even after accounting for economic development, trade and capital account openness. They also find that the endogenous selection of exchange rate regimes does not explain the observed lack of correlation.
2009-09-09T17:57:13Z
2009-09-09T17:57:13Z
2008
Working paper
2008-019
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36246
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/461342018-10-24T10:04:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-08-11T14:24:26Z
urn:hdl:1793/46134
Are Property Taxes Forcing the Elderly Out of their Homes?
Reschovsky, Andrew
Boldt, Rebecca
Caruth, Bradley
This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, these findings suggest that property taxes throughout the country have little effect on people's decisions to move, especially among older adults.
2010-08-11T14:24:26Z
2010-08-11T14:24:26Z
2010-08
Working Paper
2010-014
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46134
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363442018-10-24T11:02:32Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:02Z
urn:hdl:1793/36344
The Network Governance of Crisis Response: Case Studies of Incident Command Systems
Moynihan, Donald P.
This examination of hierarchical incident command systems (ICS) used in crises explores how the network properties of crisis responses fundamentally affect ICS operations in terms of coordination, authority and trust.
2009-09-09T17:58:02Z
2009-09-09T17:58:02Z
2008
Working paper
2008-020
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36344
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/387842018-10-24T11:49:24Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-02-15T19:35:15Z
urn:hdl:1793/38784
Comparative Advantage, Firm Heterogeneity, and Selection of Exporters
Kamata, Isao
This investigation explores how a country's fraction of exporting domestic firms differs across industries, depending on a country's comparative advantage. It shows that the correlation between the exporter fractions and industry skill intensities is greater for a country with an abundance of higher skilled workers.
2010-02-15T19:35:15Z
2010-02-15T19:35:15Z
2010-02
Working Paper
2010-005
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/38784
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363682018-10-24T11:02:29Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:14Z
urn:hdl:1793/36368
Does No
Child Left Behind Place a Fiscal Burden on States? Evidence
from Texas
Imazeki, Jennifer
Reschovsky, Andrew
The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires
states to establish goals for all students and for groups of
students characterized by race, ethnicity, poverty, disability
and limited English proficiency. The law requires schools to
make annual progress in meeting these goals. In a number of
states, officials have argued that increased federal education
funding is not sufficient to cover these imposed costs. This
paper uses data from Texas to estimate the additional costs of
meeting the new student performance standards and finds that
these costs substantially exceed federal funding.
2009-09-09T17:58:14Z
2009-09-09T17:58:14Z
2005
Working paper
2005-006
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36368
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364382018-10-24T11:03:25Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:48Z
urn:hdl:1793/36438
The
Political Economy of School Choice
Witte, John F.
Shober, Arnold F.
Schlomer, Paul A.
Engle, Par Jason
This analysis of the complex political economy of school
choice, primarily as it has developed in Wisconsin, focuses on
how various forms of choicemagnet and private contract schools, open enrollment, vouchers
and charter schoolsinteract and compete with
each other.
2009-09-09T17:58:48Z
2009-09-09T17:58:48Z
2004
Working paper
2004-002
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36438
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362402018-10-24T11:02:13Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:10Z
urn:hdl:1793/36240
A Faith-Based Initiative: Do We Really Know that a Flexible Exchange Rate Regime Facilitates Current Account Adjustment?
Chinn, Menzie D.
Wei, Shang-Jin
The authors show that data do not support the assertion that a flexible exchange rate regime would facilitate current account adjustment.
2009-09-09T17:57:10Z
2009-09-09T17:57:10Z
2008
Working paper
2008-008
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36240
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363902018-10-24T11:03:07Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:25Z
urn:hdl:1793/36390
The Political
Roots of Disability Claims: How State Environments and Policies
Shape Citizen Demands
Soss, Joe
Keiser, Lael R.
