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DOES JOINING THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE HAVE AN IMPACT ON EXTRACTIVE AND NON-EXTRACTIVE FDI INFLOWS?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) invites resource-rich countries to voluntarily publish the payments they receive from corporations and open their books to the scrutiny of certified auditors. In ...
What Determines Firm Trade Policy Preferences?
(Georgetown University, 2013)
This thesis provides some new evidence on the determinants of firm level trade policy preferences. Using a firm and country level data set covering middle and low-income countries between the years of 2006 and 2010, this ...
Real Exchange Rates, Financial Repression and Political Regime Type - A Political Economy Analysis of Sustained Real Exchange Rate Undervaluation
(Georgetown University, 2013)
For a number of reasons, including enhanced economic growth, greater competitiveness for the export sector, and increased capital formation, governments might wish to undervalue their country's real exchange rate. However, ...
DOES RAISING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY HURT THE ECONOMY? THE EFFECTS OF TOP MARGINAL INCOME TAX RATES ON GDP GROWTH IN A SAMPLE OF OECD COUNTRIES
(Georgetown University, 2013)
This thesis assesses whether marginal income tax rates for top earners have an effect on a country's GDP per capita growth. The paper builds upon previous research on the relationship between tax rates and economic growth ...
The American Dream: In the Age of Diminished Expectations
(Georgetown University, 2013)
In 1931 James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "the American Dream" in his historical account of the United States in The Epic of America. Over generations, this premise has shaped the belief that all members of society, ...
INFLUENCE OF REMITTANCES ON POVERTY IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Remittances are believed to be a non-cyclical, relatively steady form of income transfer to households. The rate of growth of formal remittances in dollars has slowed since 2008, and in fact saw a small decrease in 2009. ...
DOES MANAGED CARE REDUCE PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE MEDICARE POPULATION? THE IMPACT OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE ON AMBULATORY CARE SENSITIVE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS AND USE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES
(Georgetown University, 2013)
One controversial option to control growth in the rate of federal spending on health care is to transform Medicare into a "voucher" program for beneficiaries to purchase health insurance from managed care plans in the ...
Distress During Unemployment: The Role of Unemployment Insurance
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Models of utility maximization posit that individuals with more income are able to purchase goods and services so as to attain higher levels of utility. Existing literature has conceptualized measures of psychological ...
An Empirical Study to Assess the Effectiveness of U.S. Fiscal Policy
(Georgetown University, 2013)
As did many advanced economies, the U.S. economy experienced severe economic problems in 2008 and 2009, and the effects continue. In response to the global financial crisis, the U.S. government relied on a large fiscal ...
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA
(Georgetown University, 2013)
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have played a crucial role in China's economic development and its market-oriented economic reform. However, further growth of SMEs may be restricted by limited access to formal ...