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The Impact on Maine's Budget of Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Marry [PDF]
, 2009 This analysis estimates the impact of allowing same-sex couples to marry on Maine's state budget. We estimate that allowing same-sex couples to marry will result in a net gain of approximately $7.9 million each year for the State. This net impact will be
Brad Sears +3 more
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Political Partisanship and State‐Level Bank Efficiency
Financial Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the relationship between political partisanship and commercial bank efficiency in the United States from 1972 to 2020, assessing the persistent influence of political affiliations at the state and District of Columbia levels. Bank efficiency scores are estimated using a double‐bootstrap approach, and the analysis is conducted within
Jeremy Eng‐Tuck Cheah +3 more
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Accountability for Economic Development Incentives in Georgia [PDF]
, 2005 This report identifies Georgia's major economic development incentives and other forms of public finance support and calls for a comprehensive evaluation of public expenditures in this area.
Jeanie Thomas
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Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In fisheries management, socioeconomic data, specifically qualitative data analysis, is often underutilized. This study qualitatively analyzed a primary federal data collection effort in the Northeast United States, The Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fishing Business Cost Survey.
Elizabeth D. Conley +4 more
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Fixing a Broken System: Transforming Maine's Child Welfare System [PDF]
, 2009 Describes how Maine reduced congregate care with help from Casey's "Family to Family" model of team decision making and keeping children in the neighborhood or with extended family and the Casey Strategic Consulting Group of experts working with ...
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Assessing the Employee Welfare Impact of Right‐To‐Work Laws: Insights From State‐Level Legislation
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the effect of right‐to‐work (RTW) laws on employee welfare using the stacked difference‐in‐differences (DiD) methodology. We posit that RTW laws weaken collective bargaining power, increase free riding, and ultimately reduce employee welfare. We document a significant employee welfare decline following RTW adoption, especially among
Shima Amini +2 more
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George Washington’s Attorneys: The Political Selection of United States Attorneys at the Founding [PDF]
, 2019 This Article examines the relationship between the Nation’s first President and the selection of United States Attorneys. It argues that politics played an important, if not primary, role in the President’s selections.
Ingram, Scott
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Does Pay Transparency for Employees Affect Product Recalls?
Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pay transparency can affect workers’ behavior and, consequently, firm outcomes. This study exploits the state‐level, staggered enactment of pay transparency laws to examine how pay transparency affects firms’ product recalls. We find that firms headquartered in pay‐transparency‐law states see an increase in product recalls.
Yangyang Chen +3 more
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Water Concerns Unite Citizen Activists:A Community Rights Movement Transcends Party, Age, and Gender [PDF]
, 2016 In this brief, author Cliff Brown examines an instance of sustained local activism in which citizens in the communities of Nottingham, Barrington, and Barnstead, New Hampshire, mobilized to protect community groundwater against threats from commercial ...
Brown, Cliff
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The State and Governance: The Main Bottlenecks for Absorbing Massively Increased Aid? [PDF]
IDS Bulletin, 2005 openaire +1 more source