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The Impact of Local Decentralization on Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Counties [PDF]
We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our findings suggest that government organization matters for local economic growth, but that the impacts vary by government unit and by ...
Hammond, George W., Tosun, Mehmet S.
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“I Had Dual Feelings”: (Re)Storying With a Rural South Korean English Teacher
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes (or re‐stories) intrapersonal ideological tensions of a rural South Korean English teacher, Yeonghyeon1, as she negotiates competing discourses across local, national, and global scales within the context of a semi‐structured interview.
Ian Schneider
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Fueling Up: Gasoline Consumption in the Pacific Northwest [PDF]
, 2002 In "Fueling Up," Sightline Institute analyzes the Northwest's gasoline use over the past decade, finding that different regions have radically different patterns of gas use. What's the critical factor?
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Nurses are pivotal in EBHC implementation; however, its adoption remains limited, highlighting the need to investigate nurses' experiences and perceptions of their EBHC competence. Aim To critically appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence of nurses' experiences and perceptions of EBHC competence. Design A qualitative systematic
Anne‐Mari Hietaniemi +9 more
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An Information Needs Assessment of School Nurses in a Metropolitan County. [PDF]
Med Ref Serv Q, 2016 Schweikhard AJ.
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The Prostitution of Women and Girls In Metropolitan Chicago: A Preliminary Prevalence Report [PDF]
, 2001 This report represents the first ever research to determine the number of girls and women involved in prostitution in the Chicago metropolitan area. It marks the first phase of a project designed to ascertain how many of these girls and women are being ...
Claudine O'Leary, Olivia Howard
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Bank geographic deregulation, new credit accounts, and consumer credit
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract The bank deregulation literature documents positive effects of intrastate branching—allowing expansion of bank‐branch network within a state—on real economic outcomes such as income growth, income insurance, income inequality, and homeownership.
Chintal Ajitbhai Desai
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The Changing Faces of New England: Increasing Spatial and Racial Diversity [PDF]
, 2007 New England's population stood at 14,270,000 in July of 2006, a gain of 347,000 residents since 2000. This gain of 2.5 percent is less than half that of the nation as a whole and lags far behind the fast growing South and West.
Kenneth M. Johnson
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Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how salient sustainability risks from near‐miss natural disasters influence board composition. Using a difference‐in‐differences design, I find that firms located in counties neighboring disaster‐affected areas significantly increase the presence of directors with sustainability expertise following the disaster.
Bo Wang
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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background While the immediate effect of exposure to severe weather from hurricanes on mortality is well documented, it is unknown whether mortality in the year following exposure to severe weather differs across older Americans with specific vulnerable characteristics. This paper sought to determine whether the association between exposure to
Sue Anne Bell +8 more
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