Using Bank of England voting data, we show empirically that members ’ votes are driven by heteroge-neous individual assessments of the economy as well as their individual policy preferences. Estimates indicate that internal committee members form more precise assessments than externals and are also

Privatization was one of the significant public policy adopted by many countries in the last two decades. Previous and recent studies on its efficacy have focused mostly on the gains at the firm and industry levels. Differing from that approach, this paper attempts to reconsider impacts

preference differences are very small if members vote strategically. Counterfactual analysis shows that com-mittees add value through aggregating private assessments, but that gains to larger committees taper off quickly beyond five members. There is no evidence that ex-ternals add value through preference

2Using NEMP assessment tasks in the classroom: Three schools ’ experiences “The primary purpose of school-based assessment is to improve students’ learning and the quality of the learning programmes ” (Ministry of Education, 1993, p.24). However, this noteworthy aim has often been submerged

This paper draws on our new database on bank regulation and supervision in 107 countries to assess different governmental approaches to bank regulation and supervision and to evaluate the efficacy of specific regulatory and supervisory policies. First, we assess two broad and competing theories

World War II? According to much received scholarly wisdom, the answer is yes. As Paul Pierson writes in one of the earliest and most influential assessments, “Economic, political, and social pressures have fostered an image of welfare states under siege. Yet if one turns from abstract discussions

Recent theoretical work suggests that means and asset-tested social insurance programs can explain the low savings of lower income households in the U.S. We assess the validity of this hypothesis by investigating the effect of Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income women and children

While most technical assessments classify privatization as a success, it remains widely and increasingly unpopular, largely because of the perception that it is fundamentally unfair, both in conception and execution. We review the increasing (but still uneven) literature and conclude that most

-brain view and MacLean's triune brain (reptilian, paleomammalian, and neomammalian); (2) assessment of the intrapersonal communication system by beginning at the preverbal stage; (3) the role of the brain in understanding intrapersonal communication processing; (4) modularity of brain function

A Thesis submitted to the Department of International Development Studies (IDS) for the Award of a Degree of Doctor of