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Horner, Casey C. "The Role of Population Growth In An Emerging Multipolar Economic World." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/175.
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An empirical study presenting the social and economic proof of a global shift from a bipolar economic world to a multipolar economic world. The time period for data and projections is 2010 to 2050. The measurements used are population pyramids, total population, GDP per capita, and total GDP.
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Goldstein, Robin. "Economic Experiments in Honor of Thorstein Veblen." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BORD0075/document.
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Thorstein Veblen, auteur de La théorie du loisir (1899), est commémoré en sciences économiques par «l'effet Veblen», terme introduit par Harvey Leibenstein pour représenter une réponse positive de la demande des consommateurs à une augmentation de prix. L’article de Leibenstein de 1950 qui introduit «l’effet Veblen» ne cite pas Veblen parmi ses 17 références.Je commence cette thèse en revisitant la théorie de Veblen sur le comportement du consommateur et en évaluant son traitement ultérieur dans la littérature économique. Je trouve que Leibenstein (1950) interprète mal le concept de «consommation ostentatoire» de Veblen et contredit les prédictions empiriques de Veblen.Comment la théorie de Veblen pourrait-elle être interprétée plus fidèlement et avec plus de pertinence pour les marchés actuels? Dans cette thèse, j'essaie d'observer certains attributs et certaines primes de Veblen sur les marchés de consommation actuels.Je présente des résultats expérimentaux sur les marchés de la vente au détail américains de bière (partie II), de vin (partie III) et de produits alimentaires (partie IV). J'utilise diverses techniques expérimentales, notamment des enquêtes auprès des consommateurs, des expériences de dégustation à l'aveugle, des expériences de laboratoire et des expériences d'infiltrationThorstein Veblen, author of The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), is memorialized in economics by the “Veblen effect,” a term introduced by Harvey Leibenstein to represent a positive consumer demand response to an increase in price. However, Leibenstein’s 1950 QJE article introducing the world to the “Veblen effect” does not cite Veblen as one of its 17 references.I begin this dissertation by revisiting Veblen’s theory of consumer behavior and evaluating its subsequent treatment in the economics literature. I find that Leibenstein (1950) misunderstands Veblen’s concept of “conspicuous consumption” and contradicts Veblen’s empirical predictions.How might Veblen’s theory be interpreted more faithfully with relevance to present-day markets? I suggest that the notion of “Veblen goods” and “Veblen consumers” is misleading, because Veblen’s theories applied to nearly all goods and consumers. My alternative approach is to look for attributes and corresponding prices whose market behavior is in line with Veblen’s predictions. I divide the attributes of goods into three classes, and I suggest that each class has its own hedonic price component: “useful,” “decorative,” and “invisible” attributes.Invisible attributes cannot be detected by the consumer’s own unaided sensory apparatus. Examples of invisible attributes are a good’s market price, scarcity, reputation, ratings, place of origin, microbial content, organic certification, and age. I refer to decorative and invisible attributes, together, as “Veblen attributes”; and I refer to the premiums consumers are willing to pay for Veblen attributes as “Veblen premiums.”In this thesis, I attempt to observe some Veblen attributes and Veblen premiums in present-day consumer markets. I report experimental results from the U.S. retail markets for beer (part II), wine (part III), and food (part IV). I employ a variety of experimental techniques, including consumer surveys, blind tasting experiments, lab experiments, and undercover experiments. I include several first-person essays to round out the narrative
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Reed, Robert. "Buy American: Can Businesses Capitalize on the Calls for Patriotic Spending?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/95.
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This research analyzes the business opportunities created by the "Buy American" movement. Current literature reflects a consensus that most consumers have an initial bias in favor of purchasing domestic products. However, domestic production is frequently more costly than producing abroad. In order for domestic production to increase a firm's profit, consumer willingness to pay more for domestic products is prerequisite. This study investigates whether that prerequisite is satisfied. By collecting revealed preference data from multiple locations, this study finds that, on average, domestic products do carry a price premium over similar foreign imports.
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Thomas, Jamie. "Financial Solvency of the American Government." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/28.
