Demand for and productivity analysis of Turkish public theater

We estimate a demand function for live theater provided by the General Directorate of State Theaters in Turkey. We show that demand is more elastic in less developed cities, that attendance is not significantly affected by various qualitative variables, and that the government's practice of offering free passes to government officials is an ineffective way of increasing paid attendance. Comedies and musicals both show significantly higher attendance. Having a Turkish author does not significantly affect attendance. Having a known author significantly increases attendance for more developed cities but not for less developed cities. Being the opening season significantly reduces attendance in less developed cities but has no effect in more developed cities. We also present evidence of inefficiency in state theaters in Turkey through a performance of plays equation in which we evaluate the determinants of the number of performances per play.     

Golden Rule Revisited: Introduction

In this article, the author provides an overview of the "Golden Rule" issue, including a summary of legislative and judicial activity aimed at extending the Golden Rule idea, the opposition of professional associations to such proposals, and activity at the Educational Testing Service to take differential item functioning into account in test construction.     

Whose text is it anyway?

This article was originally given as a talk at the Computers And The Humanities Conference (CATH) in December 1992, and is directed principally at academics in the humanities. It is prompted by anxieties about the stranglehold that copyright problems are having on new electronic opportunities.     

Integrity and the Feminist Teacher

Our popular conception of integrity brings to mind uncompromising figures like Socrates or Sir Thomas More whose steadfast stands on matters of principle we accept and admire. The paper considers the implications of this for two committed feminists, both of whom are teachers. Their pedagogical philosophies are sufficiently different to lead one to charge the other with selling out her feminist principles. But is this a fair assessment? Is there room for compromise within the complex notion of integrity? How might feminist teachers rework the concept to do justice to the complexities involved?