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Abstract This study examines state agency leadership and the viability of the traditional politics-administration dichotomy in state government. Despite all the academic theorizing about how appointed public managers should be involved...
This dissertation tests if fetal loss can be applied as an extension of prior literature on the weathering hypothesis. To do so, this study extends upon the weathering hypothesis: the observation that blacks experience substantially...
It is a solemn obligation to provide high quality healthcare to veterans who sacrificed themselves to protect their country and democratic values. Although the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has conducted numerous highly regarded...
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the effects of fiscal policy rules for funding higher education on macroeconomic concerns. Alternative government funding policies impact an endogenous household decision over post-secondary...
In this study I analyzed the relationship between access to COVID-19 testing sites and neighborhood characteristics before and after federal funding cuts to determine if socially vulnerable communities were more likely to be affected by...
Marine aquaculture, the farming of aquatic species in ocean environments, has substantial potential to contribute to the global supply of seafood. However, despite the global growth of marine aquaculture (mariculture) in recent years, ...
Following the neoclassical model of Robert Solow, several theories have been proposed to explain the fundamental causes of growth and economic development. This dissertation analyzes three of the main hypotheses. Chapter 2 explores the...
Local governments are becoming an increasingly important arm of governance and public goods provision. As the role of counties and municipalities continues to expand so must our understanding of their inner workings and relationships to...
The decision to be self-employed has been studied in numerous scholarly papers. In particular, there has been interest in the decision to become an entrepreneur in relation to the macroeconomic climate. Scholars reference the potential...
The aim of this dissertation is to fill in the vacant spots in the innovation and diffusion study, which are meaningful but have not had much work done previously. First, most policy diffusion studies have focused on the adoption of a...
Since its inception the European Union has made great strides in the realm of regional integration. However, the political and economic crises of the last decade have fundamentally changed the political landscape of the EU and have had...
Against the backdrop of constrained resources and increasing demands, governments across the world have adopted performance budgeting systems. However, it is also true that most countries implementing performance budgeting systems don't...
As a low-impact activity that can cover longer distances than walking, cycling is not only good for older adult's health, but can also be a viable low-cost mode of transportation. Cycling can allow older adults to maintain mobility, ...
In this dissertation, we explore the optimal design of group contests, with a primary application to organizational economics. A group contest is a strategic situation in which individuals belonging to a team expend costly effort with...
There is a breadth of literature analyzing how particular institutional frameworks affect the propensity to engage in violent conflict. The democratic peace theory suggests that democracies will be less likely to engage in conflict with...
Since natural resource issues, such as the changes in species habitat due to drought or sea level rise, are occurring at larger scales, it is challenging for a single entity to govern them independently. As a result, large scale...
My dissertation investigates the dynamics of international capital flows, distinguishing between net and gross flows. Chapter One considers both net and gross capital flows. I develop a small open economy model which endogenous sudden...
One of the main concerns about immigration is knowing whether immigrants will assimilate into American society. To assess whether immigrants have fully assimilated, the economic outcomes of their children must be analyzed. Previous...
How do local governments manage inter-governmental relationships in the context of urban sustainability? In an age of emerging impacts from global climate change and over-exploitation of natural resource, it is important to understand...
Media are important agents of socialization. Accordingly, media images reflect as well as inform what characteristics symbolize feminine beauty. In the field of female beauty and fashion magazines in the U.S., visual portrayals of women...
Allegations of bias against political conservatives and in favor of liberals in America’s universities are frequently heard from a variety of critics. This dissertation puts these claims to rigorous empirical test with five large-N...
This dissertation uses insights from political psychology and theories of elite influence to examine an important but understudied aspect of democratization - the role of physical insecurity in transitional democracies. To examine how...
The first chapter in this dissertation explores the welfare benefits from relationship banking that arise from the information gleaned by banks through monitoring. If monitoring reveals not only current output, but also new information...
Newly transitioned democracies frequently exhibit authoritarian traits at the subnational level. The literature on subnational authoritarianism tends to focus on how these enclaves interact with national governments, ignoring how they...
This dissertation contains three studies which focus on how health policies affect women. The second chapter examines how public health policies can lead to unintended effects that undermine their efficacy. Beginning in the mid-1930s, ...
