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Israel and dollar diplomacy
Title
Israel and dollar diplomacy.
Creator
Perlo, Victor
Date Issued
1953
Identifier
359818, CFDT359818, ucf:5213
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/359818
Against revolution
Title
Against revolution.
Creator
Seldes, Gilbert
Date Issued
1932
Identifier
368025, CFDT368025, ucf:5369
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/368025
The growing prosperity of the Soviet Union; report
Title
The growing prosperity of the Soviet Union; report.
Creator
Voznesenskiĭ, Arseniĭ Nikolaevich, Kommunisticheskaya partiya Sovetskogo Soiuza
Date Issued
1941
Identifier
2072178, CFDT2072178, ucf:4890
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2072178
Latin America and the Alliance for progress.
Title
Latin America and the Alliance for progress.
Creator
Aguilar Monteverde, Alonso, Wasserman, Ursula
Date Issued
1963
Identifier
2100241, CFDT2100241, ucf:4902
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100241
World unemployment and the five year plan
Title
World unemployment and the five year plan.
Creator
Trotsky, Leon
Date Issued
1931
Identifier
671407, CFDT671407, ucf:5574
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671407
Completion of the reconstruction of the entire national economy
Title
Completion of the reconstruction of the entire national economy.
Creator
Ordzhonikidze, Sergo, Vsesoiuznaia Kommunisticheskaia partiia (bol'shevikov) 17th Congress Moscow 1934
Date Issued
1934
Identifier
363351, CFDT363351, ucf:5295
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363351
nature of Soviet society
Title
The nature of Soviet society: Productive forces and relations of production in the U. S. S. R.
Creator
Yudin, Pavel Fedorovich
Date Issued
1951
Identifier
1745493, CFDT1745493, ucf:4777
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1745493
Fascism...
Title
Fascism...
Creator
Nearing, Scott
Date Issued
1933
Identifier
368029, CFDT368029, ucf:5373
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/368029
The truth about Father Coughlin
Title
The truth about Father Coughlin.
Creator
Magil, Abraham Bernard
Date Issued
1935
Identifier
DP0000301.PDF, 1927412, CFDT1927412, ucf:4831
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927412
Monopoly in the United States
Title
Monopoly in the United States.
Creator
Labor Research Association (U.S.)
Date Issued
1942
Identifier
2700046, CFDT2700046, ucf:5162
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2700046
Poverty and deprivation in the United States: The plight of two-fifths of a nation
Title
Poverty and deprivation in the United States: The plight of two-fifths of a nation.
Creator
Conference on Economic Progress (U.S.)
Date Issued
1962
Identifier
2072203, CFDT2072203, ucf:4892
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2072203
" Welfare state" or socialism?
Title
" Welfare state" or socialism?.
Creator
Preis, Art
Date Issued
1950
Identifier
2683061, CFDT2683061, ucf:5015
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683061
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMMIGRATION POLICY IN ITALY, FRANCE, NORWAY, AND THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Title
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMMIGRATION POLICY IN ITALY, FRANCE, NORWAY, AND THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
Creator
Belmonte, Christina, Sadri, Houman, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis analyzes the differing immigration policies and issues within Italy, France and Norway by looking at the factors of historical background, politics, and economics. Each of these factors plays a different role in shaping immigration. Italy with a shift to the center right politically although currently with a technocratic government in power; a large unstable economy; and also a society not quite standardized culturally yet becoming increasingly multi-ethnic with immigration, is...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes the differing immigration policies and issues within Italy, France and Norway by looking at the factors of historical background, politics, and economics. Each of these factors plays a different role in shaping immigration. Italy with a shift to the center right politically although currently with a technocratic government in power; a large unstable economy; and also a society not quite standardized culturally yet becoming increasingly multi-ethnic with immigration, is beginning to become stricter with immigration policy as it has been increasing in recent years. France with a newly left-wing socialist political party in power after a many years of a center right political dominance, a strong economy, and a very nationalist society also has a very strict immigration policy that many view inadequate for the integration of France. Lastly, Norway with a social-democratic labor led party in support of a strong welfare state; a strong economy; and a historical society of relative homogeneity that values equality and individuality, seeks immigration policy to maintain those values and encourage integration. Also, important to note is the role of the European Union which has an effect on all of these countries with many new initiatives to further the integration of immigration within the European Union as well as causing new migration flows with its expansion.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFH0004321, ucf:45029
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004321
UNDERSTANDING THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SALES & USE TAX POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM THREE STUDIES
Title
UNDERSTANDING THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF SALES & USE TAX POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM THREE STUDIES.
Creator
Hageman, Amy, Bobek, Donna, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This dissertation consists of three separate but interrelated studies examining the antecedents and consequences of sales and use tax (SUT) policy. The first study investigates whether elements of the SUT system influence elements of economic development, and tests whether SUT rates and/or bases influence state-aggregated levels of capital expenditures and employment within the manufacturing sector from 1983-2006. Results indicate that elements of the tax base (i.e., SUT exemptions) affect...
