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Essays on international economics and macroeconomics.
(2000)
The first chapter, entitled "Dumping in a Linder Model of Trade, " provides an explanation for a recent proliferation of price dumping and antidumping laws. The last decade has witnessed an accelerating adoption of antidumping ...
Evaluating a trade policy using a revealed preference approach.
(2002)
The traditional theory of international trade suggests that, in perfectly competitive markets, international trade always increases welfare. The theory of second best suggests that, in the presence of multiple distortions, ...
Producer behavior and market dynamics in United States energy industries.
(2006)
The third essay, "Measuring Unilateral Market Power: An Application to the Texas Deregulated Electricity Market" analyzes the unilateral market power in the balancing electricity market in Texas. This essay follows the ...
Studies on the international economics of information technology .
(2007)
The first study statistically analyzes the relationship between computer technology use and economic productivity using international data. At the end of this first study, the findings show a positive relationship between ...
An inquiry into the evolution of gender equality in Vietnam.
(2003)
This dissertation is a systematic and holistic examination of the progress or lack thereof of gender equality since the opening of Vietnam's markets under Doi Moi (renovation) in Vietnam. It seeks to test the hypothesis ...
Asymmetries in procurement auctions.
(2002)
This study investigates bidder behavior in road construction procurement auctions held by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) in the period January 1997 to August 2000. The first essay, "An Empirical Analysis ...
Analysts' earnings forecast revisions and errors in antidumping (AD) petition investigations.
(2003)
Previous assessments of the value of antidumping (AD) petitions have utilized event studies. These estimate the significance of abnormal returns to security holders of the pertinent firms at important decision dates in the ...
A comparative content analysis of the additions and amendments to the primary treaties of the European Union: Reflecting the manifestation of an evolving shared vision within the European Union.
(2006)
This research focuses on the development of the European Union and on the primary treaties that have been adopted over time and have helped define the goals and structure of the European Union. A comparative content analysis ...
Regional growth disparities in Vietnam.
(2007)
Growth inequality is a pressing issue for Vietnam, one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia. This dissertation examines potential factors contributing to the regional economic growth disparities of Vietnam ...
Three essays on currency crises.
(2005)
Chapter three empirically tests the effectiveness of interest rate defenses against speculative attacks. It is shown that previous empirical studies on this issue suffer a classic sample selection problem by restricting ...