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Filtering to Affordable: Does Multifamily Housing Become More Affordable as It Ages?
No full textHousing affordability and potential sources of affordable housing remain national concerns. Using the 10 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), this study measures the degree to which a multifamily housing property’s age affects its affordability, hence examining the rate at which a necessary step in the filtering process is taking place. We find that a property’s affordability increases by about 2.7% during the first decade of its existence and by about 0.5–1% every following decade, with some variation across MSAs. While this indicates that filtering could be taking place at a relatively slow rate, we show that this can add up to significant rent savings for a low-income family. Lastly, we conduct two follow-up case studies of affordability in Atlanta and Philadelphia
The Lingering Effects of Court-Ordered Busing on School Quality Capitalization
No full textPrevious research shows that court-ordered busing to desegregate public schools dampens housing market capitalization of school quality even after the court order is lifted. This paper considers how long this effect lasts. The meta-analysis of 50 school quality capitalization studies finds that, while the effect of previous busing on capitalization fades over time, it does so slowly, with significant negative net effects persisting for about 5.5 years
Masculinity in American Movie-Musical Films
No full textMy presentation explores the relation between American masculinity and film musicals. I demonstrate how the dominance of the musical at the box office in the middle of the 20th century reflects historical events and technological change. Drawing on both scholarly and popular criticism, I show how the images of masculinity that Americans once encountered on the silver screen have transformed as musicals became marginal to popular culture in the United States. My research considers both classic 20th century musicals, such as Wizard of Oz (1939) and 42nd Street (1933), and more recent experiments with the genre, including adaptations of Broadway shows like Into the Woods (2014), as well as art-house cinema with a surprisingly broad appeal, such as La La Land (2016)
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Longwood University Graduate Catalog 2022-2023
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Hiding your dark side: Anticipatory impression management of communal traits
No full textJob applicants and employees will often engage in impression management tactics to enhance or positively influence perceptions their abilities or workplace contributions. However, the primary emphasis of impression management research has been on tactics such as ingratiation and self-promotion. Less research has focused on managing communal impressions or looking more cooperative than one actually is. Among three popularly studied traits associated with non-communal orientations (i.e., the Dark Triad; Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism), Machiavellianism is the most theoretically aligned trait to engage in impression management. In Study 1, participants were asked to fill out a Dark Triad assessment as they would for an ideal job, non-ideal job, or honestly. In Study 2, participants filled out similar assessments as they would for an ideal cooperative or an ideal competitive job. Across both studies, Machiavellianism was the only trait to show sensitivity to context and report increased communal values when a job was perceived as valuable or cooperative. Implications of this research support the occupational screening of Dark Triad traits in the workforce and which type of individual would be most likely to manage impressions on such screenings
Examining the Influence of Occupational Characteristics, Gender, and Work-Life Balance on IT Professionals’ Occupational Satisfaction and Occupational Commitment.
No full textIn response to the tech skills gap, this research paper aims to examine the influence of occupational characteristics, gender and work-life balance on IT professionals\u27 satisfaction with and commitment to their chosen occupation. In addition, the authors explore occupational differences across these investigated factors.The authors employed a survey research method and partial least squares (PLS) modeling using 293 responses collected from professionals representing five clusters of Information Technology (IT) occupations. Authors further conducted exploratory post-hoc analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests to check for significant differences in key constructs across five IT occupational clusters.Occupational characteristics were found to be significantly related to respondents\u27 occupational satisfaction while work-life balance was associated with their level of occupational commitment. Authors also found that that the influence of work-life balance on occupational commitment was more positive for females than for males. Finally, significant differences were found for task significance, task variety, task autonomy, work-life balance and compensation across the five occupational clusters examined.A key contribution of this study is the focus on IT professionals\u27 satisfaction with and commitment to their chosen occupation rather than a job, organization or profession. Accordingly, the authors contribute a nuanced understanding of an occupation as a facet of job, professional and career outcomes. Authors also explore how gender moderates the influence of work-life balance on occupational commitment. Finally, rather than treating the IT profession as a unified whole as has been done in most prior studies, authors explore satisfaction and commitment related differences across occupational clusters
Merger Announcements, Financial Performance and Stock Price: A Test of Market Efficiency
No full textCan investors earn above-normal risk-adjusted returns by acting on public information defined by merger announcements? This study tests the effect of a sample of 14 merger announcements on stock price returns using the risk-adjusted event-study methodology. Results show that an investor is not able to make abovenormal risk-adjusted returns on the announcement of mergers in support of semi-strong form market efficiency. Merger announcements stimulate significant positive returns around the merger announcement. Results show market over- and under-reaction around the merger announcement well documented in the behavioral finance literature. The evidence shows a significant stock price return reaction up to 1 day prior to the announcement consistent with the existence of insider trading (Ross and others, 2016). Do mergers strengthen companies’ financial performance? Results show that mergers are not value-increasing based on the pre-post-merger financial performance in support of the agency problem where large firm use excess free cash flow to get “bigger” not “better” by going shopping for other firms. In such cases, the firm’s merger maximizes size, not stockholder wealth, the goal of the firm