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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Economic stimulus"”.
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New Mexico Tourism: Conflict and Cooperation in the Land of Enchantment
… But these tourist attractions have also brought economic stimulus to these areas, which has brought about a need for cooperation and compromise between the groups as they have negotiated how tourism should operate in the areas.</p>
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Liquidity Shocks and the Demand for Pawn Loans
… and exploiting the randomized variation of the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008, this paper studies the effect of positive liquidity shocks on pawn loan utilization. We uncover a statistically significant 67% decrease in pawn loan utilization in the week following receipt of ESP checks. …
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Dual mandates or dueling mandates : federal energy efficiency programs and the Recovery Act
… are being used to accomplish more than just the economic stimulus and job creation goals that led to its signing. The Obama Administration has embarked on a journey to develop a self-sustaining energy efficiency retrofit market. Doing so will require more than meeting the quantitative goals of …
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Belief propagation analysis in two-player games for peer-influence social networks
… we introduce population-focused actions, such as economic stimulus projects, which when used by the players result in long-lasting changes in the beliefs of the agents in the network.
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The Industrial Development Corporation's Distressed Funding: Effectiveness in rescuing distressed companies following the global financial crisis
… economies in the world and evolved into a world economic downturn. Governments around the world introduced different rescue interventions to avoid the collapse of the financial and banking system and to stimulate economic growth. In addition to large scale economic stimulus packages, other forms …
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Maple Syrup in Appalachia: A Sustainable Economic Development Opportunity
… lag behind much of the country in key socioeconomic indicators. There is a need for economic development opportunities that leverage the region's natural resources in a sustainable manner. This study investigates the feasibility of using maple syrup production as an economic development …
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New Trends In Wilderness Designation and The Boulder-White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
… for wilderness designation and to promote economic stimulus to rural communities. As federal land conveyances deal with the public domain, certain statues and regulations govern public land transfers in order to protect the public interest. This paper also analyzes the effect of federal …
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New Trends In Wilderness Designation and The Boulder-White Cloud Mountains, Idaho
… for wilderness designation and to promote economic stimulus to rural communities. As federal land conveyances deal with the public domain, certain statues and regulations govern public land transfers in order to protect the public interest. This paper also analyzes the effect of federal …
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Reading the tea leaves : the Tea Party movement, the conservative establishment and the collapse of climate change legislation
… in response to the Obama Administration's economic stimulus package and later coalesced around opposition to universal health care, union collective bargaining rights, and raising the debt ceiling. In a less visible fashion, however, the movement has also set its sights on another …
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Do Professional Sports Franchises And Professional Sports Stadiums Have Any Effect On Employment In A City?
… franchise provides any type of significant economic stimulus to a city. There are those who have engaged in this debate who believe the potential impact of these events to be significant and positive for a city. There are others who believe the potential impact of these events to be …
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Design and the Politics of Knowledge in America, 1937-1967: Walter Gropius, Gyorgy Kepes
… establishing new cultural, political, and economic agency for the designer. The constitution of this agency and its limits is the central historical and conceptual problem of this dissertation. From their strategic positions on architectural faculties at Harvard University and the …
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Would a ‘flat tax’ simplify the UK’s corporation tax legislation and reduce the associated compliance costs?
… has focussed more on issues such as a potential economic stimulus on the introduction of such a tax, an important claim of flat tax supporters is that its introduction would simplify the current UK tax legislation. There would therefore appear to be a clear and worthwhile link to explore between …
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Financial Crisis and Bank Lending Behavior in Nigeria
… transmission channel with significant impact on economic growth in Nigeria. The research was conducted to test the hypothesis that given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) / government financial intervention, there is a significant increase in the lending behavior of Nigerian bank during and post …
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Modeling and Analysis of a Feedstock Logistics Problem
… emission of greenhouse gas, and (3) to create an economic stimulus within the United States. Switchgrass is the biomass of choice for the Southeastern United States. In this dissertation, we address a feedstock logistics problem associated with the delivery of switchgrass for conversion into …