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Plurality rule is mostly criticized from being capable of choosing an alternative considered as worst by a strict majority.
This paper considers elections in which the agenda consists of potential candidates strategically choosing whether or not
to enter the election. In this context, we examine the ability of scoring rules to fulfil the Condorcet criterion. We show
for the case of three potential candidates that Plurality rule is the only scoring rule that satisfies a version of the Condorcet
criterion in two cases: 1) when preferences are single-peaked and, 2) when preferences are single-dipped.
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Bernardo MorenoEmail: |
M. Socorro Puy (Corresponding author)Email: |
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Evelyn L. Lehrer 《Review of Economics of the Household》2006,4(3):277-293
This paper examines how two dimensions of childhood religion—affiliation and participation—are related to the probability
of graduating from high school. Hypotheses derived from a human capital model are tested with data on non-Hispanic white and
black women from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth. The empirical findings are generally consistent with the hypotheses,
revealing sizeable differentials in the likelihood of obtaining a high-school diploma by affiliation and participation. The
results suggest that the convergence of Catholics to the mainline Protestant pattern for non-Hispanic whites found here, and
supported by many previous studies, has not taken place in the black population. In other respects, the relationships between
religion and high-school graduation are similar for the two racial groups.
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Evelyn L. LehrerEmail: |
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This paper attempts to examine the link between nominal devaluation and real devaluation with special reference to the Philippines.
In doing so, we have used log linear relationship between the variables and have employed some sophisticated tests such as
Ng–Perron unit root test, autoregressive distributive lag model, and dynamic ordinary least squares test for the long run
correlation. The findings of the study with the Philippino quarterly data suggest that not only in the long run, but also
in the short run, nominal devaluation leads to real devaluation.
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Muhammad ShahbazEmail: |
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Annie Fahy 《Clinical Social Work Journal》2007,35(3):199-205
Current research has determined that a larger percent of social workers and other counselors are affected by PTSD types of
symptoms when working with traumatized clients than the general population. While much of this research addresses workers
in specific trauma areas like sexual assault centers or child welfare agencies, little specific thought has been given towards
the special stress that working with Substance Abuse Disorders (SA) and trauma may present. This paper takes a brief look
at the issues of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue with SA practice and describes future investigation pathways toward
this goal.
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Annie FahyEmail: |
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Once the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) was adopted by the Armenian Government, preconditions for institutionalization
of the participatory process in Armenia were initiated. The clear mechanism of participatory process was created. Reluctance
of the Government towards participatory mechanisms and insufficient public participation put in doubt effectiveness and transparency
of public participation process in PRSP implementation. This article discusses the Armenian experience of the institutionalization
of participatory process within PRSP framework presenting achievements, failures and obstacles of this process as well as
attempts towards creating PRSP new Social Partnership Institute as an advanced step of institutionalization of the participatory
process.
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Lilit AbrahamyanEmail: |
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Yugang Chen 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(1):8-19
Based on the current global financial crisis, the article introduces two recent typical perspectives on international order
from the angle of discussion on the decline of the US, pointing out that the real trend of the development of international
political economic order is flatenization. International power will be distributed in a flat model. In this kind of order
big powers, main regional nation groups and important international organizations and institutions will share power in an
increasingly equal way. The demands for reform of the international financial system against this financial crisis also reflect
the trend of flatenization of the international political economic order.
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Yugang ChenEmail: |
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The inverse plurality rule—an axiomatization 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Under the ‘inverse plurality rule’, voters specify only their least preferred alternative. Our first result establishes that
this rule is the only scoring rule that satisfies the minimal veto condition (MV). We then prove that the inverse plurality
rule is characterized by MV and the four well known conditions that characterize scoring rules; namely, Anonymity (A), Neutrality
(N), Reinforcement (RE) and Continuity (CO). Our new characterization result is related to the characterizations of approval
voting and of the widely used plurality rule. We finally show how the axiomatization of the inverse plurality rule can be
extended to the axiomatization of elementary scoring rules (vote for t-alternatives scoring rules).
