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Kang, Jong-Gu. "General equilibrium with heterogeneous preferences." Thesis, University of Essex, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397699.
Повний текст джерелаYasgur, Stuart. "Reasons, rationality and preferences." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2011. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/411/.
Повний текст джерелаBlackburn, Douglas W. "Three essays on investor preferences." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3277982.
Повний текст джерелаSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: A, page: 3999. Advisers: Charles Trzcinka; Andrey Ukhov. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 5, 2008).
Vukovic, Jovana. "Vocal and facial attractiveness : general preferences and individual differences." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2010. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=136840.
Повний текст джерелаGrillos, Tara. "Participation, Power and Preferences in International Development." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:23845452.
Повний текст джерелаPublic Policy
Rhodes, Christopher. "Political Christianity: Internal Organization, Preferences and Church Political Activity." Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14226091.
Повний текст джерелаNahm, Alison. "Measuring Political Preferences of the U.S. Voting Population." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:14398553.
Повний текст джерелаTongsiri, Sirinart. "Valuing preferences for EQ-5D health states in the Thai general population." Thesis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London), 2009. http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/4647105/.
Повний текст джерелаGampa, Anup. "Comparing the Social Preferences of Therapeutic Community Participants to General Population Controls." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1316551143.
Повний текст джерелаBibona, Kevin. "Examination of the communication practices and preferences between orthodontists and general dentists." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3336.
Повний текст джерелаBates, John Michael. "The PUWP's preferences in the contemporary Polish novel, 1959-1985." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1997. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1166/.
Повний текст джерелаMayer, Mary C. "Andragogical preferences of adult basic education students a test of Knowles' model." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5322.
Повний текст джерелаSimons, Katherine. "Food preferences and compliance with dietary advice among patients of a general practice." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.277188.
Повний текст джерелаMcKinstry, Brian. "Patients' preferences for general practitioners' dress, mode of address, age and consulting style." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/21409.
Повний текст джерелаKwanashie, Augustine. "Efficient algorithms for optimal matching problems under preferences." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6706/.
Повний текст джерелаIrvine, Alastair D. J. "Time preferences and the patient-doctor interaction." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=238373.
Повний текст джерелаAbbot, Tyler. "Heterogeneous risk preferences : theory and empirics." Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019IEPP0031.
Повний текст джерелаThis thesis studies the solution to several models of financial markets with heterogeneous agents who differ in the rate of risk aversion. The first chapter solves a model with complete markets and dividends driven by a Geometric Brownian Motion. The second chapter solves a similar model, but with a mean reverting dividend process and shows how one could estimate such a model. The third chapter solves the model of chapter one when agents face convex portfolio constraints
Tudor, M. Scarlett. "Mechanisms that drive variation in female mating preferences in Xiphophorus malinche." Ohio : Ohio University, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1187025167.
Повний текст джерелаMaekawa, Wakako. "Policy bargaining and incompatibilities in civil wars : intervention, power-sharing, and preferences." Thesis, University of Essex, 2018. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/22746/.
Повний текст джерелаGunes, Cevriye. "Learning Style Preferences Of Preparatory School Students At Gazi University." Master's thesis, METU, 2001. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605465/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаlearning style preferences (LSP) and faculty students will study in, gender, proficiency level of English and achievement scores on listening, reading, grammar, and writing in the English Course. The instrument, Index of Learning Styles (ILS), was administered to 367 randomly selected students. As for the data analysis, descriptive statistics portrayed the frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations, the t test was conducted to see whether students&rsquo
achievement scores differ according to their LSPs and the Crosstabs procedure was conducted to investigate whether the LSPs of the students at Gazi University differ according to faculty they will study in, gender and level of proficiency. The results indicated that there was no significant difference between students&rsquo
LSPs and faculty, gender, level and achievement scores.
Aldaco-Glass, Christopher. "Influence of theoretical orientation on preferences for describing consumers of mental health services." Thesis, Alliant International University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3639630.
