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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Performance? Dialogue Theory and Performance Budgeting
(2005)Published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. This paper examines the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) in the federal budgeting process. The early evidence on PART prompts the search for a ... -
What Does Increased Economic Inequality Imply about the Future Level and Dispersion of Human Capital?
(2005)With longitudinal data on 1,200 children, the authors consider whether the persistent increase in economic inequality among families and geographic areas has implications for the levels of educational attainment of ... -
What Does It Mean to be Poor in a Rich Society?
(2009)The author extends the discussion of poverty and its measurement beyond the current U.S. model that dates to the mid-1960s. He explores European Union and United Kingdom proposals for comprehensive measures that consider ... -
What Makes Hierarchical Networks Succeed? Evidence from Hurricane Katrina
(2006)The network of organizations that responded to Hurricane Katrina was inherently difficult to coordinate. This paper examines how network task, capacity and coordination factors weakened the response. -
What Matters for Financial Development? Capital Controls, Institutions, and Interactions
(2005)The authors examine links between capital account liberalization, legal and institutional development and financial development. They explore financial opening and equity market development, whether opening the goods ... -
Why the Renminbi Might be Overvalued (But Probably Isn't)
(2005)The authors find that some approaches for evaluating China's renminbi imply substantial underevaluation, while others imply little or none, and other methods indicate slight overevaluation. -
Will the Euro Eventually Surpass the Dollar as Leading International Reserve Currency?
(2006)The euro is a plausible competitor to replace the dollar as the leading currency central banks hold, just as the dollar replaced the pound. Factors affecting the dollar's status include size of the home country, ... -
Wisconsin's Border Counties
(2007)Given the tendency of some people to live in Wisconsin and commute to the Twin Cities or Chicago metropolitan areas, Wisconsin border communities can take steps to attract and retain these commuters. -
Work and Earnings of Low-Skill Women: Do Survey Response and Administrative Records Provide Consistent Information?
(2005)The authors find substantial differences in mean earnings and mean employment rates between survey data and Unemployment Insurance data.