A theory of government policy determination, based on intertemporal distortion-smoothing and limited commitment, matches the set of stylized facts of U.S. wartime policy.

Climate science suggests that, to have a high probability of limiting global warming to an average temperature increase of 2 1C, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2020 and be reduced to close to zero by 2040. However, the current trend is heading towards at least 4 1C by 2100 and little effective action is being taken. This paper commences the process of developing contingency plans ...

OBJECTIVES This study examines differences in the relationship between veteran status and men's trajectories of health conditions, activities of daily living limitations, and self-rated health. METHODS We use data on 12,631 men drawn from the 1992-2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to estimate growth curve models that examine differences in health trajectories between nonveterans a...

Poland, the lakes and forests of Finland, the mountains of Norway, the dykes of Holland, the little hills of Belgium, and more recently the plain of Flanders. We have pictured ourselves administering first aid to the wounded, hot drinks to refugees, or just keeping cool under heavy fire ! But for most of us such portraits are drawn more from phantasy than from reality. Certainly we may do a lit...

This paper seeks to analyze the phenomenon of wartime rape and sexual torture of Croatian and Iraqi men and to explore the avenues for its prosecution under international humanitarian and human rights law. Male rape, in time of war, is predominantly an assertion of power and aggression rather than an attempt on the part of the perpetrator to satisfy sexual desire. The effect of such a horrible ...

In the multiethnic Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croats and Muslims, attacked by the Yugoslav army and Serbs, had to employ rationally their poorly provisioned civilian health services so that they could respond to the extremely numerous and prompt needs of war conditions. The health services in the areas controlled by Croats and Muslims had to be reorganized twice because of sudden changes of wartim...

The two world wars in the 20th century had a great impact on European clothing industry, and to some extent, they also promoted development of fashion industry. designers have designed "wartime clothes" meet needs women's work life during war. "Wartime clothing" is breakthrough traditional clothing, its unique characteristics shine brilliantly wartime. In order liberate people from shadow war a...