Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). CHI’15 , April 18–23, 2015, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Abstract In our research project, dubbed BudgetWiser, we focus on the government budget, one of the most important policy documents of a government. Our goal is to increase public interests in the budget and encourage public participation in the budgeting process by leveraging open government data. W...

tising on the performance and asset and liability characteristics of firms Germain Act of 1982 eliminated many of the differences in in the U.S. savings and loan industry over the period 1985 to 1989. The the asset and liability powers of thrifts and other depository results of a simultaneous equation analysis on a sample of 2,534 thrifts institutions. The Financial Institutions Reform, Recover...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of a behaviour change approach, with or without financial support, in improving vitamin A (VA) intake and serum retinol concentration through mango and liver consumption by children. DESIGN A parallel design (no control area) was used to assess changes in VA intake and serum retinol over a 15-week period. SETTING AND SUBJECTS A pilot study was implement...

OBJECTIVES Half of US states have minimum cigarette price laws that were originally passed to protect small independent retailers from unfair price competition with larger retailers. These laws prohibit cigarettes from being sold below a minimum price that is set by a formula. Many of these laws allow cigarette company promotional incentives offered to retailers, such as buydowns and master-typ...