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Regional Competitiveness in Indonesia: The Incentives of Fiscal Decentralization on State Efficiency and Economic Growth

Tirtosuharto, Darius (2010-02-01)

This dissertation examines the implementation of decentralization in Indonesia and measures the incentives of fiscal decentralization on state efficiency and economic growth. Efficiency of state governments in utilizing ...
Beyond the Invisible: The Impact of Trade Liberalization and Formalization on Small Businesses in Colombia

Fandl, Kevin J. (2010-05-11)

Trade liberalization in Latin America has substantially altered business opportunities and economic development in the region. As barriers to competing inputs have come down and foreign investment in the region has gone ...
The Psychology of Entrepreneurship and the Technological Frontier – A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Entrepreneurship in the United States

Sutter, Ryan (2010-05-11)

Theories of economic growth have long recognized that the majority of growth results from endogenous changes in technology that emerge from the profit motivated development of new knowledge. However, recent theorizing ...
Postal Reorganization Legislation: Comparative Case Studies of the Legislative Process

Barton, Richard A. (2010-06-07)

Much of the academic literature on Congress has concentrated on the growing polarization in Congress and the significant changes in the organization of the legislative process that have accompanied that polarization. ...
Where‘s the ―Public in Public Policy: Skewed Democratic Pluralism vs. Nuanced Opinion in Attitudes toward Unauthorized Immigrants

Kay, Ward (2010-06-08)

On immigration reform, the motivated minority that highly influences public policy is in dissonance with the policy preferences of the majority of Americans. In 2006, an attempt at comprehensive immigration reform whose ...
Higher Education and Employment: An Examination of how Support for Higher Education Can Improve Long-Term Economic Performance

Keller, Bradford M. (2010-06-15)

This research analyzes higher education’s role in an area’s potential for economic performance, measured by calculating the percentage of workers that are employed in fast-growing, high-paying, and geographically representative ...
Reconceptualizing Democracy: Harnessing Social Complexity at the State-Society Interface

Cole, Benjamin Roy (2011-02-21)

Existing governance classifications suffer from underdeveloped conceptual definitions of democracy, dominated traditionally by minimalism and, more recently, liberal millenarianism, which has inspired operationalizations ...
The Regional Macroeconomic Effects of Public Infrastructure in China

Song, Chunpu (2011-02-25)

This dissertation examines the relationship between public infrastructure and regional economic productivity in China. Based on a panel data set for 29 regions of China for a 17-year period of 1987-2003, a three-step ...
Emergence of Political Parties During Democratic Transitions: An Agent-based Approach

Abdukadirov, Sherzod (2011-05-10)

In order to model possible scenarios of political liberalization it is important to explore what political parties are likely to emerge in the case of transition. The impact of the institutional design and underlying social ...
The Interdependent Nature of National Cyber Security: Motivating Private Action for a Public Good

Hare, Forrest (2011-05-12)

The federal government relies largely on voluntary actions by the private firms that comprise the nation’s critical infrastructure to secure their operations. Several recent reports have highlighted the potential for ...
Is the Abrams Doctrine Valid?: Exploring the Impact of Army National Guard Mobilization on Public Support for the War On Terror

Rough, Jill A (2011-05-25)

The large scale and sustained use of National Guard and Reserve forces in the War on Terror has called for a timely re-examination of the so-called “Abrams Doctrine” that posits a link between Reserve Component mobilization ...
Simplified Integrated Transportation and Land Use Modeling to Support Metropolitan Planning Decisions: An Application and Assessment

Hardy, Matthew H (2011-05-25)

This dissertation explores the role that a simpler transportation and land use modeling approach can play to support decision-making within metropolitan planning. Metropolitan planning is driven today, in part, by the need ...
Competition, Depot Maintenance, and Businesslike Reform of the Department of Defense

Cuda, Daniel L (2011-05-26)

This research studies the effects of competition on businesslike supporting organizations within the Department of Defense (DOD). These public organizations are often structured as working capital funds to create nominally ...
Postal Reorganization Legislation: Comparative Case Studies of the Legislative Process

Barton, Richard A (2011-06-14)

Much of the academic literature on Congress has concentrated on the growing polarization in Congress and the significant changes in the organization of the legislative process that have accompanied that polarization. ...
Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries

Onwudiwe, Ruby (2011-08-04)

This dissertation explores the concept of globalization as a new world era, and examines changes in the patterns of global FDI flows, with a focus on Extractive FDI inflows to Third-World or developing countries. It looks ...
Globalization, Extractive FDI and the Effects of Multinational Corporations on Conflict Situations in Developing Countries

Onwudiwe, Ruby (2011-08-05)

This dissertation explores the concept of globalization as a new world era, and examines changes in the patterns of global FDI flows, with a focus on Extractive FDI inflows to Third-World or developing countries. It looks ...
Narco State or Failed State? Narcotics and Politics in Guinea-Bissau

Bybee, Ashley Neese (2011-09-22)

Drug-funded insurgencies in Latin America and more recently in Afghanistan have prompted the use of the term “Narco-State” to describe those countries that have fallen victim to drug cultivation, narco-corruption, ...
Emigration of Chinese Scientists and Its Impacts on National Research Performance From a Sending Country Perspective

Tian, Fangmeng (2011-11-09)

Skilled emigration has become an important policy concern of developing countries for several decades. This dissertation closely examines the major effects of a scientific brain drain on the source country against the ...
Transit Oriented Development: Does It Reduce Household Expenditures on Transportation?

Zhou, Xin (2011-12-20)

This dissertation aims to provide a more complete picture about transit oriented development (TOD) by dealing with two major questions – first, what makes regions more or less likely to encourage the adoption of TOD ...
Food Aid Reform: The Basis for an NGO Led Reform Process

Mutone-Smith, Danielle M. (2011-12-20)

United State’s food aid programs are the most restrictive in the world, based on an outdated system of foreign aid that is tied to domestic agricultural production and political interests. Food aid implementers, researchers, ...

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