PROBLEM The homicide rate of taxicab-industry is 20 times greater than that of all workers. A NIOSH study showed that cities with taxicab-security cameras experienced significant reduction in taxicab driver homicides. METHODS Minimum technical requirements and a standard test protocol for taxicab-security cameras for effective taxicab-facial identification were determined. The study took more...

Capital requirements play a key role in the supervision and regulation of banks. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is now changing the current framework by introducing risk-sensitive capital charges. There have been concerns that this will unduly increase volatility in the banks’ capital. Furthermore, when the credit supply is rationed, capital requirements may exacerbate an economic d...

The purpose of this paper is to assist the WCPFC to identify data fields that are not currently included in its Regional Observer Program Minimum Standard Data Fields and Instructions (ROP). Collection of these further data may assist in the understanding of fishery impacts on seabirds and in assessing the efficacy of the mitigation measures currently being used. The specific data fields that a...

Abstract Using several data sources from Chile, we study the impact of size school choice set at time starting primary school. With that purpose, exploit multiple cutoffs defining minimum age entry, which not only define when a student can start elementary school, but also schools she/he choose. Moreover, differences across municipalities in composition according to these allow us account for m...