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(University of Oregon, 2012)My dissertation consists of two essays on mutual funds. The first essay examines the role of extreme positive returns on future fund flows using maximum style-adjusted daily returns (hereafter MAX) over the previous month. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)The subject of this dissertation is nominal GDP (NGDP) targeting. In the wake of the Great Recession, some economists have proposed using some form of NGDP target to replace current monetary policy. We evaluate the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)Thanks to technological advances in the past few decades, firms find product variety a more viable and hopefully a more profitable strategy than before. In this two-essay dissertation, I employ analytical models to investigate ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)It is evident based on recent news articles and social media discussions that racial bias in police action is currently at the forefront of public interest in the U.S. Whether police operate outside of what is considered ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-09-29)The second chapter examines the impact of information about school quality on student enrollment. I use a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effects of a school choice program in California that provides ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)My dissertation consists of an essay in sustainable supply chain management, an essay in group decision making, and an essay in expert-augmented feature selection. My first essay is an unpublished work co-authored with ...
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(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)The asymmetric effects of monetary policy is the idea that monetary policy actions have asymmetric effects on output and inflation across different states of the world or across different characteristics of the monetary ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-09-18)This research examines the economics of carbon pricing programs with a focus on evaluating issues relating to distribution and equity concerning these policies. The first substantive chapter, Chapter 2, empirically ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10-03)I present empirical research considering the response of health and educational outcomes to alcohol consumption, drug abuse, and collegiate athletics. Chapter II considers the effect of legal access to alcohol on student ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)This dissertation is comprised of two essays that broadly consider the role human capital plays in the matching process between individuals and institutions and builds on prior education literature that has found growing ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)Telephones have changed dramatically from their introduction to their current form, and done so most significantly since the introduction of cell phones in the 1980s. This has impacted competition in the telephony market. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)The complexities of the Judicial system provides unique research opportunities to model and learn about human behavior. Whether it be the opinions of United States Supreme Court Justices or the length of time a defendant ...
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(University of Oregon, 2016-10-27)This dissertation uses a convenience sample of members of eBird, a large citizen science project maintained by the Cornell University's Laboratory of Ornithology, to explore the value of avian biodiversity to bird watchers. ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-09-06)This dissertation considers the interconnections between trade and transportation. Through various theoretical and empirical analyses, I provide novel evidence of the simultaneity of trade and transportation, of spillover ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)Cities are the locus of the overwhelming majority of economic activity in modern societies; understanding the interactions of urban trends and policies is crucial to achieving desired economic outcomes. This dissertations ...
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(University of Oregon, 2014-10-17)This dissertation investigated the relationship between news coverage of immigration and readers' reaction to such coverage. Quantitative content analysis was used to study the subject with a comparative approach across ...
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(University of Oregon, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, 2006-09-28)Low-income citizens face greater obstacles in attaining and paying for public services, including energy, telephone, and water. The lack of resources to pay for services may also make it difficult for low-income residents ...
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(Center for Watershed and Community Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, 1999-10)This document recommends establishing zero waste goals and policies in Oregon and the Northwest and suggests a number of steps that can be phased-in to achieve this. To aim towards zero waste, the region must move from an ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)Russian literature is traditionally regarded as one that served a model and guide for Chinese intellectuals in developing their national literature. It is also recognized that Eastern European literatures drew much ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)In recent years, state and national policy created the need for higher accountability standards for student academic performance. This increased accountability creates an imperative to have a formative assessment system ...
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