u s energy policy act of 2005

... The 1915 commission cited the absence of industrial  democracy and inadequate working conditions as two of the  most serious social problems of the time ­ This was used as background for New Deal legislation  ... 1 ­ 14 Costs to Workers of Adjusting to  Economic Changes ­ Any future labor policy must address the fact that  union membership is heavily concentrated in the oldest  and most mature sectors of the economy ... policy debates in the future 1 ­ 21 The Role of Business Strategies • Business competition based on low labor costs  undermines worker trust, flexibility, and adaptability ­ Yet, many firms now are tempted to pursue a low­

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2020, 00:17

... represents the results of ADF unit root Table 2: Results of ADF Test Variables ADF statistics Forms P statistics Results Variables ADF statistics Forms P statistics Results Note: This table ... This table presents the results of the Granger causality test between USM2 and SH Index in the basic VAR system, {U.S PPI, U.S IP, U.S CPI, U.S M2, SH Index} 3.3 Impulse Response Analysis Impulse ... table presents results of ADF Test on all variables in the VAR systems Next, I test the stationarity of the basic VAR system, {U.S PPI, U.S IP, U.S CPI, U.S M2, SH Index} Figure 1 shows that every

Ngày tải lên: 01/02/2020, 22:09

... These websites take a variety of forms, including auction, business-tobusiness, to-consumer, and business-to-consumer sites Some operate as “hubs” that allow users to upload content to file-sharing ... materials (such as consumer-“camcorded” copies of movies, and retransmission of live sports programs), and “pirate servers” that allow users to run unauthorized versions of cloud-based software Countries ... economically and socially valuable uses U.S stakeholders differ on how to address such issues Representatives of “content” industries have singled out Internet-enabled piracy as the most important

Ngày tải lên: 30/01/2020, 08:42

... two-dimensional structure of these SDS items, we generated scores for each factor by computing composite scores across the items defining each subdimension Results and Discussion Within each of the ... attachment are associated with ideologies of group-based dominance Because very hierarchi-cally structured social systems are usually established by military conquest and the subsequent subordination ... two ethnic groups (Whites and Latinos), we used two sep-arate least-squares regression analyses and regressed U.S patriotism on one of the two SDS subdimensions, controlling for education, family

Ngày tải lên: 13/10/2022, 14:42

... Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul The ambiguous number is partly a result of continuously shifting populations, but mostly due to the amount of error in census data regarding Somali refugees (as ... also a few instances of Somali students taking advantage of thecultural and religious misunderstandings present in the school staff For example, some ofthe students would use prayers as an excuse ... Somalis These “pull factors” were major reasons for Somalis moving to small communities in both Minnesota and Wisconsin Minnesota Communities Saint Cloud, Minnesota St Cloud, Minnesota is a small

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2022, 10:47

... Recession and Monetary policy response in previous research 7 I OverviewMain causesIn order to discover the dynamics of the Great Recession, it is necessary to have a look at the pre-crisis period ... pre-crisis period Given the historical evidence, insufficient attention was paid to the costs associated with low frequency, high impact events, particularly among the proponents of the

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2024, 14:35

... the U.S showed support for exploiting legal measures in addressing territorial disputes in the East Sea, including early conclusion of Code of Conduct between China and ASEAN as well as its respect ... communication mechanisms to resolve escalation of crisis Throughout its history, the U.S has conducted FONOPS, as recognized in the UNCLOS 1982, to stop coastal states with illegally excessive ... power of energy, the U.S heavily depends on external supply of resources Accounting for only 4.6 percent of the world’s population, the U.S consumes up to 25 percent of the world’s oil This fact,

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2022, 00:54

... extraordinary resources and skills are required, some of which must come from other nations An example would be Hurricane Katrina in 2005 because thousands of people died and tens of thousands were injured, ... so precipitated RISK = susceptibility to death, injury, damage, destruction, disruption, stoppage and so forth DISASTER = an event that demands substantial crisis response requiring the use of ... by snowmelt or ice jams Flood vulnerability often stems from building homes, businesses, and other structures inside or adjacent to floodplains of rivers Flood warning is possible through stream

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2022, 13:48

... the substructure is reused, “Year Built” remains the year of original substructure construction “Year Reconstructed” would then indicate the year the superstructure was replaced Such a situation ... material of the main span superstructure In structures incorporating approach spans, the main span superstructure material may differ from the approach span superstructure material In this case, the ... bridges (including culverts), railway bridges, tunnels, and other transportation structures carrying or passing over a public highway The NBI includes data for structures located in all states plus

