Property Tax Information and Support for School Bond Referenda: Experimental Evidence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Brunner ◽  
Mark D. Robbins ◽  
Bill Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
School Bond ◽  
Bond Referenda

Experimental evidence about property tax word aversion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Brunner ◽  
Mark D. Robbins ◽  
Bill Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Property Tax

Private demands for public capital: evidence from school bond referenda

2003 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ed Balsdon ◽  
Eric J. Brunner ◽  
Kim Rueben
Keyword(s):  
Public Capital ◽  
School Bond ◽  
Bond Referenda

Information, Tax Salience, and Support for School Bond Referenda

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J. Brunner ◽  
Mark D. Robbins ◽  
Bill Simonsen
Keyword(s):  
School Bond ◽  
Bond Referenda ◽  
Tax Salience

scholarly journals Making Moves Matter: Experimental Evidence on Incentivizing Bureaucrats through Performance-Based Postings

2019 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Q. Khan ◽  
Asim Ijaz Khwaja ◽  
Benjamin A. Olken
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Property Tax ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Revenue Growth ◽  
Bureaucratic Performance ◽  
Serial Dictatorship ◽  
High Equilibrium ◽  
A Performance

Bureaucracies often post staff to better or worse locations, ostensibly to provide incentives. Yet we know little about whether this works, with heterogeneity in preferences over postings impacting effectiveness. We propose a performance-ranked serial dictatorship mechanism, whereby bureaucrats sequentially choose desired locations in order of performance. We evaluate this using a two-year field experiment with 525 property tax inspectors in Pakistan. The mechanism increases annual tax revenue growth by 30–41 percent. Inspectors whom our model predicts face high equilibrium incentives under the scheme indeed increase performance more. Our results highlight the potential of periodic merit-based postings in enhancing bureaucratic performance. (JEL C93, D73, H71, H83, J45, M54, O17)

How do memory modules differentially contribute to familiarity and recollection?

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olya Hakobyan ◽  
Sen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Recognition Memory ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Memory Modules ◽  
Familiarity And Recollection ◽  
Memory Contents

Abstract We fully support dissociating the subjective experience from the memory contents in recognition memory, as Bastin et al. posit in the target article. However, having two generic memory modules with qualitatively different functions is not mandatory and is in fact inconsistent with experimental evidence. We propose that quantitative differences in the properties of the memory modules can account for the apparent dissociation of recollection and familiarity along anatomical lines.

Redox Reactions in Lipid Membranes as a Model for Primordial Energy-Conserving Systems

1997 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 437-442
Author(s):  
Salvatore Di Bernardo ◽  
Romana Fato ◽  
Giorgio Lenaz
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Lipid Membranes ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Redox Reactions ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Asymmetric Distribution ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Asymmetrical Distribution ◽  
Energy Conserving ◽  
Living Organisms

AbstractOne of the peculiar aspects of living systems is the production and conservation of energy. This aspect is provided by specialized organelles, such as the mitochondria and chloroplasts, in developed living organisms. In primordial systems lacking specialized enzymatic complexes the energy supply was probably bound to the generation and maintenance of an asymmetric distribution of charged molecules in compartmentalized systems. On the basis of experimental evidence, we suggest that lipophilic quinones were involved in the generation of this asymmetrical distribution of charges through vectorial redox reactions across lipid membranes.

A Method for Setting the Clearance Angle

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 388-389
Author(s):  
Michael T. Bucek ◽  
Howard J. Arnott
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Light Source ◽  
Black Spot ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Clearance Angle ◽  
Crude Approximation ◽  
Ultrathin Sections

It is believed by the authors, with supporting experimental evidence, that as little as 0.5°, or less, knife clearance angle may be a critical factor in obtaining optimum quality ultrathin sections. The degree increments located on the knife holder provides the investigator with only a crude approximation of the angle at which the holder is set. With the increments displayed on the holder one cannot set the clearance angle precisely and reproducibly. The ability to routinely set this angle precisely and without difficulty would obviously be of great assistance to the operator. A device has been contrived to aid the investigator in precisely setting the clearance angle. This device is relatively simple and is easily constructed. It consists of a light source and an optically flat, front surfaced mirror with a minute black spot in the center. The mirror is affixed to the knife by placing it permanently on top of the knife holder.

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