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Other Post-Employment Benefit (OPEB) Liabilities: What, Why, and HowThad Calabrese and Travis St. Clair …
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The State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods in 2013 … data transparency. It is presented in three parts: Part 1: Focus on Economic Inequality Each year, the State of New …
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Accrual Accounting: Evidence from Municipal BorrowersTravis St.Clair …
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Designing a Performance Measurement System for the City of NewburghThe City of Newburgh, a town of 30,000 residents located on the Hudson River about 60 miles north of New York City, requested assistance in measuring its government performance. The Capstone team partnered with the City; Pattern for Progress, a local …
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Beyond Spending Levels: Revenue Uncertainty and the Performance of Local Governments… of annual revenues) and high enrollments (more than 1,730 students). We also find that revenue shortfalls lead to …
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Your Online MHA ExperienceAs a student in the Online Master of Health Administration degree program, you will have all the same privileges and support as our on-campus students, in an online format, including: Faculty office hours Program advisors 24/7 Access to the NYU Wagner …
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Difference-in-Differences Methods in Public FinanceRecognizing that cross-sectional data are often insufficient to address the identification problems associated with estimating the effect of government taxation or spending, economists engaged in public finance research often utilize longitudinal data …
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How Do Nonprofits Respond to Regulatory Thresholds: Evidence From New York's Audit Requirements… threshold for a review engagement report approximately $1,300 less revenue than otherwise predicted by a … near the threshold for a full audit report approximately $1,400 less. The results have implications for the optimal …
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Contribution Volatility and Public Pension ReformIn the wake of the economic downturn of 2008–2009, researchers and policymakers have focused considerable attention on the extent of unfunded liabilities in US public sector pension plans and the implications for the long term fiscal sustainability of …
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Tax Expenditures as Tools for State-Level Climate Action in the U.S.… dimensions. Our analysis yields three key findings: (1) ‘climate-friendly’ tax expenditures at the state level account for only about 0.1% of aggregate state tax collections and are negligible …
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ILEAD CAMBODIA: EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION STRATEGIC MODEL EVALUATIONAide et Action (AEA) is a nonprofit that focuses on supporting local actors throughout the world so that they may devise, develop, and implement educational projects. It aims to build the capacities and promote the autonomy of population groups so that …
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Economic Shocks and Regional Economic ResilienceThe mission of the Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects series is to inform policymakers, practitioners, and scholars about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, reforms, and experiments in addressing the key social and economic problems …
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The Effect of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Revenue Volatility: Evidence from ColoradoMuch of the research on tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) focuses on the impact that limits have on the size of the public sector or the distribution of expenditures at the state and local levels. While these results shed light on the extent to which …
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The Impact of Budget Stabilization Funds on State Pension ContributionsDespite the shortfalls in public employee pension funds, there is little known about the effect of fiscal institutions on pension funding. This paper focuses attention on the link between pension contributions and budget stabilization funds (BSFs) over …
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Coping with Adversity: Regional Economic Resilience and Public PolicyMetropolitan economies sometimes experience economic adversity, with resulting serious impacts on the area's residents and institutions. The causes, nature, and length of these regional economic problems vary. The question we address in this book is why …
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Diagnostic Tools to Estimate Consequences of Terrorism Attacks Against Critical InfrastructureDiagnosing historical incidents of terrorism events within a risk management framework is an important tool for understanding the likelihood and form of future terrorist attacks and their consequences, particularly for critical infrastructure. Critical …
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Improving the Effectiveness of Gender Mainstreaming Initiatives at UDSMThe mandate of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Gender Centre and its affiliated student organization, the Gender Club, is to mainstream gender policies and programs across the University. The Centre’s work includes student and faculty engagement …
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A GUIDEBOOK FOR IMPLEMENTING NON-CITIZEN VOTING RIGHTS
NATIONWIDEUnited We Dream is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the rights of immigrants and underrepresented citizens. The organization has been a champion for non-citizens, whose lack of voting rights excludes them from the democratic processes that …
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Reframing Hierarchical Interactions as Negotiations to Promote Change in Health Care SystemsPatricia Satterstrom, Jeff Polzer, and Robert We …
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Comparison of Care Provided to Underserved Patients With Diabetes by a Telementoring Model of Care to Care Provided by a Specialty ClinicBerry C et al. …
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Long-Term Health Care Utilization After Cardiac Surgery in Children Covered by MedicaidCrook S et al. …
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Chronic Medication Burden for Patients After Congenital Heart Surgery: A 14-Year Statewide Analysis of Publicly Insured PatientsJoyce L. Woo et al …
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Improving Longitudinal Outcome, Efficiency, and Equity in the Care of Patients with Congenital Heart DiseaseBackground: Longitudinal follow-up, resource utilization, and health disparities are top congenital heart research and care priorities. Medicaid claims include longitudinal data on inpatient, outpatient, emergency, pharmacy, rehabilitation, home health …