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Interstate interventions
The student, David Douglas, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-21 at 14:57.
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The evolution of interstate rivalry
In this dissertation I study the evolution of interstate rivalry, seeking to identify situations or behaviors that lead to rivalry. Past research suggests that most interstate conflict occurs between long-time rival countries, and that crises occurring in the context of enduring rivalry tend to be …
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Essays on Corporate Finance and Interstate Risk Sharing
… and the relation between bank deregulation and interstate risk sharing. </p> <p>In the first essay, I study the use of commodity derivatives among U.S. oil and gas producers. Using hand-collected data, I find large variations in hedging intensity and hedging profits. On average, firms generate …
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THE CEMENT OF INTEREST: INTERSTATE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, INTERSTATE COMMERCE, AND THE TRANSITION FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1783-1786
… Under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789), interstate tariffs impeded domestic commerce and free trade with foreign countries threatened to undermine America’s economic independence. These two problems suggested a dual solution: free and equal trade within the U.S. and a national tariff to …
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Critical Issues in the Interstate Taxation of Business Income
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-12T21:40:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7000827.PDF: 6786783 bytes, checksum: 496e11de548c79665371b0e35385d8fe (MD5) Previous issue date: 1969
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Three to tango: explaining expansion of militarized interstate disputes
… using data on potential joiners to Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs) between 1816 and 2001. Empirical tests support many of the theoretical propositions. A potential joiner is highly likely to intervene in disputes when it has asymmetric levels of affinities induced by having common allies …
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Diplomatic Pressure and Interstate Socialization at the United Nations
… social constructivist perspective on interstate socialization. I draw upon diplomacy at the United Nations—especially, at the General Assembly—as the focal point for that socialization in a global, multilateral context. My research question concerns how states can initiate a …
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The politics of peace : the end of interstate rivalries
… states replace military competition with normal interstate politics? This dissertation proposes and tests a new theory to explain the emergence of peace between rivals. It finds that economic crises create incentives for national leaders to pursue conciliatory behavior toward strategic rivals, …
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Interstate variations in AFDC benefits: a game theoretic approach
… levels in order to determine the sources of interstate variations in AFDC benefits. Like previous studies, a state's financial and demographic characteristics are modeled as playing a significant role in the benefit choice. This study extends the literature by also formally modeling the role …
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Interstate arrangements for managing fisheries on inland border waters
The inland interstate borderfisheries and the arrangements to manage them were identified and described by two surveys. A cartographic survey of the U.S. inland borders (excluding the Great Lakes) identified 62 rivers, 71 impoundments of non-border rivers, and 64 natural lakes, totalling 4.1 …
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Cost responsibility study for Virginia interstate and arterial highways
… of the present taxation policies in Virginia's interstate and arterial highway systems. To do this, it has estimated the vehicle miles of travel for different classes of vehicles on each route, the maintenance costs (general and replacement) arisen from the use of each route by different classes …
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The Effect of the HOPE Scholarship Program on Interstate Migration
… that the HOPE scholarship program attracts interstate education migration from Georgia’s neighboring states. My results support my hypothesis. I find that border areas in Georgia attract high school seniors from the adjacent areas in border states that do not have the HOPE scholarship …
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Foreign policy issue ownership, interstate conflict, and U.S. vote intention
… issues. The audience costs literature shows that interstate conflict can significantly affect voter behavior. Due to these topics being studied in isolation from one another, it is unclear how foreign policy issue ownership interacts with interstate conflict to affect voter behavior. Using a …
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Time Headway and Platooning Characteristics of Vehicles on Interstate Highways
Mean time headway for platooning vehicles decreased as traffic volume increased. About 18% to 31% of platooning vehicles had a space gap that corresponds to a reaction time of 0.5 second or less, with more than half of these in large platoon of 5 vehicles or more. About 15% to 85% of platooning …
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Exit Stage Market: Market Structure, Interstate Economic Interdependence and Conflict
A multi-method approach provides an empirical examination of the exit model and its predictions. Case histories involving the U.S. and South Africa, China and the U.S., and Great Britain and Argentina illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the exit model as an analytical tool. A more systematic …
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Statutory Rate Ceiling Significance to Interstate Mortgage Loan Capital Mobility
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T14:17:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7913579.pdf: 3619369 bytes, checksum: 685c38cf2f36a93b47432d3075101860 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1978
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An Analysis of Interstate Labor Force Migration for Manpower Planning
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:13:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7511640.pdf: 7705467 bytes, checksum: 3934012c00e682afa119fc8cdeb6a257 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Paths to peace: conflict management trajectories in militarized interstate disputes
… conflict management behavior within militarized interstate disputes in the 1946-2001 period, this study concludes that third-party intervention efforts inform one another. More specifically, third-parties examine previous efforts and balance their desire to manage conflict with their need to …
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