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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)This dissertation examines the role that institutions play in the existence of multiple equilibria in models of economic development. In addition, it examines the dynamics of transition between such equilibria. In the first ...
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(University of Oregon, 2010-06)This dissertation addresses the high disease burden in developing countries today by examining the role of disease in economic development through its impact on productivity, fertility and human capital investment. In ...
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(University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)This dissertation explores distinct facets of the association between social institutions and family formation, as it pertains to women in South Asia. In Chapter II, I analyze an increase in the legal age of marriage for ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013-07-11)An important factor in the rise of health care costs is the structure and performance of health care markets. This is an area in which policy can be particularly effective. Health care markets are characterized by complex ...
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(University of Oregon, 2008-09)This dissertation consists of three essays that empirically address aspects of three common questions posed in the Mexican immigration literature: What characteristics define migrants from Mexico? How does US border-enforcement ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)I develop new measures of Internet communication costs that hold advantages over similar measures previously used in the economics literature: they are more solidly based on the technical nature of the Internet, easier to ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017)My research explores the interactions between humans and nature as they appear in Cuban writer José María Heredia’s prose poem “En el Teocalli de Cholula.” I argue that María Heredia engages with the sublime by presenting ...
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(University of Oregon, 2013)
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(University of Oregon, 2024-01-10)As horse trainers, a former child star and a mysterious UFO clash in the Agua Dulce desert, Jordan Peele’s Nope (2022), replete with nonhuman actors, presents a generative model for considering the possibilities and ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-05-01)In the period from the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century, East Asia witnessed changes in the Chinese tribute system, the downfall of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu invasion of Korea, the establishment of the Tokugawa ...
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(University of Oregon, 2023)Elliptical galaxy structure is widely considered to be homogenous. While they do vary in ellipticity and shape, their structure is not so varied. Or so was believed until 2015 when Schombert noticed in a study of field ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-04-30)Low frequency earthquakes (LFEs) are detected at depths of 16-30 km on a 150 km section of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) centered at Parkfield, CA. The LFEs are divided into 88 families based on waveform similarity. In ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)This dissertation highlights the position of the violin works in Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s oeuvre. The violin was an integral part of this composer’s life from an early age. Despite this, his compositions for the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2019-03)Tied Threads is an interactive composition for two Gametrak controllers and Symbolic Sound’s Kyma. The title of the piece reflects two layers of meanings: first, the performance actions of the piece concentrated on pulling ...
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(1969-06)The Tientsin anti-missionary incident of 1870 is one of the important events that helped shape modern Chinese history. It tragically ended the T'ung-chih Restoration--the first massive effort among Chinese officials to try ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022)The information presented in this report was collected through interviews with significant stakeholders from the City of Tigard, Portland General Electric (PGE), real estate developers, business owners, and specialists ...
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(University of Oregon, 2018)TriMet's Southwest Corridor project proposes a 12-mile light rail line that will fill current service gaps and address future transportation demands in the rapidly growing areas of Beaverton, Durham, King City, Portland, ...
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(University of Oregon, 2022)This research examines how the political ideologies and identities of young adults (aged 18 to 25) in the United States are affected by regular use of the social media app, TikTok. Previous studies have found that exposure ...
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(University of Oregon, 2009-06)At the beginning of the 20th century, several critics suggested that the genre of the novel was in a state of crisis. A vigorous discussion about whether the genre of the novel as a whole had to be done away with erupted ...
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