...Aaron Kolb; Erik Madsen This mechanism is robust to a number of important extensions of our model. We show that the loyal agent’s optimal stakes curve is shaped by the same forces, and exhibits the same combination of gradual and abrupt stakes adjustments, in environments with endogenous monitoring...

... in organizations—the stakes of an innovation project—and develop theory explaining how it creates conditions under which familiarity either enhances or undermines innovation in teams. Using a mixed-method approach to study an innovation contest held in the legal industry, we found that under lower-stakes...

.../funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Abstract The Music Therapy Board Certification (BC) Examination is a high-stakes test that affects test takers’ entry into the profession and reflects the quality of music therapy programs. Accumulating studies in the health sciences have identified the factors...

... is stakes sensitive and Laurie Paul’s (2014) account of the epistemology of transformative experience. The view that knowledge is stakes sensitive comes in different flavours: one can go for subjective or objective conceptions of stakes, where subjective views of stakes take stakes...

... achievement. It is crucial for school social workers to become more aware of the potentially negative consequences that stem from reliance on “high stakes” testing. The authors review the disparate impact of traditional assessment approaches and high-stakes testing on ethnic minority students in general...

... authoritarian responses to levels of vertical threat as well as to variations in the stakes of power. It places intertemporal trade-offs at the core of its uncertainty-centered explanation of manipulative choices. Authoritarian efforts to contain emergent uncertainties (“first-order threats”) can provoke...

... egalitarian accounts of ‘stakes’ or the value of choice. On the usual prudential brute-luck egalitarian account, the value of choice is simply its pre-redistributive outcome—the results are simply left to stand. The prudential account is, however, unsustainable as it implies that those...

..., and the relationship between, on one side, Poland and the Soviet Union (historically, the Russian Empire) and, on the other, Poland and Germany (including Nazi Germany). Hans Kloss Stakes Greater than Life Television History Cold War Culture Postwar Poland Spy Fiction Memory James Bond World War II Polish...

...Chapter Eight describes the career of Never Say Die, culminating with his historic win in the Epsom Derby, including his victory in the St. Leger Stakes, the oldest of the British classics. The early career of Never Say Die’s jockey Sir Lester Piggott, arguably the most famous British jockey...

... to the status of high-stakes standardized assessments where rankings on outcomes are published so that parents can make informed decisions regarding school choice. The first assessment systems emerged in almost all Latin American countries during the nineties. Then, some countries introduced high-stakes...

... assessment purposes and high-stakes certification and licensure examinations. Developing SP programmes can be complex and special attention should be paid to centre design, case development, and SP recruitment and training. We outline how properly constructed SP assessments can yield valid and reproducible...

...Home for the entire Bid contingent is Baltimore, Maryland. This chapter covers the publicity surrounding the Preakness Stakes (held in Maryland), the second jewel of the Triple Crown, where Bid wins by an even larger margin than in the Derby. Churchill Downs Cordero Angel Delp Grover G “Bud...

... economic growth China meritocracy National College Entrance Exam (gaokao) high-stakes standardized testing cultural virtues social inequality Every year in China, some ten million high school seniors take the National College Entrance Examination, known colloquially as the gaokao...

... acts, even if these problems have a Kantian solution. It also explores the Rarity Objection, the High Stakes Objection, and the Non-Reversibility Objection. Finally, it explains the Kantian Contractualist Formula, which says everyone ought to follow the principles whose universal acceptance everyone...

... still control considerable power and resources. In interactive governance, on the other hand, agency is not directly tied to institutions or institutional levels but criss-crosses among levels. Participation is defined by stakes, interests, knowledge, resources, and networking capability. Thus, while...

... with Mooney and returned to Churchill Downs, Black Gold returned to his best form but was overshadowed by Wise Counsellor's sensational season-ending performance in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. The chapter ends with Rosa Hoot's announced decision to enter Black Gold in the Kentucky Derby...

... deniability stakes effects The previous chapter laid out our case for substantially expanding our discipline’s investment in experimental philosophy, because a failure to do so would be methodologically irrational: there are large, long-term methodological benefits to be gained from such an investment...

... the oilman's attorney, William Zevely, who was a facilitator of the corrupt bargain. Zev would surpass Man o' War's all-time American earnings record, and his twenty-three career wins would include scores in the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and the Race of the Century against English champion Papyrus. Cox...

... “disposability of youth ” ecological theory of human development Giroux H A human development ecological theory of “war against youth ” youth development youth disposability accountability Berliner D Freire P high stakes testing Nichols S No Child Left Behind Race to the Top 2009 racism systemic...

...This chapter focuses on the problem of faking in high stakes personality testing and potential psychometric remedies. Following a brief summary of the effects of faking and methods that have been used to detect or correct for faking post hoc, a recent item response theory approach to creating fake...