Michael W Klein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5691482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael W Klein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael W |
| FAMILY NAME | Klein |
| SIGNATURE | KLEIN M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Military Officer Aptitude in the All-Volunteer Force
We show a statistically significant and quantitatively meaningful decline in the aptitude of commissioned officers in the marine corp from 1980 to 2014 as measured by their scores on the General Classification Test. This result contrasts with the widely studied increase in the quality of enlisted personnel since 1973 when conscription ended. As a possible cause for this decline, we focus on the fact that, during this period, marine officers had t…
Insights and Implications for State Policy-Makers
Using a range of data and analytic approaches, the articles in this volume offer insights for understanding how state policy can increase higher education attainment and close gaps in attainment across groups. This concluding article begins by addressing the relationships between public policy and performance that cut across the volume. We then offer recommendations for state policy leaders—concrete steps that governors, legislators, and other po…
Borders, ethnicity and trade
A new model for financing public colleges and universities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest public service corporations as a new means of helping to finance comprehensive public colleges and universities based on a well‐documented assumption that the current shared responsibility for financing public colleges is broken. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on financing comprehensive public colleges and universities, and explicitly does not focus on research, community, or propriet…
Explaining the duration of exchange-rate pegs
This paper is an empirical investigation of the duration of exchange-rate pegs in 16 Latin American countries and Jamaica. We identify factors that influence peg duration using logit analysis. The real exchange rate and the level of international liquidity are significant determinants of the monthly likelihood of devaluation. Structural variables, such as the openness of an economy and its geographical trade concentration, and political variables…
Borders, ethnicity and trade
Explaining the duration of exchange-rate pegs
This paper is an empirical investigation of the duration of exchange-rate pegs in 16 Latin American countries and Jamaica. We identify factors that influence peg duration using logit analysis. The real exchange rate and the level of international liquidity are significant determinants of the monthly likelihood of devaluation. Structural variables, such as the openness of an economy and its geographical trade concentration, and political variables…
A new model for financing public colleges and universities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest public service corporations as a new means of helping to finance comprehensive public colleges and universities based on a well‐documented assumption that the current shared responsibility for financing public colleges is broken. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on financing comprehensive public colleges and universities, and explicitly does not focus on research, community, or propriet…
Explaining the duration of exchange-rate pegs
This paper is an empirical investigation of the duration of exchange-rate pegs in 16 Latin American countries and Jamaica. We identify factors that influence peg duration using logit analysis. The real exchange rate and the level of international liquidity are significant determinants of the monthly likelihood of devaluation. Structural variables, such as the openness of an economy and its geographical trade concentration, and political variables…
A new model for financing public colleges and universities
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to suggest public service corporations as a new means of helping to finance comprehensive public colleges and universities based on a well‐documented assumption that the current shared responsibility for financing public colleges is broken. Design/methodology/approach The paper focuses on financing comprehensive public colleges and universities, and explicitly does not focus on research, community, or propriet…
Borders, ethnicity and trade
Insights and Implications for State Policy-Makers
Using a range of data and analytic approaches, the articles in this volume offer insights for understanding how state policy can increase higher education attainment and close gaps in attainment across groups. This concluding article begins by addressing the relationships between public policy and performance that cut across the volume. We then offer recommendations for state policy leaders—concrete steps that governors, legislators, and other po…
Military Officer Aptitude in the All-Volunteer Force
We show a statistically significant and quantitatively meaningful decline in the aptitude of commissioned officers in the marine corp from 1980 to 2014 as measured by their scores on the General Classification Test. This result contrasts with the widely studied increase in the quality of enlisted personnel since 1973 when conscription ended. As a possible cause for this decline, we focus on the fact that, during this period, marine officers had t…
Political science (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Global trade and economics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public policy (2 works)