Maxwell School News and Commentary

Wilcoxen weighs in on EPA regulatory rollbacks in Washington Post

Peter Wilcoxen was featured in the Washington Post article "EPA’s scientific advisers warn its regulatory rollbacks clash with established science." 
January 7, 2020

See related: Energy, Environment, United States

Uechi completes book on public dimensions of information technology

Edward Uechi ’08 MPA has written Public Service Information Technology: The Definitive Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology of Cost-Effective Operations and Services (Productivity Press, 2020). Uechi's book explores the complex intersections between various areas of information technology management.

January 7, 2020

See related: Awards & Honors

Reeher op-ed on new VPPCE program published in USA Today

"What immediately struck me and stayed with me throughout the program was the genuine support the veterans offered each other, despite their political differences," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
January 6, 2020

See related: Political Parties, U.S. Education, United States, Veterans

Khalil comments on death of Iran Gen. Soleimani in USA Today, LA Times

The killings of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Deputy Chairman of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units, "were a dangerous and ill-advised escalation by the United States," Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history and Middle East expert, told USA Today. " Khalil also talked to other outlets about this development, stating that "Their deaths will make it more difficult to resolve the ongoing tensions between Washington and Tehran and will only destabilize Iraq further."

January 6, 2020

See related: Conflict, Government, Middle East & North Africa

WP 220 New York State Economic Status of Regions and Development Programs

Michael J. Wasylenko
December 31, 2019

WP 224 Do Foster Care Agencies Discriminate Against Gay Couples?

Mattie Mackenzie-Liu, David J. Schwegman, and Leonard M. Lopoo
The authors' results suggest that while foster care agencies respond at somewhat similar rates to all couples, responses sent to gay males are of lower quality.
December 31, 2019

Heflin paper on administrative churn in SNAP published in Medical Care

Colleen Heflin, Leslie Hodges & Chinedum Ojinnaka
December 31, 2019

WP 222 Nonparametric Sample Splitting

Yoonseok Lee & Yulong Wang
This paper develops a threshold regression model where an unknown relationship between two variables nonparametrically determines the threshold.
December 31, 2019

WP 221 Forecasting with Unbalanced Panel Data

Badi Baltagi & Long Liu
This paper derives the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) for an unbalanced panel data model.
December 31, 2019

WP 223 Inference in Threshold Models

Yoonseok Lee & Yulong Wang
This paper develops new statistical inference methods for the parameters in threshold regression models.
December 31, 2019

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