Rebecca M Hendrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 1018520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca M Hendrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hendrick |
| SIGNATURE | HENDRICK R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Does Local Government Fragmentation Reduce Local Spending
This study uses multiple measures of fragmentation and decentralization to assess the effects of these conditions on total local spending in 126 metropolitan regions and 538 counties in the same regions in 2002. The measures are derived from a recognized scheme that distinguishes among total, horizontal, and vertical dimensions of these conditions, and the models control for other causes of total local spending, including sprawl and interlocal sp…
The Policy Sciences: The Challenge of Complexity
This essay reviews some of the recent criticisms of positivist science. It interprets this criticism, more generally, as directed towards the complexity of social science phenomena and the difficulty of dealing with complexity epistemologically and methodologically. Rather than ignoring complexity, changing the subject matter or explaining it away, we argue that complexity may be acknowledged and studied systematically withn the context of post-p…
Variation in State Economic Growth: Decomposing State, Regional, and National Effects
Previous research on the impact of the political system on economic conditions in the American states has assumed the dominance of endogenous factors (i.e., those unique to the states) in determining levels of economic growth. However, because state economies are interdependent and responsive to national and regional economic trends, such an assumption is unrealistic. In this paper we employ the variance components approach utilized in research o…
Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Longitudinal Test, 1948-1984
Over the years, numerous scholars have explored the degree to which there are tradeoffs between defense and domestic (mostly welfare) spending in the United States and other Western democracies (Russett 1970, 1982; Perroff and Podalak-Warren 1979; Domke, Eichenberg, and Kelleher 1983; Fischer and Kamlet 1984; Kamlet and Mowery 1987; Mintz 1989). While there is substantial scholarly disagreement about how tradeoffs among expenditure categories are…
Does Local Government Fragmentation Reduce Local Spending
This study uses multiple measures of fragmentation and decentralization to assess the effects of these conditions on total local spending in 126 metropolitan regions and 538 counties in the same regions in 2002. The measures are derived from a recognized scheme that distinguishes among total, horizontal, and vertical dimensions of these conditions, and the models control for other causes of total local spending, including sprawl and interlocal sp…
Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Longitudinal Test, 1948-1984
Over the years, numerous scholars have explored the degree to which there are tradeoffs between defense and domestic (mostly welfare) spending in the United States and other Western democracies (Russett 1970, 1982; Perroff and Podalak-Warren 1979; Domke, Eichenberg, and Kelleher 1983; Fischer and Kamlet 1984; Kamlet and Mowery 1987; Mintz 1989). While there is substantial scholarly disagreement about how tradeoffs among expenditure categories are…
Variation in State Economic Growth: Decomposing State, Regional, and National Effects
Previous research on the impact of the political system on economic conditions in the American states has assumed the dominance of endogenous factors (i.e., those unique to the states) in determining levels of economic growth. However, because state economies are interdependent and responsive to national and regional economic trends, such an assumption is unrealistic. In this paper we employ the variance components approach utilized in research o…
The Policy Sciences: The Challenge of Complexity
This essay reviews some of the recent criticisms of positivist science. It interprets this criticism, more generally, as directed towards the complexity of social science phenomena and the difficulty of dealing with complexity epistemologically and methodologically. Rather than ignoring complexity, changing the subject matter or explaining it away, we argue that complexity may be acknowledged and studied systematically withn the context of post-p…
Variation in State Economic Growth: Decomposing State, Regional, and National Effects
Previous research on the impact of the political system on economic conditions in the American states has assumed the dominance of endogenous factors (i.e., those unique to the states) in determining levels of economic growth. However, because state economies are interdependent and responsive to national and regional economic trends, such an assumption is unrealistic. In this paper we employ the variance components approach utilized in research o…
Expenditure Tradeoffs in the American States: A Longitudinal Test, 1948-1984
Over the years, numerous scholars have explored the degree to which there are tradeoffs between defense and domestic (mostly welfare) spending in the United States and other Western democracies (Russett 1970, 1982; Perroff and Podalak-Warren 1979; Domke, Eichenberg, and Kelleher 1983; Fischer and Kamlet 1984; Kamlet and Mowery 1987; Mintz 1989). While there is substantial scholarly disagreement about how tradeoffs among expenditure categories are…
The Policy Sciences: The Challenge of Complexity
This essay reviews some of the recent criticisms of positivist science. It interprets this criticism, more generally, as directed towards the complexity of social science phenomena and the difficulty of dealing with complexity epistemologically and methodologically. Rather than ignoring complexity, changing the subject matter or explaining it away, we argue that complexity may be acknowledged and studied systematically withn the context of post-p…
Does Local Government Fragmentation Reduce Local Spending
This study uses multiple measures of fragmentation and decentralization to assess the effects of these conditions on total local spending in 126 metropolitan regions and 538 counties in the same regions in 2002. The measures are derived from a recognized scheme that distinguishes among total, horizontal, and vertical dimensions of these conditions, and the models control for other causes of total local spending, including sprawl and interlocal sp…
Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Complex Systems and Decision Making (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criticism (1 works) · Decentralization (1 works) · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (1 works)