Show moreThis dissertation consists of three separate but interrelated studies examining the antecedents and consequences of sales and use tax (SUT) policy. The first study investigates whether elements of the SUT system influence elements of economic development, and tests whether SUT rates and/or bases influence state-aggregated levels of capital expenditures and employment within the manufacturing sector from 1983-2006. Results indicate that elements of the tax base (i.e., SUT exemptions) affect these indicators of economic development, but the same relationship was not seen for SUT rates. The second study examines individual taxpayer compliance across different tax settings (i.e., the state use tax compared to the federal income tax) and tests whether differences in detection mechanisms, social norms, or ignorance explain these differences in compliance. Based on a final sample of 148 taxpayers, results show that social norms had an important influence on tax compliance differences across tax settings. The third study investigates the antecedents of states' adoption of the Streamlined Sales & Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) using both a cross-sectional empirical model and an in-depth qualitative case study of three states. Both the model and case study suggest that governmental interest groups, rather than businesses, play an important role in the adoption of inter-jurisdictional tax policy changes. Overall, the three studies within this dissertation all advance the SUT literature by using various theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to demonstrate that governmental interest groups influence the adoption of SUT policy (antecedents), and that SUT provisions in turn influence business and individual decisions alike (consequences).
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
CFE0002739, ucf:48178
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002739
Political, Economic, and Health Determinants of Tuberculosis Incidence
Title
Political, Economic, and Health Determinants of Tuberculosis Incidence.
Creator
Rutherford, Ashley, Unruh, Lynn, Rohde, Kyle, Wan, Thomas, Nobles, Matt, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The epidemiologic transition has shifted major causes of mortality from infectious disease to chronic disease; however, infectious diseases are again re-emerging as a major global concern (Diamond, 1997; Karlen, 1995; McNeil, 1976). This research aimed to identify potential areas of infectious disease influence that are not health-related in order to help governments and policymakers establish new policies, correct current policies, or further address these issues in order to effectively...
Show moreThe epidemiologic transition has shifted major causes of mortality from infectious disease to chronic disease; however, infectious diseases are again re-emerging as a major global concern (Diamond, 1997; Karlen, 1995; McNeil, 1976). This research aimed to identify potential areas of infectious disease influence that are not health-related in order to help governments and policymakers establish new policies, correct current policies, or further address these issues in order to effectively prevent and combat infectious disease. This study employed a retrospective, cross-sectional, non-experimental design via structural equation modeling (SEM) and examined tuberculosis incidence rates at the country-level. Secondary data from open-source, international databases like World Bank's World Development Indicators, World Governance Indicators, and World Health Organization for the year 2014 was utilized. Results revealed that the latent constructs of political stability, health system indicators, and detection policies directly affected tuberculosis incidence rates; they also exhibited an indirect effect due to covariation. Economic stability did not direct affect tuberculosis incidence, but it indirectly influenced incidence through the covariation of political stability, health system indicators, and detection policies. As a country's political stability increased, tuberculosis incidence decreased. As positive health system indicators increased, tuberculosis incidence decreased. Countries with more Xpert detection policies in place experienced an apparent increase in tuberculosis incidence.
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Date Issued
2016
Identifier
CFE0006842, ucf:51798
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006842
Go Fish: An Analysis of Economic Rents in Panamanian Fisheries Against Ecosystem Service Values
Title
Go Fish: An Analysis of Economic Rents in Panamanian Fisheries Against Ecosystem Service Values.
Creator
Glassner, David, Jacques, Peter, Morales, Waltraud, Kiel, Dwight, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Global demand of fish for consumption in developing nations is expected to continue to rise in the near future, putting pressure on stocks that are already overexploited. In the territorial waters of Panama there is a constant struggle between commercial vessels with high yield, subsistence fishermen trying to feed a remote village, and ecosystem services struggling to sustain themselves. These services are the direct and indirect benefits received by the population in the form of food, raw...
Show moreGlobal demand of fish for consumption in developing nations is expected to continue to rise in the near future, putting pressure on stocks that are already overexploited. In the territorial waters of Panama there is a constant struggle between commercial vessels with high yield, subsistence fishermen trying to feed a remote village, and ecosystem services struggling to sustain themselves. These services are the direct and indirect benefits received by the population in the form of food, raw materials, nutrient cycling, and disaster regulation. They are being degraded by illegal and unregulated fishing, bottom trawlers raking the benthos and destroying coral reefs, longlines responsible for thousands of sea turtle and bird deaths, and purse seines that decrease species biodiversity in fish stock. While the government has passed laws to reduce the environmental impact the industrial fisheries have, they lack effective enforcement. An alternative approach is to place monetary values on ecosystem services to show the monetary value of previously unrepresented natural capital. Application of this method to fisheries management can educate policy makers on the economic losses to expect if overfishing of the seas continues and provide the economic imperative to lessen impacts on oceanic ecosystems. Through comparative analysis it is shown that the market value of all fish catch in Panamanian waters is less than that which is provided by the ecosystem services in the area. Open ocean and coral reef ecosystem services provide a combined $103 billion per year while the highest grossing fish catch in Panamanian waters managed to net $356 million in 2004. There is an economic and political imperative to protect and promote sustainability of not only the fish stock, but all ecosystem services in the ocean.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFE0004683, ucf:49854
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004683
Danger and opportunity
Title
Danger and opportunity.
