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Weiner, J. (2022). Care and Covenant: A Jewish Bioethic of Responsibility. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 130 pp. (hbk). ISBN: 9781647123178.

This paper investigates public evaluations of past presidents. Since voters generally lack much historical knowledge, such evaluations are not useful indicators of the performance and effectiveness of presidents across history, unlike the greatness evaluations of experts, like historians and presidency scholars. Still, presidents may be concerned about how future generations of voters will think about them. These anticipations may then affect presidential behavior in office. This study uses a Rasmussen poll in 2007 that asked voters their assessment of all the past presidents, from George Washington through to George W. Bush. Results find that voters look upon past presidents more favorably as a larger number of voters have opinions about the president, presidents of the founding generation are looked upon more favorably, and the ratings of experts affect voters' assessments of past presidents. The conclusion discusses the implications of the results and offers suggestions for future research.

"The chapters of this book synthesize papers on the inter-related topics of urban economics, real estate, transportation and public policy and include applied and empirical research on a variety of sub-topics. These include innovative econometric techniques that are applied to timely problems, such as impacts of flooding in Vancouver, BC Canada on property values; and the determinants of traffic accident fatalities in the US and in Thailand. There are also chapters on more policy-oriented issues, such as the impacts of Covid-19 on real estate in Toronto, ON Canada. The book will appeal to the interest of academics, policy-makers, planners, and geographers. Eminent contributors include Professor Anming Zhang from the University of British Columbia; and Professors Peter Loeb and Richard Fowles, from Rutgers University and the University of Utah, respectively. These authors are all past-presidents of the Transportation and Public Utilities Group (TPUG) of the American Economic Association (the national association for economists in North America). In addition, Professor James Peoples from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Secretary of TPUG, is a contributor."

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Setting Up and Settling In -- Chapter Two. The First Month and First Steps -- Chapter Three. Field Matters -- Chapter Four. The Rhythm of Fieldwork -- Chapter Five. Fine-Tuning and Focus in the Field -- Chapter Six. Bumps and Breaks in the Field -- Chapter Seven. Finishing? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index