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Branch, William A. Evans, George W., 1949- 2008-03-20T16:40:42Z 2008-03-20T16:40:42Z 2008-01-31 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/5776 42 p. This paper demonstrates that an asset pricing model with least-squares learning can lead to bubbles and crashes as endogenous responses to the fundamentals driving asset prices. When agents are risk-averse they generate forecasts of the conditional variance of a stock’s return. Recursive updating of the conditional variance and expected return implies two mechanisms through which learning impacts stock prices: occasional shocks may lead agents to lower their risk estimate and increase their expected return, thereby triggering a bubble; along a bubble path recursive estimates of risk will increase and crash the bubble. 3742112 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2008-1 Risk Asset pricing Bubbles Adaptive learning Stocks -- Prices Learning about Risk and Return: A Simple Model of Bubbles and Crashes Working Paper

Hildreth, Richard G. 2010-05-11T23:14:11Z 2010-05-11T23:14:11Z 2002-12 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10358 6 p. Revised version of a paper presented at the Science of Marine Reserves Meeting for Oregon Scientists, held at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, on December 13, 2002, and sponsored by the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO). en_US Marine parks Oregon Marine reserves Legal Pathways to Marine Reserves in Federal and State-Managed Waters off Oregon Presentation

Lollini, Massimo, 1954- 2011-07-20T13:59:44Z 2011-07-20T13:59:44Z 2008 "Letteratura e trauma in Primo Levi" in Peter Kuon (Ed.). Trauma et texte Volume 4 of KZ - Memoria scripta. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2008, pp. 255-271. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11425 This article studies the importance of literature for Primo Levi's survival in Auschwitz. it Peter Lang Trauma Levinas, Emmanuel Levi, Primo Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poetry Diary Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873 Letteratura e trauma in Primo Levi Article

Palandri, Angela C. Y. Jung, 1926- 2008-03-18T23:03:31Z 2008-03-18T23:03:31Z 1981-07 Chinese Literature : Essays, Articles, Reviews = Zhongguo wen xue, v. 3, no. 2 (July 1981): p. 267-271 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/5766 5 p. A print copy of the reviewed book is available through the UO Libraries under the call number: KNIGHT PL2682.A2713 1979 book review 351611 bytes application/pdf en_US Coda Press Li, Qingzhao, 1081-ca. 1141 Poets, Chinese -- Biography Li Ch'ing-chao; complete poems Article

Evans, George W., 1949- Guse, Eran A. (Eran Alan), 1975- Honkapohja, Seppo, 1951- 2007-10-24T19:34:44Z 2007-10-24T19:34:44Z 2007-06-05 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/5131 34 p. We examine global economic dynamics under learning in a New Keynesian model in which the interest-rate rule is subject to the zero lower bound. Under normal monetary and fiscal policy, the intended steady state is locally but not globally stable. Large pessimistic shocks to expectations can lead to deflationary spirals with falling prices and falling output. To avoid this outcome we recommend augmenting normal policies with aggressive monetary and fiscal policy that guarantee a lower bound on inflation. In contrast, policies geared toward ensuring an output lower bound are insufficient for avoiding deflationary spirals. 792892 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2007-9 Adaptive learning Monetary policy Fiscal policy Zero interest rate lower bound Indeterminacy Liquidity Traps, Learning and Stagnation Working Paper

Calhoon, Cristina G. 2006-08-07T15:56:23Z 2006-08-07T15:56:23Z 1994 University of California, Irvine Thesis, Dept. of Classics, Ph. D., 1994 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/3141 viii, 351 p. This dissertation examines the ambiguity with which Roman literary tradition has invested the figure of Livia, portrayed both as the embodiment of the virtues of the ancient Roman matron and as the prototype of the unscrupulous and power-hungry female. The portrayal by certain Roman historians (Tacitus, Suetonius, Dio Cassius and Velleius) of Livia as "gravis in rem publicam mater, qravis domui Caesarum noverca," is re-evaluated in light of archeological and numismatical evidence. Special attention is given to the role of literary stereotypes, both positive and negative, of politically ambitious women, as well as to the narrative patterns of episodes in Tacitus' Annales, Livy's history, and the work of Dio Cassius. The material of this study is divided into two parts. The first examines the historical Livia in the context of the evolution of the Augustan principate, with particular attention to the creation of her public role through the conferment of special honors and the emergence of her cult. Part Two investigates the image of Livia presented by historiographers. A preliminary discussion of the ideological function of the "ideal" matron, and of that of her opposite, the woman who seeks public recognition for her political capacities, provide the background necessary to examine the different elements of Livia's literary image. The figure of Lucretia is examined vis-a-vis her opposites, Rome's Etruscan queens, who present striking similarities to Tacitus' Livia and to her granddaughter Agrippina, mother of Nero. Also discussed are the figures of brilliant and energetic women who rejected traditional tenets of conduct and were perceived as a threat to Rome's political order. These observations are combined in the final chapter, where the figure of Livia is examined through a discussion of figures (e.g. the step-mother, the witch), certain of whose characteristics converge in the literary portrayal of "Livia the poisoner." Chair: Richard I. Frank 16927132 bytes 1381 bytes application/pdf text/plain en_US University of California, Irvine Livia the Poisoner: Genesis of an Historical Myth Thesis