The conditions under which legislators engage in idiosyncratic behavior remain poorly understood. Their personal ambitions and desires constantly confront obligations to constituents and institutional constraints. Often, lawmakers pursue...
Knowledge, Power, and the IUD: The Biopolitics of Medical Expertise in Reproductive Counseling and the Anatomopolitics of Gynecological Interventions into the Uterus
This thesis focuses on the production of medical expertise over women’s reproductive health and the normalization of biomedical interventions into women’s reproductive systems. To unpack this, I analyze the American College of...
This thesis examines the material and interpretive relations imbricated in the Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) forest as a cultural landscape. Approaching this landscape, I outline and demonstrate the utility of a neo-Sauerian...
Examining Hometown Environments and University Experiences: A Qualitative Study of Gay Latino College Students' Identity Challenges at Two Predominantly White Institutions
Using grounded theory methodology to analyze in-depth interviews, participant-taken photographs, and written reflections, this dissertation examines the hometown environments and university experiences of twenty-five gay Latino...
This dissertation explores the opportunities for, and limitations of, the community land trust (CLT) model for urban governance. It draws upon the theoretical lineages of urban geography, political geography, alternative and diverse...
This dissertation contributes to the intersection of public management and policy studies by examining the impacts of executive turnover on interlocal service delivery and urban sustainability. The first paper investigates how the...
An Investigation of Social Enterprise: Uncovering Its Potential for Co-Production, Relationship with Government, and Employees' Organizational Commitment
This dissertation aims to enhance our understanding of social enterprise, particularly from the perspective of public policy and management. More specifically, the three papers within this dissertation attempt to make three significant...
This dissertation explores the impact of institutional reforms on electoral and public goods provision outcomes. My first substantive chapter investigates the question of how institutional reforms affect voter mobilization in weekly...
Chapter 1 explores how shared micromobility impacts other transportation networks, specifically taxi markets in New York City. I exploit the spatial variation in the rollout of Citi Bike dock stations in a difference-in-differences...
Due to the rollout of provisions from the Affordable Care Act beginning in 2010 there has been significant interest in the effects of health insurance, and more broadly, the effects of health insurance policy on individuals and firms....
How do non-governmental organizations handle authoritarian pressure? NGOs exist to complete their missions, but can only do so when allowed by a regime. Meanwhile, autocrats benefit from NGO resources if they are not outweighed by costs...
This is a study about how participants in a public network understand and construct meanings for their relationships, where this construction of meanings comes from, and the effect they produce in the network operation. Three...
Street level bureaucrats, especially those in the criminal justice system, are expected to be neutrally competent. Yet local and state police have an unusual level of discretion on the job making them especially vulnerable to more...
Wetlands are transitional ecosystems between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems and make a critical part of larger ecosystems. Functional wetlands provide numerous significant...
The world is not static - economic agents make decision in dynamic environments all the time. This dissertation focuses on the behavior of individuals and firms in such environments. In particular, we consider three settings, and for...
This dissertation examines the relationship between queer geography and gentrification in Atlanta, Georgia. This relationship is intrinsically tied to issues of urban land valuation, sexuality, race, and the material reality of a...
Neighborhood walk-friendliness has become a focus for researchers and practitioners who wish to improve the health of older adults by incentivizing and providing opportunities to walk as part of daily routines. However, most research has...
One of the key determinants of health and wellbeing for adolescents is the utilization of preventive health services. While adolescents are generally healthy, public health officials warn that access to health insurance, preventive care, ...
This dissertation is an examination of two community-based theaters operating in informal and social contexts to co-create cultural change. More specifically, through performances the two theaters in question seek to build relationships...
The first two chapters of this dissertation investigate the connection between the rich theoretical environment of first price auctions and the patterns of behavior in such resulting from specific treatments in the form of social...
This dissertation examines the needs, preferences, policies, programs, and institutions surrounding localfood systems to better understand how they align with sustainability principles and goals. Both food system governance at the local...
In December 2019, a strain of pneumonia named SARS-CoV-2, or Coronavirus Disease 2019 (more commonly known as COVID-19), expeditiously spread worldwide, causing a global pandemic. Though the COVID-19 response in the United States has...
The essays comprising this dissertation intersect public policy and consequential personal decisions: attending college, adopting a child, or choosing the right neighborhood. These selections have an enduring effect on an individual’s...
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