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The main topic of this paper is the financial solvency, or “the ability to pay all debts,” of the United States government (“solvency,” n.d.). The questions posed and analyzed are 1) is the American government solvent, 2) did Standard and Poor’s accurately downgrade the American debt, and 3) how does the national debt affect the solvency of the American government. To determine the solvency and effects of debt, analysis of financial information for America and nine other countries, grouped according to their credit rating is used. Solvency is determined by credit rating for this analysis; a country with a high credit rating of AAA will be considered extremely solvent, with each downgrade showing a more at risk country. The appropriate credit rating for the United States will be determined by comparing the information and noting where the United States stands in relation to the other countries for four key economic indicators. Also, analysis of standard lending rules applied to America’s financial information shows whether or not the amount of debt America holds is safe compared to what requirements are expected of individuals. Appendices show more detailed solvency analyses for the ten countries, at present and over the past thirty years.
The results of the study show that solvency could be a future problem for the American government. It has only adequate capacity to repay its debt and should not have received a AA+ rating from Standard and Poor’s. A BBB+ rating would have been more appropriate. Also, applying standard lending rules to the American debt shows that it exceeds the 40% debt-to-income standard, making the likelihood of debt repayment, or solvency, low based on standards used in the financial lending sphere.
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Shelton, Stuart N. "How World War II Affected the Economic and Social Life of East Tennessee." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/427.
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Much has been written about America’s entry into World War II. However, little attention has been given to the war’s effects on the social and economic lives of the people of East Tennessee who both benefited and suffered from the presence of many wartime facilities and industries. World War II also affected those civilians living and working on the home front. While its men had to fight in foreign lands, the region had to deal with food, housing, and labor shortages, the changing roles of women and African-Americans, and even the presence of enemy prisoners of war. This paper intends to show how the people of East Tennessee both benefitted and suffered as a result of America’s entry into World War II. It will detail the role of local industries that in most cases changed from producing consumer goods to war material. Attention will be paid to key wartime facilities such as Oak Ridge Laboratory and Eastman Chemical. In addition, it will examine the effect that the war had on those East Tennesseans who served overseas and returned home to their families and communities changed forever. This paper will also show the extent to which East Tennessee women and African-Americans contributed to and were affected by the war effort as well as how their roles in society would be changed because of it. The use of enemy prisoners of war as labor on the home front will be elaborated upon as well. By examining these themes and topics, our citizenry today will have a better understanding of the sacrifices made to win World War II.
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Keim, Benjamin David. "The political economies of honor in democratic Athens." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609441.
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Grant, Jennifer. "Examination of a Farmers Market on a University Campus." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/163.
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Sustainability and locally sourced goods are pressing issues in today’s society for many environmental, economic, and cultural reasons. Farmers markets are becoming a highly popular method of implementing these ideas. As universities have begun to address their own processes to support sustainable practices, appeal has grown for adding a farmers market on campus. Information pertaining to markets already created and the process of implementation is not readily available. This study seeks to explore the rationale for a campus farmers market as a sustainable development on a university campus and review the processes by which a market may be established as exemplified by the newly formed Farmers Market at East Tennessee State University.
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Smolnycki, Adam. "A Study of the Effect of the 2008 Economic Crisis upon the Relationship between CEO Compensation and Firm Performance Measures." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/74.
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This study investigates the effect the 2008 economic crisis had on the relationship between CEO compensation and firm performance measures for S&P 500 financial companies. The findings assist S&P 500 financial companies to better determine compensation levels for CEOs by accounting for performance as well as account for the most recent valley in the economic cycle. The study uses a database of CEO compensation data for S&P 500 financial firms from both before and after the crisis. The database also contains firm performance data for the respective firms and years. The relationship is explored using separate multiple regression models, then comparing the strength of relationship in 2007-2008 and 2011-2012.
The results find a significant difference in Salary amounts from before and after the crisis. The p-stat and t-stat values the study uses in determining the significance of variables find the only significant variable tested to be the one representing the difference in Salary amounts from before and after the crisis. Compared to other studies on similar topics, Revenues are decidedly less important in the S&P 500 financial sector than they are for other scopes of study as a whole. The study also discovers an alarming disconnect between stock and investor returns and compensation amounts.
