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Consumer Estimation of Recommended and Actual Calories at Fast Food RestaurantsRecently, localities across the United States have passed laws requiring the mandatory labeling of calories in all chain restaurants, including fast food restaurants. This policy is set to be implemented at the federal level. Early studies have found …
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Selective Knowledge: Reporting Bias in Microfinance DataAnswering surveys is usually voluntary, yet much of our knowledge depends on the willingness of households and institutions to answer. In this study, we explore the implications of voluntary reporting on knowledge about microfinance. We show systematic …
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Assets, Agency, and Engagement in Community Driven Development: The Case of a Moroccan CommunityIskander, N. & Bentaleb N. …
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Taxing Privilege More Effectively: Replacing the Estate Tax with an Inheritance TaxBatchelder, L. …
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$750 Billion Misspent? Getting More from Tax IncentivesBatchelder, L., Nichols, A. & Toder, E. …
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Assessment of the Transfer Penalty for Transit Trips: A GIS-based Disaggregate Modeling ApproachTransit riders negatively perceive transfers because of their inconvenience, often referred to as a transfer penalty. Understanding what affects the transfer penalty can have significant implications for a transit authority and also lead to potential …
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Does the Built Environment Affect the Utility of Walking? A Case of Path Choice in Downtown Boston.There is a lack of consensus as to whether the relationship between the built environment and travel is causal and, if it is, the extent of this causality. This problem is largely caused by inappropriate research designs adopted in many studies. This …
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Evaluating Environmental and Economic Benefits of Yellow-Dust Storm Related Policies in Northern ChinaYellow-dust storms (YDSs) have attracted increasing attention worldwide in the past decade. They can extensively disrupt socioeconomic activities and pose hazards to ecosystems, as well as human health. In recent years, China has invested multi-billions …
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Pedestrian Environments, Walking Path Choice, and Transfer Penalties: Understanding Land-Use Impacts on Transit TravelThis paper investigates the impact of pedestrian environments on walking behavior, and the related choice of travel path for transit riders. Activity logs from trip surveys combined with transit-route and land-use information are used to fit …
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Weather Impact on Transit Ridership in ChicagoThis paper explores the weather-ridership relationship and its potential applications in transit operations and planning. Using the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as a case, the paper investigates the impact of five weather elements (temperature, rain, …
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Modeling the Effects of Transit System Transfers on Travel Behavior: A Commuter Rail and Subway Case Study in Downtown BostonTransfers can have an important influence on customer satisfaction and on whether many customers find transit service an attractive option. An empirical investigation of transfers from commuter rail to subway in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, is …
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Understanding Segregation in the Year 2000Segregation: The Rising Costs for America documents how discriminatory practices in the housing markets through most of the past century, and that continue today, have produced extreme levels of residential segregation that result in significant …
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The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding NeighborhoodsCommunities across New York City and around the nation commonly oppose proposals to open supportive housing in their neighborhoods because of fear that the housing will decrease the quality of life in the neighborhood, and lead to reductions in property …
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Recent Trends in the Availability and Affordability of Housing in New York CityA broad range of interests - from affordable housing advocates to businesses worried about their workforce - are increasingly concerned that housing affordability in the City is declining rapidly, and that at least one of the causes of that decline is a …
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Social Hierarchy: The Self-Reinforcing Nature of Power and StatusHierarchy is such a defining and pervasive feature of organizations that its forms and basic functions are often taken for granted in organizational research. In this review, we revisit some basic psychological and sociological elements of hierarchy and …
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How Personalized and Socialized Power Motivation Facilitate Antisocial and Prosocial Decision-MakingIn two studies, we investigate the effects of individuals’ power motivation on decision-making. We distinguish between two types of power motivation [McClelland, D. C. (1970). The two faces of power. Journal of International Affairs, 24, 29–47; Winter, D. …
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Power and the objectification of social targetsObjectification has been defined historically as a process of subjugation whereby people, like objects, are treated as means to an end. The authors hypothesized that objectification is a response to social power that involves approaching useful social …
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Optimal Resource Allocation for Defense of Targets Based on Differing Measures of AttractivenessThis article describes the results of applying a rigorous computational model to the problem of the optimal defensive resource allocation among potential terrorist targets. In particular, our study explores how the optimal budget allocation depends on the …
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Vulnerability of the Elderly During Natural Hazard EventsIn this paper we analyze vulnerability of the elderly during natural hazard events at the macro level using the geographical distribution of the U.S. elderly population at the county level. The elderly population is defined as persons aged 65 years or …
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Depleting GovernmentThe federal government's "quiet crisis" of the 1980s has become the "deafening crisis" of the early twenty-first century. Virtually every measure of the state of the public service as envisioned by Alexander Hamilton has worsened over the past two …
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How Americans View Charities: A Report on Charitable ConfidencePublic confidence in charities is key in guaranteeing a vibrant future for treating and solving the world's most important problems. Public confidence affects charitable giving and volunteering, employee recruitment, and gives charities the freedom to …
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Public Opinion toward Legislating for the Future: An UpdateThe past two years have been unsettled at best for Congress. Public approval toward Congress remains low, legislative debates have been contentious, polarization remains high, and Congress has a mixed record in dealing with major long-term issues such as …
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Predicting Organizational Crisis Readiness: Perspectives and Practices toward a Pathway to PreparednessLight, P.C. …
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Gender Disparities in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease For Older Persons: A Comparative Analysis of National and City-Level DataBackground: Gender disparities in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been extensively documented in studies from the United States. However, they have been less well studied in other countries and, to our knowledge, have not been …