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EconLit: Light on the Dismal Science
(Taylor & Francis, 2000)The article examines the weaknesses and strengths of the economics database, EconLit. Comparison is made with other social science databases with especial emphasis on the alphanumeric classification and indexing system ... -
Econometric techniques applied to the relationship between education and GNP
(Northern Illinois University, 1989)The goal of this paper was to study the role of government expenditures on education. Data gathered on states’ GNP and their educational budgets were statistically analyzed. Laboratory work, in the analysis of the data, ... -
The economic design of Shewhart control chart : a sensitivity study of X-bar control chart under Weibull shock model and variable control limits
(Northern Illinois University, 1996)One of the most typically used economic designs of control chart models is the standard Shewhart control chart model. Understanding the policies of the Shewhart control chart model is necessary before a sensitivity analysis ... -
Economic design of X control charts : evaluation and implementation in manufacturing
(Northern Illinois University, 1998)Over the past forty years, many models have been introduced to study the problem of economic design of control charts. However, difficulty in understanding and implementation have prevented their widespread use. This study ... -
Economic development and quality of life : the case of Taiwan
(Northern Illinois University, 1982)This thesis is a study of perceptions of the impact of economic development on quality of life in Taiwan. Specifically, it investigates the impact of gender, education, age, and area of residence on perceptions of the ... -
The economic effects of the negative income tax proposal
(Northern Illinois University, 1967)With the advent of recent "anti-poverty" legislation various plans and philosophies have been expressed as to the efficacy of possible measures to alleviate or eliminate poverty. The theme of this thesis concerns one such ... -
Economic forecasting
(Northern Illinois University, 1986)There are two basic approaches to forecasting: model building and time data analysis. Model building, the more complex of the two, takes basic economic relationships and develops a simple model for the data. The simple ... -
The Economic Impact of Cash-for-Clunkers
(Northern Illinois University, 2010)The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) program, more commonly referred to as "Cash-for-Clunkers", was created to stimulate the economy and to have more fuel-efficient cars on our nation's roadways. In the summer ... -
The economic importance of textile production from the perspective of the weavers : a case study in Western Timor
(Northern Illinois University, 1999)This thesis focuses on the economic importance of textiles, at a household level, from the perspective of the women who weave them. Much of the data collected to address this central issue derives from research I conducted ... -
The Economic Performance of For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2002)This research examines whether for-profit status or system membership is significantly related to the financial performance of hospitals. Panel data containing 573 observations of Florida hospitals for 1984 through 1987 ... -
Economic role of women fish vendors in two Philippine fishing villages
(Northern Illinois University, 1994)This study shows that the most significant variables in a fishing household's socioeconomic makeup are a woman's occupation and the possession of a motorized boat. Ethnographic and economic data collected in two Philippine ... -
Economic, political, and social effects of man-induced environmental disasters
(Northern Illinois University, 1986)Environmental mishaps are not uncommon. But the negative consequences of them can be great; consider such recent disasters as Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez, and Hurricane Andrew. In such cases, the story is all over the news. ... -
The Economics of Genocide: Cambodia’s Financial Collapse Prior to Year Zero, 1950-1975
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The economics of investing : risk-aversion and retirement decisions
(Northern Illinois University, 1997)This thesis is a study of the impact that risk-aversion has on individual retirement investment decisions. The first portion of the work details the decline in Social Security and pensions plan payments over recent years. ... -
Economics of network, gender, and CEO compensation
(Northern Illinois University, 2016)One of the most perplexing phenomenons in economics is the existence of differences in average wages between the sexes for the same job, despite far less gender dispersion in educational investments, credentials, career ... -
An ecosystem structure approach to understanding restoration management effects on prairie community composition
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Edgar Degas and the monotype print : a private engagement
(Northern Illinois University, 1997)Degas’ manipulation and interpretation of the monotype medium enhanced the direction of his work, acting as the transition from oil painting to pastel. By viewing Degas’ expression within the print media, from public ... -
Edifying Tones: Using Music to Teach Asian History and Culture
(Education About Asia, 2003)Discusses the ways that music and musical aesthetics can be used to illustrate cultural characteristics and philosophies in Asian history curriculum. -
The editing assignment sequence
(Northern Illinois University, 1984)The technology of the 1970s brought about a revolution in the way broadcast journalists gathered and edited news packages. The broadcast journalists' cry was threefold: the need for immediacy, the need for portability, and ... -
Editor's Introduction: Cultural Theory's Contributions to Political Science
(Cambridge University Press, 2011-10)Many political scientists first learned of anthropologist Mary Douglas's cultural theory (CT) through Aaron Wildavsky's APSA presidential address (Wildavsky 1987), in which he sought to explain the value of this theoretical ...