Davies, Ronald B. 2007-02-21 2007-02-21 2003-04-10 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/3877 51 p. As of 1987, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (ADAA) has imposed mandatory minimum sentences for drug traffickers based on the quantity of the drug involved regardless of its purity. Using the STRIDE dataset on drug arrests and a differences-indifferences approach, I find that this led to an increase in cocaine purity of 42% and an increase in heroin purity of 30%. Using data on emergency room visits, I show that the concurrent rise in drug-related ER episodes is due to the rise in the standard deviation of drug purity rather than the increase in average purity. Estimates suggest that the increases in standard deviations at the time of the ADAA translate to increases in cocaine and heroin ER mentions of 15% each. Because these negative outcomes depend only on the standard deviation of purity, this suggests that drug users respond rationally by reducing the quantity consumed in response to anticipated increases in the purity of these drugs. Finally, again using the STRIDE data, I find that the ADAA is associated with an increase in the standard deviation of cocaine purity, implying more cocaine ER mentions. 242594 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers ; 2006-20 Mandatory minimum Cocaine Heroin Overdose Addiction Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Drug Purity and a Test of Rational Drug Use Working Paper

Lollini, Massimo, 1954- 2010-10-23T19:27:16Z 2010-10-23T19:27:16Z 1998 Maravall's Culture of the Baroque Between Wölfflin, Gramsci and Benjamin http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10810 Maravall's interpretation of Baroque culture takes advantage of Gramsci's idea of hegemony and allows one to go beyond Wölfflin's esthetic conception of Baroque style, without forgetting the importance of his analysis that was important also for Walter Benjamin. en_US The Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature Maravall, Jose Antonio Baroque Wolfflin, Heinrich, 1864-1945 Gramsci, Antonio, 1891-1937 Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Maravall's Culture of the Baroque Between Wölfflin, Gramsci and Benjamin Article

Ellis, Christopher J. Nouweland, Anne van den 2003-08-07T23:34:09Z 2003-08-07T23:34:09Z 2000-02-01 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/58 We construct a market based mechanism that induces players in a non-cooperative game to make the same choices as characterize cooperation. We then argue that this mechanism is applicable to a wide range of economic questions and illustrate this claim using the problems of "The Tragedy of the Commons" and "R&D Spillovers in Duopoly". 0 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2000-2 Quantitative methods Game theory Mathematics Microeconomics Welfare economics Public economics Public goods A Mechanism for Inducing Cooperation in Non-Cooperative Environments: Theory and Applications Working Paper

McKnight, Robin 2004-10-24T14:55:00Z 2004-10-24T14:55:00Z 2004-09 http://hdl.handle.net/1794/241 43 p. Recent publicity about “concierge physicians” has raised concerns about the potential adverse effects of allowing physicians to bill their patients for fees that are above normal copayments and insurance reimbursements. In particular, consumers who are unable to afford the additional costs of such physicians are concerned that their access to highquality medical care could be compromised. Such concerns in the context of Medicare led states and the federal government, beginning in the late 1980s, to restrict the ability of physicians to “balance bill” beneficiaries for charges in excess of the copayment and reimbursement amounts approved by Medicare. In this paper, I provide empirical evidence that this policy change resulted in an 8% reduction in out-of-pocket medical expenditures by elderly households. In spite of the change in marginal reimbursement to physicians, however, I find little evidence that the restrictions affected quantity or quality of care. National Institute on Aging, Grant #K12-AG00983 to the National Bureau of Economic Research 799777 bytes application/pdf en_US University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers;2004-13 Price controls Medicare Physician reimbursement Medicare Balance Billing Restrictions: Impacts on Physicians and Beneficiaries Working Paper