By examining a model of welfare demand in the Social
Security Disability Insurance and the Supplemental Security
Income programs, the authors test the hypothesis that state
environments shape aggregate rates of welfare demand. They find
that in addition to citizens' needs for government assistance,
the density of civil society organizations, state officials'
political perspectives and programs' generosity shape citizen
demands on the welfare system. They call for a model of
welfare-claiming behavior that accounts for differences across
programs and stages of the claiming process.
2009-09-09T17:58:25Z
2009-09-09T17:58:25Z
2005
Working paper
2005-004
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36390
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363922018-10-24T11:03:09Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:26Z
urn:hdl:1793/36392
A Public Transformed? Welfare Reform
as Policy Feedback
Soss, Joe
Schram, Sanford F.
While welfare reform in the 1990s made welfare less salient as a
public issue, the authors show that it did little to change the public's
willingness to spend on anti-poverty efforts or to support the Democratic Party.
After presenting relevant evidence from national survey data,
the authors advance a general set of propositions to explain
welfare reform's limited effects on mass opinion.
2009-09-09T17:58:26Z
2009-09-09T17:58:26Z
2006
Working paper
2006-025
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36392
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363822018-10-24T11:02:37Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:21Z
urn:hdl:1793/36382
State and Federal Aid to Wisconsin School
Districts in Fiscal Year 2010
Reschovsky, Andrew
For many Wisconsin districts, the decline in state aid will be larger than the additional federal funding many will receive as part of the stimulus package.
2009-09-09T17:58:21Z
2009-09-09T17:58:21Z
2009
Working paper
2009-014
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36382
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362162018-10-24T11:02:03Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:57Z
urn:hdl:1793/36216
Conventional and Unconventional
Approaches to Exchange Rate Modeling and Assessment
Alquist, Ron
Chinn, Menzie D.
With a new approach, the authors examine the relative predictive
power of the sticky price monetary model, uncovered interest parity,
and a transformation of the net exports variable.
2009-09-09T17:56:57Z
2009-09-09T17:56:57Z
2006
Working paper
2006-016
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36216
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/490052018-10-24T11:08:25Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2011-03-28T19:34:51Z
urn:hdl:1793/49005
Reducing Health-Care Associated Infections: An Organizational How-To Guide
Moynihan, Donald P.
Safdar, Nasia
The authors apply concepts of organizational theory to the empirical study of efforts to improve the safety of hospital patients. By identifying elements of efforts to improve safety, they outline a model of organizational change that charts how best to unfreeze an existing process, introducing a change and then freezing the change into a new process.
2011-03-28T19:34:51Z
2011-03-28T19:34:51Z
2011-03
Working Paper
2011-005
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/49005
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363002018-10-24T11:02:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:40Z
urn:hdl:1793/36300
Third-Party Governance under No Child Left Behind: Accountability and Performance
Management Challenges
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
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 the relationship between the performance of service providers and their shares of the participating students and finds little correlation between the two.
2009-09-09T17:57:40Z
2009-09-09T17:57:40Z
2009
Working paper
2009-011
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36300
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363062018-10-24T11:02:08Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:43Z
urn:hdl:1793/36306
Do
Newly Retired Workers in the U.S. Have Sufficient Resources to
Maintain Well-Being?
Haveman, Robert
Holden, Karen
Wolfe, Barbara
Sherlund, Shane
This paper explores whether older adults have the resources they need beyond Social Security to maintain economic
well-being after they retire. The discussion examines motivations for accumulating wealth
to save for retirement and ponders resources available upon retirement.
2009-09-09T17:57:43Z
2009-09-09T17:57:43Z
2005
Working paper
2005-012
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36306
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362702018-10-24T11:02:09Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:25Z
urn:hdl:1793/36270
What Does Increased Economic Inequality Imply about the Future
Level and Dispersion of Human Capital?
Campbell, Mary
Haveman, Robert
Sandefur, Gary D.
Wolfe, Barbara
With longitudinal data on 1,200 children, the authors consider whether the persistent increase
in economic inequality among families and geographic areas has implications for the levels
of educational attainment of children in those situations.
