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Medical Governance: Values, Expertise, and Interests in ...

Medical Governance: Values, Expertise, and Interests in ...

David L. Weimer

In Medical Governance, David Weimer explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations.
Institutional Design

Institutional Design

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David L. Weimer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Institutional design/edited by David L. Weimer. p. cm. –(Recent economic thought series) Includes index. ISBN 978-94-010-4279-6 ISBN 978-94-011-0641-2 (eBook) DOI  ...
The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in ...

The New Global Oil Market: Understanding Energy Issues in ...

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Horwich, George, Hank Jenkins-Smith, and David L. Weimer. "The International Energy Agency's Mandatory Oil-Sharing Agreement: Tests of Efficiency, Equity, and Practicality." In George Horwich and David L. Weimer (eds.), Responding to  ...
Back Talk: Teaching Lost Selves to Speak

Back Talk: Teaching Lost Selves to Speak

Joan Weimer

... Jacqueline Berke, Sharon Blessum, Janet Burstein, Pearl Charles, Vicki Christensen, Suzanne Gardinier, Georgia Heard, Janet Larson, Janet Neipris, Chantal Rosas-Cobian, Mira Stillman, Jerry Still- man, Cheryl Torsney, Barbara Wright.
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

Examines the life of Joan of Arc and explores the meaning of Joan both to her contemporaries and succeeding generations--Joan as hero, prophet, heretic, androgyne, harlot, and saint
Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture

Visions of the Maid: Joan of Arc in American Film and Culture

Robin Blaetz

In Visions of the Maid, Blaetz examines three pivotal films—Cecil B. DeMille's 1916 Joan the Woman, Victor Fleming's 1948 Joan of Arc, and Otto Preminger's 1957 Saint Joan—as well as addressing a broad array of popular culture ...
A Watery Grave

A Watery Grave

Joan Druett

Joan Druett. A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT A WATERY GRAVE JOAN DRUETT INTI-L; g BUOKS. Front Cover.
The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values: Theory ...

The Measurement of Environmental and Resource Values: Theory ...

A. Myrick Freeman III

“Consumer's Surplus and WelfareChange inaSimple Dynamic Model.” Review of Economic Studies51 (164): 171–176. Boardman, Anthony E.,DavidH. Greenberg, Aidan R. Vining, and David L. Weimer. 2011. CostBenefit Analysis: Concepts ...
Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice

Policy Analysis: Concepts and Practice

David L. Weimer

For example, Aidan Vining and Anthony Boardman compared the performances of the largest non-U.S. public, private, and mixed firms operating in competitive environments. After controlling for important variables, such as industry and ...
Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and ...

Investing in the Disadvantaged: Assessing the Benefits and ...

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Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Social Policies David L. Weimer, Aidan R. Vining. REFERENCES Aghion, Philippe, Eve Caroli, and Cecilia Garcia- Penalosa. 1999. “Inequality and Economic Growth: The Perspective of the New Growth ...
The Political Economy of Property Rights: Institutional ...

The Political Economy of Property Rights: Institutional ...

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Institutional Change and Credibility in the Reform of Centrally Planned Economies David L. Weimer. Neoclassical economics classifies property by nominal ownership: Private property is owned by a specific individual who controls its use; ...
Policy Analysis and Economics: Developments, Tensions, Prospects

Policy Analysis and Economics: Developments, Tensions, Prospects

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Developments, Tensions, Prospects David L. Weimer. Svenson, Ola, “Are We All Less Risky and More Skillful Than Our Fellow Drivers Are? Acta Psychologica 47 (1981), 143–148. Tversky, Amos, and Kahneman, Daniel, “Judgment under ...
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

clothing, see knight, Joan of Arc as: clothing; transvestism cult of [after her death] attempted suppression of, 4 centered on Domremy, 237 early promoters of, 181 growth of, 19th cent, 181 see also Joan of Arc: veneration of death of, see death:  ...
Joan of Arc: The Early Debate

Joan of Arc: The Early Debate

Deborah A. Fraioli

(Does) an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc... skillfully disentangles countless textual threads, all centered around one problem: the nature of Joan's mission as it was examined in the early theological debates.
Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism

