The objective of the University Freedom Act (Hochschulfreiheitsgesetz) in North Rhine-Westphalia is to achieve entrepreneurial universities that are to be steered by their presidents and vice-presidents – in other word, their managers. For this purpose, along with management, leadership is also important. This paper attempts to determine how university managers deal with those tasks. Interviews...

How does presidentialism affect democratic representation, both in theory and in practice? In this paper, part of a larger book project, we build on our previous research (Samuels and Shugart 2003), which argued that all else equal, presidentialism impedes representation based on prospective government “mandates.” Inspired by and building on research on Latin America by Susan Stokes (2001), her...

This paper uncovers the Phillips curve trade-off perceived by U.S. monetary policymakers. For that purpose we use data on individual forecasts for unemployment and inflation submitted by each individual FOMC member, which was recently made available for the period 19921998. The results point to significant changes in the perceived trade-off over time with the Phillips curve flattening and the i...

Past research on the personality basis of leadership has led several investigators to study the characteristics of American presidents using content-analytical and biographical measures. In this article, biographical information on 39 U.S. chief executives provided the basis for assessments by seven raters on 82 items concerning presidential style. The presidents could be reliably discriminated...

the aim of this study was to evaluate those factors influencing tax evasion in professional coaches and athletes. to collect the study literature, review of related literature and interview with professional professors; then, those factors affecting tax invasion were extracted and a questionnaire was designed with 32 items. the statistical population consisted of 1. professional professors of p...

Editor’s Note: Every year at the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, our presidents reflect on their year of leadership of the academy, as do the presidents of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FPMANZCA) and International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS) at their respective annual meetings. In words that often both inspire a...

In The Particularistic President we challenge the dominant paradigm asserting presidential universalism. Instead, we argue that presidents possess strong electoral and partisan incentives to pursue policies that prioritize the needs of some Americans over those of others. In this article, we review our larger argument and expand upon our analyses of two policy areas where presidents have unilat...

ventricular lead placement, whereas Bogaard et al. measured dp/dtmax after implantation and a guided approach may explain ifferences in remodeling and outcome. In keeping with our esults, optimal left ventricular lead positioning produces marked ariation in acute dp/dtmax (3), better remodeling, and reduced events (heart failure hospitalizations/death) (4). It is also important to appreciate th...