2009-09-09T17:57:25Z
2009-09-09T17:57:25Z
2005
Working paper
2005-013
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36270
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/364422018-10-24T11:03:26Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:50Z
urn:hdl:1793/36442
The Devil May Be in the Details: How the Characteristics of
SCHIP Programs Affect Take-Up
Wolfe, Barbara
Scrivner, Scott
Snyder , Andrew
The paper explores
whether the specific design of a states Childrens Health
Insurance Program has contributed to its success in
meeting two objectivesnamely, whether the program has been successful in reducing the proportion of the
targeted population that is uninsured and whether this has been accomplished without a significant reduction in
private coverage.
2009-09-09T17:58:50Z
2009-09-09T17:58:50Z
2003
Working paper
2003-001
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36442
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363142018-10-24T11:02:28Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:47Z
urn:hdl:1793/36314
Financial Literacy Programs
Targeted on Pre-School Children:
Development and Evaluation
Holden, Karen
Kalish, Charles
Scheinholtz, Laura
Dietrich, Deanna
Novak, Beatriz
This review of financial literacy programs for preschool-age children finds they tend to concentrate on concrete
lessons without consideration of underlying concepts to be taught. They also do not consider
the cognitive ability of children to grasp the concepts, nor the behavior and timing of
behaviors that financial literacy educators seek to improve.
2009-09-09T17:57:47Z
2009-09-09T17:57:47Z
2009
Working paper
2009-009
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36314
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/464682018-10-25T08:21:27Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-09-28T19:56:02Z
urn:hdl:1793/46468
How Credible is the Evidence, and Does It Matter? An Analysis of the Program Assessment Rating Tool
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
This study empirically examines the quality of evidence that agencies provided to the Office of Management and Budget in assessments using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART), which was introduced in 2002 to strengthen the process for evaluating public program effectiveness and holding agencies accountable for results. The author finds some significant, positive associations between the quality of evidence and PART ratings, but no discernible consequences for program funding over time.
2010-09-28T19:56:02Z
2010-09-28T19:56:02Z
2010-09
Working Paper
2010-019
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46468
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362942018-10-24T11:02:25Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:37Z
urn:hdl:1793/36294
The Design and Dynamics of Performance Measurement Systems in the Public Sector
Heinrich, Carolyn J.
Marschke, Gerald R.
The authors use the principal-agent framework to synthesize theoretical and empirical knowledge of the implementation of performance management systems in the public sector. They describe a dynamic
framework to account for individuals' strategic
behavior over time.
2009-09-09T17:57:37Z
2009-09-09T17:57:37Z
2008
Working paper
2008-022
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36294
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362802018-10-24T11:02:18Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:30Z
urn:hdl:1793/36280
Do Youth Nonmarital Childbearing Choices Reflect Expected Income and Relationship Consequences?
Wolfe, Barbara
Haveman, Robert
Pence, Karen
Schwabish, Jonathan
The authors explore whether the perceptions unmarried,
adolescent females have about the consequences of choices they
make affect those choices and the teens' behavior. The analysis
considers expectations about marriage and cohabitation and about
income.
2009-09-09T17:57:30Z
2009-09-09T17:57:30Z
2006
Working paper
2006-020
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36280
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363542018-10-24T11:02:26Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:07Z
urn:hdl:1793/36354
Living Costs and Taxes in Wisconsin
Nichols, Donald A.
The author takes on the task of
looking at how the cost of living, including taxes, affects migration to
Wisconsin, especially the decisions of young, highly educated people to relocate
in the Badger State.
2009-09-09T17:58:07Z
2009-09-09T17:58:07Z
2007
Working paper
2007-008
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36354
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363962018-10-24T11:03:10Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:28Z
urn:hdl:1793/36396
Searching for a Way off Welfare: A Structural
Competing Risk Model of AFDC Durations
Wallace, Geoffrey L.