Повний текст джерелаPsychotherapy is only as effective as the quality of its provider-patient discourse (Poland, 1968; Schwartz, 2009). It is arguable that, in the practice of psychotherapy, theoretical orientations will encapsulate common understandings of the attitude-intention-behavior process, in order to assist in the promotion and prediction of positive health outcomes; and, that personality traits, and professional and demographic characteristics will similarly influence the kind and quality of the therapeutic relationship.
The current research was interested in investigating whether there were meaningful relationships between the language or labels used to describe consumers of mental health services and the primary theoretical orientation of the clinician. This was accomplished through examination of descriptor preference of consumers. Descriptors that were examined varied in terms of personable descriptors (e.g., the use of a client's initials) versus more traditional labels (e.g., patient and client abbreviations). Participants indicated preference by selecting descriptor words in case study vignettes in two repeated measures of least and most preferred options. Theoretical orientations surveyed were categorized as action-based (e.g., CBT, SBT, ABA, and systemic), insight-based (e.g., psychodynamic and humanistic), and other, which included integrative and crisis-based interventions used in medical environments.
Results indicated there were differences in the patterns of most and least preferred, depending on theoretical orientation. Insight-based practitioners demonstrated a greater bias against the use of initials and a bias away from the use of patient, whereas Action-based practitioners most preferred initial descriptors. These findings were in direct contrast to previous health care quality studies on physician provider populations, which, in general, opted for maintaining the use of traditional monikers. Further results indicated trends in term preference and demographic and professional variables. For example, related to Gender, men showed a preference for the term patient, whereas women did not. Additionally, older and more experienced clinicians were less biased against the use of the more traditional client. Findings were explained in terms of the differences in the primary foci of services between mental health and physician providers and in terms of the underlying objective in the training of psychotherapy to cultivate heightened listening skills and sensitivity towards the quality of therapeutic discourse.
Nava, Fischer Evelyn. "Discursive framings, normative preferences and the reception of global standards : the case of the regulation of South Indian animal food farming." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/47676/.
Повний текст джерелаAnderson, Shonda Renee. "Preferences of US, EU, Honduran, and Chinese undergraduates for cloning." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8635.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Agricultural Economics
John A. Fox
The concept of animal cloning was first introduced to the public’s attention in 1996 with the birth of “Dolly the Sheep,” the first mammal to be cloned. Now, after more than a decade the technology has reached a point of feasibility on a commercial scale. With the publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration risk assessment on animal cloning in 2008, a report that concluded that the technology was safe and posed no risk to consumers, the issue has received renewed attention. In this thesis I use survey data to examine attitudes to the use of cloning in animal food production among samples of college students in the U.S., Ireland, France, Honduras, and China. Stated likelihood of consuming meat products from cloned animals is correlated with individual characteristics including socio-demographic variables (gender, and farming background) and attitudinal variables measuring concern about various food technologies. In addition, using ordered logit modeling, we examine how respondents might change their probability of consuming cloned products after being provided with information about scientific assessments about the safety of cloning and possible price reductions for cloned products. The analysis shows that: a) respondents in the U.S. and Honduras were more likely than those in other countries to indicate that they would consume cloned products, b) on average, respondents in all countries increased their stated likelihood of consuming cloned products when informed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Safety Authority had assessed cloned foods as safe for human consumption, and c) individuals who were opposed to cloning on moral grounds were significantly less likely to consume cloned product and furthermore were less likely to respond positively to information about the safety of cloning.
Murray, Thomas. "New techniques for estimating household climate preferences (and the benefits and costs of climate change)." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2013. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4272/.
Повний текст джерелаNelson, Julia Ellen 1959. "differences in learning style preferences, environmental press perceptions, and job satisfaction between surgical intensive care and general surgical unit nurses." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558149.
Повний текст джерелаOlwert, Craig Thomas. "A Computable General Equilibrium Model of the City with Optimization of its Transportation Network: Impacts of Changes in Technology, Preferences, and Policy." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1269369926.
