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Essays about Credit, Executive Compensation and Real Estate Market
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This dissertation comprises three chapters related to the risk-taking decisions of the firms and the households. The first two chapters study the risk-taking from the perspectives of the investment risk of the CEOs and its ...
Need a Ride? Uber Can Take You (Away From Public Transportation)
(Georgetown University, 2018)
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. ...
The Psychological Weight of Uncertainty: An Econometric Analysis of the Relationship Between Uninsurance and Depression
(Georgetown University, 2018)
After centuries of neglect, the causes and effects of mental illness have begun being scientifically studied and treated in recent decades. While corollary links exist between mental health and demographic factors like ...
The Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment and Tertiary Education in Developing Countries
(Georgetown University, 2018)
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 ...
How Influence From Happiness Determinants Differ Across Three Migration Identities
(Georgetown University, 2018)
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 ...
Poverty Outcomes in States with Earned Income Tax Credits
(Georgetown University, 2018)
This paper contrasts the poverty outcomes in states that have adopted an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) program with those that have not. The models take into consideration the existence of a program, the credit rate ...
Household Saving and Income Uncertainty: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Monetary Policy
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Most households in the US do not own interest bearing assets, a direct contradiction of the common
Faith and Development in Focus: Nigeria
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2018-05-15)
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. ...
Faith and Development in Focus: Nigeria
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2018-05-15)
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. ...
The Education and Social Justice Project: International Summer Research Fellowships 2017
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, 2018-02-15)
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, ...