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Showing 1 to 20 of 396 for “"ex-post"”.
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An Ex-Post Facto Study of First Generation Students
… that they considered possible influences on the experiences of students in higher education. Questions were raised as to the roles that gender, race, and socioeconomic status might play in a student's college experience. Comparatively, generational status is one factor that has not been given as …
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An ex post facto evaluation of the Philadelphia GunStat model
… crime). This dissertation is an in-depth, ex post facto evaluation of Philadelphia’s GunStat model as implemented over two phases and two years. It involved both a quasi-experimental research design which employed propensity score matching methods to generate comparisons, and a …
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The process of taking ideas into reality, an ex post facto framework
… All those notions given, I do believe that there exist shared traits in the ways that I was able to help grow and nourish the ideas into real projects. My main finding is an ex post facto framework that each of the projects fits within. To elucidate how this framework applies and provide …
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The Constitutionality of Ex Post Facto Authorisation for Environmentally Harmful Activities in South Africa
… section 24G of NEMA permits EA to be obtained ex post facto, subject to payment of an administrative fine. Scholarship shows that ex post facto EA undermines the EIA process and the preventative, precautionary and integrated environmental management principles under section 2 of NEMA. Other …
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Critical Analysis of Ex Post Facto Environmental Impact Assessment Authorisations in South African Law
In this dissertation I consider the issue of ex post facto EIA authorisations from the inception of the EIA regime in South African law to present. At the heart of the analysis is the question of whether, at different stages of the evolvement of the EIA regime, such authorisations are provided for …
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Assessing the Disruptive Vulnerability of Broadcast News: An Ex-Post Analysis Generating Ex-Ante Prescriptions
… news (BN) industry via a retrospective *ex-post* analysis with the objective of developing forward-looking *ex-ante* prescriptive and performative remedies for BN and the broader journalism industry. Through the lens of Clay Christensen’s disruptive innovation theory (DIT), the analysis …
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Self-reporting in optimal law enforcement with criminal teams, multiple stages, and ex post asymmetric information
… about their detection or conviction probability extit{after} they have committed a crime (ex-post asymmetric information). This option value creates a drawback of amnesty programs that has not been taken into account in the literature. We derive optimal fine reductions for different crime …
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Ex post facto analysis of the Sedgwick Sand Draws Project: a case study of the small watershed program
… lands in Sedgwick County, which lies in extreme northeastern Colorado along the South Platte River. Funding and technical support for the project was provided by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS) under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, commonly referred to as The …
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Differences in financially stressed and non-financially stressed suburban Cook County elementary public school districts: An ex post facto study
This study investigated the differences that exist between those districts which have been identified by the State Board of Education as being financially stressed and those districts which have not been identified as being financially stressed. The specific question addressed was: How are …
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TBD Economic Impact of Fruit Flies in Mango Production in Senegal: Ex-Post Analysis of mango losses in Ziguinchor (Casamance)
… and 2014 and conduct an econometric study to examine household characteristics associated with high level of losses. At the household level, the total yearly losses on average from fruit fly infestations represent 17.09 % of the average total household income in Ziguinchor (Casamance). The …
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Reconciling Ex Ante Expectations with the Ex Post Reality: A Look at the Effectiveness of Third-Party Diplomatic Interventions in Civil Wars
… This thesis finds that, contrary to ex ante expectations, diplomatic interventions are a significant contributing factor to civil war length. Furthermore, longer civil wars are not associated with more civil war intensity in the aggregate, suggesting that longer civil wars do not mean …
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Three essays on the adoption, impact, and pathways of climate-smart agriculture: An ex-post impact evaluation of a natural resource management intervention in southern Malawi
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An Ex Post Facto Study on the Relationship Between Self-Reported Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Experiences and Instructor Confidence, Institutional Loyalty, and Student Satisfaction among Part-Time Instructors
… tenured counterparts. This dissertation explores whether peer mentoring is an effective means to increase confidence, loyalty to the organization, and student satisfaction scores among part-time faculty members.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> An ex post facto research design was used to explore …
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Diseño de Subastas Maximizadoras del Bienestar de los Compradores
… que maximiza la suma de las utilidades esperadas ex-ante de los compradores. También demuestro que dicho mecanismo mimimiza el ingreso del vendedor, y que la asignación resultante del mismo usualmente no es eficiente ex-post. Esto implica que desde el punto de vista de los compradores, el costo de …
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The contracting benefits of accounting conservatism to lenders and borrowers
In this paper, I examine the ex post and ex ante benefits of conservatism to lenders and borrowers in the debt contracting process. First, I argue that conservatism benefits lenders ex post through a timely signal of default risk in the form of accelerated covenant violations by more conservative …
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Determinants of Error Attribution in Accounting Estimates
… AICPA 2002 and SEC 2002) have suggested that ex post reporting and examination of the accuracy of prior-period accounting estimates may increase investor welfare by increasing the perceived reliability of current-period accounting estimates. In this dissertation, I experimentally examine two …
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