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The structure of cost and demand in the United States telecommunications industry.
(2002)
This dissertation provides an analysis of cost and demand structures in the U.S. telecommunications industry from 1960--1999. The research is primarily concerned with the effects of deregulation, competition and technology ...
The effects of financial development on the income inequality, economic growth, and financial system in Taiwan.
(2002)
In the past several decades, there has been a resurging interest in the study of the interactions between economic growth, income inequality, and financial development. Since the introduction of Kuznets's (1955) hypothesis, ...
A reevaluation and extention of previous research on state and local taxes and economic development.
(2002)
This study is a reevaluation of five studies that have had an impact of the way we think about state and local taxes. This study has four phases. In the first phase, I independently replicate the original studies. In the ...
Corporate diversification and performance: Evidence from Korea.
(2002)
This dissertation examines a sample of firms from the 70 largest Korean conglomerates, or chaebols, in order to determine the motivation behind their diversification strategies and to identify the effects of diversification ...
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, ...
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 ...