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Showing 1 to 20 of 9112 for “"U.S."”.
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Foreign-owned U.S. banks in the U.S. real estate lending market
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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U.S. Housing Market Volatility
The first chapter considers the determinants of U.S. housing market volatility. With volatility defined as the sample variance of home value monthly returns during a given quarter, a model of volatility from equilibrium in the housing market is derived. Supply and demand effects on housing return …
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Improving U.S. Nuclear Capability
<p>The United States must be prepared for the myriad of nuclear threats it will face in the twenty-first century. American preeminence and security will be challenged in the coming decades. Countries of concern to U.S. security are developing, or have developed, a weaponized capability; the rise of …
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Empire Rules: Cultures of U.S. Imperialism in Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S.
<p>This dissertation concerns contemporary multi-ethnic literature of the U.S. (MELUS) and empire. Namely, contemporary MELUS invites a reckoning with U.S. Empire, an amalgamation of settler colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism, which works through ahistorical and transhistorical cultural …
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The U.S.-China bilateral trade agreement : a case study of U.S. textile trade policy
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, 1981.
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Diabetes mellitus in U.S. aviators
Introduction: This project summarizes current information on the risks associated with diabetes mellitus and its medical management amongst aviation personnel. Methods: A literature review was accomplished looking at aviators with diabetes mellitus along with a literature review of the common …
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Internet and U.S. citizen militias
Smelser's theory of collective behavior holds that people join radical social movements because they experience strain. Among the most serious strains are anxieties that relate to one's social status and the roles that correspond to it. A social movement arises as a means of coping with these …
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U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
<p>The Obama administration has publicized counterterrorism victories in Mali and Somalia, declaring al-Qaeda (AQ) to be "on the path to defeat.” Recent terrorist attacks in Africa like the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya indicate a reality contrary to that narrative. This paper draws from three case …
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U.S.-Japan trade in construction
Thesis (M. S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1987.
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Mexico -- space/nation/class -- U.S.
With the much-commented upon shifts in the global economy and the problematizing of traditional social, economic, cultural, and political relationships, the role of architecture as a "public" practice has fallen under scrutiny. The "privatization of public space", resulting from the overt merging …
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Labor Substitution in U.S. Manufacturing
This paper presents a translog model designed to estimate the elasticity of substitution between capital, non-production workers, and production workers using U.S. manufacturing data for the period 1988 to 1997. The elasticity of substitution estimates derived from the translog model suggest that …
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The Impact of U.S. Public Opinion on U.S. Engagement With the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
<p>This study analyzes the impact of public opinion on the United States’ relationship with Saudi Arabia, a 78-year ally. A limited number of studies exist on the effect of public opinion on their relationship as the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do not share many values and have …
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The U.S. Army School of the Americas and U.S. National Interests in the 20th Century
The training of Latin American militaries at the United States Army School of the Americas has lasted through many stages of U.S. foreign policy. The training of approximately 55,000 Latin American civilian, military, and police personnel throughout the USARSA's 54-year existence placed the United …
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Determinants of U.S. corporate credit spreads.
This thesis deals with various issues regarding determinants of US corporate credit spreads. These spreads are estimated as the difference between yields to maturity for corporate bonds and default-free instruments (Treasury bonds) of the same maturity. Corporate credit spreads are considered as …
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Three Essays on U.S. Electricity Policy
<p>There continues to be an ongoing debate about the best design of electricity markets in the United States and this debate is complicated by important discussions about how the population should interact with those markets. At the same time our energy grid is moving towards larger, multi-state …
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The U.S. Recognition of Vichy, France
<p>This paper is a study of the United States' relations with France in 1940, with emphasis on the period from May to December. My primary purpose is to determine whether circumstances and events justified the United States in its controversial policy of recognition of the Pétain regime at Vichy. …
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