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Expert Commentary

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Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

Enforcement and public corruption: Evidence from U.S. states

by John Wihbey | May 29, 2012

2010 study from Harvard and the University of Copenhagen about the relationship between rates of public corruption and available legal resources.

Expert Commentary

Research chat: Ron Suskind on investigative reporting, interviewing and documents

by John Wihbey | May 29, 2012

2012 interview with author and investigative reporter Ron Suskind about his reporting and writing techniques.

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Economics

U.S. National Science Board: Science and engineering indicators, 2012

by Pratibha Joshi | May 25, 2012

2012 report from the National Science Foundation putting U.S. research and development and high tech industries in global context.

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Media, Race & Gender

Longitudinal gender and age bias in a prominent amateur new media community

by Margaret Weigel | May 24, 2012

2012 study published in New Media and Society on age and gender discrimination in an online community.

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Economics

The variability of returns on initial public offerings (IPOs)

by John Wihbey | May 23, 2012

2012 study from Penn State, Loyola Marymount and the University of Rochester on the difficulty of accurately pricing initial stock offerings.

Expert Commentary

Economics, Politics & Government

Roads to prosperity or bridges to nowhere? The impact of public infrastructure investment

by Leighton Walter Kille | May 22, 2012

2012 paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the economic effects of spending on highway projects.

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Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Perceptions of discrimination and racial policy opinion after Obama

by Rozanne Larsen | May 22, 2012

2011 study from the University of Michigan on racial attitudes and perceptions in America immediately before and after Barack Obama’s election.

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Economics, Health

Commuting distance, cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic risk

by Leighton Walter Kille | May 21, 2012

2012 study on the relationship between commuting distance and health, including BMI, cholesterol, blood pressure and cardiorespiratory fıtness.

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Economics, Education

Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using earning data

by Margaret Weigel | May 21, 2012

2011 Princeton University working paper on the estimated monetary returns and highly selective college attendance in the United States.

Expert Commentary

Politics & Government

Growing gap in favorable views of federal and state governments

by Bakary Seckan | May 21, 2012

2012 Pew Research survey looking at variation in citizen assessments of government at different levels, and partisan divides in the United States.

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