Judy M Berkowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 143690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judy M Berkowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judy M |
| FAMILY NAME | Berkowitz |
| SIGNATURE | BERKOWITZ J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Prairie View A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0875-6166 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unique offerings
This study examines the factors influencing non-state armed actors’ (NSAAs) ability and willingness to implement rebel governance, with a focus on the group's ideological distinction from adversaries and the government. We argue that a unique ideology acts as an effective branding tool, enhancing governance success as constituents recognize and align with it. This ideology allows NSAAs to offer a distinct social contract to their followers with m…
Success or Shirking in Terror
State sponsored terrorism can provide significant foreign policy benefits, but terrorist organizations are regularly observed to act in opposition to their sponsor’s interests. Previous scholars have analyzed sponsorship using the principal-agent framework, describing undesired behaviors as agency loss or shirking. However, there is currently no large-N empirical study evaluating the behaviors of sponsored groups. In this paper, I evaluate agency…
Rebel Rivalry and the Strategic Nature of Rebel Group Ideology and Demands
How does the presence of multiple combatants affect rebel groups’ ideological and demand positioning? Although violent forms of inter-group conflict have been widely studied in the civil war literature, rebel groups’ strategic use of ideology and demands has received scarce scholarly attention. We argue that the pressure of competition forces rebel groups to differentiate themselves ideologically and demand-wise from their rivals to maximize thei…
Delegating Terror
State sponsorship of terrorism, where a government deliberately provides resources and material support to a terrorist organization, is common in the international system. Sponsorship can provide significant strategic and political benefits for a state, but there are inherent international and domestic risks associated with delegating foreign policy to these actors. Using principal–agent analysis, I develop a model that evaluates the impact of po…
Knowledge and Attitudes of Adults towards Smoking in Pregnancy
Applying the Interactive Systems Framework to the Dissemination and Adoption of National and State Recommendations for Hypertension
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report to identify the highest priority action areas for CDC, state health departments, and other public health partners in their efforts to reduce and control hypertension. To assess the dissemination and adoption of the IOM report recommendations, DHDSP developed an evaluation based on the I…
Smokers who are also using smokeless tobacco products in the US
Tobacco use is attributed to a number of diseases and deaths worldwide, and cessation of tobacco use can reduce these health risks. The prevalent use of smokeless tobacco in places with smoking restrictions and lack of planning to quit by 'dual users' suggest the need to promote cessation among these users
Testing Density Forecasts, With Applications to Risk Management
The forecast evaluation literature has traditionally focused on methods of assessing point forecasts. However, in the context of many models of financial risk, interest centers on more than just a single point of the forecast distribution. For example, value-at-risk models that are currently in extremely wide use form interval forecasts. Many other important financial calculations also involve estimates not summarized by a point forecast. Althoug…
Long-Horizon Exchange Rate Predictability
Several authors have recently investigated the predictability of exchange rates by fitting a sequence of long-horizon error-correction equations. We show by means of a simulation study that, in small to medium samples, inference from this regression procedure depends on the null hypothesis that is used to generate empirical critical values. The standard assumption of a stationary error-correction term between exchange rates and fundamentals biase…
Bootstrapping Multivariate Spectra
We generalize the Franke-Härdle (1992) spectral-density bootstrap to the multivariate case. The extension is nontrivial and facilitates use of the Franke-Härdle bootstrap in frequency-domain econometric work, which often centers on crossvariable dynamic interactions. We document the bootstrap's good finite-sample performance in a small Monte Carlo experiment, and we conclude by highlighting key directions for future research
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
Rebel Rivalry and the Strategic Nature of Rebel Group Ideology and Demands
How does the presence of multiple combatants affect rebel groups’ ideological and demand positioning? Although violent forms of inter-group conflict have been widely studied in the civil war literature, rebel groups’ strategic use of ideology and demands has received scarce scholarly attention. We argue that the pressure of competition forces rebel groups to differentiate themselves ideologically and demand-wise from their rivals to maximize thei…
Delegating Terror
State sponsorship of terrorism, where a government deliberately provides resources and material support to a terrorist organization, is common in the international system. Sponsorship can provide significant strategic and political benefits for a state, but there are inherent international and domestic risks associated with delegating foreign policy to these actors. Using principal–agent analysis, I develop a model that evaluates the impact of po…
