Browsing by Subject "heterogeneity"
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Household Heterogeneity and Unanticipated Income Shocks
(2021)In this dissertation, I study how individual households respond to unanticipated changes in income. I focus on two recent fiscal programs, the Economic Stimulus Act (ESA) of 2008 and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ... -
Ideological Segregation: Partisanship, Heterogeneity, and Polarization in the United States
(2012)I develop and justify a measure of polarization based on pairwise differences between and within groups, which improves on previous approaches in its ability to account for multiple dimensions and an arbitrary number of ... -
Kinetic Parameters from Detection Probability in Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
(2010)The detection probability of rupture events in A FM force spectroscopy measurements presents a viable alternative to standard methods for extracting kinetic parameters of dissociation. The detection probability has a maximum ... -
Research and Development Competition in the Chemicals Industry
(2008-04-24)This dissertation is composed of two related chapters dealing with research and development. I evaluate the effects of the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit on the Chemicals Industry and then examine the determinants ...
