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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

With a recent trend of possible trade war between the United States and China, international trade has become a hot topic and played a more important role in political world as well as for academic research. This study ...

The sharing economy is changing how people work, move, and interact. At the forefront of an evolving transportation market is Uber, a Transportation Network Company that has successfully integrated technology into mobility. ...

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is widely believed to play a key role in economic development. Existing research suggests that FDI may be positively related to technology transfer, industrial productivity, and overall ...

Urbanization and migration have been a very important issue in many developing countries in the past decade. While bolstering economic development, urbanization and migration have also led to many urban issues such as ...