Ultimate fate of constrained voters

برآورد احتمالاتی ظرفیت سکوهای دریایی نوع جاکت به‌کمک روش تحلیل امواج تصادفی افزایشی

based assessment of offshore jacket type platforms against wave loading. This approach can be employed to obtain a more realistic estimate for the ultimate capacity of offshore platforms, in comparison to the commonly used push-over analysis. On the other hand, ocean and sea waves are both random they are irregular in shape, height, speed, period and directions. Therefore, one of the most impor...

Determining Preferred Levels of Tuition and Need-Based Aid Subsidies for Colleges

This chapter analyzes the public provision of higher education subsidies. When voters have a positive utility from the share of college-educated among the young, they may decide to vote for subsidies for students which increase the number of college students. These subsidies are paid for by income taxes that reduce the amount of consumer goods voters can purchase. There are a group of credit-co...

A Study of Factors that Influenced Voters’ Behaviour: A Case of Billiri Local Government (2019 General Elections)

Swiss back stem-cell studies

For the first time ever, a national referendum has decided the fate of stem cell research. Swiss voters have spoken, so their researchers can now get going. Michael Gross reports.

How Do Voters Retrospectively Evaluate Wasteful Government Spending? Evidence from Individual-Level Disaster Relief

Why do voters often reward incumbents when they receive government spending? We develop a model in which distributive spending provides voters not just with a financial benefit, but also an opportunity to observe and judge the appropriateness of government decisions. Empirically, we test the model’s predictions using individuallevel data on FEMA disaster relief matched to voter turnout records,...