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Caufield, Kristopher. "Analyzing the effects of brand mascots on social media: Johnson City Power Board case study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/40.
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This paper examines the effects of a brand character or mascot on the brand and social media interactions. A case study was conducted on the recent introduction of Johnson City Power Board's new mascot Will Power. Facebook statistics were used to determine the amount of interaction certain posts received on the Johnson City Power Board's Facebook Page. Will Power posts received more interactions than any other topic for the Power Board.
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Osborne, Elijah R. "Financial Literacy in Local At-Risk Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/375.
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Unfortunately, rural Appalachia is perennially one of the poorest areas of the United States. Many scholars have offered opinions as to why this trend of poverty continues in this region, but one potential cause has not been the subject of much research: do residents in Appalachia have a functional knowledge of the financial system, or even a simple understanding of basic savings, which is necessary for achieving certain levels of financial security?
We conduct a survey modeled after a national study which measures basic financial literacy in local Appalachia, expecting to find that at-risk Appalachians would have less financial literacy than the national average. While our initial response rate was too low to justify a concrete claim, our preliminary findings suggest that local at-risk Appalachians were more likely to incorrectly answer basic financial literacy questions, and we believe that a larger study into this issue is warranted. Should a concrete outcome arise in the affirmative, we offer suggestions for policy responses, including implementation of free personal finance classes to combat the issue.
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Lane, Kevin A. "An Economic Impact Analysis For The 2nd Annual Bluegrass, Old-Time Music And Dance Festival in the Village of Stone Mountain, Georgia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/9.
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Festivals in the Appalachian region may provide a substantial economic impact for host communities. Regionally unique themes like Bluegrass and Old-Time music are substantial draw factors for potential visitors. This paper uses information collected at a small Appalachian themed music festival to project what the economic impact of hosting such an event is. Demographic information and an analysis of the festival visitor drawing area will further project the economic activity affected by the event.
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Daniels, Dustin R. "The economic and social justice impacts of Rwandan education policy." Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, 2010. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/lib/digcoll/undergraduate/honors-theses/2181926.
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Stinson, Marie. "The Honour of Pontefract, the Manor of Wakefield and their region : a social and economic study c.1270-c.1350." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.494564.
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Fogarty, Peter John. "The Constitutional Convention of 1787 : the issues of representation, slavery and economics /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (423 KB), 2009. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2009/Honors/Fogarty_Peter/fogartpj_honors_11-11-2009_01.pdf.
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Bormuth, Erica. "Physician power understanding and exploring physicans' cultural, economic and political power in the United States, Great Britain and Germany /." Tallahassee, Fla. : Florida State University, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/lib/digcoll/undergraduate/honors-theses/244583.
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Thesis (Honors paper)--Florida State University, 2009.Advisor: Dr. Carol Weissert, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Dept. of Political Science. Includes bibliographical references.
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Fortin, Laval. "Expérimentation de la méthode du graphe de cohérence pour l'analyse rétroactive d'impact socio-économique de Niobec sur St-Honore /." Thèse, Chicoutimi : Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1985. http://theses.uqac.ca.
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Cordeiro, Sara Regina Ramos. "O significado do dinheiro em Balzac." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279990.
