Browsing by Subject "regulation"
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A systems engineering approach to regulating autonomous systems
(2017)Autonomous systems are emerging across many industries. From unmanned aircraft to self-driving cars to closed-loop medical devices, these systems offer great benefits but also pose new risks. Regulators must grapple with ... -
Between Fraud Heaven and Tort Hell: The Business, Politics, and Law of Lawsuits
(2018)In the 1970s, consumer advocates worried that Alabama's weak regulatory structure around consumer fraud made it a kind of "con man's heaven." But by the 1990s, the battle cry of regulatory reformers had reversed, ... -
COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN RESPONSE TO PROMOTION AND PREVENTION FAILURE: A STUDY OF MALADAPTIVE RUMINATION AND ITS AFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES
(2007-07-13)Theories of self-regulation have not adequately specified the psychological events and processes that cause an emotional response following acute failure to be prolonged and intensified. Research on repetitive thought suggests ... -
Essays in Labor Economics: Effects of Immigration Policy on Vulnerable Populations
(2020)This dissertation studies three questions in labor economics centering around immigration policy and its effects on vulnerable populations. I use administrative data from the United States (U.S.) and Germany to address these ... -
Estimating the Effects of Regulation on Innovation: An International Comparative Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry
(1978)INNOVATION in the U.S. ethical drug industry in recent years has been characterized by a number of adverse developments. In particular, there has been a sharp decline in the rate of new product introductions and the incentive ... -
How do firms feel about participation by their peers in the regulatory design process? An online survey experiment testing the substantive change and spillover mechanisms
(Strategy Science, 2019-06-01)This paper examines two concerns with calls for increased participation by firms in the government design of regulations in emerging markets. First, given the profit maximization goals of firms, can the benefits of business ... -
Identification of Novel N6-methyladenosine (m6A) Reader Proteins and the Characterization of their Molecular and Physiological Functions
(2022)N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is deposited co-transcriptionally on thousands of cellular mRNAs and plays important roles in mRNA processing and cellular function. m6A is particularly abundant within the brain and is critical ... -
Improved strains and bioprocesses for redox sensitive recombinant protein production in E. coli using two-stage dynamic control
(2022)Since the inception of recombinant protein expression, this technique has revolutionized our everyday lives with the number of protein products we have at our disposal ranging from household products to pharmaceuticals. ... -
Man, Wife, and Bingo Verifying Diva: What Drag Bingo Can Do For Me and You
(2010-05-06)How is gender ideology reinforced and transformed through the interaction between the family and extra-familial social institutions in Durham, North Carolina and by extension in the contemporary United States? This study ... -
Marine Protection in the Baltic Sea: An Analysis of the Implementation Duration for Marine Protected Areas
(2017-06-30)This project examines the problem of why there is often a long duration between proposing a marine protected area (MPA) and implementing the MPA. The European Union has a vast network of proposed MPAs, but not enough are ... -
Put your comment where your money is: An analysis of public comments on annual proposed changes to Medicare reimbursement rates
(2014-04-23)This paper examines the annual Medicare acute care hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rate update rules, which are consistent, comprehensive, and have a high impact on stakeholders. I collect a random sample ... -
Regulating a Monopolist with Unknown Demand
(1988)Optimal regulatory policy is derived in a setting where the firm has better knowledge of demand than the regulator. When marginal production costs increase with output, the regulator can induce the firm to use its private ... -
Self-Regulation before and after a Developmental Transition: a Study of Adaptive Goal Change in Retirement
(2008-08-08)Retirement is the quintessential transition from mid-life to late-life for many working Americans. However, questions about the positive and negative effects of retirement have sparked widely divergent empirical findings. ... -
Studies on Human Chromatin Using High-Throughput DNaseI Sequencing
(2009)Cis-elements govern the key step of transcription to regulate gene expression within a cell. Identification of utilized elements within a particular cell line will help further our understanding of individual and cumulative ... -
The Bankers Know Best: How Regulatory Policy Shaped the Rise and Fall of the Credit Default Swap Market
(2011-09-12)Many critics partially attribute the severity of the 2008 financial crisis to a lack of regulatory oversight over credit derivatives. This paper will examine the governmental and private regulatory systems that aided the ... -
The Politics of the Regulatory Policymaking Process: Three Essays on Governments, Markets, and Effective Regulatory Governance
(2018)This dissertation comprises three articles:“Rethinking Stakeholder Participation in Regulatory Governance: A Historical-Institutional Analysis and Proposed Theoretical Model” (Chapter 2/Article 1): The regulatory policymaking ... -
The Sexual Economy of War: Regulation of Sexuality and the U.S. Army, 1898-1940
(2012)The United States began to look beyond its continental boundaries and acquire a new, far-flung empire in the late nineteenth century. Two decades later, a national draft and mobilization program brought millions of men ... -
The Situational Adaptiveness of Implicit Theories of Intelligence and Achievement Goal Orientations
(2009)Previous research has largely highlighted the maladaptive consequences of holding an entity theory of intelligence and the adaptive consequences of holding an incremental theory (for reviews, see Dweck, 1999; Dweck & Leggett, ... -
To smoke or to vape? E-cigarette regulation in the US, the UK, and Canada
(2018-12-05)E-cigarettes are hailed by some as a positive development in the war against smoking and reviled by others as a weapon used to addict a new generation to nicotine. This dichotomy highlights an important debate about e-cigarette ...
