Project 1 . The intent of this study is to measure the factors effecting productivity and develop a multiple linear regression, which produces the relative importance of each factor. Results indicated that annual sales and the ratio of machine to staff had positive and significant impacts on...

Highest and Best Use is often identified as the key concept supporting real estate use and value decisions. However, at best the concept has received ambiguous if not conflicting consideration as to its relevance in the literature of economics, finance, real estate, appraisal, and other areas of...

This paper shows how the migration of millions of Southern whites in the 20th century shaped the cultural and political landscape across America. Racially and religiously conservative, Southern white migrants created new electoral possibilities for a broad-based coalition with economic...

The article proposed refinements to the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to strengthen the effectiveness and fairness of the investigations of the financial statements and the MD&A (management discussion and analysis), while minimizing costs. Specifically, legislation is advocated to improve...

This Article examines a series of memoranda adopted by the United States Department of Justice during the period 1999 to 2007 that addressed cooperation by corporations under investigation. The Article focuses on waivers of the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product doctrine that...

Measuring and comparing the levels of household welfare and poverty in a country require cost-of-living differences across regions to be properly adjusted. In measuring the spatial cost of living, the recent literature underscores the importance of detailed product quality information in the...