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UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF ENACTING LEGISLATION: LEGISLATIVE EFFICIENCY AND THE IMPACT OF SESSION LENGTH
(Georgetown University, 2015)
In this thesis, I try to find a state legislature's most efficient point between the length of its legislative session and its price per bill. Unlike previous studies of legislative productivity and efficiency, I attempt ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REGIME TYPE AND CORRUPTION: A CROSS NATIONAL ANALYSIS
(Georgetown University, 2015)
How does an economies regime type affect corruption rates observed within a nation? Past empirical studies have looked at both regime type and corruption rates using several different techniques; however past empirical ...
THE HISTORY OF THE NICARAGUAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE/ AN ANALYSIS OF PATH DEPENDENCY
(Georgetown University, 2015)
The use of path dependency in political science explanations of institutional development, especially social security helps us to better understand continuities and departures of a policy. The lack of theoretical work on ...
State Capacity to Implement Public-Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure in Costa Rica between 1994-2013. A Case Study of the National Council of Concessions
(Georgetown University, 2015)
In 2013, the World Economic Forum placed Costa Rica in the position 131 out of 144 economies for the category of “quality of roads”. The following year, Costa Rica showed an improvement in the same study ranking 119; yet, ...
THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION ON VOTER PARTICIPATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE LAST 3 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN MEXICO
(Georgetown University, 2015)
The low levels of voter participation in Mexico's presidential elections, and the high levels of corruption constitute the center of this study. Specifically, I focus on analyzing the potential impact of corruption on voter ...
How Does Holding Foreign Denominated Debt Going Into A Financial Crisis Affect The Level Of Domestic Political Trust?
(Georgetown University, 2015)
In the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, many transition countries' politics have moved increasingly towards the extreme right. Elections held after 2008 have seen the rise of ultranationalist parties, such as ...
Three Papers on Work-Life Supports and Gender Diversity in the Federal Government
(Georgetown University, 2015)
It is often argued that work-life programs are important for promoting gender equality in the federal government, but whether and how these programs benefit women is the source of debate. According to the theory of ...