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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Other Economics"”.
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The economic status of young men educators in the public schools of the Tri-Cities of the State of Washington
… of educators' salaries with those of selected other professional groups; (6) level of living maintained by the Tri-City educators and their families; and (7) discernible trends in the level of living of the educators at three age intervals.</p>
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Essays on the Equity Premium Puzzle
… risk aversion according to standard economics models.</p> <p>Mehra and Prescott (1985) [35] found that for high values of relative risk aversion coefficients (=RRA), and a given small variance of the growth rate in the per capita consumption, an Equity Premium puzzle exists.</p> …
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Socioeconomic Factors and Mass Shootings, 1982-2016
… the known relationship between violent crime and economics and tries to bridge that connection to mass shootings specifically through literature review and econometric testing. The ultimate takeaway from this paper’s results and analysis is the need for a universal definition and governing body …
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Evaluating Nuclear Energy as a Component of U.S. Energy Innovation Systems
<p>Nuclear energy is contentious in policy discussions that evaluate its role in the current U.S. clean energy innovation system. OECD nations, on average, have begun to reduce their dependence on nuclear energy. However, the United States has remained invested in its nuclear energy infrastructure …
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Zoning – Neighborhood Character and Historic Overlays in Lexington, KY
<p><em>Zoning has a significant impact on our built environment. Overlay zoning, an additional form of restrictive zoning, is a tool that municipalities utilize to control development and changes to neighborhoods. This study analyzes the impact that historic district (H-1) and neighborhood …
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Technical barriers to trade for the importation of Australian veterinary biological vaccines to the European Union
Technical barriers to trade are product health and safety related regulations imposed by governments to restrict or control the inflow and outflow of particular products. This thesis begins with a brief review of governments' sovereign rights in the context of international standards to be adopted …
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Corruption and Soccer in Africa: Empirical Evidence on the Determinants of Association Soccer Success in the Continent
<p>Despite the popularity of soccer in Africa, African teams tend to underperform in international competitions such as the World Cup relative to European and South American teams. Studies have been conducted on what determines performance in international soccer. These studies stress the …
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Different Uses of Microfinance Among Conventional and Islamic Borrowers: Evidence from Jordan
<p>The paper focuses on investment decisions made by microfinance borrowers in Jordan. While there has been a lot of literature concentrating on the level of investment after credit access was made available, there has been very limited research on the impact of Islamic microfinance. The amount of …
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Effects of Shoe Donations on Children’s Time Allocation TOMS Shoes in El Salvador
… hours per day while increasing the time spent on other activities by 0.66 hours. These results are significant and robust to different specifications. These findings suggest that the type of shoe donation matters in its effect on time allocation, giving light to the importance of understanding the …
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Financial Development and Economic Growth
<p>This paper purposes to discuss the relationship between the financial development and economic growth. In the past, most studies related to the influence of financial development on economic growth used cross-sectional analysis or time series analysis. However, the cross-sectional analysis …
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Quantifying the Impact of Remapping Floodplains on Residential Property Values in Snohomish County, Washington: A Hedonic Approach
… flood risks are known. This remapping presents another issue, specifically for properties that are remapped into a flood zone. Current literature suggests that properties within flood zones are discounted 5-13% compared to homes outside a flood zone. Therefore, the switching of flood zone status …
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Estimating the Economic Value of Rock Climbing in Smith Rock: An individual travel cost approach
<p>In this study I estimate the economic value of rock climbing in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon. This area has seen an increase in recreational visits over the years, especially in rock climbing, necessitating economic valuation of the site in order to assist park managers in optimal management of …
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Incentives to Improve Economic Conditions: A Field Experiment in Medellin, Colombia
… values are significantly higher than in the other treatment groups. In addition to investigating the effectiveness of incentives and goal setting, our research found that the FII model is replicable in a developing country setting, promising a new potentially successful yet inexpensive way to …
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Why Risk It? The Effect of Risk and Time Preferences on Microfinance Loan Default
<p> Microfinance is widely recognized as a powerful method for poverty</p> <p>alleviation. However, little is known about the characteristics of those who</p> <p>default on their loans. Understanding the behavior of borrowers is an important</p> <p>component of mitigating adverse selection and the …
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US Financial Expansions and Exchange Rate Determination
<p>The purpose of this thesis is to explore how US financial activity influences the exchange rates of foreign nations. Starting off by building on Currency Hierarchy and Minskyan dynamics, I look at how financial cycles generated in the US, the key economy, transmit liquidity towards economies on …
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China’s One Belt One Road Initiative—A Debt Trap?
<p>Infrastructure has been a bottleneck for industrialization of developing countries. After decades of economic growth led by investment in infrastructure, China released its first global strategy in 2013, One Belt One Road (BRI), to improve infrastructure in less developed countries along the …
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An Economic Approach to Modeling Archaeological Settlement Patterns in Central Idaho
… advantage of exploiting certain resources over others across a large area with the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and application of economic. GIS modeling is a powerful tool used by archaeologists to catalog and analyze site information in a spatial context. Economic models …
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