Since its inception in the early 1980s, the success of China's enterprise reforms remains hotly debated. This paper introduces a new element into the analysis of state-owned enterprise performance by drawing on the recent increase in interregional income disparities. It is argued that as a result of less favourable structural conditions and stronger fiscal dependence on the central government, ...

The research project on which this paper is based is investigating the reasons that some English local authorities engaged in pilot projects of e-voting and some did not. This paper offers a brief summary of the initial findings of the literature review as it identifies factors, which impact upon the decision-making process of English local authorities. The factors identified include the local ...

Synthetic opioid use continues to be a problem in the United States. New designer opioids continue to be released as "research chemicals" by vendors, leading to widespread use and potentially devastating consequences. U-49900 is a new synthetic opioid with limited clinical data available. Herein, we provide an overview of U-49900, the anecdotal accounts of U-49900 use that clinicians need to be...

Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent substantial resources on preparing the nation against a bioterrorist attack. Earlier articles in this series analyzed civilian biodefense funding by the federal government from fiscal years 2001 through 2007. This article updates those figures with budgeted amounts for fiscal year 2008, specifically analyzing the budgets and allocations for biodefense a...

A Practice Note covering trends and developments in the federal government's prosecution of white collar crime. Specifically, this Note examines the government's tactics and strategies in enforcing federal criminal laws, the elements of several criminal statutes frequently used by the government to prosecute corporate crime, what constitutes criminal intent in white collar cases, company and ma...

This paper estimates the effects of participating in the National School Lunch Program in the middle of the 20th century on adult health outcomes and educational attainment. I utilize an instrumental variables strategy that exploits a change in the formula used by the federal government to allocate funding to the states. Identification is achieved by the fact that different birth cohorts were e...

Readers of this issue of the American Psychologist will have two interests in the federal government's policies for research on children. First, there is the important practical question of whether financial support for one's field is available. Second, there is a set of general issues concerning how government has involved itself in research on children and the influence of federal funding pol...

It is 10:00 a.m., and Paul Davidson is telling the assembled economists how to pull rabbits out of a hat. Metaphorically, of course: Professor Davidson was discussing the assumptions behind a thought-provoking paper presented at the Conference on Credit Allocation: Theory, Evidence, and History, held last October 17-19 in Cleveland. The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Journal of Money...

An examination of the current and possible future roles of federal health Web sites, this paper provides an overview of site categories, functions, target audiences, marketing approaches, knowledge management, and evaluation strategies. It concludes with a look at future opportunities and challenges for the federal government in providing health information online.