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Orientador: Elide Rugai BastosTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: Com a emergência da sociedade burguesa de mercado no século XIX o dinheiro passou a desempenhar um papel fundamental na nova configuração, uma vez que a manutenção e expansão de tal sociedade pressupõem a regularidade nas trocas e, conseqüentemente, uma economia monetária desenvolvida a ponto de assegurar essa regularidade. Alguns romancistas, em particular os realistas franceses, demonstraram em seus romances a emergência dessa sociedade motivada pelo lucro, tendo o dinheiro como elemento central de suas narrativas. A Comédia Humana de Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) é considerada o maior registro literário da sociedade francesa desse período e muitas de suas tramas são atravessadas por relações mediadas pelo dinheiro. Mais tarde, sociólogos como Karl Marx (1818-1883), Georg Simmel (1858-1918) e Max Weber (1864-1920) desenvolveram suas análises numa perspectiva crítica à sociedade de mercado, destacando o dinheiro como elemento racionalizador das relações e desagregador dos laços tradicionais. Nesse sentido, este trabalho pretende mobilizar as categorias analíticas da sociologia clássica para analisar parte da obra de Balzac a fim de verificar como o romancista via a relação que os indivíduos de sua época estabeleciam com o dinheiro e quais os principais impactos dessa relação na moderna sociedade
Abstract: The raising of a bourgeois market society in the nineteenth century resulted in the great importance that money started to play in the new social arrangement, since the maintenance and expansion of that society predicted the regularity in exchanges and, as a consequence, a monetary economy developed to the point that insured this regularity. Some novelists, particularly French realists ones, showed in their novels the emergence of this market society motivated by profits, having money as the central element of their stories. The Human Comedy, by Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is considered the biggest literary register of the French society of that period and many of its plots are crossed by relations mediated by money. Afterwards, sociologists like Karl Marx (1818-1883), Georg Simmel (1858-1918) and Max Weber (1864-1920) developed their studies in a critical perspective from the market society, contrasting money as the rational element of relations and disintegrator of traditional ties. Therefore, this paper aims to mobilize the analytical categories of classical sociology in order to analyze part of Balzac?s work with the intention of examine how the novelist used to see the relationship that individuals of his time established with money and what was the main effects of this relationship in that new society
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Gaumy, Tiphaine. "Le chapeau à Paris. Couvre-chefs, économie et société, des guerres de Religion au Grand Siècle (1550-1660)." Thesis, Paris, Ecole nationale des chartes, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ENCP0001/document.
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Dans la première moitié de l’époque moderne, période de troubles politiques et religieux ainsi que de découvertes géographiques ouvrant de nouveaux débouchés commerciaux, la question du chapeau et des autres couvre-chefs est abordée sur les plans technique, commerciaux, à la fois dans la capitale, à la Cour, dans le royaume et à l’étranger, esthétiques avec l’évolution des formes et des décors (broderies, panaches, enseignes) mais aussi sociaux (manières et fonctions de leur port). Ce commerce, transformé par le castor et l’obligation sociale du port d’un couvre-chef, dans le contexte particulier du Paris de l’époque, a un impact fort sur l’évolution des fortunes des chapeliers de la ville et sur les garde-robes des Parisiens et des gens de la Cour. Sans vestige archéologique, les informations, éparses, se trouvent par exemple chez les moralisateurs et les auteurs de l’époque, chez des graveurs français tel qu’Abraham Bosse, chez des peintres flamands comme Jan Miense Molenaer, ou dans les archives judiciaires, comme possibles motifs demeurtres. Loin de n’être qu’un accessoire vestimentaire, le couvre-chef à l’époque moderne est un élément essentiel dans la définition de l’humanité d’un individu et de sa sociabilité : c’est par lui qu’il indique son appartenance nationale, son âge, sa fortune, son métier, son rang social ou sa maîtrise des codes de civilité, notamment par rapport à l’institution médiévale du salut. Cette importance du couvre-chef est remise en cause sur les plans politique et religieux par les Protestants mais aussi par la découverte de nouvelles sociétés dont le rapport au vêtement relativise l’approche européenne traditionnelleIn the first half of the early modern period, time of political and religious troubles, and of great geographical discoveries that opened new trade opportunities, we approached the subject of hat and headdresses history in their technical, commercial (in the capital, the Court, the kingdom and abroad), esthetical (evolutions of forms, embroideries, feathers, hat badges) and social ways (manners and signification of wearing them). In the peculiar Parisian context of this period, this trade, changed by the apparition of beaver and the social obligation to have everybody’s head covered, has a deep impact not only on the evolution of the Parisian hatters’ wealth but also on Parisians’ and Courtiers’ wardrobes themselves. Without headdresses preserved, details about them are scattered in documentary sources: for example, we can find them in the writings of authors and moralizing people, in engravings of French people like Abraham Bosse, in works of Flemish painters like Jan Miense Molenaer, but also in criminal archives where they can be sometimes even motives of murder! Far from just being clothing accessories, headdresses in the early modern period are essential to socialize and characterize human beings: through them, we can grasp national identity, age, wealth, profession, social status and knowledge of civility rules (especially to raisesomebody’s cap to someone, a tradition established from medieval times). Also, at that time, their importance is reconsidered because of the challenge by the Protestants about their social significance and by the discovery of new societies with other relation to clothes, which put the traditional and European approach into perspective
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Senate, University of Arizona Faculty. "Faculty Senate Minutes October 2, 2017." University of Arizona Faculty Senate (Tucson, AZ), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626015.
