Transfers in a North-South Growth Model

The possibility of immiserizing growth is explored in a non-Neoclassical North-South model having formal similarities to Goodwin's growth-cycle model. Because of the the 'engine-of-growth' property of the Northern economy, a redistribution in favour of the South is beneficial to that region only in the short run but will harm both regions in the long run.     

Government and governance: The value of project management in the public sector

Governance is an emerging theme that has been associated in the public sector with a real political need to satisfy stakeholders by demonstrating accountability and transparency while effectively implementing policy. Many initiatives relating to governance are generated by a need for improvement of organizational performance and ability to implement and adapt to change. These generally take the form of projects and programs encouraging a variety of project management implementations in the public sector. This article reports on examination of the expectations and realization of value from investment in project management in four Australian public‐sector organizations with particular reference to the government context, the perspective of public value management (PVM), and the support that project management provides in meeting the demands of public‐sector governance.     

Understanding older consumers through cognitive age and the list of values: A U.K.‐based perspective

Although the importance of older consumers to marketers is well documented, there exists a relative paucity of U.K.‐based empirical studies into the perceptions and values of these consumers. This is the first study to investigate the relationship between age, cognitive age, and values of consumers aged between 50 and 79 years (n = 650). Results confirm that by combining cognitive age with the List of Values, much richer insights into the 50+ market can be gained. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The Market Value of UK Dividends From Shares With Differing Entitlements

Abstract:   This paper determines the market value of dividends in the UK during periods before and after 1997. Previous studies, which use the ex‐dividend day method, tend to provide noisy and potentially biased measures of dividend value. We estimate the value of dividends from the prices of shares that are identical except for their dividend entitlements, and are traded concurrently (within the same hour). We argue that our estimates of dividend value are the cleanest yet available for the UK. Our evidence suggests that ex‐dividend day estimates are biased downwards, but that this bias may be mitigated by the use of robust regression. Dividend values are heterogeneous and are not explained by the tax‐clientele hypothesis.     

The assessment center technique: A validation study

It may be that an assessment center predicts potential for higher level management even better than performance at the first level of supervision.     

Marketing of risky sports: From intention to action

High-risk sports, such as skydiving, parachuting, and hang gliding, have become increasingly popular in recent years. This article uses expectancy-value theory to integrate previous research on risky behavior and risky sports. The model that is developed relates the expected benefits of risky sports to several antecedents; specifically, thrill and adventure seeking, arousal avoidance, role relaxation, and age. Two samples are drawn to represent the general population, as well as people just joining risky-sports clubs. In the general population, the intention to engage in risky sports is related to the ability to arouse curiosity. Other motives, specifically thrill and adventure seeking, become more salient as an individual moves closer to actually engaging in a risky sport. Aviv Shoham (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is a lecturer of marketing, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He has published or has forthcoming articles in journals such as theJournal of Business Research, theJournal of Advertising Research, theJournal of International Marketing, theJournal of Global Marketing, theJournal of International Consumer Marketing, and other marketing journals. He is also a frequent contributor to several marketing conferences. Gregory M. Rose (Ph.D., University of Oregon) is an assistant professor of management and marketing at the University of Mississippi. His research has been published or is forthcoming in theJournal of Consumer Research, theJournal of Business Research, theJournal of Global Marketing, theJournal of Business Ethics, theJournal of Applied Social Psychology, Advances in Consumer Research, and other journals and proceedings. Lynn R. Kahle is the James Warsaw professor and department chair of marketing at the University of Oregon. Topics of his research include social adaptation, values, and sports marketing. His articles have appeared in journals such as theJournal of Consumer Research, theJournal of Marketing, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, theJournal of Personality and Social Psychology, andChild Development. His books includeSocial Values and Social Change, Marketing Management, andValues, Lifestyles, and Psychographics.     

Analysis of marketing management practices of dance companies

On the one hand, 56% of the respondents believed that a dance company should be marketed using the same basic techniques as a business firm, while the remaining 44% either disagreed or were uncertain (Statement 23). On the other hand, 83% indicated that marketing techniques are not too commercial to be applied to a dance company (Statement 24). These two final statements summarize the entire study in that there appears to be a clear movement toward recognition of marketing approaches by dance managers, but considerable resistance is also apparent in the actual application of marketing techniques.     

Black women in employment and training programs

This article examines the past experience of women-with a focus on black women-in employment and training programs. In spite of the fact that women have been underrepresented in these programs and often steered toward training in “traditionally female” occupations, they exhibit higher postprogram earnings gains than males. Overall, however, the training provided has at best shifted women into low-wage clerical fields with average annual earnings barely above the poverty level. Therefore, these programs-taken alone-can not be expected to have a major impact on an important problem facing blacks: welfare dependency.     

Can the Market Supply Justice?

Although laissez-faire economies may not create injustice, argues Matthew Lynn, a financial journalist and adherent of the SDP, the inequity embodied in existing arrangements may require intervention to correct it. David Butler, of the University of York, finds the proposed solution even less likely to be just.