The author's analysis considers how the search for a job or a marriage partner might affect participation in Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
2009-09-09T17:58:28Z
2009-09-09T17:58:28Z
2000
Working paper
2000-003
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36396
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/361962018-10-24T11:02:03Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:46Z
urn:hdl:1793/36196
Child Support in the United States: An Uncertain and Irregular Income Source?
Cancian, Maria
Meyer, Daniel R.
While most mothers with child-support orders receive support, the amount
they receive varies
substantially, the
researchers find upon examining the situations of 14,729
Wisconsin mothers with new
child support orders in 2000. Drawing on data from 2001-2003,
this study finds that variation in child-support income varies
year to year and within a year. More than one-third of families
experienced declines or increases of $1,000 or more in support
from one year to the next.
2009-09-09T17:56:46Z
2009-09-09T17:56:46Z
2005
Working paper
2005-017
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36196
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/523812018-10-24T10:53:04Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2011-04-19T13:11:34Z
urn:hdl:1793/52381
The Impact of the Great Recession and the Housing Crisis on the Financing of America's Largest Cities
Reschovsky, Andrew
Chernick, Howard
Langley, Adam
2011-04-19T13:11:34Z
2011-04-19T13:11:34Z
2011-04
Working Paper
2011-008
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/52381
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/461362018-10-24T10:05:33Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-08-11T18:31:28Z
urn:hdl:1793/46136
U.S. Health Care Reform: A Primer and an Assessment
Haveman, Robert
Wolfe, Barbara
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 act, and offer their appraisal of the reform.
2010-08-11T18:31:28Z
2010-08-11T18:31:28Z
2010-08
Working Paper
2010-013
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46136
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/463092018-10-24T11:22:16Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2010-09-20T13:05:53Z
urn:hdl:1793/46309
How Large Is Wisconsin's Budget Gap for the 2011-13 Biennium?
Reschovsky, Andrew
With adjustments to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's July 2010 determination of Wisconsin's fiscal condition at the beginning of the upcoming biennium, the author estimates as much as a $3 billion structural fiscal deficit for 2011-13. He adjusts the LFB number for to account for both increases in the costs of providing public services and the additional revenues that economic growth will generate.
2010-09-20T13:05:53Z
2010-09-20T13:05:53Z
2010-09
Working Paper
2010-016
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/46309
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/361942018-10-24T11:02:02Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:43Z
urn:hdl:1793/36194
Knowledge of Child Support
Policy Rules: How Little We Know
Cancian, Maria
Meyer, Daniel R.
Nam, Kisun
People participating in a demonstration project on Wisconsin child
support and welfare had little knowledge about child support
policy rules. This research, one of the few that examine how
much individuals know about policy rules that could affect them,
suggests that poeple tend to learn policy rules through
experience. The authors find less consistent support for
knowledge being imparted during interactions with caseworkers.
They discuss the implications of the lack of participant
knowledge for policy evaluations.
2009-09-09T17:56:43Z
2009-09-09T17:56:43Z
2005
Working paper
2005-016
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36194
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362582018-10-24T11:02:16Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:19Z
urn:hdl:1793/36258
Choose Your Weapon: International Trade
Agreements and Exchange Rate Policy Choice
Copelovitch, Mark S.
Pevehouse, Jon C.
This paper examines the question of whether governments engage in "exchange rate protection" - that is, whether they actively manipulate the exchange rate and/or utilize exchange rate fluctuations as a lever to influence the terms of trade. Using data on 21 countries from 1975-1999, the paper identifies specific conditions under which governments use exchange rate policy as a substitute for trade protection.
2009-09-09T17:57:19Z
2009-09-09T17:57:19Z
2007
Working paper
2007-038
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36258
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363302018-10-24T11:02:17Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:55Z
urn:hdl:1793/36330
The Normative Model in Decline?
Public Service Motivation in the Age of Governance
Moynihan, Donald P.
This paper examines how public management reforms that foster market values (through performance measurement, financial incentives and contracting out) crowd-out the public service motivation of employees. The flaws of the market model in practice means that it encourages opportunistic behavior, making it even more important that the public sector curtails financial motivators, encourages intrinsic motivation and selects people who are not primarily driven by self-interest.