Ngày tải lên: 20/12/2013, 20:15

... earnings as measured by ROA, and worse liquidity as measured by Cash & Due to assets, Investment Securities to assets, and Brokered Deposits to assets These results closely follow the univariate ... failure 5 Robustness Checks and Extensions In this section, we provide a set of robustness checks on our basic results, as well as extending them in interesting ways First, we exclude our technical ... and re-estimate our logit regressions, our basic results continue to hold This is not surprising, as 57 of these 74 were members of our technically insolvent failures (Again, these results are

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... Program Disbursement Rate Assumptions Underlying the 2013 Subsidy Estimates 81 Table 10 - Loan Guarantee Program Disbursement Rate Assumptions Underlying the 2013 Subsidy Estimates 85 ... GUARANTEES: SUBSIDY REESTIMATES 1—Continued (In percentages, unless noted otherwise) Characteristics of Subsidy Reestimates Agency, Bureau, Program, Risk Category, and Cohort Year Original subsidy ... due to technical assumptions Current reestimate amount ($ thousands) Net lifetime reestimate amount ($ thousands) Net lifetime reestimate amount, excluding interest ($ thousands) Total disbursements

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... results.21 During the 198 0s the revisionist position was rising just as traditional assumptions were increasingly called into question Peter Hall has argued that successful new ideas must first ... makers fight viciously over which competing set of assumptions is going to be recognized as the basis for policy discussions Thus policy assumptions are not only contestable, but they are most definitely ... ‘the universe of possibilities for action’ although world views certainly help determine policy assumptions At the same time, because policy assumptions encompass definitions of interests and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 21:37

... discussion of this topic is almost impossible in the United States because of the vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, ... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... The Bush administration s most successful act of preemption was not against Saddam Hussein—who was not on the verge of attacking U. S interests—but instead in domestic politics by keeping its intentions...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) oversees proposed foreign mergers with and acquisitions of U. S businesses The National Industrial Security Program (NISP) governs U. S classified information ... cross-border purchases and sales Summary xv of goods, services, and financial assets Our assessment of statistical data suggests that the U. S aerospace industry is an active but heavily export-oriented ... Foreign Subsidiaries United Defense/Bofors TRW/Lucas Verity Summary Overview and Future Research Chapter Six CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSED FUTURE RESEARCH The Response of U. S Industry to...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 11:20

... the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Consumer Expenditure Survey that the U. S Census Bureau conducts annually The IRS has established the miscellaneous allowance The transportation ownership standards ... also conducted group discussions with approximately 40 staff members, including assistant U. S trustees, staff attorneys, bankruptcy analysts, and paralegals, from four U. S trustee regional offices ... calculating their MDIs Research Questions Our analyses of the effects of using the IRS expense standards to calculate a debtor s MDI focused on six questions: How have court rulings affected the use...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20

... 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 ... years Next Steps for A123 Spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001, A123 makes lithium-ion batteries for products such as BAE Systems hybrid buses, Black & Decker power tools, ... Sperling is founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, which has studied such questions for decades One important finding of the institute s research is that U. S consumers appear...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 21:20

... discussion of this topic is almost impossible in the United States because of the vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, ... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... The Bush administration s most successful act of preemption was not against Saddam Hussein—who was not on the verge of attacking U. S interests—but instead in domestic politics by keeping its intentions...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:20

... Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATE Pursuant to clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of ... authorizes such sums as may be necessary for the same period Section Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Women s Health Section requires the Secretary to establish an Office of Women s ... consult with pharmaceutical, biologics, and device manufacturers, health professionals with expertise in women s issues, consumer organizations, and women s health professionals on Administration...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20

... discussion of this topic is almost impossible in the United States because of the vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, ... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... The Bush administration s most successful act of preemption was not against Saddam Hussein—who was not on the verge of attacking U. S interests—but instead in domestic politics by keeping its intentions...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20

... business trust (sometimes called a “statutory trust”) Mutual funds have officers and directors (if the fund is organized as a corporation) or trustees (if the fund is organized as a business ... disclosure of all material facts MUTUAL FUND ASSETS Mutual funds generally may invest in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, other securities or assets, or some combination of these ... prospectus The prospectus must be provided to investors who purchase fund shares In addition, most mutual funds deliver an updated prospectus to existing shareholders annually 12 The SEC s website...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 14:20