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De, Leon Maverick. "Location, Location, Innovation: The Impact of Local Environmental Factors on Regional Innovation in Australia." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108119.
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This item is only available electronically.Abstract This paper investigates the determinants of innovation among Australian regions, focusing on the spatial dimension of innovation and innovative-related activities in creating spillover effects. Through `exploratory' and `confirmatory' spatial data analysis we find evidence that innovation activity is spatially dependent, and that there is evidence of spatial clustering of highly innovative regions. Applying spatial econometric techniques, we estimate a Spatial (panel) Durbin Model to control for spatial autocorrelation to analyse the driving forces of innovation throughout regions. We find that the number of university campuses within a region along with university research has a significant and positive effect on local levels of innovation. In terms of spillover effects, we find that population density creates a negative indirect effect; where neighbouring region's population density adversely impacts innovation levels.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Lin, Oh Zhi. "Peak Pricing: An Analysis of the South Australian Electricity Market." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108122.
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This item is only available electronically.Abstract This paper examines whether there is justification for the implementation of peak pricing in the South Australian electricity market. Peak pricing in the South Australian electricity market appears to improve social welfare by improving consumer surplus, but this analysis is based on strong assumptions that include constant marginal cost and zero cross elasticity of demand. An analysis of peak pricing was investigated with varying cross elasticity of demand. It was found that a greater cross price elasticity value the greater the social welfare improvement in the off-peak model due to a greater increase in off-peak electricity consumption. However, the converse happens for the peak model. In the analysis of benefits outweighing costs, the estimated metering charge to consumers is approximately $120, but the savings on household bills due to time of use pricing almost covers the charge. However, the total expenditure on metering is likely to exceed savings on network costs of approximately $134 million over ten years. Hence, the costs are likely to outweigh the benefits of metering, the case for time of use pricing based is weak.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Maxted, Jason. "International Trade and Job Polarisation: Are all the middle-waged jobs disappearing?" Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108435.
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This item is only available electronically.This thesis investigates the in uence that international trade exposure has on the com- position of the labour force in the manufacturing sector in Australia between 2008 and 2013. In particular we investigate whether the phenomenon of job polarisation is present within the industry, and whether increased trade exposure contributes to this. Thus we have had to carefully map employment data with trade data. Our panel data xed e ects estimation suggests that job polarisation does not exist within the manufacturing sector. This does not rule out its existence when accounting for the entire labour force however. The most significant finding is that increased exposure to trade leads to a movement of labour down the wage distribution. Such a finding has the potential to have significant policy implications.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Hersey, Timothy. "Identifying Marginal Returns to Education Through Social Networks." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108434.
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This item is only available electronically.This thesis explores the role of peers in influencing the decision of individuals to attend college and the resulting labour market outcomes. It proposes a model, combining the econometric methods of networks and treatment effects, to estimate the marginal treatment effect of education when peers have influence on the wage outcome and probability of treatment for an individual. Using Monte Carlo simulations, the effect of networks on the treatment effects model is investigated. We further explore the model by varying the network structure and conducting sensitivity analyses, considering the impact of networks on policy. Our results suggest that networks initially have a significant positive impact on the returns to education and the effects of policy. However, this effect is reduced once homophily in characteristics is introduced.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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O'callaghan, David. "Lobbying and Income Inequality: Experimental Evidence." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108314.