Повний текст джерелаTekiner, Aylin. "The Relationship Between Perceptual And Social Learning Styles And Multiple Intelligences And Their Effects On English Proficiency Of Turkish Young Adults Learning English As A Foreign Language." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12606705/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаlinguistic intelligence and individual learning style
logical-mathematical intelligence and individual learning style
intra-personal intelligence and individual learning style
inter-personal intelligence and kinesthetic learning style in addition to negative relations between interpersonal intelligence and individual learning style
musical intelligence and individual learning style, and bodily-kinesthetic intelligence and tactile learning style. This indicates that pedagogical implications should consider individuals&rsquo
intelligences and learning style preferences, and further studies are needed to investigate the interactions among preferences of styles and intelligences. Finally, multiple regression results showed that logical-mathematical intelligence preference and visual learning style preference were the primary contributors to the English proficiency. Since no previous research was found comparing preferences of multiple intelligences and perceptual and social learning styles of foreign language learners, this study provided data-driven evidence for the interrelations between them. Those relationships as well as factorial structure for preferences for multiple intelligences and learning styles were discussed. Moreover, the need for further development of the questionnaires and the need for mixed method data collection were emphasized. Implications for interactions among learning styles and multiple intelligences were discussed.
Whorton, Carly. "Consumers' perceptions and preferences for sustainably-produced fruits and vegetables: the case of organic, local, and small farm." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8725.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Vincent R. Amanor-Boadu
This study focuses on determining what key differences predispose a consumer to regularly purchase and be willing to pay a premium for sustainably-produced fruits and vegetables. Organic, local, and small farm are the three cases used in the study. The research used a structured questionnaire to conduct an online survey of U.S. internet users with email addresses in the spring of 2011 with logit and ordered logit regression used as the analytical tools. Cost was the most important factor for consumers who did not purchase organic and local products more frequently while unavailability was the principal reason for not consuming produces from small farms. The study showed consumers of small farm products often (98.5 percent of the time) consume local fruits and vegetables also but not the other way around. The relevant socio-economic factors for determining organic purchasing frequency were gender, household size, and education. For small farm they were the ability to influence local change and the respondents’ frequency of purchase of local products. Socio-economic characteristics did not prove to be a factor in local purchasing decisions. Regular purchasers of organic fruits and vegetables provided a consistent perception of organic products with the USDA certified organic definition. Local consumers reported that taste and freshness are the most defining characteristics of local products while small farm consumers could not provide a clear picture of the definitional statements defining fruits and vegetables produced by a small farm. This implied that there is need for more work by small farm producers to differentiate themselves in the market. On the contrary, both local and organic producers have a clear point of differentiation to reach their customers. Industry marketing efforts can be greatly improved by focusing on the characteristics of the consumers they are trying to reach. Our results can be further investigated by completing the following recommendations. First, to conduct more targeted studies such as interviews or focus groups, second, to gain a deeper understanding of how consumers perceive these attributes and third to conduct a comprehensive study on the similarities and differences between small farm and local consumers.
Tsunoda, Tomoko. "Visual and emotional environmental interpretation of landscapes and nature scenes by American and Japanese elementary school children." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/489.
Повний текст джерелаTrautman, Linda. "The impact of race upon legislators' policy preferences and bill sponsorship patterns: the case of Ohio." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1189032351.
Повний текст джерелаFord, Stacey L. "When Women Swipe Right and Men Swipe Left: An Exploration of the Online Dating Preferences and Desirability of African American Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703371/.
