Poster: Thursday Poster Session

Thursday, November 6, 2014: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Ballroom B (Convention Center)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter


The Role of Basic Needs in Educational Decisions: Essays in Education and Development Economics
Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago



Color and the Classroom: Publicolor As a Case Study for the Impacts of Design on Engagement and Learning
Kate Schwartz and Elise Cappella, New York University



Role of Training in Evaluation Capacity Building in Public Sector Organizations: Evidence from the Peace Corps
Shahid Umar, University at Buffalo - SUNY



Social Conservatism As a Predictor of Attitudes Toward Immigrants & Immigration: A Regression Analysis of Two Operational Measures
Grant E. Rissler, Virginia Commonwealth University



Obtaining Experimental Evidence Regarding the Effectiveness of Interventions Intended to Support the Success of Freshman STEM Undergraduates
Ann Kellogg, Marvin Mandell, Lisa Dickson, Dave Marcotte and Kenneth Maton, University of Maryland, Baltimore County



Gaming Effects with Differentially Motivated Agents: A Performance Pay Boundary-Setting Experiment
Jason D. Smith, Syracuse University



Commercializing Non-Profit Organizations: When to Use Incentive Contracts in the Face of for-Profit Competition with Evidence from Microfinance Institutions
Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, Harvard University



Revealing the Party through Semantics: Why China Has ‘e-Governance', Not ‘e-Government'
Alice T. Xia, Tsinghua University



Fragmentation Versus Consolidation: Measuring Effectiveness in Solid Waste Collection at the City Scale
Mark W. Davis, University of Pennsylvania



Civicsourcing
Lance McNeill and Miha Vindis, University of Texas, Austin



Global Policy Networks Structures and Resource Flows: How International Organizations Engage National Policy Actors in Developing Countries
M. Jin Lee1, Eric Welch2, Aseffa Seyoum2 and Michael Halewood3, (1)City University of Hong Kong, (2)Arizona State University, (3)Bioversity International



Racial Demographic Change and Municipal Lawmaking: A Test of Racial Threat Theory in Estimating the Risk of the Enactment of a Juvenile Curfew Ordinance
Portia Allen-Kyle, Rutgers University



Exploring Creativity and Urban Development through Agent-Based Modeling
Ammar Malik, Hilton Root, Andrew Crooks and Melanie Swartz, George Mason University



Temporary Housing or Permanent Homes? Determinants of Tenure Among Public Housing Residents
Prentiss Dantzler, Rutgers University - Camden



Teleworking Works, but for Whom: The Effect of Teleworking on Federal Worker Productivity and Attrition
Elizabeth Linos, Harvard University



Quantity and Quality of China's Publications in Nature and Science: Authorship in the Bylines
Yajun Miao1, Feng Li1 and Jianshan Sun2, (1)Hohai University, (2)City University of Hong Kong



Global Energy Diplomacy: Development of Energy Policies in the U.S. and China
Alice T. Xia, Tsinghua University



Economic Development Organizations: Public v. Private Debate
David J. Robinson, Ohio State University; The Montrose Group, LLC



Property Tax Incidence in Urban Rental Markets: Exploiting New York's Local Option Homestead Tax
Judson E. Murchie, Syracuse University



Impact of Climate Change on Critical Infrastructure and Security
Linda A. Kiltz, Walden University



Do Gas Flaring Laws and Policy Change IOC Behavior Regarding Gas Flaring and Associated Gas Use in Host Countries? Evidence from Country Case Studies
Belinda Archibong, Barnard College



Lists & Lotteries: Rationing in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
M. Kathleen Moore, University of Washington



Effects of Economic Conditions on Rural Young Adults: Migration, Education, Employment, and Marriage
Sarah Cannon, Northwestern University



Building for the Future: Increasing Human Capital and Management Capacity in Municipal Governments through Mentoring
Candice Pippin Bodkin, North Carolina State University



Culture of Creativity and Innovation in Local Government: The Mediating Role of Agency's Brokerage Position in Interagency Networks
Jooho Lee, University of Nebraska and Soonhee Kim, KDI School of Public Policy and Management



What Determines the Effectiveness of Neighborhood Governance Networks?
Weijie Wang, University of Southern California



Does Nonprofit Proliferation Increase Giving? an Examination Using the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC)
Danielle Vance-McMullen, Duke University



Impact of Regulation and Institutional Learning in the US Toll Policy
Jeong Yun Kweun, George Mason University



Airline Consolidation and Hub Abandonment: Fixed Effects Panel and Input-Output Model to Inform Regional Policy
Michael McCormick, George Mason University



Does Removing Permit Exemptions for Domestic Water Wells Impede Rural Development?
Shane Johnston, University of Washington



