Joplin, Missouri, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, were both devastated by deadly tornadoes in 2011, but have pursued different approaches to recovery. Tuscaloosa followed the new normal path of developing a detailed recovery plan, while Joplin eschewed planning and allowed businesses and homeowners to...

An EF-5 Tornado struck Joplin, MO on May 22, 2011, leaving a twenty mile long path of destruction in its wake. An estimated 7,500 homes and over 500 businesses were damaged or destroyed, with damage estimated at up to $3 billion. Joplin has seen a rapid recovery despite the extensive damage. The...

The failure of economic central planning in the Soviet Union is interpreted as evidence of the impossibility of efficient central planning. But the deficiencies of the Soviet economy might have resulted from other factors, such as Soviet history, culture, leadership, and/or unique circumstances,...

Medicaid was established in 1965 as a joint state and federal program to provide medical insurance to Americans who are poor and have disabilities, and it has grown from 1percent to 3 percent of GDP. The source of Medicaid s growth over the past 50 years must inform efforts to reform the program...

Desire for mastery is an important human motive distinct from the profit motive. In business, mastery involves a product or service, and validation occurs through comparison with other entrepreneurs' products. Consumers' choices validate entrepreneurs' performance. We term an entrepreneur's...

State and local governments have used targeted incentives to recruit businesses for decades. The relationship between incentives and business formation, employment, and economic growth has been studied in detail. This paper extends this literature by examining the relationship between...

Die Erstellung produktbezogener Ökobilanzen, also die systematische Analyse der Umweltwirkungen von Produkten und Produktsystemen entlang des Lebenszyklus ist eine seit über 20 Jahren etablierte und bei vielen Stakeholdern anerkannte Methode zur Bewertung der Umweltleistung von Produkten. Auch...

In der umweltpolitischen Diskussion sind ökologische Verkehrsartenvergleiche sehr gefragt und werden für unterschiedlichste Zwecke verwendet. Für viele Fragestellungen waren die vorliegenden Datengrundlagen und Bewertungsansätze nicht mehr ausreichend. Ziel dieser Studie war daher die...