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| 1 |  | A history of the Utah State Federation of Labor, 1930-1940 | Douglas, Walter McGregor | Utah State Federation of Labor; Labor unions; Utah | The first labor union in Utah the Deseret Typographical Union, , was organized on August 3, 1868, before the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. This union was the beginning of the labor movement in Utah and eventually led to the formation of the Utah state Federation of Labor on ... | 1962 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 |  | A study of the impact of mining on Utah's economy during the great depression | Stuckenschneider, Victor H. | Mines and mineral resources -- Utah Utah -- Economic conditions | This chapter introduces the reader to the hypothesis, importance of the probelm, sources of information, population uniqueness of Utah, and manner of presentation. | 1959 |
| 4 |  | Analysis of the US automobile industry under the new fuel economy standards: a projection | Avsar, Sule Zengin | Automobile industry and trade; automobiles | The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 included updated fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles in order to reduce the dependency on oil and emission of greenhouse gases in the US. The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards not only mandate higher fuel economy standards... | 2008-12 |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | Can crude oil be used as a fuel towards sustainable development in nigeria | Ayoade-alabi, Olamide | development; economic growth; less developed countries; Nigeria; sustainable | Nigeria is presently the largest economy in Africa. However, the level of development in the country presently is far below potential and gravely inadequate. This paper aims not only to analyze the Nigerian economy since independence and try to resolve why it is still underdeveloped, but also to ens... | 2015 |
| 7 |  | Capitalism, justice, and human autonomy | Aslantepe, Ilker | philosophy, religion and theology; social sciences; autonomy; exploitation; G. a. Cohen; Marxism; R. Nozick; self-ownership | This thesis examines the writings of Robert Nozick, G. A. Cohen, and Karl Marx on capitalism, justice, and human autonomy, especially in connection with the conceptualization of capitalism, exploitation, equality, human autonomy, consciousness, self-realization, self-actualization, and justice. Acc... | 2012-08 |
| 8 |  | Carbon emissions reduction strategies for Utah households operating under a budget constraint | Poulson, Tyler R | carbon monoxide mitigation | This thesis presents actions that households can take to reduce carbon dioxide emissions associated with day-to-day activities. Average annual estimates of the carbon output associated with home energy use, transportation, and dietary choices are provided for both Utah and U.S. households. It is ... | 2009-04-27 |
| 9 |  | 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | Commitment regimes: the intersection of violence and development | Bond, Ryan Brady | coin; commitment; contract; development; Iraq; reconstruction | Development practice in conflicted countries is conceptualized and carried out upon a shaky economic theoretical foundation. These theories were built upon research conducted on the development of European nations. This has led to a focus in the development community on investment led growth models,... | 2014-05 |
| 13 |  | 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 |
| 14 |  | 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 |
| 15 |  | 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 |
| 16 |  | The conservation of the natural resources of the United States, as a national problems | Romney, G. Ottinger | conservation of natural resources; United States | Conservation of the natural resources is the most important problem confronting the world to-day. It concerns vitally the wealth, power, and progress of the world, and the provision for posterity. In the United States, by far the richest country in natural resources, the problem ha special signific... | 1913 |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | Current account sustainability and capital flows case of Turkey | Bolukoglu, Anil | Causality; Current account sustainability; Financial lIberalization; Granger tests; Turkey | This thesis applies Granger Causality Tests to balance of payments accounts of Turkey between the first quarter of 1992 and the last quarter of 2009, in order to test effectiveness of current account sustainability indicators that are derived by two major theoretical conceptions about current accoun... | 2012-08 |
| 19 |  | 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 |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | 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 |
| 23 |  | 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 |
| 24 |  | 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 |
| 25 |  | 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 |