Повний текст джерелаGolgelioglu, Ozlem. ""." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12607523/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаNew Political Behavior&rdquo
. The structure of this thesis is as follows: In the first chapter, the basic theoretical framework of the concept political behavior is examined. In this chapter, the concept &ldquo
new political behavior&rdquo
is discussed in detail. In the second chapter, the political environment, institutions, traditions and transformation of the Turkish political system are analyzed. The empirical part of this thesis has examined the applicability of the concept &ldquo
new political behavior&rdquo
on 3 November 2002 with an analysis of the interviews which are made in Tire. The main conclusion of this study is that, the traditional approaches remained limited in explaining the picture that has emerged after 3 November 2002 elections, and the consequences of 3 November 2002 elections can be evaluated as evidence of a just occurring phenomena &ldquo
new political behavior concept&rdquo
, by emphasizing the similarities rather than differences between the findings and the concept.
Bernardino, Joao Pedro Ramalho. "Does positional consumption generate technological innovation?" Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3143.
Повний текст джерелаPositional consumption led by wants linked to status concerns arguably does not produce welfare gains to society and is a source of economic inefficiency. While some authors propose policy remedies to bring a better collective outcome, others argue that they would cause more damage than benefits. One of the most important arguments against intervention is that positional consumption generates innovation, thereby producing wider economic benefits. This work aims to contribute to the discussion by studying the relation between positional consumption and technological innovation. It departs from commonly accepted theoretical assumptions on elements structuring the relation, and infers on its causes and possible outcomes. Besides achieving a better comprehension of the process, results indicate that positional consumption is likely to generate lower benefits from technological innovation than alternative resource allocations of material nature. This conclusion is founded on three arguments, related to the relative role of technological innovation as a marketing strategy in positional markets, the exigency of positional consumers towards the material achievements of innovations, and the ability of those innovations to deliver welfare gains.
O consumo positional orientado por anseios de estatuto nao produz, de forma plausível, ganhos de bem-estar para a sociedade, e e nesse caso uma fonte de ineficiencia económica. Enquanto que alguns autores propõem políticas para corresponder a este problema, outros argumentam que estas causariam mais danos do que benefícios. Um dos argumentos mais relevantes contra a intervencao política e o de que o consumo posicional gera inovacao, dessa forma produzindo benefícios economicos mais vastos. O presente trabalho pretende contribuir para esta discussão atraves do estudo da relacao entre o consumo posicional e a inovação tecnologica. Para tal, parte-se de pressupostos teoricos comummente aceites sobre elementos que estruturam a relacao em questao, e infere-se sobre as suas causas e consequencias. Para alem de permitir uma melhor compreensãao do processo, os resultados do estudo indicam que o consumo posicional gera, provavelmente, menos benefícios sobre a inovaçcãao tecnoloígica do que alternativas de afectaçcaão de recursos de natureza material. Esta conclusaão funda-se em três argumentos, relacionados com o papel relativo da inovacão tecnolígica como estratégia de marketing em mercados posicionais, com a exigencia dos consumidores posicionais sobre o desempenho material das inovaçcãoes, e com a capacidade das in-ovacçãoes geradas pelo consumo posicional para oferecerem benefícios de bem-estar.
Perrin, Nancy Ann. "The general recognition theory of preference : a new theory of choice /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487267546981579.
Повний текст джерелаFaustino, Rui Alexandre Rodrigues Veloso. "Essays in macroeconomics." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20576.
Повний текст джерелаThis thesis has as its object of study the way consumer preferences affect structure and market power, measured through the markups of the firms that compete in it. By modifying the way consumer preferences are defined, it is possible to generate endogenous markups that significantly alter the responses of macroeconomic variables generated by different shocks. The thesis consists of three essays, the first of which analyzes the dynamics of markups in durable and nondurable consumption over the economic cycle and their response to shocks. For this, I take a New Keynesian model with durable goods and modified to include the habit formation at both types of goods. Depending on how the habit formation over durable consumption is defined, the model is able to replicate the responses of consumption variables, markups and prices observed in the data.The second essay deals with the effort made by consumers to compare prices between various sellers over the economic cycle. From microdata for the US, it is shown that increases in individuals’ hourly compensation translate into reductions in time spent comparing prices. From this, a mechanism is presented to generate countercyclical responses of the time spent in price comparison by consumers. When incorporated into general equilibrium models, this mechanism is capable of generating an amplifying effect on the responses of the main macroeconomic variables. Finally, a general equilibrium model is presented where the number of firms, varieties and quality of the consumed products are determined endogenously. Through the model, it is possible to analyze the dynamics of product creation and destruction, as well as the changes in their quality during the economic cycle, and their impact on the dynamics of the main macroeconomic variables.
