I examine the differences between Asian Americans and Caucasian Americans with respect to parental beliefs, parenting behaviors, and college academic achievement. The results suggest that 1) there is a strong causal effect ...
After the Global Financial Crisis 2007-2010, the effectiveness of global financial regulation, as
promoted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has been questioned. Conventional
minimum capital requirements ...
Consumers often face conflict between what "makes sense" and what "feels right" - between logical analysis and intuition. This dissertation focuses on the means by which such conflict is resolved. Extending dual-process ...
<p>More companies are beginning to manage the environmental impacts of their supply chain in addition to their own operations. Supply chain pressure has been shown to be generally effective at increasing practices with ...
<p>Since the cognitive ability to process information is limited, people often rely on stereotypes to help them make sense of their social environment. These knowledge structures allow people to utilize past experiences ...
<p>The previous literature fails to reach consensus on the role of media in the foreign aid allocation. My paper attempts to answer following questions by examining Muslim countries: Are there any media effects on the ...
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was established to make agencies think about the environmental effects that their proposed actions will have prior to making decisions. Requirements of NEPA are generally met ...
With a global advertising budget of over $694 million American Express is
considered the 45th largest marketer in the world. While the company has numerous
marketing channels available to deliver their advertising message, ...
This paper presents a theoretical model of decision-making by professionals within the same field. The decision-makers consider reputation effects that result both from their relative actions and from the absolute outcomes. ...
This research project examined the views of Latina mothers living in Durham, North Carolina on four major ethical dilemmas surrounding HPV vaccine distribution: mandating the vaccine for school entry, vaccinating males as ...
<p>I examine how employing workers with specific human capital affects capital structure decisions by employers. Based on plant-level data from the U.S. Census Bureau, I use the opening of new plants as an exogenous reduction ...
The intersection of human social systems and fisheries management is a highly complex web of interwoven relationships. The communities that rely on commercial fisheries for social, cultural, and economic support are ...
Population demographics in the United States are rapidly changing, and increasing workplace diversity will become crucial for the survival of many environmental organizations. Although The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a ...
This thesis looks at the problem of sustaining human rights in a world of sovereign states. What does it mean for the global human rights movement that the predominant form of political organization in the world is the ...
<p>In this study we propose a fast hybrid spectral-element time-domain (SETD) / finite-element time-domain (FETD) method for transient analysis of multiscale electromagnetic problems, where electrically fine structures ...
<p>Speciation has occurred countless times throughout history, and yet the genetic mechanisms that lead to speciation are still missing pieces. Here, we describe the genetics of two processes that can act alone or together ...
<p>The mapping of induced seismicity in enhanced geothermal systems presents the best tool available for understanding the resulting hydro-fractured reservoir. In this thesis, two geothermal systems are studied; one in ...
As demand for freshwater resources rises, the importance of conservation and preservation of ground-water resources become necessary, especially in coastal areas where large-scale seawater intrusion is a risk. A hydrologic ...
<p>Topography, vegetation, nutrient dynamics, soil features and hydroclimatic forcing are inherently coupled, with feedbacks occurring over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Vegetation growth may be limited by ...
Sediment cores raised from the shallow floor of Lake Opabusu in the Bolivian Gran Chaco record 5500 years of hydrologic change in the surrounding region. Sediment samples were analyzed for their organic carbon and nitrogen ...