Systemic Factors Influencing Risk Aversion: Diagnosing Behaviors and Tailoring Interventions for Lasting Transformation
2024

This report discusses the Phase II work for the Systemic Factors Influencing Risk Aversion: Diagnosing Behaviors and Tailoring Interventions for Lasting Transformation project (WRT-1081.8.4). The project was a collaboration between the Air Force Installation Contracting Center (AFICC) and The Ohio State University (OSU).

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Contract Design, Complexity, and Incentives: Evidence From U.S. Federal Agencies
The American Review of Public Administration
2018

This study analyzes nearly 390,000 federal contracts across service acquisitions of varying complexity to determine whether incentive contracts differ in contract duration, cost, or technical performance when compared with other types of contracts.

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A Closer Look at Contract Accountability: Exploring the Determinants of Sanctions for Unsatisfactory Contract Performance
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
2014

This research addresses the accountability dynamics in local government contracting by analyzing the decisions public managers make to determine whether they sanction contractors for unsatisfactory performance.

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The Impact of Increasing Funding for High-Performing Ohio Charter Schools: The Quality Community School Support Fund, 2019–23
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
2024

For too long, Ohio underfunded its public charter schools. That policy was unfair to charter school students—many economically disadvantaged—whose educations received less taxpayer support simply by virtue of their choice of schools.

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Exploring factors influencing repeated recalls in the US meat and poultry industry
Agribusiness
2024

Neal Hooker investigates the timing, probability and frequency of repeated recalls in the U.S. meat and poultry industry between 2003 and 2019. 

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Science and the nation-state: What China’s experience reveals about the role of policy in science
Science and Public Policy
2024
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Student Achievement and Learning Acceleration on Spring 2024 Ohio State Tests
Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
2024

Vladimir Kogan examines spring 2024 Ohio State Tests to understand how student academic achievement has been recovering since the declines experienced during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Ohio charter schools after the pandemic: Are their students still learning more than they would in district schools?
School Choice/Thomas B. Fordham Institute
2024

Professor Stéphane Lavertu investigates whether charter schools provide a superior education when compared to the district alternative. Just prior to the pandemic, Fordham research showed that students attending brick-and-mortar charters in Ohio made significantly greater academic progress than their peers attending nearby district schools.

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