Policy Pathway of Reducing Carbon Abatement Cost
Yu Wang and Marilyn A. Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology



Labor Supply Adaptations to Climate Change in Developing Countries: Evidence from the Colombian Caribbean
Maria Cecilia Acevedo, Harvard University



Simulating Agent and Link Diversity As a Source of Innovation Network Sustainability – Agent-Based Simulation Approach
Young Joon Oh, University of Texas, Dallas



Emerging Approaches to Climate Policy: A Meta-Analysis
Derek Kaunekis, University of Nevada, Reno and Juhi Huda, University of Colorado, Boulder



Social Media Use in Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Twitter
Won No and Chul Hyun Park, Arizona State University



Taxation and State Legitimacy: How Perceptions of Local Taxation in Rwanda Shape Tax Payer Compliance and Attitudes Towards Local Government
Gundula K Löffler, New York University



Do Nonprofit Organizations Need a Rainy-Day Fund? Nonprofit Operating Reserves and Financial Vulnerability
Min Su, Georgia State University



Production Possibility Frontier of Automobile Attribute and the Impact of Cafe Standards in the US Automobile Industry
Yiwei Wang, Cornell University



Towards Reactive Authoritarian Governance: How Does Information Technology Affect Policy Agenda?
Yanni Xu and Na Tang, Tsinghua University



Do Plants Make Less Pollution Reduction Efforts during Recession? Plants' Response to Local Economic Condition
Hyunhoe Bae and Sanguk Yu, Yonsei University



Integrated Assessment Modeling of Coupled Natural and Human Systems: Simulating the Impact of Adaptive Management Interventions in the Lake Champlain Basin
Asim Zia, Arne Bomblies, Andrew Schroth, Christopher Koliba and Brian Beckage, University of Vermont



Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Measuring within-Country Inequalities for Selected Indicators for South America Using Ipums-International Data (1990-2010)
Ana M. Cuesta and Rodrigo Lovaton, Minnesota Population Center



Family Formation and Urban Flight
Marvin Ward, Ginger Moored and Lori Metcalf, DC Office of Revenue Analysis



Who Trades with Whom?
Shuang Zhao and Aleksey Kolpakov, Indiana University



Businesses' Response to State Regulatory Efforts
Shuang Zhao, Indiana University and Jialu Liu, Allegheny College



Evaluating Bioenergy Policy: Balancing Innovation and Regulation in the Biofuels Sector
Allison L. Bridges, Rutgers University



The Outsourcing of Federal Regulation: The Case of Food Safety
Jocelyn Johnston and Rebecca Yurman, American University



Regional Policy, Employment Diversity and Economic Resilience
Robert Greenbaum and Lathania Brown, The Ohio State University



Designing Public and Non-Profit Information Technology Assistance Programs for Small and Micro-Enterprises: Critical Factors to Consider
Changsoo Song, University of Nebraska, Omaha



Housing Prices and Homelessness
Davin Kristopher Reed, New York University



Explaining Changing Welfare Policy from Selective Benefits to Universal Benefits: Evidence from South Korea
Geiguen Shin and Daehoon Han, University of Missouri



Durable Generational Categories and Socioeconomic Attainment Among Hispanic and Asian Immigrant Groups: The Comparison of CPS and ACS
Sookhee Oh, University of Missouri, Kansas City and Jeongsoo Kim, U.S. Census Bureau



Travel Behavior and Electric Vehicle Diffusion in US Urban Areas: Implications for Policy
Bradley W. Lane1, Rachel Krause1, Sanya Carley2 and John Graham3, (1)University of Kansas, (2)Indiana University - Bloomington, (3)Indiana University



State-Level Influences on U.S. Federal Representative Climate Policy Voting: Ideology, Economic Interests, Climate Benefits, and Policy Path Dependency
Fynnwin Prager and Jeffery Sellers, University of Southern California



Does Political Contestability Affect Implementation of Public-Private Partnership
Zhenhua Chen1, Nobuhiko Daito1 and Marian Moszoro2, (1)George Mason University, (2)University of California, Berkeley



Digging Down and Scaling out: Mapping Natural Resource Extraction Policy Frameworks to a New Climate Change Paradigm
Winfield Wilson, U.S. Department of Labor; American University



Using the Past to Improve the Future: Best Practices and Lessons from the Empowerment Zones
Ljubinka Andonoska, University of Texas, El Paso



Government Contracts and the Organization of Firms
Hena Kazmi, George Mason University



A Measure of Job Performance Considering Endogeneity with Job Satisfaction and Controlling for Deterministic Factors in a Structural Equations Model: An Organizational Level Analysis in Public Sector
Hyesong Ha, Indiana University



Exploring Traits of a Moral Follower: A Contingency Approach
Deok-Soo Kim and Taehyon Choi, Seoul National University


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