Browsing HWS Faculty Publications by Issue Date
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Ideological influence in U.S. health policy: catalysts or impediments?
(Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, 1995)Although pronouncements of the ¿health care crisis¿ have been made for thirty years, in many ways the fundamental underpinnings of the U.S. health care system have changed very little. However, calls for health care reform ... -
Preface
(Taylor and Francis, 1999-01-01)A groundbreaking reference, this book provides a comprehensive review of tax policy from political, legal, constitutional, administrative, and economic perspectives. A collection of writings from over 45 prominent tax ... -
Program characteristics and the length of time clients are in substance abuse treatment
(Springer, 2009-07)Is there a relationship between the characteristics of drug addiction treatment programs and an important correlate of better outcomes, the length of time clients are in treatment? Previous research has consistently shown ... -
Medicaid fee for service reimbursement and the delivery of human services for individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness: negotiating cost
(Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc., 2010)Fees paid by Medicaid are a primary resource for nonprofit organizations serving individuals with developmental disabilities and severe mental illness. While Medicaid reimbursement has facilitated the transition from ... -
Nonprofit sales tax exemption: where do states draw the line?
(SAGE Publications, 2011)Tax exemption is a defining characteristic of nonprofit organizations and of the nonprofit sector. Exemption has most often been studied in the context of federal income tax and local property tax. This study offers a state ... -
The causal relationships among transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and employee effectiveness
(Routledge, 2011-05-01)This study investigates the structural relationships among transformational leadership practices, organizational commitment, and employee effectiveness. Path analysis was used to understand the direct and indirect effects ... -
Social equity and the public interest
(WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012-11)In “Social Equity: Its Legacy, Its Promise,” Mary E. Guy and Sean A. McCandless carefully reconstruct the history of advances in social equity and develop convincing arguments for why it is, or at least should be, a “pillar ... -
The Impact of Subnational Fiscal Policies on economic growth: a dynamic analysis approach
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014)Much previous research has analyzed the effect of state and local taxes and expenditures on economic growth, but usually in a static manner. In this paper, we use panel vector autoregression (PVAR) to examine the effects ... -
Payment and delivery of case management for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-12)In the United States, Medicaid is the primary source of funding for many services on which individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities depend. Case management, one such service, links individuals with ... -
An evaluation of performance-based budget reform in Asian countries
(Routledge, 2017-01)This article investigates the effects of performance-based budgeting (PBB) adoption on the spending of the central government in eleven Asian countries over an 18-year period. The theoretical argument is that PBB does not ... -
Capital budgeting and management practices: Smoothing out rough spots in government outlays
(Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2017-06-21)Public capital budgeting and management literature recommends long-term capital and fiscal planning practices to prevent large fluctuations in outlays caused by fiscal stresses. This study extends the literature by examining ... -
Need for transparency and ongoing communication after residents with contaminated water wells are connected to city water
(NEHA, 2018-10)In 2009, groundwater contamination was discovered in a west Wichita neighborhood; the contamination was later attributed to the disposal of tetrachloroethylene (also called PERC or PCE) from dry cleaning facilities. Although ... -
The impact of revenue diversification on municipal debts: comparing short-term and long-term debt levels
(Routledge Journals, 2018-12-07)The extant literature has offered two competitive implications of revenue diversification: revenue stabilisation and fiscal illusion. Stabilisation helps governments have less revenue volatility, while fiscal illusion ... -
Survey experiments and changes in question wording in repeated cross-sectional surveys
(Wiley, 2019)This chapter first describes what repeated cross-sectional surveys are and their uses. It then briefly reviews how changes in both questionnaire design best practices and language norms impact question wording over time. ... -
Chapter 25 -- Federal payroll taxes: Pensions and health care
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-01-01)This chapter discusses the retirement decision, the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs, and the medicare program. In 1908, the federal government enacted workers’ compensation provisions covering federal ... -
Chapter 3 -- Economic principles of taxation
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-01-01)This chapter aims to document the basic economic principles and properties of taxation so that the reader can relate principles to the various taxes. A tax structure should be based on a set of principles and properties ... -
Introduction
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-01-01)This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book presents prominent tax experts providing information and analysis on significant tax issues relating ... -
Handbook on Taxation
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-01-01)A groundbreaking reference, this book provides a comprehensive review of tax policy from political, legal, constitutional, administrative, and economic perspectives. A collection of writings from over 45 prominent tax ... -
Chapter 21 -- Management and governance in midsized urban and suburban school districrts
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-01-01)This chapter discusses the distinct nature of public education governance leads to a distinct kind of management and policy making; consequently, some understanding of the historical development of governance structures ... -
How organizational identity affects hospital performance: comparing predictive power of mission statements and sector affiliation
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-11-08)Organizational identity is an important concept in organizational theory, as it can contextualize the behavior of organizations and members. The literature presents divergent perspectives on organizational identity: some ...