We are indebted to two anonymous referees for their most useful comments.
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Eyal Baharad (Corresponding author)Email: |
Shmuel NitzanEmail: |
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Zhai Yuanjian 《Transition Studies Review》2009,16(2):429-437
China’s previous contract laws had many contradictions and failed to meet the needs of China’s developing market economy.
Although some problems still need to be dealt with, the unified contract law is more advanced, systematic and plays an important
role in fostering and encouraging transactions.
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Zhai YuanjianEmail: |
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The European debate around genetically modified foods was one of the most sustained and ardent public discussions in the late 1990s. Concerns about risks to human health and the environment were voiced alongside claims that healthier foods can be produced more efficiently and in a more environmentally friendly manner using the new technology. The aims of this paper are (1) to test the usefulness of Stephen Toulmins argumentation model for the analysis of public debates almost 50 years after it was first introduced, and (2) to establish whether any of the parties in the genetically modified (GM) food debate used seriously flawed argumentation. The paper argues that Stephen Toulmins argumentation model can be useful in three ways when analysing public debates. Firstly, incomplete or flawed claims can be defeated by exposing missing or mismatching argumentation elements; all examined arguments in the GM debate were well formulated. Secondly, weaknesses in argumentation can be identified by making explicit warrants and backing; in the GM case, this allowed the identification of points of attack for counter-argumentation. Thirdly, analysing the type of backing used, allows inferences about the persuasion approach taken. The industrialists employed ethical principles as their backing much more than the scientists and environmentalists, a surprising result.
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Miltos LadikasEmail: Phone: +44-1772-892541Fax: +44-1772-892941 |
Doris SchroederEmail: |
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We empirically analyzed the labor market participation of Italian women, with special emphasis on the role of intergenerational
family links. Older relatives, on the one hand, discourage the work participation of women by requiring care; on the other
hand they may provide household services favoring labor supply. We studied this dual impact estimating a trivariate probit
model where the three choices to be in the labor force, to use informal help from older relatives and to care for them are
jointly determined. Our estimates show that care duties towards members of the previous generation hinder the labor market
participation of Italian women, and that informal help received from older relatives strongly increases their probability
of being engaged in paid work.
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Anna MarenziEmail: |
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Donald F. Vitaliano 《Review of Economics of the Household》2009,7(2):179-188
Women employed in the New York paper box industry in 1913–1914 earned about 60% of what men did. This paper employs the human
capital framework to analyze the wage differential due to productivity related factors versus discriminatory nepotism towards
men. Years of schooling, years of experience in the paper box trade, and legislative restrictions on working hours of women
account for virtually all of the observed wage differential, both for all men and women in the paper box industry, and between
the skilled occupations of cutters and strippers.
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Donald F. VitalianoEmail: |
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Cathy Siebold 《Clinical Social Work Journal》2008,36(4):367-371
This paper expands on the ideas presented by Barth’s article on hidden eating disorders. The topic of eating disorders continues
to be an important focus of clinical work. Applying constructs related to the experience of shame, I explore the way that
feelings of shame may impact an exploration of eating disorders by the patient and clinician.
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Cathy SieboldEmail: |
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We study and compare equilibrium platforms in models of unidimensional electoral competition with two and four policy motivated
parties. We first analyze the plurality game, where the party getting the most votes is elected and implements its proposed
platform. Restrictions on the set of credible announcements are needed to get existence of equilibria. Comparing equilibria
with two and four parties, we obtain that moderate parties react to the introduction of extreme parties by proposing the same
or more extreme equilibrium platforms. We then study the proportional system, where the policy implemented is a weighted sum
of the proposals, with the voting shares as weights. Here, the existence of extreme parties leads moderate ones to choose
more centrist platforms. We finally test the robustness of our results with respect to, first, the enlargement of the strategy
space to entry decisions and, second, to asymmetric distributions of voters' blisspoints.
