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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 2016-01)Modern antitrust law pursues a seemingly unitary goal: competition. In fact, competition—whether defined as a process or as a set of outcomes associated with competitive markets—is multifaceted. What are offered in antitrust ...
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(Park Ridge Center (Ill.), 1986)
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(Harvard Law Review, 2000)Preemption is probably the most frequently used constitutional doctrine in practice. It is the doctrine by which Congress supersedes state law and establishes uniform federal regulatory schemes to ensure the smooth ...
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2003-04-25)
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(2023-07-12)Department: Political ScienceThe committee system is central to our understanding the workings of the United States Congress. This dissertation examines three distinct aspects of committees in the House of Representatives: How seniority plays into ...
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(2008-10-10)Department: EconomicsMy dissertation studies the dynamics of primary commodity prices empirically and theoretically. In Chapter II, I provide empirical evidence on the time series behavior of commodity price movements. Employing monthly prices ...
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(Vanderbilt News Service, 2006-03-17)
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(European Company and Financial Law Review, 2009)Episodic and even sometimes systematic misbehavior by businessmen and corporate entities is ubiquitous. While Enron and WorldCom were the battle cries for corporate reform in the U.S. so it was with Ahold and Parmalat ...
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(2009-07-25)Department: EnglishThis study focuses on seven canonical filmmakers of the 1960s: Fernando Birri, Stan Brakhage, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Glauber Rocha, Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, and Andy Warhol. By reading their manifestos and ...
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(Vanderbilt Law Review, 1998)This article addresses the implications of retail competition in public utility industries, particularly electricity, for utility service obligations. After tracing the history of the common law duty to serve applicable ...
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(2020-11-20)Department: AnthropologyThis study focuses on social change, resource management, cooperation, and fairness among Tzotzil-Maya communities in the highlands of Chiapas, southern Mexico. Maya groups in Chiapas have undergone drastic changes over ...
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(2012-03-29)David Bollier gave this lecture on "The Commons" in general, with emphasis on the management of the commons on March 29, 2012, which was held in the Black Cultural Center and open to the public. Bollier calls his work ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2012-04-18)
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(Vanderbilt University, 2008-08-27)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-05)In attempts to understand and then maximize its student success rates, Birmingham Southern College (BSC) has asked a team of Vanderbilt doctoral candidates to conduct a study of retention on its campus. The Vanderbilt team ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2007)Firms communicate product quality attributes to consumers through a variety of channels, such as pricing, advertising, releases of research reports and test results, or warranties and returns policies. The conceptualization ...
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(2021-04-18)This capstone project sought to help Hoboken Public Library (HPL) determine whether their existing services and programming were appropriately meeting the expectations of their cardholders. The study was grounded in a ...
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(2017-11-22)Department: Nursing ScienceBoth parents and providers identify difficulties with their communication interactions in pediatric health care, especially around child development. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the most common childhood ...
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(2021-08-10)The COVID-19 pandemic created chaos and communication challenges in Emergency Departments worldwide. As the primary entry point for COVID-19 patients, emergency departments found themselves on the frontline of a rapidly ...