Browsing College of Arts and Science by Title
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)In the traditional model of the law and economics of torts, harm accrues proportional to use. This has the remarkable implication for products-generated torts that product performance concerns (e.g., issues of care and of ...
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(University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dept. of English, 1995)
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Dark Matter benchmark models for early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum (Physics of the Dark Universe, 2020-01)This document is the final report of the ATLAS-CMS Dark Matter Forum, a forum organized by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations with the participation of experts on theories of Dark Matter, to select a minimal basis set of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2012-04)Cosmic microwave background (CMB) observations suggest the possibility of an extra dark radiation component, while the current evidence from big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) is more ambiguous. Dark radiation from a decaying ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2009-04-20)The Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has brilliant prospects for uncovering new information about the physical structure of our universe. Soon physicists around the world ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008)Uncertainties associated with the informational content of real-time data and the impact of policy initiatives on expectations have been offered as rationales for gradualism in monetary policy. Our objective is to assess ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)Uncertainties associated with the informational content of real-time data and the impact of policy initiatives on expectations have been offered as rationales for gradualism in monetary policy. Our objective is to assess ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)We examine the role of visibility in influencing government resource allocation across multiple public goods. In an electoral framework, outcomes are defined to be less visible in tasks if it is harder to assess government ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Writing Studio, 2009-03-22)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2010-04)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of French and Italian, 2008-04-01)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2006)We utilize a previously untapped data source, Gwendolyn Hall (1999), to examine the market for slaves in Louisiana, both in New Orleans and outside of New Orleans. We are able to study the process of price determination ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2000)Fundamentally, this paper is about the value of information. Whenever a cost-benefit analysis has to be undertaken using benefits that are estimated from household survey data the size of the survey sample must be specified. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010)Abstract: We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second- mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a `second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2009)We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, 2011-04)The Pauli Exclusion Principle places a fundamental limit on the brightness of an electron beam. Developing a cathode which can reach this limit is useful for achieving maximum operation in current applications of ...
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(Vanderbilt University, Department of History, 2016)Medieval representations of death can illuminate how individuals conceptualised the experience. The poem "A Disputacione Betwyx The Body and Wormes" is a productive lens through which to consider contemporary notions of ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2011)We trace directors through time and across firms to study whether acquirers' exposure to non-public information about potential targets through board service histories affects the market for corporate control. In a sample ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010)Videos contain information on the health effects from the TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Fly Ash Release on December 22, 2008, resources on the effects of the release on the surrounding environment, and environmental remediation ...