Prior to the 2003 California recall election, pundits and academics pondered how a host of factors—including the historic nature of the election and the unusual cast of characters on the ballot—would influence voter turnout. Here, we examine two questions to shed some light on the turnout ...
among operators in particularly places like California and Oregon that because of their more mature market, have their wholesale prices 20% below the U.S. average could potentially open up opportunities for some of these lower price states to undercut operators in these other states if those regu...
Using the wavelet TVP-VAR approach, Younis et al. (2023) argued that the connectedness between oil, gold, and global equity markets increased widely, but at heterogeneous levels, during the above-mentioned crises as well as during the Chinses stock market crash in 2015. Another study by Babar...
global temperatures did not just continue rising, but rose faster than expected. This conclusion was supposedly derived from two data sets, one measuring land temperature, and the other measuring sea temperature. These sets of data have now been confirmed as fake, and in an attempt to cover it...
Did state‐mandated restrictions on sugar‐sweetened drinks in California high schools increase soda purchases in school neighborhoods?obesitypolicy evaluationquasi‐natural experimentschool foodsoda salesThis paper evaluates the effectiveness of restrictions on sugar﹕weetened beverages (SSBs) in schools as ...
1969, after the benefit reduction rate fell from an average of 47.8% to 24.1%, pensioner employment rates rose by 5.7 percentage points, representing a 47% increase. Finally, I provide illustrative estimates of the employment elasticity with respect to the average net-of-tax rate that range ...
Union Minister for health J.P Nadda was here in Kozhikode recently to attend Modi government’s second anniversary.Through out his speech he tried to target the left government in Kerala for not providing land facility to developmental projects.Is he ignorant of Kerala’s high density of ...
The National Prohibition Act was ineffective and failed to control the distribution and use of alcohol, and led to an increase in organized crime. Still, it remained in effect until the 21st Amendment was passed 14 years later. [Pictured: New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach...
The first McDonald's in the world began in 1940, in San Bernardino, California. The restaurant was located at 14th St and E St, held a staff of 20 carhops, and had 25 items on the menu, according toCalifornia Through My Lens. The first Mcdonald's location was opened by 2 brothers...
Barry Bonds, born on July 24, 1964, in Riverside, California, was born into a family deeply rooted in baseball. His father, Bobby Bonds, was a three-time All-Star outfielder, while his godfather was none other than the legendary Willie Mays. As a result, Bonds was exposed to the game...