While providing the resources and tools that make advanced research possible is a primary mission of academic libraries at large research universities, many other elements also contribute to the success of the research enterprise, such as institutional funding, staffing, labs, and equipment. This study focuses on U.S. members of the Association for Research Libraries (ARL). Research success is ...

This paper addresses two issues. Firstly, because the coarse­scale model inevitably misses out sub­grid heterogeneity, physical dispersion is ignored in the simulation. Secondly, the small­scale heterogeneity is not explicitly known and can only be inferred by history­matching. To solve these problems, local features in the coarse­scale relative permeability curves were adjusted in history­matc...

This paper uses a field experiment to test whether intrahousehold heterogeneity in discount factors leads to inefficient strategic savings behavior. I gave married couples in rural Kenya the opportunity to open both joint and individual bank accounts at randomly assigned interest rates. I also directly elicited discount factors for all individuals in the experiment. Couples who are well matched...

This paper investigates the design and performance of equity auctions— auctions in which bidders pay with equities instead of cash. Such equity auctions arise in many economic situations including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital financing, and oil and gas lease auctions. Among all incentivecompatible mechanisms of equity auctions, I identify the mechanism that maximizes the seller’s e...

The paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and savings using annual data for 119 countries. Regressions for each country are run separately in order to find which countries have a positive aid-saving experience. The explanatory variables chosen are thought to be exogenous to current economic policy. Countries are placed into five categories according to the strength of the aid-savi...

Successful implementation of information technology (IT)-enabled strategy rests on the performance of IT professionals. Consequently, the development and retention of this “IT human capital” has become a critical issue for many organizations. In this paper, we introduce the relevance of human capital theory from economics to the information systems (IS) literature for the study of turnover. We ...

Subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) is a critical pasture legume in Mediterranean regions of southern Australia and elsewhere, including Mediterranean-type climatic regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Pythium damping-off and root disease caused by Pythium irregulare is a significant threat to subterranean clover in Australia and a study was con...