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The Cost of Privacy: Data Privacy Regulation in the European Union and Its Early Effects on E-Commerce
(Georgetown University, 2020)
In this paper, I explored the effect of data privacy regulation on e-commerce in the European Union (EU). More specifically, I looked at the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), rolled out in 2018, which grants rights ...
The Relationship between Unemployment and Consumption of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone at the County Level
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Since the start of commercial production of oxycodone and hydrocodone in the 1990s, consumption of prescription painkillers has consistently increased, as has the number of deaths attributable to the use of prescription ...
Sources of Resourcefulness: Evidence that the Culture of Poverty Is a Productive Adaptation to Economic Uncertainty
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Low-income communities in industrialized societies share common characteristics such as unmarried cohabitation and female-headed households. The unresolved question about these unstable family structures is whether they ...
Guns, Butter and Tweets: The Effectiveness of Modern Russian Statecraft
(Georgetown University, 2020)
Over the last decade, the Western world mobilized to counter the Russian Federation, which is seen as a revanchist security threat. However, little holistic analysis on the effectiveness of Russian foreign policy actually ...
Mercados, Cholas, y Ferias: Challenging the Discourse of Informality in the Bolivian Andes
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The informal economy is a widely debated issue in Latin America due to its high presence in the region. While transnational policy making institutions (TPMIs), like the International Labor Organization (ILO), expected a ...
An Evaluation of the Impact of Argentina’a Asignacion Universal Por Hijo on the Labor Supply and Schooling of Adults
(Georgetown University, 2020)
This study will evaluate the impact of the Argentinian conditional cash transfer Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH) on employment, labor supply, and educational attainment of adults. AUH was introduced in 2009 for below ...
In Search of the Origin of Political Pressure on Central Banks
(Georgetown University, 2020)
In light of increased political pressure on central banks around the world there have been a number of studies done exploring the effect this pressure has on both the independence of central banks, and financial markets ...
Essays in Law and Economics
(Georgetown University, 2020)
In this dissertation, I empirically analyze topics at the intersection of law and economics. In the first chapter, Michael Packard and I calculate the crime effects attributable to the Mariel Boatlift, the 1980 Cuban refugee ...
Essays on Financial Intermediation and Monetary Policy in Emerging Market Economies
(Georgetown University, 2020)
The dissertation examines the effects of capital inflows in models of monetary policy. In the first chapter, we develop a two-sector, two-agent New-Keynesian model of a small open economy with financial frictions and foreign ...
The Role of Inter-Caste Marriage and Women’s Agency in Spousal Choice on Post-Marital Choices of Fertility Decisions and Educational Outcomes of Children
(Georgetown University, 2020)
In India, the caste system dominates marital choice. Couples who marry outside of their caste, therefore, buck a powerful cultural taboo. This thesis investigates the effect of agency of women in spouse selection for ...