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This item is only available electronically.In this paper we develop a simple two-stage model of lobbying with income inequality and examine our predictions in the laboratory. We found a treatment effect contradicting the theoretical predictions: Low wage subjects paired with high wage subjects over exert in a real effort task, beyond individual rationality, producing for the group at the expense of individual welfare. Neither inequality aversion nor competitive preferences explains the off-equilibrium behaviour. In the second stage, in contrast to much of the literature, subjects tended to exert effort in the contest quite close to SPNE. Delving deeper, we found those that contributed more tax revenue in the first stage exerted more effort in the contest in the second stage, despite it being a strictly dominated strategy. Inversely, those that contributed less exerted less. The effect was observed across treatments. Over-exertion of effort displayed by the higher contributors can potentially be explained by an entitlement effect within the preferences of players, which expresses as a dislike for equal splits of pots, which were not created equally.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Xenophon, Aleksis. "Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in China: Assessing Granger Causality at Provincial, Electricity-Market and National Levels." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108497.
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This item is only available electronically.The following thesis investigates the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in China over the period 1985-2012. Long and short run Granger causal relationships between these variables are ascertained by applying a vector error correction model to national, electricity-market, and provincial-level data. A comparison is then made between the relationships obtained from these different datasets. The results suggest that a large amount of information is lost as a result of aggregation, with data at the national and electricity-market levels being unable to accurately reflect prevailing relationships observed at the provincial level. This observation is particularly relevant given the predominance of national level studies found in the literature.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Ziaul, Haque Qazi. "The Role of Monetary Shocks in the U.S Business Cycle." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/108120.
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This item is only available electronically.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to illustrate how the basic Real Business Cycle (RBC) model can be modified to incorporate money in an attempt to construct monetary business cycle models of the U.S. economy. This is done for one case where money enters the model as direct lump-sum transfers to households and for the other case where money injections enter the economy through the financial system. Interestingly, the two channels generate very different responses to a money growth shock. In the first case, a positive money growth shock increases nominal interest rates and depresses economic activity, which is called the anticipated inflation effect. However, the popular consensus among economists is that nominal interest rates fall after a positive monetary shock. This motivates the construction of our second model where it is conjectured that the banking sector plays an important role in the monetary transmission mechanism and money is injected into the model through financial intermediaries. It is observed in this model that a positive monetary shock reduces interest rates and stimulates economic activity, which is called the liquidity effect. Furthermore, the statistics generated by the models show that monetary shocks have no effect on real variables when money enters as direct lump-sum transfers to households. On the contrary, such shocks have significant real impact when money enters through the financial system. Taken together, this implies that how money enters into the model significantly matters for the impact of monetary shocks and such shocks entering through financial intermediaries may be important in determining the cyclical fluctuations of the U.S. economy.
Thesis (B.Ec.(Hons)) -- University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2017
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Ear, Sophal. "Cambodia's economic development and history a contribution to the study of Cambodia's economy : undergraduate economics honors thesis /." 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/38437629.html.
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"Economics as a Multi-Paradigmatic Science. In Honour of Kurt W. Rothschild (1914-2010)." Oesterreichische Nationalbank, 2014. http://epub.wu.ac.at/4305/1/FINAL_VERSION_%2D_October_2014.pdf.
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Professor Kurt W. Rothschild died on November 15, 2010 at the age of 96. Austria has lost with him one of its most thoughtful and original economic thinkers of the past century. Commemorating the 1st anniversary of his death the Oesterreichische Nationalbank jointly with the University of Economics, Vienna, the University of Linz and the Austrian Institute of Economic Research organises this conference in honour of Kurt W. Rothschild and his contribution to economics.
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Feijoca, Daniela David de Moura Rodrigues. "The price of honour: the corporate governance of Banco Espirito Santo." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/16752.
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The Price of Honour is a case study, supported with teaching notes, which describes the events and circumstances surrounding the implosion of one of Portugal’s most systemically important banks - Banco Espírito Santo (BES). The case focuses on BES’s corporate governance and how the Espírito Santo family’s tight control of the bank led to its exploitation. Although the situation caught the attention of the bank’s supervisors, their untimely actions could not prevent BES’s financial health from crumbling only two months after a rights issue. With little leeway, the supervisors put forward a resolution which dramatically ended the bank’s centennial legacy.