Applying the Interactive Systems Framework to the Dissemination and Adoption of National and State Recommendations for Hypertension
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report to identify the highest priority action areas for CDC, state health departments, and other public health partners in their efforts to reduce and control hypertension. To assess the dissemination and adoption of the IOM report recommendations, DHDSP developed an evaluation based on the I…
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
Testing Two Contrasting Structural Models of Innovativeness in a Contractual Network
This study examined contrasting models of the impact of formal and informal structural factors and the communication environment on organizational innovativeness. Specifically, three formal structural variables (decentralization, formalization, and slack resources), two informal structural variables (range and prominence), and two communication environment variables (communication quality and acceptance) are posited to be antecedents of organizat…
Bootstrapping Multivariate Spectra
We generalize the Franke-Härdle (1992) spectral-density bootstrap to the multivariate case. The extension is nontrivial and facilitates use of the Franke-Härdle bootstrap in frequency-domain econometric work, which often centers on crossvariable dynamic interactions. We document the bootstrap's good finite-sample performance in a small Monte Carlo experiment, and we conclude by highlighting key directions for future research
Testing Density Forecasts, With Applications to Risk Management
The forecast evaluation literature has traditionally focused on methods of assessing point forecasts. However, in the context of many models of financial risk, interest centers on more than just a single point of the forecast distribution. For example, value-at-risk models that are currently in extremely wide use form interval forecasts. Many other important financial calculations also involve estimates not summarized by a point forecast. Althoug…
Long-Horizon Exchange Rate Predictability
Several authors have recently investigated the predictability of exchange rates by fitting a sequence of long-horizon error-correction equations. We show by means of a simulation study that, in small to medium samples, inference from this regression procedure depends on the null hypothesis that is used to generate empirical critical values. The standard assumption of a stationary error-correction term between exchange rates and fundamentals biase…
Smokers who are also using smokeless tobacco products in the US
Tobacco use is attributed to a number of diseases and deaths worldwide, and cessation of tobacco use can reduce these health risks. The prevalent use of smokeless tobacco in places with smoking restrictions and lack of planning to quit by 'dual users' suggest the need to promote cessation among these users
Applying the Interactive Systems Framework to the Dissemination and Adoption of National and State Recommendations for Hypertension
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP), commissioned an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report to identify the highest priority action areas for CDC, state health departments, and other public health partners in their efforts to reduce and control hypertension. To assess the dissemination and adoption of the IOM report recommendations, DHDSP developed an evaluation based on the I…
Knowledge and Attitudes of Adults towards Smoking in Pregnancy
Delegating Terror
State sponsorship of terrorism, where a government deliberately provides resources and material support to a terrorist organization, is common in the international system. Sponsorship can provide significant strategic and political benefits for a state, but there are inherent international and domestic risks associated with delegating foreign policy to these actors. Using principal–agent analysis, I develop a model that evaluates the impact of po…
Rebel Rivalry and the Strategic Nature of Rebel Group Ideology and Demands
How does the presence of multiple combatants affect rebel groups’ ideological and demand positioning? Although violent forms of inter-group conflict have been widely studied in the civil war literature, rebel groups’ strategic use of ideology and demands has received scarce scholarly attention. We argue that the pressure of competition forces rebel groups to differentiate themselves ideologically and demand-wise from their rivals to maximize thei…
Success or Shirking in Terror
State sponsored terrorism can provide significant foreign policy benefits, but terrorist organizations are regularly observed to act in opposition to their sponsor’s interests. Previous scholars have analyzed sponsorship using the principal-agent framework, describing undesired behaviors as agency loss or shirking. However, there is currently no large-N empirical study evaluating the behaviors of sponsored groups. In this paper, I evaluate agency…
Unique offerings
This study examines the factors influencing non-state armed actors’ (NSAAs) ability and willingness to implement rebel governance, with a focus on the group's ideological distinction from adversaries and the government. We argue that a unique ideology acts as an effective branding tool, enhancing governance success as constituents recognize and align with it. This ideology allows NSAAs to offer a distinct social contract to their followers with m…
Computer Science (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact (3 works)