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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"great recession"”.
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Macroeconomics After the Great Recession: Consensus or Conflict?
… of conflict, in the late 1980s during the Great Moderation, the New Classicals and the New Keynesians reached an agreement, known as the New Consensus during the Great Moderation. For decades, the New Consensus has dominated macroeconomic theory and policymaking not only in the U.S., but …
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Time in the “Great Recession”: the impact of the Great recession and being unemployed on time spent in healthy behaviors and with family members.
The "Great Recession" gripped the global economy beginning in December of 2007 and though the National Bureau of Economic Research (2010) determined that it concluded in June of 2009, for many people across the United States it has not yet receded as of July of 2012. In this study, I examine the …
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The Great Consensus After the Great Recession: The Case of Jamaica
<p>The purpose of this research was to determine the efficacy of the International Monetary Fund’s Stabilization Program (IMFSP) as a tool for economic development. The Fund’s program utilizes an approach steeped in the Washington Conesus, which requires austere and demand side economic measures to …
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The Effect of the Great Recession on Local Goverment Policy in Florida
The length and depth of the Great Recession of 2008 provides an opportunity to examine the policy behavior of local governments unlike any window since the 1930's post Depression era. Utilizing Peterson's (1981) City Limits typology as a framework for local government policy allows for an …
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The Size of the Multiplier: Comparing Alternate Views After the Great Recession
… Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), after the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Own estimation of the size of the multiplier is presented using a standard SVAR model based on New Keynesian approach for time period between 2009 and 2018. In addition, following the classical economic theory, the …
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Transmission Linked to Structural Vulnerability: How Low-Income Countries Endured the Great Recession
<p>The implosion of the 2008 financial crisis ignited fears that integration would transmit the crisis’ effects throughout the global system. Examining two countries, Bangladesh and Zambia, this project shows that low-income countries with relatively little integration also saw negative impacts. …
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Liberal Arts Colleges During the Great Recession: Examining Organizational Adaptation and Institutional Change
… remain relevant in American society while the Great Recession of 2007 compounded their challenges and created new fiscal and enrollment burdens, which forced these institutions to confront paradigm-changing circumstances. In an effort to advance the historical perspective of liberal arts …
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Distribution Shifts and Declines in Autonomous Consumption: A Great Recipe for a Great Recession
<p>The Great Recession has been drawing the attention of many due mainly to its global impact that has been considered very similar to the Great Depression. So have been the root causes. Among the competing explanations, the present study focuses on two of them that were the same factors - among …
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Growth, prosperity, and inequality after the great recession: A regionalist cultural political economy of Chicagoland
In the 2010s, major public, civic, and private institutions began to promote new regional planning and coordination projects in the Chicago region. Shortly after the recovery from the 2007-8 economic crash began, regionalist institutions in the Chicago metropolitan area formed a series of new …
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Contesting Austerity: A Comparative Approach to the Cycles of Protest in Portugal and Spain under the Great Recession
… in the context of the Eurozone crisis and the Great Recession between 2008 and 2015. Despite many similarities in the origins and socio-economic effects of the crisis, the dynamics of contention in each country differed in terms of number, rhythm and actors. While Portugal and Spain experienced …
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The librarians' axiom: a "flat earth theory"? : the case of the Saldanha Municipality Libraries during the Great Recession
… that library usage goes up during an economic recession. This Axiom is supported by anecdotal evidence in the literature, but lacks statistical support. This dissertation attempts to fill that gap by looking at library use of the 10 libraries in the Saldanha Bay Municipal area during the …
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Workfare and the Great Recession: Socioeconomic Outcomes among Black, White, and Hispanic Mothers in the Era of Work-First Welfare
… the impact of TANF before and during the Great Recession of 2008 by comparing socioeconomic outcomes among TANF recipients and similarly situated 'non-entrants' with an added focus on racial disparities in these outcome measures. Also, the role of state-level policy context is explored by …
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An Exploration of Resilient Nonprofit Organizations: How Human Services Providers in Virginia Survived and Thrived the Great Recession of 2007-2009
… and other critical resources; therefore during recessionary periods the nonprofit sector faces a crisis of its own as crucial resources become scarce. The Great Recession of 2007-2009 had widespread adverse impact on the nonprofit sector yet, some nonprofit organizations managed to not only …
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Essays on the impact of housing insecurity and other socioeconomic factors on health-related outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries during the Great Recession
While previous recessions have informed much of our modern-day fiscal policy, they have informed less of relevant housing or healthcare policies focused on preventing or mitigating the effects of housing insecurity during economic crises. In this dissertation, I drew from nationally representative …
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ESSAYS ON REAL EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS AND PRICE CONVERGENCE
… In the second chapter, entitled “The Great Recession and Price Convergence in the United States”, We analyze the differential nature of commodity price convergence in cities in the U.S.A. before and after the Great Recession of 2008. Using quarterly retail price data for 50 commodities …
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Responding to Funding Cuts as a Government-funded Museum
… the loss of government funding during the Great Recession in 2008. The adaptations and strategies that were adopted by museums in response to the Great Recession may offer indications for how museums might prepare for potential government funding shortfalls. In the current political …
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Three Essays in Health Economics
… The first essay investigates the impact of the great recession on hospital capital investment and how hospitals respond to offset the recession effect. The great recession may have made it difficult for hospitals to borrow thus reducing capital investments. Hospital capital investment was …
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