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Showing 1 to 20 of 689 for “"Mandates"”.
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Dual mandates or dueling mandates : federal energy efficiency programs and the Recovery Act
In February 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) into law, providing billions of dollars in funding for federal energy efficiency programs. ARRA represented different things to different people and the programs it funds are being used to accomplish …
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The impact of biofuel mandates on land use
… Union is attributed mainly to the binding mandates, Renewable Fuel Standard in the US and European Directive on the Promotion of Renewable Energy in the EU. The mandates have triggered production of first generation technologies that have been around for centuries and use food crops like …
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Lender identity, lender equity and project finance debt mandates
… wait’. Cross-sectional tests indicate that debt mandates where lenders hold equity positions in the borrower experience higher abnormal returns, suggesting lender equity conveys important signals of information asymmetry reduction. In terms of lender identity tests, mandates from mining partners …
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Land use planning mandates: a quest for legal certainty
… with regard to the exercise of planning law mandates of the respective spheres of government in South Africa. An attempt is made to uncover the reasons for the lack of legal certainty by looking at the pre-1994 planning regime and the regulatory framework inherited by the new dispensation. …
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Comprehensive School Improvement Mandates : The Challenge For Iowa's Small Schools
The problem. The problem of this study was to describe how educators from Iowa's small districts understood the intent of House File 2272 and how they implemented that legislation. Further, this study sought recommendations from educators for legislators to consider in making future policy. This …
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The Impact of Undocumented Immigration on Unfunded Mandates and Government Effectiveness
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of undocumented immigration on the United States, specifically the economic implications they may carry and the government effectiveness in managing this population. Utilizing the method of qualitative content analysis, this study examined the …
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Cultural mandates, artistic missions, and "The Welfare of Palestine," 1876-1948
This dissertation investigates the changing landscape for artistic production in Palestine from the last decades of Ottoman rule until the establishment of the State of Israel (1876-1948). The development of new artistic practices and exhibition spaces occurred against a political backdrop in near …
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Mandates for Monetary and Macro-Prudential Policy in a New Keynesian Behavioural Framework
Cotutelle Promotion der Universität Bielefeld und der University of Surrey, FASS School of Economics
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Impact of No Child Left Behind Act Mandates on the Roles of Paraprofessionals
… increased. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates have brought about increased requirements and certification for all paraprofessionals. Although these mandates have undergone extensive study, very little research has been conducted on how paraprofessionals feel this legislation has …
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North Carolina Home Economics Teachers' Attitudes Toward Recent Legislative Mandates in Home Economics
The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of secondary home economics teachers toward: (1)eliminating sex discrimination; (2)preparation of students for entry into occupations that utilize home economics related knowledge and skills and (3)providing instruction in regular classes to …
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Federal mandates and mortgage supply : regression discontinuity analyses of the community reinvestment and GSE Acts.
In this dissertation, I provide evidence of the causal impact on mortgage supply of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and the "Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Act", laws requiring banks and the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac), respectively, to help improve credit access for low-income …
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The constitutionality of the Illinois Waiver of Educational Mandates Act: Legislative use of the joint resolution
… 89-3 entitled the Illinois Waiver of Educational Mandates Act (Act). The purpose of the Act was to provide individual school districts the opportunity to modify or waive certain provisions of the Illinois School Code or State Board of Education rules which were burdensome and hindering the …
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Meeting state waste stream reduction mandates through recycling: examining residential waste disposal behavior in rural Virginia
Solid waste management has become an increasingly costly issue for localities throughout Virginia. The Commonwealth has established a state-mandated recycling rate of 25 percent to be achieved by July 31, 1995. The mandate, however, may not adequately consider the diversity of individual localities …
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Lockdowns and Mask Mandates on Reducing COVID-19 Infections in Essential Worker Populations
… intervention policies (such as mask mandates and lockdowns), incorporated in a model we term the Local-Policy SIR model. We assume mask mandates are applied only at essential locations, whereas lockdowns function only at non-essential locations. We find this model suggests mask …
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The NCAA's academic mandates for athletic eligibility: Proposition 48 and its impact on student-athletes restricted by the legislation
… (presently known as Bylaw 14.3), Proposition 48 mandates successful completion of a high school core curriculum along with attaining a minimum score on a national standardized test. Without successfully attaining these more stringent academic requirements, a prospective Division I freshman …
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