Public Scholarship and Economics: Engaging Students in the Democratic Process

Public scholarship is an emerging pedagogical practice that integrates teaching, research, and service in ways that expand student learning by tackling critical, topical problems and generating real solutions. This paper describes the use of a course on women and the economy in two widely disparate institutions to demonstrate the process of integrating public scholarship in economics.     

成都独角兽岛启动区景观设计LIM实

通过介绍成都独角兽岛启动区的设计和施工建造过程, 结合项目实际情况,有选择性地在风景园林设计的不同阶段,利 用相对的数字化信息模型技术来阐述和分析设计行业信息模型在 风景园林空间设计上的项目管理、设计技术、合作对接、质量把 控及施工建造等方面的实践经验。以此为例,探讨在行业中的实 践现状和发展风景园林信息模型(LIM)的必要性。     

Internet Jurisdiction for E-commerce

Internet jurisdiction is an area of increasing concern to e-commerce because of the growth in cross-border e-tailing, both within the United States and globally. Therefore, the need for a global solution is also increasing. In response, this article first defines Internet jurisdiction, also known as cyber jurisdiction, and discusses the risks of Internet jurisdiction for retailers and consumers. Drawing from legal research, the authors examine the legal theories for jurisdiction and the application to e-commerce. Their focus is on United States law because both US and foreign businesses must understand US jurisdictional law due to increased globalization from expanding international trade and more frequent contact with US companies and markets brought about by the Internet. Since standards and case law are still developing worldwide, the authors conclude by providing managerial recommendations to reduce the uncertainty of jurisdiction, should legal action be initiated.     

Output‐Based Performance Pay,Performance‐Support Bias,and the Racial Pay Gap within a Large Retail Stock Brokerage

We measure sources of racial inequality in stockbroker pay. Pay differences arise from sales differences. We measure the extent to which sales differences are due to performance‐support bias, whereby African American brokers receive weaker firm supports, or to forces outside the firm, including client access, selection, and consumer discrimination. Data on firm policies are matched to sales results. Data on self‐generation of accounts measure access to wealthy clients. Sales generated from accounts with sales histories show racial differences in sales arising from selection or consumer discrimination.     

DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION AND THE UNDERPRICING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: AUSTRALIAN EVIDENCE

This paper provides evidence on underpricing in Australia using 340 industrial initial public offerings over the period 1980 to 1990. It aims to explain why underpricing is consistent with rational behaviour by focusing on differential information across IPO firms. We measure differential information along two dimensions, the quality and the quantity of information. We propose that the quality of information is reflected in the reputation of independent advisers to the preparation of the issuing firm's prospectus. Three such independent external advisers are examined: the investigating accountant, the underwriter, and the expert. The results provide strong support for the reputation effect of the underwriter on underpricing. Although there is evidence showing a negative relation between underpricing and the reputation of the investigating accountant and the expert, it is not significant. Our results also support the differential quantity of information hypothesis. Firms with more information available are, on average, less underpriced.     

Problems solved and problems unaddressed by the Civil Rights Act of 1991 with respect to the use of statistical evidence in the proof of discrimination

Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Social Economics, New Orleans in January 1992.     

Unemployment and State Sector Insiders During the Economic Transition in Poland

MOCT-MOST: Economic Policy in Transitional Economies -