Currently, there is insufficient evidence regarding which policies will improve nutrition, reduce BMI levels and the prevalence of obesity and overweight nationwide. This preliminary study investigates the impact of a nutrition-education policy relative to price policy as a means to reduce BMI...

We present a clusterwise regression model to analyse alumni contributions to a private, PhD-granting university in the Midwestern USA. The model provides a framework to simultaneously segment a population, and to explain the effect of various factors on the mean annual value of donations. We...

In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by efficiency criteria, particularly when externalities are...