Browsing by Subject "Regulation"
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An Implementation Plan for Bio-Indicator Monitoring in support of Integrated Coastal Management in the U.S. Virgin Islands
(2004)Regulation and management of coastal systems is often compartmentalized into three broad categories: resource extraction (e.g. fisheries), coastal development, and pollution control. In the US Virgin Islands, the existing ... -
Comparison of Vehicle-to-Grid versus Other Grid Support Technologies
(2012-04-25)With the accelerating adoption of electric vehicles, using the batteries in the existing vehicle fleet to discharge to the power grid when needed (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) provides a potential alternative for supplying grid ... -
Electric Utility Decoupling in North Carolina: Removing Disincentives for Energy Efficiency
(2010-12-09)North Carolina’s demand for electricity will grow at approximately 1.1% annually through 2035. That could mean an additional yearly demand of 39 million megawatt hours (MWh) by 2035, enough to power 2.9 million North Carolina ... -
Essays in Housing Markets
(2020)The essays in housing markets contained within this dissertation examine the effect of policy decisions on housing market outcomes in the emerging market context of China and the developed market context of US. Specifically, ... -
Institutions, Innovation, and Grassroots Change: Alternatives to Transnational Governance in the Global South
(2016)Transnational governance has been advanced as a viable option for regulating commodities produced in emerging economies—where incapable or unwilling states may undersupply institutions requisite for overseeing supply chains ... -
Preparing for the Next Frontier: Considering a Modern Version of the Outer Space Treaty
(2019-12-06)The international treaty system that governs activities in space was designed decades ago to prevent inappropriate actions by government actors. In recent years, this system has started to fall behind the growth in privately ... -
Regulating Finance: Expert Cognitive Frameworks, Adaptive Learning, and Interests in Financial Regulatory Change
(2010)My dissertation seeks to understand how and why governments make major changes in financial sector regulations. I focus on two specific puzzles. First why is financial sector regulation not normally central to electoral ... -
Regulatory and Gating Mechanisms of TMEM16A Chloride Channel
(2021)The TMEM16 protein family comprises two novel classes of structurally conserved but functionally distinct membrane transporters that function as Ca2+-dependent Cl- channels (CaCCs) or dual functional Ca2+-dependent ion channels ... -
Taming the Dragon: The Modernization of the Chinese Equity Markets and its Effects on IPO Underpricing
(2011-04-18)The extreme underpricing of Chinese Initial Public Offerings in the early days of the Chinese equity markets was reduced by several reforms instituted by the Chinese government from around 2000 to 2002. These reforms reduced ... -
The Microfoundations of Housing Market Dynamics
(2008-04-24)The goal of this dissertation is to provide a coherent and computationally feasible basis for the analysis of the dynamics of both housing supply and demand from a microeconomics perspective. The dissertation includes two ... -
The Politics of Imagination: Virtual Regulation and the Ethics of Affect in Japan
(2017)In the past decade, responding to the scourge of child pornography, countries around the world have passed legislation that erases the distinction between actual and virtual forms. One result is that comics, cartoons and ... -
The Road to Autonomous Vehicle Adoption
(2019-04)Nearly a century ago, the introduction of the internal combustion engine car gave Americans personal autonomy, freedom of choice, and mobility. However, as these vehicles were further developed, this autonomy came at the ... -
Wastewater Management for Shale Hydrocarbon Extraction
(2013-04)Wastewater generation poses significant challenges to the future of shale oil and gas extraction. With the rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling operations, solutions for wastewater management are ...
