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| 1 |  | A macroeconomic model for determining yields on municipal bond market for states under U.S. monetary union | Raihan, Mahfuz | Macroeconomy; municipal bond; probability of default; real business cycle; State Finance | This dissertation develops a macroeconomic model of state borrowing costs for the U.S. monetary union that is founded on the real business cycle theory. The model develops supply and demand side equations for the U.S. monetary union. It shows that the spread between the borrowing cost of a state and... | 2015-12 |
| 2 |  | Bayesian additive regression trees and the next generation of juvenile justice risk assessments | Poulson, Robbi Nanette | Bayesian additive regression trees; Bayesian; juvenile justice; risk assessment | This dissertation involves two studies that center on estimation of recidivism risk in juvenile justice. Criminal and juvenile justice systems throughout the U.S. are experiencing reform focused on aligning practice with research evidence. With this, standardized risk assessment tools are brought to... | 2019 |
| 3 |  | Case study of underground coal mining productivity in Utah | Hannah, Richard Lloyd | coal mines and mining; coal miners; coal trade | The central purpose of this dissertation is to examine the reasons for the wide variance in productivity levels among underground coal mining firms in Utah. Related objectives are to test the feasibility of relying on in-depth field research in the coal industry to clarify relationships and develop... | 1981-12 |
| 4 |  | Climate change, asymmetric costs, and the challenge to the capitalist system of production: a macroeconomic perspective | Whittle, Jason Matthew | asymmetric costs; Bayesian updating; climate change; distribution; macro; post-Keynesian | This dissertation consists of three papers, each of which addresses what I believe are important gaps in the literature. The first is the impact regional asymmetric costs can have on mitigation and adaptation decisions. Regional cost asymmetries are not unknown in the extant literature, but their im... | 2015 |
| 5 |  | The collective action problem of capitalists and the relative autonomy of the state | Kangas, Alexander A. | club theory; golden age; marx; political economy; regulation; state | This dissertation explores the economics of regulation prior to and after 1980 in the United States. During the golden age of capitalism, regulation consisted of a set of rules of conduct that imposed mutually binding, socially beneficial restrictions on economic competition. It was widely believed ... | 2015-08 |
| 6 |  | Community property law and cohabitation rates | Vester, Adam Benny | cohabitation; common law; community property; divorce law; Wisconsin | This research looks at the impact that community property law has on cohabitation rates. The risk ingrained in community property states discourages individuals from marriage promoting cohabitation as an alternative that does not have the same ramifications of the law. By comparing community propert... | 2013-05 |
| 7 |  | Comparative explanations of East Asia's growth using neoclassical and post-keynesian models | Pratoomchat, Praopan | East Asia; growth model; neoclassical; post-keynesian | The study estimates economic growth in eight selected East Asian countries using two growth models from two competing schools of thought. The first model is the Post-Keynesian model (Balance-of-Payment Constrained growth model). In this model, demand variables from export and capital inflows determi... | 2013-12 |
| 8 |  | The competitive effects of charter schools in Utah | Martineau, Michael Dee | charter schools; competition; competitive effect; school choice | Charter schools have become an important aspect of Utah's unique K-12 education system as they have increased in both popularity and number in recent years. The increase of charter schools has allowed for a higher degree of parental choice regarding their children's education as well as various effe... | 2013-05 |
| 9 |  | Crime and punishment: effects of the labor market on incarceration in the United States | Cantekin, Kerem | economics; labor economics; sociology | This dissertation examines the causes of the dramatic expansion of the U.S. prison population with a specific emphasis on its relationship with the labor market, from both a theoretical and an empirical point of view. It argues that this relationship is shaped by the social polarization between two ... | 2018 |
| 10 |  | Debtors in consumer bankruptcy: navigating 2005 bankruptcy reform | Pace, Levi Nelson | bankruptcy abuse prevention and consumer protection act; BAPCPA; consumer finance; policy evaluation | In response to rising consumer bankruptcy filing rates, federal bankruptcy reform under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Prevention Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) reduced households' demand for bankruptcy through a variety of measures that made it less generous. To evaluate impacts of reform beyon... | 2013-05 |
| 11 |  | Deposit dollarization dynamics in a model of network externalities and hysteresis: the cases of Argentina and Bolivia | Albarzinji, Zaid Jamal | asset substitution; currency competition; currency substitution; dollarization; hysteresis; network externalities | The shift from a domestic currency (peso) to dollar denominated deposits (deposit dollarization) in Argentina and Bolivia is explained with a nonlinear model that incorporates ratcheting effects, hysteresis and network externalities. There are two principal factors behind these effects: holding and... | 2011-05 |
| 12 |  | The Determinants and consequences of improved sanitation toilets in Rural India | Verma, Kartik | | The lack of use of improved sanitation toilets is an important impediment to health outcomes, particularly among women and children. In rural India, the adoption of improved sanitation toilets has been slow, and thus improvements in health outcomes have been modest. In Chapter 1 of the dissertation,... | 2019 |
| 13 |  | Determinants of copper demand: an end-use informed model | Anderson, Sakshi Hazuria | | Demand for industrial minerals like copper is derived from their end-uses. These end-use applications have, however, remained largely unexplored by industry practitioners and academics alike. The industrial nature of copper and lack of consistent data on end-uses have resulted in macroeconomic indic... | 2019 |