Esta tese tem como objeto de estudo a forma como as preferências dos consumidores afetam a estrutura e o poder de mercado, medido através de markups, das empresas que nele concorrem. Modificando a forma como são definidas as preferências dos consumidores, é possível gerar markups endógenos e alterar significativamente as respostas de variáveis macroeconómicas a diferentes choques. A tese é composta por três ensaios, sendo que no primeiro são analisadas as dinâmicas dos markups nos bens de consumo duradouros e não duradouros ao longo do ciclo económico e a sua resposta a choques. Para isso, é apresentado um modelo Novo-Keynesiano com bens duradouros e não duradouros, modificado de forma a incluir a formação de hábitos nos dois tipos de bens. Dependendo da forma como é definida a formação de hábitos de consumo de bens duradouros, o modelo permite replicar as respostas observadas para o consumo, markups e preços. O segundo ensaio aborda o esforço despendido pelos consumidores na comparação de preços ao longo do ciclo económico. Partindo de microdados para os EUA, demonstro que aumentos da remuneração horária dos indivíduos traduzem-se em reduções no tempo despendido na comparação de preços. Em seguida, é apresentado um mecanismo capaz de gerar respostas contracíclicas do tempo despendido pelos consumidores na comparação de preços. Quando incorporado em modelos DSGE, é capaz de gerar um efeito amplificador das repostas das principais variáveis dos modelos. Por fim, é apresentado um modelo DSGE onde o número de empresas e a qualidade dos produtos consumidos são determinados de forma endógena. Através do modelo, é possível analisar as dinâmicas de criação e destruição de variedades, bem como das variações na sua qualidade durante o ciclo económico, e o seu impacto na dinâmica das principais variáveis macroeconómicas.
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GATTI, MONICA. "Preferenze pittoriche e personalità. Il ruolo della familiarità artistica come fattore di mediazione." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/155.
Повний текст джерелаEveryone could say if he likes or not a work of art, even if he never saw it before. Child (1965) stressed the importance of the personality traits for this process of evaluation, however he also suggested that personality variables become less important as knowledge of art increases. Furham e Walker (2001) proposed that personality variables predict exposure to art (galleries visited, art purchased, art studied) which in part predicts familiarity which is the most direct predictor of art preferences. The aim of this study is testing the role of artistic familiarity as mediator between personality traits (predictors) and pictorial preferences (outcome). Results show mediation for thrill and adventure seeking, need for cognitive closure and aesthetic sensitivity. Pictorial preferences are also studied in mediation models considering the characteristics of the works of art: style, represented subject and simplicity/complexity. In particular, the style and the represented subject show significant differences. Future research is needed, particularly on the study of the interaction between both personality variables and pictorial characteristics.
Karahan, Ibrahim. "Preference-based Flexible Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609578/index.pdf.
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Mercado, Martínez Victor. "Ranking general de marcas chilenas 2004." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2004. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/108297.
Повний текст джерелаAkpinar, Selcuk. "Sensorimotor Performance Asymmetries And Hand Preference." Phd thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613278/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаSorakayala, Shashidhar. "Preferences in Musical Rhythms and Implementation of Analytical Results to Generate Rhythms." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2008. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/884.