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Georges Casamatta (Corresponding author)Email: |
Philippe De DonderEmail: |
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We study the general class of two-player public-policy contests and specify the asymmetry condition under which a more restrained government intervention that reduces the contestants’ prizes has the “perverse” effect of increasing their aggregate lobbying efforts.
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Shmuel NitzanEmail: |
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The Factors Influencing Saving in a Matched Savings Program: Goals,Knowledge of Payment Instruments,and Other Behavior 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Tim R. L. Fry Sandra Mihajilo Roslyn Russell Robert Brooks 《Journal of Family and Economic Issues》2008,29(2):234-250
This paper explores the saving behavior of the group of low-income households that have participated in the Australian Saver
Plus matched savings program. The paper finds that a dynamic panel model represents a good technique for modeling the savings
account balances of such participants. We find that, even after controlling for the unobservable individual response to the
program incentive, the saving goal and education/financial literacy variables play a positive role in encouraging saving behavior.
More importantly however, we find that programs such as Saver Plus are able to modify the saving behavior of individuals to
the point where their prior behavior and their inherent attitude towards saving no longer play a significant role.
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Robert BrooksEmail: |
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Kevin Neuman 《Journal of Labor Research》2008,29(2):177-201
Although the health effect of retirement has important policy implications, few economists have researched the topic. This
paper utilizes longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study and instruments retirement status using exogenous variation
in public and private pensions. Subjective health change models indicate retirement preserves the health of both men and women,
although insignificant results for objective health change models suggest the preservation may be more perceived than real.
The same pattern of results is found using continuous measures of annual hours. At the very least, the results give strong
evidence against the anecdotal idea that retirement harms health.
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Kevin NeumanEmail: |
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This study analyses the relationships between export, import and economic growth for the 13 transition economies. Empirical
results show that there is a unidirectional causality from economic growth to export. Empirical findings show that the growth-led
export hypothesis is valid in those countries and growth is rather shaped by increase in import demand.
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Salih BarişikEmail: |
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Anna Amilon 《Review of Economics of the Household》2007,5(4):385-404
This paper views temporary parental leave (leave from work to take care of a sick child) as a household public good, produced
with time inputs of the parents as the only input. Assuming equal productivities in the production of temporary parental leave
and equal utility functions of the spouses, different household decision-making processes are applied to develop theoretical
hypotheses on sharing that are thereafter tested empirically. The empirical estimations show that the decision-making process
of the spouses can be explained by a Stackelberg model with male dominance. A stronger threat-point of the female is found
to push the intra household allocation of temporary parental leave towards greater sharing between the spouses. In addition,
an increase in the insurance ceiling will further sharing of temporary parental leave in some families, while reducing it
in others.
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Anna AmilonEmail: |
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Honggao Cao 《Journal of Family and Economic Issues》2008,29(1):41-54
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study 2001 Human Capital Investment Survey, this article examines the impact of
credit market constraints on investment in college education. The effect of family income on college attendance may not be
as big as perceived in some previous studies. The interest rates faced by children from middle families are the lowest in
the credit market. The research suggests that various government programs aiming to help children from poor families may be
effective, but only at the extensive margin—by improving their access to college education. For those who get into college,
underinvestment by students from poor families remains a significant problem.
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Honggao CaoEmail: |
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Emmanuel Barthe B. Grant Stitt 《Journal of gambling studies / co-sponsored by the National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming》2009,25(2):139-152
Research on the relationship between casinos and crime has yielded mixed conclusions. Some authors argue that casinos are
crime attractors and provide fertile grounds for disorder in the surrounding communities. Others claim that the impact of
casinos on the crime problem has been over-stated and that casinos in themselves are not crime generators. Relying on calls
for service and incidents known to the police, this research reveals the specific spatial and temporal characteristics of
all criminal and disorderly behaviors around casino venues.
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Emmanuel BartheEmail: |