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Oral History Interview with Peter Murrell Sr. and Eva Ruth June 2, 1995
No full textInterview of Eva Ruth Murrell and Peter Murrell, Sr., conducted by Jack Dougherty, June 2, 1995 (at their home, 1302 W Capitol Drive, Milwaukee).Murrell came to Milwaukee in the 1940's and became active in school issues through their children. They discuss We-Milwaukee, Eva's work with the Parent Teacher Association from 1962-1966, problems with the Milwaukee schools their children attended, busing, the desegregation decisions of 1976 and 1979, and African American immersion schools
Replication data for: Misunderestimating Corruption
No full textKraay, Aart, and Murrell, Peter, (2016) "Misunderestimating Corruption." Review of Economics and Statistics 98:3, 455-466
Replication data for: Misunderestimating Corruption
No full textKraay, Aart, and Murrell, Peter, (2016) "Misunderestimating Corruption." Review of Economics and Statistics 98:3, 455-466
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
The mammal fauna of the Peter Murrell Reserves, Tasmania, as revealed by truffle-baited camera-traps
No full textWe conducted a camera-trapping study in the Peter Murrell Reserves, southeastern Tasmania, in October and November 2010 with the aims of (1 identifying what mammal species in the Reserves would be attracted to 'truffles' or truffle oil baits, and (2) investigating whether animals were more or less likely to visit baits in areas with different fire histories. We detected eight species of mammal in the Reserves; the most commonly detected mammal was the long-nosed potoroo ('Potorous tridactylus'), followed by the southern brown bandicoot ('Isoodon obesulus') and the eastern barred bandicoot ('Perameles gunnii'). There was no difference in visitation rates by the long-nosed potoroo to cameras in unburnt versus burnt sites, or to cameras baited with either truffles, truffle oil, or both truffles and oil. Mammals spent less time at each camera as the study progressed, possibly indicating a declining interest in the bait. Similar to a previous trapping study in the Reserves, our results indicate an abundance of small native marsupials, including several that are either rare or extinct on mainland Australia. However, camera-trapping failed to show the rodents revealed by trapping
Institutions and Firms in Transition Economies
No full textPrepared for the Handbook Of New Institutional Economics, this chapter focuses on how the NIE has been used to understand transition and how the experience of transition can help inform the NIE. It first shows that the NIE, as an analytical tool, hardly played any role at all in early transition, but that strategies of transition might have been very different had they embodied the lessons of the NIE. Institutional lacunae are now presumed to underlie the deep recessions in the first post-communist years. Subsequently, however, institutional construction has been quick. This chapter presents evidence on the speed of construction and on variations across different types of institutions. It also examines the reactions of firms to the new institutions. Firm adjustment is slower than institutional construction. The contrast between law's use in transactions and problems in corporate governance suggests that complementarities between institutions are important and that new institutions cannot quickly negate the effects of past privatization policies. These conclusions reverberate with the process of Chinese reforms, which relied on transitional institutions and which had characteristics that would seem familiar to a practitioner of the NIE. The chapter concludes by emphasizing the lessons from transition for the NIE. The destruction of even very poor institutions can be costly. Institutional construction can proceed very quickly when there is consensus on change and the process of institutional development is supply driven. At the same time, increases in national income can lag institutional development, if firms are slow to react, which will especially be the case if the new institutions are far removed from existing ones, as is likely when changes are supply driven.At present, there is no generally accepted accounting of the institutional strengths and weaknesses of the transition economies. The first goal of the paper is to fill this gap by assessing current levels of institutional development. The second is to examine which types of institutional mechanisms make relatively strong contributions. Extensive empirical evidence shows that institutional quality in transition countries is roughly as expected given per capita incomes. Institutions are improving continuously. Given prevailing assumptions that the institutional situation is dismal, the developments giving rise to this surprising finding must be investigated more fully. This investigation begins by cataloging the mechanisms that could have improved institutional indexes. Then, evidence is examined on the relative strengths of each of these mechanisms. Formal institutions have contributed more than informal ones. The largest contributions have come from formal institutions separate from the state administrative structure. Political institutions, legal systems, and independent governmental agencies have been important.Institutions, transition, enterprises, firm boundaries, legal systems, transactional governance, corporate governance, China
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
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