Marina Warner

The night Joan spent with Catherine de La Rochelle in the winter of 1429, trying to discover if there were any truth in her, is one of the most interesting and extraordinary incidents in the whole of Joan's career. When Catherine said that her ...
Joan of Arc: Reality and Myth

Joan of Arc: Reality and Myth

Dirk Arend Berents

The appearance of Joan of Arc JAN VAN HERWAARDEN The available documents have enabled us to learn to know the true Joan of Arc as a real person: of flesh and blood, intent on a mission and authoritarian, purposeful and arrogant, ...
Business Week

Business Week

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Liam Roberts; 54, Liam Roberts; 55, (left) Joan Sydlow, (right Ron Joan Sydlow; 58. (left) Joan Sydlow, (right) Hunt Food & Industries, Inc.; 60, (left) The Toledo Blade. Appelbe; 67, Ray Fisher; 68,70, Coleman Co.; 72, (left) Ernest Reshovsky,  ...
Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.:

Just Keep Breathing. At 44, he died. She didn’t.:

Joan Scott Curtis

She didn't. by Joan Scott Curtis © 2013 Joan Scott Curtis All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or by any ...
Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

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I am indebted to three earlier discussions of the cinematic treatment of Joan of Arc: a special issue of Etudes cine'matographiques 18— 19 (1962) devoted to “ Jeanne d'Arc a l'e'cran”; Robin Blaetz, “Strategies of Containment: Joan of Arc in  ...
From Prevention to Wellness Through Group Work

From Prevention to Wellness Through Group Work

Joan K Parry

Joan K Parry. First published 1997 by The Haworth Press, Inc. Published 2013 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Parry, Joan K. From prevention to wellness through group work  ...
Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to ...

Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to ...

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TAYLOR, JOAN GARY. Finite mathematics, by Joan Gary Taylor, Gwendolyn Neul Applebaugh & Dan Anderson. San Francisco, Canfield Press. 1142 p. © Joan Gary Taylor, Gwendolyn Neul Appleba & Dan Anderson; 25 Apr?5; A456736.
Shark Island

Shark Island

Joan Druett

Praise for Joan Druett and A Watery Grave "What a terrific idea New Zealand naval historian Joan Druett had for a mystery series."—Chicago Tribune "This impressive debut will appeal both to fans of historical mysteries and to Patrick O' ...
Reading Joan Didion

Reading Joan Didion

Lynn Marie Houston

This book is a compelling reference guide for book clubs on the work of Joan Didion, with summaries of her major works and discussion questions. * Discussion questions on Joan Didion's works, literary movements, and literary analysis * An ...
Joan Robinson

Joan Robinson

G. Harcourt

This section is based on Pervez Tahir's monograph, Making Sense of Joan Robinson on China, which he wrote when he was the 1990 Joan Robinson Memorial Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge.
Book of Joan

Book of Joan

Melissa Rivers

In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa Rivers relates funny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her and is the reason she considers valium one of the four ...
The Book of Joan

The Book of Joan

Melissa Rivers

In The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief and Manipulation, Melissa Rivers relates funny, poignant and irreverent observations, thoughts, and tales about the woman who raised her and is the reason she considers valium one of the four ...
Joan of Lorraine: A Play in Two Acts

Joan of Lorraine: A Play in Two Acts

Maxwell Anderson

THE STORY: Most persons are familiar with the story of Joan of Arc, so it is necessary only to say that this is a play within a play, the outer play (as it were) showing a group of actors in rehearsal on a bare stage, preparing to produce a ...
The Trial of Joan of Arc

The Trial of Joan of Arc

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For several weeks in March and April 1429, Joan was examined by a group of masters in Chinon and in Poitiers. The following document, often called the Poitiers Conclusions, is the only vestige of opinion from theologians or canon lawyers ...
Joan of Arc: Her Story

Joan of Arc: Her Story

Regine Pernoud

In a distinguished English translation, the bestselling French book now considered the standard biography of Joan published just in time for the upcoming film by Luc Besson.
Bert, a Story All about Me!

Bert, a Story All about Me!

Joan Wilson

Author Joan Wilson intersperses her personal experiences of growing up on an isolated farm with the fictional tale of Bert's adventures. Bert, a beloved black dog with a caring and sensitive nature, narrates his own poignant story.

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