Volume 2(1), 2014
THE GROWTH IN THE PRICE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. The material gathered in this study provides a rich and diverse context for understanding the causal effect of need-based grants on persistence in college, the commitment of universities to social justice, and the process of understanding financing option for HE. Thus, our aim in this pape..
THE EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS AUDITING ON THE BEHAVIOR OF AGENTS
ABSTRACT. The main objective of this paper is to explore and describe the benefits and detriments that come with continuous auditing use, impediments to continuous auditing, the growing acceptance of continuous auditing, and the nature of continuous auditing systems as a control mechanism. This stud..
POLICY CHANGE IN PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACIES: THE DIFFERENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS IN LATIN AMERICA
ABSTRACT. Why do governments change economic policies? In advanced, industrial democracies domestic political actors and economic circumstances largely explain policy changes. The economic policy-making process is less clear in developing democracies, particularly in adoption of market-oriented refo..
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RISING TEMPERATURES
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the impacts of climate change on humans and ecosystems, the science of climate warming, the temperature changes necessary to produce catastrophic economic damages, and the role of the tail in economic analysis of climate chan..
POLICY RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING: SCIENCE OR REGULATION?
ABSTRACT. The phenomenon of global warming is raising concerns in the U.S. and abroad as scientific studies report that potentially costly climate changes are to take place. For the U.S. in particular, it is expected that the 2008 presidential elections will shift the U.S. approach to global warming..