Повний текст джерелаJenkins, Morgan. "Increased knowledge about floral preservatives influences customers’ perception of the quality and value of a floral arrangement purchase." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/6986.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kimberly A. Williams
Despite extensive evidence that appropriate use of floral preservatives extends postharvest longevity of most fresh flowers, their use by traditional full-service florists has been observed to be highly variable. This research was developed to determine if knowledge about floral preservatives increases consumers’ perception of quality, purchase intention, and price of a floral arrangement. A survey was administered to 222 participants at two locations in Manhattan, Kansas during April 2010. Seventy-three percent of respondents fell within the age range of Gen Y. The survey instrument contained four levels of presentation of a floral arrangement that were associated with increasing knowledge about the use of a floral preservative on consumers’ perceptions about the quality and price of that arrangement. Results were analyzed via within-subjects ANOVA, Bonferroni post-hoc tests, t-tests, and regression analyses. Participants of the survey rated the quality of a floral arrangement higher from Level 2 (presence of floral preservative not explicit) to 3 (presence of floral preservative explicit) and Level 3 to 4 (after reading 191 word count message about floral preservative function and effectiveness). Their intent to purchase the floral arrangement generally increased with each level of presentation. Participants increased the price that they were willing to pay for the floral arrangement at each level of presentation, starting at $25.49 at Level 1 (no floral preservative use indicated) to $29.17 at Level 4. Participants were more knowledgeable about the benefits of floral preservatives and believed that floral preservatives increased the value of floral arrangements after reading a message describing their function and effectiveness more so than before reading the message. Younger participants were more willing to pay more for floral arrangements with floral preservatives than older participants. As consumers become more aware of the use of floral preservatives and more knowledgeable about how and why they are effective, they attribute higher quality to floral arrangements with preservatives, are willing to pay more for arrangements with preservatives, and their purchase intention frequency increases. Florists should consider providing a message about the function and effectiveness of floral preservatives to their customers, and then market their use of these materials.
Pais, António José Araújo Coelho. "Comércio e desenvolvimento : a Iniciativa «Tudo Menos Armas» da EU." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19410.
Повний текст джерелаO Sistema de Preferências Generalizadas (SPG) aparece no âmbito do Acordo Geral de Tarifas e Comércio (GATT) nos anos 70, por pressão dos Países em Desenvolvimento (PED), que lutavam por um comércio internacional mais justo e equitativo. De acordo com o princípio de não reciprocidade do GATT, nações com níveis de desenvolvimento diferentes não podem estar sujeitas às mesmas regras globais baseadas no comércio livre e por isso podem ter o direito a proteger certos sectores económicos sob pena de não se industrializarem. A Comunidade Económica Europeia (CEE), e depois União Europeia (UE), foi a primeira região do mundo a criar um SPG unilateral para os PED. Em 2001 concebeu a iniciativa «Tudo menos Armas» (EBA em Inglês) com o objetivo final de integrar os Países Menos Desenvolvidos (PMDs) no comércio internacional. Desta forma, a UE procurava promover uma maior coerência entre as suas políticas de Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento, na área da luta contra a pobreza e mais desenvolvimento sustentável e as suas políticas comerciais. Este trabalho analisa a evolução das trocas comerciais entre os PMDs e a UE durante o período 2001-2016, de modo a aferir o contributo do EBA, para a integração dos PMDs no comércio internacional e de que modo pode ou não ter contribuído para os objetivos da cooperação europeia, de redução da pobreza e desenvolvimento sustentável.
The Generalized System of PReferences (GSP) appears under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the 1970s, under the pressure from Developing Countries, which struggled for fairer and more equitable international trade. According to the GATT principle of non-reciprocity, nations with different levels of development cannot be subject to the same global rules based on free trade and therefore they have the right to protect certain economic sectors on pain of not industrializing. The European Economic Comunity, and later the European Union (EU), was the first region in the world to create a unilateral GSP for the developing countries. In 2001 it designed the Everthing but arms Iniciative (EBA), with the ultimate goal of integrating the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) into international trade. In this way, the EU sought to promote greater coherence between its Development Cooperation policies in the area of poverty alleviation and more sustainable development and its trades policies. This paper analyzes the evolution of trade beetween LDCs and the EU over the period 2001-2016 to assess the contribution of EBA to the integration of LDCs into international trade and how it may or may not have contributed to the objectives of European Cooperation, of proverty reduction and sustainable development.