2009-09-09T17:57:55Z
2009-09-09T17:57:55Z
2007
Working paper
2007-021
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36330
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363182018-10-24T11:02:29Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:49Z
urn:hdl:1793/36318
Crisis
Management Policy and Hierarchical Networks
Moynihan, Donald P.
In crisis situations, good public management combines the
virtues of networks and hierarchies. For most complex
emergencies, no single organization can comprehensively meet the
challenge, so a network becomes necessary. However, networks
actors often cannot act quickly, collectively and decisively, so
crisis management overlays a hierarchical structure on the
network of actors involved. Network characteristics such as
mutual trust remain important for a successful response to the
crisis, but the actors operate within a clear chain of command
that emphasizes authority and standard operating procedures.
2009-09-09T17:57:49Z
2009-09-09T17:57:49Z
2005
Working paper
2005-022
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36318
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/362062018-10-24T11:02:07Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:56:52Z
urn:hdl:1793/36206
A Primer on Real
Effective Exchange Rates: Determinants, Overvaluation, Trade
Flows and Competitive Devaluation
Chinn, Menzie D.
The author discusses alternative measures of
effective exchange rates in the context
of their theoretical underpinnings and actual construction.
Focusing on contemporary indices and
recently developed econometric methods, he examines the empirical
characteristics of these differing series, including the exchange rates for the United States, the
euro area and several East Asian countries. Case studies illustrate the issues that confront the applied economist or
policymaker in using the measures of real effective exchange rates available.
2009-09-09T17:56:52Z
2009-09-09T17:56:52Z
2005
Working paper
2005-019
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36206
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363202018-10-24T11:02:38Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:57:50Z
urn:hdl:1793/36320
Bureaucratic Red Tape and Organizational Performance: Testing
the Moderating Role of Culture and Political Support
Pandey, Sanjay K.
Moynihan, Donald P.
While targeting bureaucratic red tape is a component of most
real-world efforts to improve the effectiveness of government
agencies, academic work has not attempted to understand and develop
the implications of red tape for agency performance. This paper
builds upon developments in the performance management and red tape
literatures to propose and test a model of performance that
explicitly accounts for red tape. Our findings show that
bureaucratic red tape in human resource systems and information
systems impede performance. We also find that organizations with a
developmental culture (characterized by flexibility, readiness,
adaptability and growth) are better able to deal with negative
effects of red tape than organizations that lack these cultural
characteristics.
2009-09-09T17:57:50Z
2009-09-09T17:57:50Z
2005
Working paper
2005-026
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36320
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/363982018-10-24T11:03:10Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
urn:hdl:1793/36398
An Assessment of Several Marriage Market
Related Explanations for the Decline in Female
Marriage Rates Between 1970 and 1980
Wallace, Geoffrey L.
This examination of the role of how marriage market conditions affected the decline in 1970-80 female marriage rates documents the importance of changes in mate availability and quality. Much of the decrease in marriage rates among White females ages 18 to 30 remains unexplained. Increases in school enrollment and deterioration of marriage market conditions were important in accounting for the decline in marriage rates among Black females ages 18 to 30.
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
2009-09-09T17:58:29Z
2006
Working paper
2006-030
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/36398
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
oai:minds.wisconsin.edu:1793/490072018-10-24T11:09:30Zcom_1793_35957com_1793_8334col_1793_36091
2011-03-28T19:35:53Z
urn:hdl:1793/49007
Financial Globalization and China
Chinn, Menzie D.
Ito, Hiro
This paper looks into the relationship between financial globalization and China's economic development. The authors suggest that China may need to reform its financial institutions and systems to accommodate more market mechanisms in the allocation of capital.
2011-03-28T19:35:53Z
2011-03-28T19:35:53Z
2011-03
Working Paper
2011-006
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/49007
en_US
La Follette School Working Papers
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