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CORRUPTION AND FDI: A REGIONAL STUDY OF DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This paper examines the empirical relationship between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries of Southeast Asia. Difference General Method of Moments (GMM) is utilized to take advantage of ...
Rocking the Vote? A Statistical Analysis of the Potential Effect of Online Voter Registration on Registration Rates
(Georgetown University, 2014)
This study explores the potential effect of online voter registration (OLVR) on registration rates by employing ordinary least squares, difference-in-difference, and fixed effects models for county-year data from 2008, ...
American Foreign Policy Opinion and the Generation Gap: A Media Perspective
(Georgetown University, 2014)
A significant amount of research in the public opinion field has explored the American people's attitudes on American foreign policy and found the course of events, elite discourse, and news media are important predictors ...
The Influence of Trade Agreements on Foreign Policy
(Georgetown University, 2016)
Since the failure of the Doha round of negotiations, the number of trade agreements between countries has increased exponentially worldwide. The premise being that trade agreements tie nations closer together lessening the ...
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 ...
The Relationship Between Female Parliamentary Representation and the Length of Parental Leave in Europe
(Georgetown University, 2017)
Existing scholarship suggests that the extent of female representation in government at the national and sub-national levels is positively correlated with the existence of equal pay laws, spending on welfare benefits and ...
INDIA’S PATH TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: WHY PARTY AFFILIATION IS AT THE CENTER OF INDIA’S HDI STORY
(Georgetown University, 2017)
In this paper, I explore the politics behind human development levels across different states in India. Previous research has found strong correlation between fiscal transfers from the Central Government and the states of ...
HOUSING POLICY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION: THE CASE OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
(Georgetown University, 2012)
Current and past housing policy in Buenos Aires has not been effective for the social insertion of the poor, because, by focusing primarily on the provision of housing, it has not attempted to reduce residential segregation ...
Combating Nuclear Trafficking in the Former Soviet Union & Eastern Europe: U.S. Nonproliferation Assistance and the Illicit Nuclear Trade, 1997-2009
(Georgetown University, 2011)
The illicit trafficking of fissile and radioactive materials emerged as a prominent threat following the collapse of the USSR. In the aftermath of September 11th, the issue has received renewed attention due to the ...