Originally posted at Price News, Feb 5, 2020 Jeffery A. Jenkins, USC Price Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Law has recently published a new article in the journal Studies in American Political Development. It is entitled “Whiteness and the Emergence of the Republican Party in the Early Read more…
New paper published: The Joint Effects of Income, Vehicle Technology, and Rail Transit Access on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Marlon G. Boarnet, Raphael W. Bostic, Andrew Eisenlohr, Seva Rodnyansky, Raúl Santiago-Bartolomei, Huê-Tâm Webb Jamme First Published July 28, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118787087 * Abstract This paper examines the relationship between income, Read more…
By Cristy Lytal
According to Brettany Shannon, media arts and digital communications are playing increasingly important roles in community development. And as the first Scholar-in-Residence at the Bedrosian Center at the USC Price School of Public Policy, she’s exploring this topic through a variety of media ranging from an edited book to an Instagram database to a podcast.
Fast-Forward to the Frightening Future: How the 21st Century Cures Act Accelerates Technological Innovation…at Unknown Risk to Us All Anthony W. Orlando, Arnold J. Rosoff First Published August 14, 2018 Research Article https://doi.org/10.1177/0098858818789425 * I. INTRODUCTION Regulating technology in a field being fundamentally transformed by rapid advances is an exercise Read more…
“Policy uncertainty and corporate performance in government-sponsored voluntary environmental programs” Ning Liu, Shui-Yan Tang, Xueyong Zhan, and Carlos Wing-Hung Lo https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.110 Abstract This study combines insights from the policy uncertainty literature and neo-institutional theory to examine corporate performance in implementing a government-sponsored voluntary environmental program (VEP) during 2004–2012 in Guangzhou, Read more…
Arthur Acolin, Raphael Bostic, and Gary Painter have published a paper in the Journal of Economics which tests for discrimination in the rental housing market against names which are recognized as belonging to specific immigrant groups. Acolin, Arthur; Bostic, Raphael; Painter, Gary. (9/2016) A field study of rental market discrimination across origins Read more…
Author(s): Aguila, E., Mejia, N., Perez-Arce, F., Ramirez, E., & Rivera, A. Published in: Journal Aging & Social Policy, 1-19 Publication year: 2016. Related Bedrosian Faculty: Emma Aguila Assistant Professor http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2016.1158384
Why do presidents face so many seemingly avoidable bureaucratic conflicts? And why do these clashes usually intensify toward the end of presidential administrations, when a commander-in-chief’s administrative goals tend to be more explicit and better aligned with their appointed leadership’s prerogatives? In a newly published book titled Rethinking the Administrative Read more…
by Justine Dodgen A new article co-authored by Bedrosian Faculty Affiliate Bill Resh was accepted into the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. The article, entitled “A Systems Theory Approach to Innovation Implementation: Why Organizational Location Matters,” examines how the “success” of adopted innovations depends on both the source of innovation and the organizational Read more…
by Justine Dodgen This month, Professor and Bedrosian Center Research Director Shui Yan Tang coauthored a new article in the Policy Studies Journal entitled “Political Commitment, Policy Ambiguity, and Corporate Environmental Practices.” His paper examines how regulatory factors are related to basic and proactive corporate environmental management practices in the Pearl River Delta region Read more…
by Justine Dodgen Last month, Professor and Bedrosian Center Research Director Shui Yan Tang was published in the Journal of Environmental Management. His article, entitled “Stakeholder demands and corporate environmental coping strategies in China,” looks at how corporations in China are developing environmental coping strategies and protection practices. His findings, based Read more…
“Political Commitment, Policy Ambiguity, and Corporate Environmental Practices” Ning Liu, Shui-Yan Tang,Xueyong Zhan, Carlos Wing-Hung Lo DOI: 10.1111/psj.12130 Abstract A lack of clear political commitment together with confusing rules and enforcement often characterize the institutional context of policy implementation and regulatory compliance in developing countries. By connecting such contextual features to Read more…
Jovanna Rosen, a Ph.D. student in Urban Planning and Development at the USC Price School, published an article titled “Climate, Environmental Health Vulnerability, and Physical Planning: A Review of the Forecasting Literature” in the Journal of Planning Literature. In the piece, she ties environmental health, planning, and climate forecasting literature to formulate Read more…
Rethinking the Administrative Presidency, by William G Resh. Forthcoming from Johns Hopkins University Press. 2015 Homeownership Built to Last: Balancing Access, Affordability, and Risk after the Housing Crisis, with chapter by Raphael Bostic. Brookings Institution Press. 2014 Metropolitan Resilience in a Time of Economic Turmoil, with chapter by Raphael Bostic. University Read more…
Community Investment released a new paper by Bedrosian Faculty Affiliate, Eduardo Tinoco. The paper provides a brief historical background of veterans’ educational benefits. Tinoco identifies current challenges facing student veterans. He explores the cost of student veterans’ education and the role of the new G.I. Bill. Universities help student veterans Read more…
Frank Zerunyan‘s new book Newgotiate is reviewed on California City News. Read Frank’s account of writing the book here. Excerpt: In this eBook we create a unique 4-10-10 Newgotiation Technique as a unified dialect, which helps public leaders, individuals and organizations to speak the same language of Newgotiation. The 4-10-10 Read more…
Lisa Schweitzer. Planning and Social Media: A Case Study of Public Transit and Stigma on Twitter. Journal of the American Planning Association: Vol. 80, No. 3, 2014, pp. 218-238. Abstract Problem, research strategy, and findings: How media portray public transit services can affect the way voters and stakeholders think about future transit Read more…
Resh, William; Siddiki, Saba; McConnell, Will R. Does the Network Centrality of Government Actors Matter? Examining the Role of Government Organizations in Aquaculture Partnerships. Review of Policy Research, 11/2014, Volume 31, Issue 6. Abstract The growth in the use of collaborative governance arrangements has been accompanied by burgeoning scholarship in the Read more…
Resh, William G. Appointee–Careerist Relations in the Presidential Transition of 2008?2009. Presidential Studies Quarterly, 12/2014, Volume 44, Issue 4. Abstract This research takes a different approach from most studies of presidential transitions by examining transition preparations from the unique perspective of the career bureaucrats that provide a critical connection between transitions and Read more…
Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods and Outlook Edited by Daniel A. Mazmanian, Professor of Public Policy, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California and Hilda Blanco, Research Professor and Interim Director, Center for Sustainable Cities, Sol Price School of Public Policy University of Southern California, Read more…
Bryce C. Lowery and David C. Sloane. The Prevalence of Harmful Content on Outdoor Advertising in Los Angeles: Land Use, Community Characteristics, and the Spatial Inequality of a Public Health Nuisance. American Journal of Public Health: April 2014, Vol. 104, No. 4, pp. 658-664. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301694 Abstract: Objectives. Our study Read more…
Karen M. Hennigan, Cheryl L. Maxson, David C. Sloane, Kathy A. Kolnick & Flor Vindel. Identifying high-risk youth for secondary gang prevention. Journal of Crime and Justice: Vol. 37, Issue 1, 2014, pp. 104-128. Abstract Efforts to reduce gang violence by deterring youth from joining street gangs are of major interest in cities Read more…