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AuthorJens, Dean
Date Created2018
Degree Date2018-10
DescriptionEven when economic agents have common interests, it can be difficult for them to coordinate on a commonly-accepted outcome.
I use both human subject experimentation and theory to shed light on how...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorYemen, Cory Robert
Date Created2023
Degree Date2023-05
DescriptionInnovation and the creativity that underlies it are the driving forces behind regional prosperity. Moretti (2012), an economist, highlights that employment in innovative occupations portends high...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramUrban planning
Graduate ProgramEconomics
Graduate ProgramPublic policy
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AuthorLauve, Maria
Date Created2007
Degree Date2007
DescriptionTwo studies explore the potential for demand models to inform policy decisions when only aggregated price and quantity data are available. The first is a study of the Atlantic City casino industry....
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorKupferschmid, Sebastian
Date Created2012
Degree Date2012-05
DescriptionSovereign defaults are a relatively common feature of (international) financial markets. They highlight the credibility problem in lending to governments: Creditors have no feasible means to enforce...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramPolitical Science
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AuthorScheld, Jessica Munz
Date Created2016
Degree Date2016-10
DescriptionExpanding access to quality education is important to both policymakers and the nation as a whole. Although many policies have been designed to address inequality in educational opportunities,...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorTucker, Andrae M.
Date Created2013
Degree Date2013-05
DescriptionExamination of Urban Homesteading as an urban renewal strategy for remediation for inner city housing abandonment. The previous research on causal factors of inner city residential abandonment are...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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TitleDifferently rational
AuthorWilliams, Geoffrey Fain
Date Created2012
Degree Date2012-10
DescriptionThis dissertation uses a range of economic tools to analyze and understand criminal behavior, particularly theft. The first chapter outlines a number of key issues and stylized facts observed in...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorEisenberg, Glenn
Date Created2015
Degree Date2015-01
DescriptionOver the past three decades, the market has come to take an increasingly central role in public, as well as private, life. This shift has in many ways impacted political participation, with citizens...
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - Newark
Graduate ProgramPolitical Science
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AuthorPagliari, Maria Sole
Date Created2020
Degree Date2020-05
DescriptionThis dissertation develops empirical models aimed at analysing some relevant macroeconomic
trends and policies in the euro area, with a focus on post-crisis dynamics.
Chapter 1 focuses on the...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorKim, Hyun Hak
Date Created2012
Degree Date2012-05
DescriptionThis dissertation comprises two essays in macroeconomic forecasting. The first essay empirically examines approaches to combining factor models and robust estimation, and presents the results of a...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorDill, Alexandra
Date Created2021
Degree Date2021-10
DescriptionThis study focuses on the economic feasibility of adding an anaerobic digester facility to Bergen County. Anaerobic digestion is the process when manure, wastewater biosolids, food waste, or other...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorSim, Yongbo
Date Created2022
Degree Date2022-10
DescriptionMy dissertation studies marginalized groups’ delinquent/illegal activities and risky health behaviors as well as policies that may affect these outcomes. In the first two chapters, I address...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorSong, Ze
Date Created2022
Degree Date2022-10
DescriptionThis dissertation explores how tax policies impact the economic behavior of individuals and firms. In particular, I explore the link between public finance and public health. The first chapter...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorRao, Smriti S.
Date Created2008
Degree Date2008-10
DescriptionBt cotton has been extremely popular with Indian farmers ever since unapproved varieties were introduced in Gujarat in 2001 by Navbharat Seed Company Ltd. Cotton hybrids with approved bt traits were...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramFood and Business Economics
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AuthorDuan, Wei
Date Created2014
Degree Date2014-10
DescriptionThis research evaluated the effects of peanut butter recall event in 2007 on the U.S peanut butter market and consumers’ brand preferences. With Nielsen Homescan data from July 2006 till March 2008...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramFood and Business Economics
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AuthorAyoub, Sabrina Ann
Date Created2017
Degree Date2017-10
DescriptionDue to climate change, semi-arid regions like San Diego County in Southern California will see more frequent and extreme drought events. An increasing demand for water combined with a decreasing...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramFood and Business Economics
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AuthorGoto, Daisuke
Date Created2014
Degree Date2014-10
DescriptionThis dissertation studies the nonoptimal outcomes of human behavior related to health care. Health is a major component of human capital, which imposes a significant impact on individuals and the...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorKolchin, Vladimir
Date Created2019
Degree Date2019-10
DescriptionThis dissertation is concerned with how social norms contribute to gender inequality. In particular, I examine how attitudes toward gender roles affect women’s labor outcomes and what factors...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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TitleEmpirical study of wine consumer characteristics and marketing strategies in Mid-Atlantic region
AuthorZhuang, Jingkun
Date Created2016
Degree Date2016-10
DescriptionIn the past 15 years, the U.S. wine market has been growing very fast. The number of wineries has increased from 2688 in 1999 to 8862 in 2016 (Wines Vines Analytics, 2016). About 7% of all those...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramFood and Business Economics
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AuthorJung, Jaeheon
Date Created2021
Degree Date2021-05
DescriptionThis dissertation studies time-varying high-dimensional covariance matrix estimations. I propose two time-varying covariance matrix estimators corresponding with a time-varying approximate factor...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorTamayo, Cesar E.
Date Created2015
Degree Date2015-05
DescriptionThis dissertation investigates the role that capital market imperfections play in shaping the behavior of firms along several dimensions: capital structure, investment policies, bankruptcy decisions...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorXiong, Weiqi
Date Created2018
Degree Date2018-05
DescriptionThis dissertation comprises two essays on big data and forecasting methods in financial econometrics. Methods for analyzing "big data" have received considerable attention by economists in recent...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorChoi, Jieun
Date Created2018
Degree Date2018-10
DescriptionThis dissertation studies the impact of school accountability on student outcomes - test scores and peer group composition. By examining both federal and state accountability systems, I seek to...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorJang, Hyunjoo
Date Created2021
Degree Date2021-10
DescriptionIn Chapter 2, I analyze the effect of supplementary private schooling – cram schools and tutoring – on educational attainment and wages using the Korean Youth Panel 2007. I use the number of cram...
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolSchool of Graduate Studies
Graduate ProgramEconomics
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AuthorFonseca, Ethel M.
Date Created2008
Degree Date2008-10
DescriptionThis dissertation brings together three empirical studies of international trade issues covering trade policy reforms, trade patterns and the duration of trade relationships in Latin American...
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
SchoolGraduate School - New Brunswick
Graduate ProgramEconomics
