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Browsing Research and Writings by Title
Now showing items 543-562 of 1077
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Making the Property Tax Work
(2013)As with any reform, making the property tax work requires visionary leadership, an appropriate policy framework, strong administrative capacity, and appropriate incentives to mobilize the political, administrative and popular ... -
Managing Risk in Environmental Markets
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Manufacturing Fetishism: The Neo-Mercantilist Preoccupation with Protecting Manufacturing
(Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID), 2016-12-06)Two common views are that a country cannot develop without a strong manufacturing base and that trade restrictions are essential to facilitate the development of that strong manufacturing base and thus spur economic growth. ... -
Mapping Collaborations: The Geography of Collaborations Across Duke
(2017-02-28)How does proximity influence collaboration? In the 1970's, work by MIT professor Thomas Allen revealed that the frequency of communication between two engineers sharply decreased as the distance between their desks grew. ... -
Mapping Ecosystem Services for the Southeast United States: Conservation and Restoration Priorities for Water Purification
(2020-08-04)This methods brief focuses on water purification by natural land cover, which removes non-point-source pollutants from runoff water before they reach waterways. This analysis maps natural land cover within the likely flowpaths ... -
Mapping Ecosystem Services for the Southeast United States: Conservation Priorities for Open Space Recreation Access
(2020-03-12)This methods brief focuses on access to recreational open space, which is a key component of mental health and well-being. This analysis maps the supply of publicly accessible open spaces relative to where people live. Regional ... -
Mapping Ecosystem Services for the Southeast United States: Conservation Priorities for Recreational Birding
(2019-10-31)This methods brief focuses on recreational birding, which is a popular activity in the United States. This analysis maps the location of recreational birding activity in the southeastern U.S. Regional priorities for conservation ... -
Mark Twain in China
(2015-05-13)Looking at Twain in various Chinese contexts—his response to events involving the American Chinese community and to the Chinese across the Pacific, his posthumous journey through translation, and China's reception of ... -
Markets, Trade and Seafood
(Encyclopedia of Natural Resources - Two-Volume Set (Print), 2014-07-23)This entry describes the growth in seafood production and trade and the main factors causing these developments. We then review the leading economic research on the international seafood trade and markets with a focus on ... -
Mathematically Quantifying Non-responsiveness of the 2021 Georgia Congressional Districting Plan
(ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2022-10-06)To audit political district maps for partisan gerrymandering, one may determine a baseline for the expected distribution of partisan outcomes by sampling an ensemble of maps. One approach to sampling is to use redistricting ... -
matRad - a multi-modality open source 3D treatment planning toolkit
(2015)We present matRad, an open source software for three-dimensional radiation treatment planning of intensitymodulated photon, proton, and carbon ion therapy. matRad is developed for educational and research purposes; it is ... -
Mavo: Japanese Artists and the Avant-Garde, 1905-1931
(2002)© 2002 Gennifer Weisenfeld. Images and other third-party content in this book are used by permission, used under the doctrine of fair use, or are in the public domain. Except for that content, this book is licensed for reuse ... -
McCarthyism and the Mathematization of Economics
(Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID), 2016-02-18)Historians of the social sciences and historians of economics have come to agree that, in the United States, the 1940s transformation of economics from political economy to economic science was associated with economists’ ... -
MDS-UPDRS ratings for Parkinson's Disease in the COVID-19 setting
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Memory of a ballad singer
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Mergers and Alliances in Pharmaceutical: Effects on Innovation and R&D Productivity
(The Economics of Corporate Governance and Mergers, 2008-01-01)This book provides an insightful view of major issues in the economics of corporate governance (CG) and mergers. It presents a systematic update on the developments in the two fields during the last decade, as well ... -
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances
(The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Biopharmaceutical Industry, 2012-09-18)© 2012 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.This article considers the determinants and effects of M&As in the pharmaceutical industry, with a particular focus on innovation and R&D productivity. As is the case ...
