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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"Policy outcomes"”.
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Centralization Patterns and Policy Outcomes in Colombia
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Institutions, fiscal transparency and fiscal policy outcomes
… effect of accrual accounting adoption on fiscal policy outcomes is also studied. While the literature analyzes only developed countries, we construct the extensive panel data including less developed countries and show that institutions play a different role in fiscal policy decisions and …
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Health economics: Policy outcomes, individual choice, and adolescent behavior
… parts. First, I investigate the effect of public policy on health use and health outcomes, exploiting variation in the generosity of Medicaid eligibility to low income pregnant women across states and over time to identify an effect on common, yet costly, pregnancy complications. I provide new …
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An Analysis of the European Union Climate Policy: Governance, Domestic Politics and Policy Outcomes
… Results show that the EU enforces its climate policy against powerful member states and member states with convergent interests, suggesting that the EU is autonomous in the climate area. Chapter 2 examines the effects of the government’s ideology on the stringency envi-ronmental legislation …
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Conditional and Differential? Locating the Role of Civil Society in Anti-corruption Policy Outcomes
Quantitative, and to a much lesser degree qualitative, research is the dominant approach to corruption. However, the call to investigate the contextual dependencies of corruption is brought about by the failure of anti-corruption approaches that do not tackle other actors or institutions and issues …
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Mental health policy outcomes: an examination of older adults' mental health service use, 2002-2012
… by the Socio-Ecological Theory of public health policy, we aimed to examine individual- and community-level factors that have fostered the most successful implementations of national mental health policies in recent years. This dissertation conducted a multilevel growth curve analysis in order to …
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THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE & COMPLEX SOVEREIGNTY: USING THE PATHWAYS FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN DOMESTIC POLICY OUTCOMES
… principle, it is repeatedly invoked by policy makers and incorporated within international and domestic environmental law and agreements. This thesis explores how the international norm of precaution comes to be translated from the international sphere to domestic public policy. The …
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It's in the mail : the effect of vote by mail balloting on voter turnout and policy outcomes in U.S. elections
… political participation and, in turn, shape policy outcomes. I investigate this relationship by analyzing the all-mail balloting method known as Vote By Mail. Using a data set of 3310 cases representing elections in 7 states, I show that the use of Vote By Mail produces an overall effect of a …
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Psychometric Evaluation of an instrument for Assessing Policy Outcomes for Families with Children Who Have Severe Developmental Disabilities: The Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale
<p>The purpose of the study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale (BCFQLS) in a sample of families with children who have severe developmental disabilities. The study sought to determine whether or not the scale could be used to measure the …
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The presidency and environmental policymaking: A critical assessment of George Bush
… become integrated into the American policymaking process. Recognized as an essential aspect of human quality of life, environmental policy receives ever increasing attention from American policymakers. Owing to developments such as the passage of the Clean Air Act and the United …
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The policy making processes of the European Community
The thesis looks at the policy making processes of the European Community by testing four theoretical explanations against three cases. The reluctance to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, import restrictions on Japanese cars, and car exhaust emissions standards are the three cases examined. …
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Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies
… organizational avenues available for achieving policy outcomes. The three institutional avenues I analyze are: 1) the degree of territorial–or Tiebout–competition (representing the ability to obtain policy outcomes by leveraging intergovernmental competition); 2) the revenue capacity of the …
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Collective action for the rights of sex offenders: evaluating social movement organizations
… State organizations are now working towards policy change for these families. This dissertation conducted in-depth interviews with leaders of 19 of these social movement organizations (SMO) to explore the organizations' structure and resources, and the strategies they use to achieve desired …
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The politics of financial sector reform
… case analysis of the evolution of regulatory policy in the financial sector in Canada between 1981 and 1991. The thesis adopts both normative and positive analyses of the issue to determine whether economic or political factors were more important in shaping policy outcomes in the sector. …
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Central Bank Independence and Policy Performance: Central -East Europe, 1919--1939
… central bank independence for determining policy outcomes.
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Measuring Academic Outcomes of Equity and Racial Equity Policies in Public Schools
… in school districts during the 2000s. Equity policy and racial equity policy continue to spread today despite the absence of our knowledge on the policy outcomes: how effective have the policies been in closing academic disparities? Did the policies make a difference to large-disparity groups …
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Examining Structural Stigma in American Policy Making: A Case Study of California Senate Bill 403
… examined caste on a macro level in American policy making. Using a qualitative case study design, it explored how the policy making process of California Senate Bill 403, a bill intended to prohibit caste discrimination, impacted structural stigma on caste and demonstrated interest …
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Regime Theory Revisited: The Role Of Nonprofit Organizations In Urban Policymaking
… <p>While quite a bit has been written about the policymaking roles played by government and business actors, much less attention has been paid to the ways in which the U.S. nonprofit sector contributes to policy outcomes in urban areas. The dominant theory of urban governance, regime theory, has …
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The limits of liberalism? : long-run petroleum prices and government intervention in petroleum markets in Japan, France, and the United States
… national petroleum policies converged on liberal outcomes in the 1980s and 1990s. In each country regulatory, trade and other policy instruments were restructured to give the forces of supply and demand an increasingly important role in trade in crude oil and petroleum products. It was also found …
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