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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Board of Governors"”.
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Rhetorical and Developmental Analysis of a Computer-Based Corporate Training System: Foucault, Boal, and the Conceptualization of a "Dialogue Training Continuum"
… and State University and Club Corporation of America collaborated on a multimedia-training project, Board of Governors: The Cornerstone of a Fine Private Club. This training sought to catalogue all existing support materials and articulate key philosophical and operational systems regarding …
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A.P. Giannini, Marriner Stoddard Eccles, and the Changing Landscape of American Banking
The Great Depression elucidated the shortcomings of the banking system and its control by Wall Street. The creation of the Federal Reserve System in 1913 was insufficient to correct flaws in the banking system until the Banking Acts of 1933 and 1935. A.P. Giannini, the American-Italian founder of …
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The Evolution of the Federal Reserve's Mandate in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: The Case for Financial Stability
<p>This thesis looks at the evolution of the Federal Reserve’s mandate and regulatory responsibilities as a result of the Global Financial Crisis. The onset of the crisis exposed the financial system to risks that had yet to be identified by the traditional microprudential regulatory framework, …
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The independent status of the Federal Reserve System
… which determines the money supply and the level of interest rates. The System was established in 1913 as a monetary authority primarily concerned with maintaining an elastic reserve system which would act as a check on bank runs and money panics. Since 1913, Congress has provided the System with …
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U.S. public diplomacy toward Iran: structures, actors, and policy communities
This dissertation is an in depth study of the structures, actors, and policy communities associated with U.S. public diplomacy toward Iran. Since 2006, the U.S. government has spent more than $200 million for its Iran-related public diplomacy via State Department "democracy promotion" programs, …
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Congruency of Stakeholder Perceptions on the Introduction and Presence of Leadership Qualities and Characteristics of a New University President
The purpose of this study is to examine the level of congruence of the leadership qualities and characteristics desired of a new university president among the key university stakeholder groups. This study compares the six stakeholder groups involved in the presidential search--trustees, …
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From Social Welfare to Social Work, the Broad View versus the Narrow View
This dissertation looks back through the lens of a conflict that emerged during the development of social work education in Alberta, and captured by a dispute about the name of the school. The difference of a single word – welfare versus work – led through selected events in the history of social …
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Three essays in applied finance
This dissertation is composed of three papers (chapters) and derives its motivation specifically from financial intermediation and small business financing. Two of the papers are based on small businesses and relationship-based lending. The third paper specifically analyzes farm households that …
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State aid to private higher education in North Carolina: a historical description
A new issue of public policy in America's higher education history is the state support of private higher education. As of January 1, 1980, all of the states except Wyoming and Nevada provide some type of aid to private higher education institutions. One state, North Carolina, began its efforts to …
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Prospective Reappointment and the Monetary Policy Preferences of the Federal Open Market Committee Members
The main purpose of the research is to investigate the behavioral of the Governors and Bank Presidents at the meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). We have a hypothesis that the Bank presidents and Governors behave differently. We suppose that the governors of the FOMC which are …
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The Monetary Theory and Practice of the Federal Reserve, 1914–35
… System (Fed; System) has been home to some of the world’s best minds in law, statistics, economics, and public policy. The collective impact of these individuals has not only influenced the lives of millions in the US, but of billions around the world. There are few institutions that rival …