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Demirtas, Kerem. "An Interactive Preference Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm For The Clustering Problem." Master's thesis, METU, 2011. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613290/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаKara, Nasra Shokat. "A study of demographic and psychographic factors on preference for travel activities among international and local tourists in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43391/.
Повний текст джерелаGirardo, Benjamin. "La conditionnalité politique dans le système de préférences généralisées (SPG) de l’Union européenne : contribution à une identité de l'Union pour le développement." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAD008.
Повний текст джерелаA Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a reduction in custom fees on exports from « developing » subjects of public international law to « developed » countries. As a general rule, conditionality is a tool used to establish, deepen or maintain a legal situation conditioned by specific behavior from it’s beneficiary(ies). This tool is qualified as « political » when it conditions governing tools and/or the public policy of a subject of public international law. The European Union’s GSP has several forms of conditionality which deal with the public of policy of the developing countries benefiting from reduced custom fees. This work aims to study the EU’s conditioned GSP in the context of this sui generis international organization’s construction and as evidence of a EU-specific conception of international relations for development. As each legal tool reflects it’s creator, how does this act reveal certain characteristics of the EU or even aspects of the EU’s identity ? The EU’s conditioned GSP is an expression of European identity as it is defined unilaterally and applied with relative uniformity. However, this expression is limited and ambivalent. First of all, limited, because the GSP is a secondary act within EU commercial policy and it’s political conditionality is not found in other elements of the EU’s foreign relations. Secondly, ambivalent, because this GSP can seem illegal in the context of international commercial relations, all the while renewing the concept of development-through-trade within the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Tosun, Leman Pinar. "Preference For Communication Technologies: Characteristics Of Channels, Users And Communication Situations." Phd thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612668/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаcommunication technology preferences in friendships. With this aim, two survey studies were conducted on university students. In the first study 178 students and in the second study 343 students were surveyed. The findings of both studies demonstrated that (a) face-to-face communication was the most preferred communication,(b) preference for face-to-face communication was positively associated to preference for auditory communication, and negatively associated to preference for written communication, (c) several individual difference variables contributed to relative preferences for face-to-face over mediated communication in negative situations. General &lsquo
ndividual difference variables in relation to Relative Preferences were found to fit into a two-factor higher-order structure. The higher order constructs were Social Openness (the factors tapping to individuals&rsquo
motivation to engage in interpersonal interactions even when those interactions are challenging) and Individuated Functioning (the factors tapping to individuals&rsquo
motivation for personal growth). Relative Preference increased with increases in Social Openness and in Individuated Functioning. Communicaiton-specific individual difference factors underling the associations among Social Openness, Individauted Functioning and Relative Preferences were explored. Results suggested that Social Openness &ndash
but not Individuated Functioning- was indirectly linked to Relative Preferences via Perceived Difficulty of Communication Situations (Study1)
Social Openness was indirectly, and Individuated Functioning was both directly and indirectly linked to Relative Preferences via Difficulty in Handling Negative Situations (Study 2). Theoretical and practical implications of studies were discussed considering the previous literature.
Olson, Jeffrey C. "Comparison of Patient Factors Influencing the Selection of an Orthodontist, General Dentist, or Direct-To-Consumer Aligners for Orthodontic Treatment." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5766.
Повний текст джерелаPersson, Niklas. "Analysis of Emoji Usage : Differences in Preference and Function Across Genders." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43856.
Повний текст джерелаUnal, Kemal. "Is There Any Security Preference For Turkey Between The Eu And The U.s.?" Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12606659/index.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаs own progress. On the one hand the U.S. can present multilateral or unilateral solutions to the problems. On the other hand the EU can show an inward-looking or an outward-looking policy in international relations. The results of those policy options will be the answer of Turkey'
s probable security preference between the U.S. and the EU.
Kirbo, A., and Earl E. Johnson. "Patient Preference for Generic Prescription Alternatives at the Initial Fitting." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1758.
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