Hoover Institution National Fellows For 2001-2002 Announced.News Desks/Education Writers STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001 Hoover Institution director John Raisian has announced the recipients of the annual postdoctoral W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellows Program for the 2001-2002 academic year. The national fellows' year affords junior scholars time free from teaching to advance their professional careers by completing an original and significant research project at the Hoover Institution. Since its inception, the National Fellows Program has awarded more than 390 fellowships to outstanding scholars from universities across the United States and Canada. Stanford faculty members have received nearly 15 percent of those awards over the last two decades. Recognized as one of the preeminent fellowships in the United States, the program furnishes scholars an opportunity to spend one year at the Hoover Institution conducting independent research on current or historical public policy issues. "The National Fellows Program functions as a significant part of the academic visitor component of the Hoover Institution. We are eager to welcome next fall another talented group of scholars who share our interest in research and policy to Hoover," said Hoover director John Raisian. The program is administered by Hoover associate director Thomas H. Henriksen, serving as the program's executive secretary, assisted by Joy Taylor. The 2001-2002 fellows, academic affiliations and topics are: Professor Lanier Benkard Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Proposal: "An Empirical Study of Consumer Welfare, and Productivity Growth, in the Personal Computer Industry" Professor Jeffrey Hummel hummel entire, naturally polled deer. Department of Economics, Golden Gate University Proposal: "Deadweight Loss Deadweight Loss The costs to society created by an inefficiency in the market. Notes: Mainly used in economics, the term "deadweight loss" can be applied to any deficiency due to an inefficient allocation of resources. and the American Civil War American Civil War or Civil War or War Between the States (1861–65) Conflict between the U.S. federal government and 11 Southern states that fought to secede from the Union. : The Political Economy of Slavery, Secession, and Emancipation" Professor Juliet Johnson Department of Political Science, Loyola University, Chicago Proposal: "Financial Globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and National Sovereignty: The Creation of Independent Central Banks in Post-Communist Democracies" Professor Yanni Kotsonis Department of History, New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the Proposal: "Taxation in Russia in Comparative and Historical Perspective, 1860-1941." Professor Dean Lacy Department of Political Science, Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. Proposal: "Nonseparable Preferences in Public Opinion and Elections" Professor Luisa Lambertini Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. Proposal: "Should Central Banks Be Conservative?" Professor Lance Lochner Department of Economics, University of Rochester The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. The university is one of 62 elected members of the Association of American Universities. Proposal: "Human Capital Formation with Endogenous Credit Constraints" Professor John Morgan Department of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University Proposal: "The Art of Conversation: How the Flow of Information in Organizations Affects the Quality of Decision Making and Expert Advice" Professor Daniel Posner Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles Proposal: "Ethnicity and Development" Professor Antonio Rangel Department of Economics, Stanford University Proposal: "Public Institutions for Intergenerational Exchange" Professor Matthew Turner Department of Economics, University of Toronto Research at the University of Toronto has been responsible for the world's first electronic heart pacemaker, artificial larynx, single-lung transplant, nerve transplant, artificial pancreas, chemical laser, G-suit, the first practical electron microscope, the first cloning of T-cells, Proposal: "Property Rights, Investment, and Institutions in Rural China" Professor Carolyn Warner Department of Political Science, Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. Proposal: "Institutions of Corruption or Corruption of Institutions? Fraud in the European Union" |
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