Browsing by Author "Kamal Saggi"
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Westenburg, Johan Pieter (2012-04-24)Department: EconomicsHow are macroeconomic measures affected by local geography, housing and education? This study tests regional purchase parity data as a dependent variable subject to location, housing prices and estimations of post-secondary ...
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Tan, Yong (2013-07-03)Department: EconomicsFirm-level market entry decisions and post-entry growth are at the core of the industrial organization literature. This dissertation investigates the impact of demand side factors on firm-level market entry, subsequent ...
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Geng, Difei (2016-07-13)Department: EconomicsThis dissertation studies intellectual property and product standards policies in the global economy. The first chapter evaluates the case for national treatment (NT) as specified in the clause of the World Trade Organization. ...
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Bose, Nayana (2015-04-05)Department: EconomicsI study India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) which guarantees up to a hundred days of employment in public works to rural households that demand work under the program. I exploit the cross-district ...
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Kaffenberger, Michelle (2012-04-24)Department: EconomicsAggregate country level corruption is highly correlated with low levels of development, including low GDP per capita and low average education attainment. To understand the effect corruption has on the daily lives of ...
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Solomon, Jordan Sylvan (2012-12-13)Department: EconomicsWhen implementing social programs, governments are seeking ways of targeting individuals who are chronically deprived. Most developing countries lack panel data required to identify the chronically poor with standard chronic ...