This thesis investigates the influence of business on the public policymaking process in the United States. A framework is proposed for categorizing policymaking contexts and mechanisms of influence, synthesized from ...

This thesis examines the structural and cultural barriers that perpetuate the implementation gap in South Korean women’s empowerment policies while asking the primary research question: despite having a strong women's ...

This thesis asks: why does Japan accept a low number of refugees despite its responsibility to contribute to global peace as a member of G7, its willingness to participate in other forms of humanitarian assistance, and its ...

How effective is aid in reducing conflicts? Are there any differential effects of development aid and democracy aid? This study builds on the neo-liberal theory of inter-democratic peace and that economic development leads ...

The first chapter investigates the drivers of citation counts of academic papers. I match yearly citation data, full texts, and yearly author data of 4,482 papers in the top 5 economics journals, and use textual analysis ...

Existing research documents negative economic impacts from student loan debt (SLD) on household financial well-being. Using the household-level Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Consumer Finances dataset from 2016, I analyze ...

Along with the development of local currency (LCY) government bond markets in emerging markets (EM) foreign investors’ participation in these markets have increased. Higher foreign investor participation has resulted in ...

Nigeria’s vibrant and dynamic religious landscape plays many roles in the nation’s life and development. It is also a factor, albeit a complex one, in conflicts and violence that many see as linked to religious divides. ...

This paper explores the impact of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation on income inequality. Although traditional scholarship has focused on the impact of institutional arrangements on a selection of economic ...

This report reflects on the eighth year of the Education and Social Justice Project, which provided four Georgetown University students with fellowships, allowing them to travel to Australia, the Dominican Republic, ...