A method is described for set-point tracking in nonlinear systems when pointwise-in-time input and/or state inequality constraints are to be enforced. It consists of adding to a primal compensated system a nonlinear device called command governor (CG) whose action is based on the current state, set-point and prescribed constraints. The CG selects at any time the system input via a receding-hori...

The state governors in Nigeria have manipulated the local government councils to extent that they appoint their cronies and loyalists as caretaker committee chairmen without regard constitutional provisions for democratically elected council chairmen. In all cases, choice of appointees is not always wishes people masses at grassroot rejected them. most fundamental problem inherent committees ar...

In this paper we study the monetary and fiscal policy making in a monetary union when authorities face asymmetries in the countries constructing this monetary union. We analyze this problem in an asymmetric environment using a two-country theoretical model and by introducing two alternative types of national asymmetries : asymmetric shocks and the asymmetric transmission mechanism. The central ...

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How do governors’ reelection motives affect policy experimentation? We develop a theoretical model of this situation, and then test the predictions in data on US state-level welfare reforms from 1978 to 2007. This period marked most dramatic shift social since New Deal. Our findings indicate that governors with strong electoral support are less likely experiment than little support. Yet, who ca...

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