Baruch College

Explaining Local Government Fiscal Policy Making in the United States

Many scholars have viewed the financial crisis of 2008 as a turning point in local government fiscal policy making. In this study, this notion is examined by testing the propositions of three current theories of local government fiscal policy making—neoliberal theory's austerity...

Partitions of mass assignments with spheres and wedges

In this paper, we generalize classic mass partition results dealing with partitions using spheres, parallel hyperplanes, or axis-parallel wedges to the setting of mass assignments. In a mass assignment problem, we assign mass distributions continuously to all 𝑘 -dimensional subsp...

Organizing in the Digital Age: Understanding Community, Challenges, and Consequences in Digitally-facilitated Labor Organizing

The contemporary American labor force is highly dispersed, necessitating the use of digital communication tools to bridge spatial and temporal gaps in union organizing. This study provides an in-depth analysis of how workers within various labor unions utilize digital, text-based...

Uncovering Disparities in Rideshare Drivers’ Earning and Work Patterns: A Case Study of Chicago

Ride-sharing services are reshaping urban mobility but raising concerns around fairness, safety, and driver working conditions. This mixed-methods study combines large-scale analysis of Chicago’s Trip Network Provider data (2018–2023) with qualitative interviews and reconstructed...

Newcomer socialization to policing: the role of family support and work-family conflict

Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the roles of family support and work-family conflict on attrition during training. Design/methodology/approach Using a mixed-methods approach (surveys and interviews), we examined a sample of state troopers undergoing an intensive form...

One-loop renormalization of quark TMD in the light-cone gauge: CSS evolution

Abstract We calculate the one-loop corrections to the quark TMD (focusing on the divergences) in the light-cone gauge using the background field formalism, testing different prescriptions for the extra singularity present in the light-cone gauge propagator. We use the pure rapidi...

When “Signals” Boomerang: Employers’ Reactions to a Novel Signaling Mechanism

Information asymmetry is a persistent challenge in online labor markets because employers cannot directly observe worker quality. Platforms attempt to mitigate this problem by introducing signaling mechanisms. We examine how employers respond to a novel signaling device: a volunt...

Fuzzy decision-making in asset markets

Abstract This paper develops an infinite-horizon, Lucas-type general equilibrium model of asset markets with a fuzzy decision-making investor. The model yields closed-form intuitive solutions for the equilibrium equity premium and risk-free rate. The solutions clearly separate th...

Loss of Quasiconvexity in the Periodic Homogenization of Viscous Hamilton–Jacobi Equations

Abstract. We show that in the periodic homogenization of uniformly elliptic Hamilton–Jacobi equations with quasiconvex Hamiltonians in arbitrary dimensions, the effective Hamiltonian is not necessarily quasiconvex. This observation is in sharp contrast with the first-order case,...