Degree awarded: Ph.D. Economics. American University
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Degree awarded: Ph.D. Economics. American University
This analysis evaluates three tax and expenditure limitation (TEL) policies in Colorado: the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR), the Statewide Limitation on Property Tax Revenue (SLPTR), and the Gallagher Amendment (GA). It extends previous research i...
Since the World Trade Organization is established, Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) proliferate. Most countries in East Asia also have concluded many PTAs with the countries in the region or the countries in other continents. Based on this situat...
The BRICS countries recently approved the creation of a new multilateral development bank to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects. This paper examines the New Development Bank (NDB) through the IFI (international...
Degree awarded: M.A. School of International Service. American University
Research on microcredit overwhelmingly focuses on its average or typical impact on socio-economic development (SED), but it needs to delve deeper because impact is heterogeneous in nature. By understanding why credit affects people differently, one c...
The decision of whether or not to migrate (or whether or not to return) has wide-ranging consequences on the lives of individuals and their families. However, research - especially empirical - that explores the extent to which one's economic conditio...
This dissertation investigates the possibility that monetary policy shocks have supply-side or “cost-channel” effects as well as demand-side effects. This dissertation specifically attempts to shed more light on the transmission mechanism of monetary...
National trade preference schemes are an integral component of North-South trade relations. Yet the varying degree of trade liberalization across different preference schemes is considerable, especially in the case of the EU. This thesis attempts to ...