... personal and business saving is famous in economics (it is often called Denison s law, from Denison, 1958) Unfortunately, it does not successfully withstand serious empirical scrutiny.22 Figure ... because the U. S Census Bureau has revised downward its estimates of food services sales for recent years; his projected revision is on the order of 1.5 percent Figure reports the effects of the ... measures, a number of statistical and measurement issues have been debated in the literature on the U. S saving rate evolution The literature on the subject is rather voluminous We choose to focus on...
... doubled These babies were born into a country where, unless you belonged to the Ceausescu clan or the Communist elite, life was miserable But these ¸ children would turn out to have particularly ... firearms than just about any other country, and yet it is one of the safest places in the world In other words, guns not cause crime That said, the established U. S methods of keeping guns away ... percent during the 199 0s Does merely increasing the number of police, however, reduce crime? The answer would seem obvious—yes—but proving that answer isn’t so easy That s because when crime is rising,...
... we may summarize as: (1) The addressor is a person who produces a piece of discourse (2) The addressee is a person who isthe recipient of the discourse, thus possibly including the audience ... the discourse will help them understand more comprehensively the political discourses Scope of the study The linguistic features of the inaugural address made by President G.W Bush in the U. S election ... on the political science The study is pure linguistic research, conducted with the aim to discuss what and how linguistic strategies contribute to the success and popularity of the speech Aims...
... bridges built The NBI lists the “Year Built” for each structure Where applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, ... 161,472 structures, or 34.0%, are classified as either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete Note that culverts are excluded in this analysis The FHWA uses data in the NBI to compute a sufficiency ... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown in the “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought...
... across nativity groups Sociodemographic Characteristics Table displays the distribution of sociodemographic characteristics for the total sample, as well as across nativity groups The size of the ... integration is not surprising, given the small nativity differences in the distributions shown in Table and discussed above DISCUSSION The large and growing presence of foreign-born mothers and children ... countries in prenatal care is especially surprising, given the difference in the two health care systems and given previous concerns about immigrant mothers’ access to care in the US How Persistent is...
... Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure 47 22 14 48 23 15 10 Biopsy Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure ... years was used as the definition of overdiagnosis in this analysis Key Question 2b What are the harms associated with CBE? Harms associated with CBE include false-positive results and subsequent ... trial, and less than 0.5% for both trials in subsequent rounds.104 Estimates for the upper limit of DCIS overdiagnosis was 15-18% of all DCIS cases.104 In another analysis using a similar model...
... Section compares the U. S credit-liquidity crisis and the subsequent Irish banking crisis highlighting the substantial, somewhat surprising, differences between them Section discusses the nationwide ... lending system, as a causal factor in the ensuing US credit-liquidity crisis Despite its centrality to the US crisis, this particular moral hazard problem has no relevance to the Irish credit crisis ... from the US crisis precipitated the Irish crisis Nonetheless, at a superficial level they are surprisingly different This paper explores the similarities and differences between the two crises We...
... services These services are consumed mainly by smaller customers such as small businesses, family farmers, and depositors of low to moderate wealth Small business lending Community banks’ role as small ... small business lenders is important because small businesses account for a significant share of total output and employment growth While there is no single definition of a small business, the ... Annual Lender Issue,” www.ers.usda.gov, p 11, March 11 U. S Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy 2002 “Small Business by the Numbers,” www.sba.gov.advo, May _ 1998 “Small Business...
... for so heinous a crime be caught and punished In the U. S justice system, murders are normally prosecuted under state law, in the courts of the state wherethe crime took place When Mississippi ... violated the county court injunction, King cited Saint Augustine s distinction between just and unjust laws He asserted that one who breaks an unjust law in order to arouse the consciousness of his ... The second consisted of attorneys such as Charles Hamilton Houston and his greatest student, Thurgood Marshall, who ensured that those protestors would have the United States’ most powerful force...
... members, limited assets Leaders, bank accounts, linkages Variation of the usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Societal/ Organizational Vulnerabilities R aThe nature of the nuclear threats and ... risks of accidental use of nuclear weapons, incidents, false alarms, mistakes, miscalculations, and unauthorized use of nuclear weapons have long been the subject of discussion and scrutiny The ... result from misunderstanding and miscalculation Another possibility that could become an issue if U. S and Russian strategic levels drop substantially isthe formation of coalitions among nuclear...
... which shall be maintained as a distinct entity” within DHS; preserves the USCG s missions, including its non–homeland security missions, along with the assets needed to perform those missions; stipulates ... (U. S Coast Guard [USCG], 2002c, pp 62–63), roles are the enduring purposes for which the USCG is established and organized.” Missions are the mandated services the Coast Guard performs in pursuit ... C4ISR Assets Plus ILS Modernization) 50 3.11 Operating and Support Cost Streams for 20-Year, 15-Year, and 10-Year Acquisition Schedules (Includes Cost of Surface, Air, and C4ISR Assets Plus...
... Use Only (FOUO) For Official Use Only (FOUO) Official Use Only (OUO) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Limited Official Use (LOU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) ... (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] For Official Use Only (FOUO) [DOD] Computer Security Act Sensitive Info [DOD] Sensitive Security Information (SSI) ... procedures EPA YES YES YES FBIvii No Documents No Documents No Documents FEMA YES YES YES GSA Yes YES YES HHS No Documents No Documents No Documents No Documents HUD NARA No Documents No Documentsix...
... Vehicles: Summary of a Symposium U. S BATTERY INDUSTRY FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES the U. S has the supply base and skilled workforce to sustain a globally competitive industry These issues present ... lithium-ion battery makers A major reason for the conversion is that the business case for trucks is more clear-cut Because trucks burn so much petroleum-based fuel, investments in hybrids can sometimes ... means of reducing energy use and as an important manufacturing industry This is no less the case for the United States Currently, the transportation sector accounts for two-thirds of U. S petroleum...
... earnings, residential property values, manufacturing activity in a state, and small business start-ups in a state The studies the paper discusses are for the most part regression analyses, which allow ... first isthe current fiscal crisis that most states face As Finegold, Schardin, and Steinbach (2003) discuss, this crisis is attributable to the recent unexpected recession, subsequent weak recovery, ... 15.7 Source: Authors’ analysis of data from the General Social Surveys responses to the question: “I am going to name some institutions in this country As far as the people running these institutions...
... Chinese products and lower U. S interest rates That subsidy helps to boost U. S consumption of Chinese products, which supports China s export industries However, the subsidy is at the expense of ... flows to the United States Thus, Chinese purchases of all types of U. S securities (not just Treasury securities) should be considered when attempting to understand the impact China s investment ... shift their capital elsewhere.58 Some economists view China s purchases of U. S securities as a type of subsidy that is transferred from Chinese savers to U. S consumers in the form of lower-cost...
... Implications While there is good news, such as the recent success of “Kung Fu Panda 2” and women representing the majority in several television news occupations, over the last decade, women have consistently ... suggest this will include: z etermining why women s representation in news media occupations is inverse to the D proportion of women with journalism and mass communication degrees z ssessing ... can be The problem is that we are only rarely using half of our talent and usually hearing half of the story This report shines a light on the status of women in media and underscores the crucial...
... economic costs the value of the coefficients decreased with successive size categories indicating economies of size associated with these costs Costs declined as size increased as fixed amounts capital ... Commodity Costs and Returns http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/CostsAndReturns/ U. S Dept of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service Agricultural Prices 2005 Summary ... premiums that make organic systems competitive with conventional systems This is among the first studies to describe the organic milk production industry in the U. S and should be of interest to...