Showing papers by "Nicholls State University published in 1987"
TL;DR: In this paper, a model of public good provision by majority rule selection incorporating the behavior of rational group voting is formulated, where two probability maximizing candidates are assumed to be risk averse in public sector preferences, and a unique symmetric equilibrium exists.
Abstract: A model of public good provision by majority rule selection incorporating the behavior of rational group voting is formulated. Two probability maximizing candidates are assumed. If voters are risk averse in public sector preferences, then a unique symmetric (both candidates offering identical platforms) equilibrium exists. If certain additional conditions hold on the group cost functions of political support, this equilibrium will lie at the public good levels which maximizes the sum of voter utility. It is further demonstrated that it is unlikely for those conditions to be satisfied and therefore more realistic asymmetric equilibria with positive voter turnout is predicted.
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TL;DR: Radiocarbon dates indicate a Farmdalian through Woodfordian age for fossil white spruce (Picea glauca) in the Tunica Hills, a greater time span than previously documented as mentioned in this paper.
25 citations
TL;DR: Positive correlations were noted between perceived communication and factors of cohesion, emotional expressiveness, independence, intellectual-cultural orientation, active-recreational orientation, moral-religious emphasis, and organization within the family.
Abstract: This correlational study investigated the link between parent-adolescent communication and the family environment. The Parent-Adolescent Communication Inventory of Bienvenu, the Family Environment ...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the collectivity is partitioned into groups that set one another's redistributive obligations in a cycle, which can be used to eliminate bias in the process of determining their own obligations and claims.
Abstract: When individuals participate in the process that determines their own redistributive obligations and claims, biased outcomes can be expected This bias can be substantially eliminated by partitioning the collectivity into groups that set one another's redistributive obligations in a cycle
9 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, female nursing supervisors and subordinate nurses in an American hospital were given questionnaires to see if there was a link between sex role behaviour and leadership style, and it was concluded that a form of job stereotyping exists, since individuals in supervisory positions are perceived by others as being less feminine, simply because they hold that position.
Abstract: Female nursing supervisors and subordinate nurses in an American hospital were given questionnaires to see if there was a link between sex‐role behaviour and leadership style. It is concluded that a form of job stereotyping exists, since individuals in supervisory positions are perceived by others as being less feminine, simply because they hold that position.
8 citations
TL;DR: In this article, a differential export-base model using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was developed for estimating aggregate employment multipliers, which indicated that oil and gas mining, chemical and petroleum manufacturing, and lumber and paper production are highly significant employment generators.
Abstract: Louisiana's economy has traditionally relied on industries that are intensive in natural resource utilization as the basis for economic growth. The dramatic energy price increases during the 1970s provided the incentives for this economy to increase its specialization in the mining and processing of petroleum-based products. A differential export-base model using ordinary least-squares (OLS) regression was developed in this paper for estimating aggregate employment multipliers. Results from the analysis indicate that oil and gas mining, chemical and petroleum manufacturing, and lumber and paper production are highly significant employment generators. Mining employment was estimated to be highly dependent on petroleum prices. By interfacing the employment demand equation with the economic base model, specific and general petroleum employment impacts are assessed. The current recession in the oil and gas mining industry is having a major impact on employment, income and public finances for this region.
5 citations
TL;DR: Findings are consistent with previous work indicating that Type A's have difficulty maintaining their attention over relatively long PI's of reaction time tasks.
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