Creator
Warburg, James Paul
Date Issued
1956
Identifier
2683767, CFDT2683767, ucf:5138
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683767
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: SOCIOECONOMIC ACTORS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES
Title
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: SOCIOECONOMIC ACTORS AND PUBLIC POLICY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.
Creator
Hudson, Jennifer, Kinsey, Barbara, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In this thesis I conduct a comparative analysis of the influence of socioeconomic actors, business and labor, on public policy in Germany and the United States, specifically public policy that has an impact on economic inequality. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of how institutional constructs may determine the level of influence by different socioeconomic actors on public policy. In particular, I examine the link between institutional design and economic...
Show moreIn this thesis I conduct a comparative analysis of the influence of socioeconomic actors, business and labor, on public policy in Germany and the United States, specifically public policy that has an impact on economic inequality. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of how institutional constructs may determine the level of influence by different socioeconomic actors on public policy. In particular, I examine the link between institutional design and economic inequality, specifically the relative influence of business interests in varying types of capitalist economies and democratic systems, and assess those facets of institutional design that may facilitate the channeling of business influence in policy making. I explore institutional changes in the German political and economic system beginning in the late 1980s to determine whether these changes have altered the policy making process over time, and analyze similarities with institutional changes that have taken place in the United States beginning in the late 1970s to present. Further, I examine whether shifts in institutional design indicate that the German system is transitioning towards a more liberal model similar to that of the United States, and consider what effects this may have on the level of economic inequality in Germany. To conduct my analysis I use the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework; based on the IAD framework I create a conceptual map of the channels by which socioeconomic actors are involved in the policy making process. I evaluate the policy-making process in both formal and informal policy arenas. The policy areas analyzed include corporate governance, industrial relations, and tax, welfare and minimum wage policy during the selected time periods. The analysis shows that the institutional designs that produced the selected policies benefit business interests and may contribute towards economic inequality. The larger goal is to develop research that will build a theoretical foundation to help us identify how these systems may be improved to produce a more equitable allocation of economic resources.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004690, ucf:45243
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004690
The Effect of the Great Recession on Local Goverment Policy in Florida
Title
The Effect of the Great Recession on Local Goverment Policy in Florida.
Creator
Levey, Richard, Martin, Lawrence, Zhang, Ning, Lawther, Wendell, Hawkins, Christopher, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The length and depth of the Great Recession of 2008 provides an opportunity to examine the policy behavior of local governments unlike any window since the 1930's post Depression era. Utilizing Peterson's (1981) City Limits typology as a framework for local government policy allows for an evaluation of whether or not the economic downturn caused local governments to change their relative expenditures between policy categories. The City Limits typology has been widely used in the literature to...
Show moreThe length and depth of the Great Recession of 2008 provides an opportunity to examine the policy behavior of local governments unlike any window since the 1930's post Depression era. Utilizing Peterson's (1981) City Limits typology as a framework for local government policy allows for an evaluation of whether or not the economic downturn caused local governments to change their relative expenditures between policy categories. The City Limits typology has been widely used in the literature to explain how expenditures define a local government's role in economic development. The typology has had limited use in a pre-post natural experimental research design to determine if a local government has 'shifted' policy priorities as measured by changes in expenditures among and between policy categories. This research design and the use Peterson's framework combine for a study that has not yet been conducted under similar conditions.Most of the existing literature, including the research from the 1980's, failed to account for inter-state differences that directly affect local government expenditures and policy. Concentrating solely on Florida local governments, this study eliminates the confounding nature of a national study and ensures that the unit of analysis is comparable for research purposes. The study utilizes actual expenditure data for all cities and counties in Florida from FY2006 through FY2011. The research tests for the relationships between changes in policy priorities from pre- to post-recession, and the type of government, form of government, and various socio-economic factors.The research contributes to a new body of knowledge that is just beginning to emerge in the literature about how local governments respond to periods of extreme fiscal stress. The findings suggest that cities and counties had an inverse response from pre- to post-recession with cities shifting toward developmental expenditures and counties prioritizing allocational spending. Differences were also found between forms of government. In addition, the density of population was found to contribute differently to shifts in expenditures for cities and counties. The study identifies emerging patterns that can help local governments understand past behavior and better anticipate future economic downturns.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005971, ucf:50782
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005971
Problems of the development of the U. S. S. R.: Draft of the thesis of the International left opposition on the Russian question
Title
Problems of the development of the U. S. S. R: Draft of the thesis of the International left opposition on the Russian question.
Creator
Trotsky, Leon, Lewitt, Morris, Shachtman, Max
Date Issued
1931
Identifier
367857, CFDT367857, ucf:5364
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/367857

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