| 14 |  | Determinants of FDI inflows by industry to asean (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam) | Changwatchai, Piyaphan | FDI determinants; FDI in asean; Foreign direct investment; Gravity equation; Industry-level FDI; Southeast Asia | Foreign direct investment (FDI) has become more important for the economic growth and development of many countries. FDI can deliver capital, a means to pursue global strategic objectives, and a means to access technology and skills to the host country. Attracting FDI is an important issue of concer... | 2010 |
| 15 |  | Development banks in economic development: two Latin American experiences: (nacional financiera and the banco nacional de desenvolvimento economico E social) | Isidro Luna, Victor Manuel | Bndes; Development banks; Latin America; Money; NAFINSA | This dissertation aims to investigate the role of development banks in financing economic growth in Latin America throughout the 20th century. Two study cases are examined: Nacional Financiera (NAFINSA) in Mexico and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) in Brazil. We use... | 2013-08 |
| 16 |  | Domestic labor and wellbeing: the Evlatlık institution in turkey | Togrul, Hande | Capabilities Approach; Care Work; Domestic Labor; Feminist Economics; Poverty; Wellbeing | This dissertation examines the wellbeing implications of the evlatlık institution in Turkey. Evlatlık is an understudied form of unpaid domestic labor performed by a live-in young girl in the household of a family to whom she bears no biological relationship, and the person who performs this d... | 2016 |
| 17 |  | Dominicans, decompression, and doping: three essays on the economics of sports | Maisch, Stephen F. | Baseball player labor market; Competitive balance; Game theory; Marginal revenue product estimation; Performance enhancing drugs; Sports economics | Chapter 3 uses panel data of performance statistics, salary and birth place from 1990 - 2008 to assess the return to team investment in undrafted Major League Baseball players. The study finds that over the first 3 years and over the first 6 years, undrafted players produce larger returns to investm... | 2011-08 |
| 18 |  | Economic and Political forces shaping the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 | Liechty, Elden Elmer | | In the United States, tariffs have received more legislative attention than any other economic issue. From the passage of the first tariff in 1798 until the Smoot-Hawley Act in 1930, a new tariff was enacted on an average of every seven years. The Smoot-Hawley tariff has generated considerable acade... | 1972 |
| 19 |  | The economic consequences of intimate partner violence over the life cycle | Strenio, Jacqueline Ann | | This dissertation explores the long-run economic consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) over the life cycle, using a capabilities approach framework and taking a gender-aware perspective. First, the capabilities approach is adapted to provide a framework for conceptualizing the full extent ... | 2018 |
| 20 |  | Economic development with unlimited supplies of energy: causes and consequences of industrial revolutions | Bannister, Stephen Charles | Energy and development; English industrial revolution; Industrial capitalism; Sung Chinese industrial revolution; Economic history | This dissertation contains two related chapters and an introduction. The common themes they explore are the unresolved questions surrounding the English Industrial Revolution (EIR). The questions include what happened, why did "it" happen first in England, why did it happen then in history, and what... | 2015 |
| 21 |  | The economics of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia | Abebe, Berhanie | economics | The dissertation analyzes the economic dimension of "ethnic federalism" in Ethiopia and evaluates the federal program in terms of its implication for equitable economic development. Inequality within ethnic groups, no matter where they live, is more important than inequality between them. | 2006 |
| 22 |  | The effect of home country characteristics on female immigrants in the U.S. | Huh, Yunsun | Cultural and institutional effect; Earning capacity; GEM; GDI; Gender inequality; Labor market success of immigrants; Self-selection of immigrants | Considering immigration processes and home country characteristics together from a gendered perspective, this dissertation examines the effect of home country characteristics on the labor market success of migrants and the decision to migrate to the U.S., focusing on female immigrants. In order to ... | 2011-08 |
| 23 |  | The effects of dual credit enrollment on secondary and higher education outcomes: the Utah case | Haskell, sr., Richard Earl | Dual credit; Early college high school; Education policy; Higher education; Human capital; Secondary education | Based on the premise that increases in productivity are, in part, a function of higher education performance and improved secondary education output, this study considers the various public education career paths available to Utah public high school students, and examines the effects each have on se... | 2015-05 |
| 24 |  | The effects of military expenditure on economic development in developing countries: structuralist approach | Nishizawa, Takashi | Economics; Military studies; International relations | What is the nature of the impact of military expenditure on economic development in developing countries? Results of past studies using diverse approaches to this question are very mixed. Those results include positive, negative, or no effects of military expenditure on economic development. It all ... | 2018 |
| 25 |  | Essays on Keynesian business cycles | Vechsuruck, Tanadej | | This dissertation explores economic fluctuations in a demand-driven economy. The first chapter scrutinizes the relationship between functional income distribution and aggregate demand for most developed and developing countries. The chapter relies on the Structuralist Goodwin model, which explores t... | 2018 |
