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When is Society Susceptible to Manipulation?
(2019)
We consider a social learning model where agents learn about an underlying state of the world from individual observations as well as from exchanging information with each other. A principal (e.g. a firm or a government) ...
Essays in International Trade and Financial Development.
(2014)
In the first chapter, I explore the effect of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on the composition of international trade. The model allows a new channel by which IPRs may affect welfare such that cross-country incentives ...
Collection finances in Koha for new users : we did it--and you can, too!
(2017-09-08)
Come learn more about one academic library’s recent experience in implementing and migrating collection finances into Koha! Topics to be covered include basic configuration, fund accounting, invoice payment, standing ...
Creating The Ethereal Library: Thinking Creatively When You Have No Space To Think.
(2014-10-15)
Today’s library operates in two distinct spaces. First, there is the physical space, where we provide our community a place to work, where we provide access to print materials, and where we can provide a place to provide ...
Essays on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
(2015)
This dissertation addresses issues in the economics of the environment and natural resources. The first chapter pertains to the inclusion of environmental objectives into contracts between the government and private firms. ...
Essays in Financial Economics
(2015)
This dissertation provides a theoretical study of bank and household capital structure and how they shape real allocations in the economy.
The first chapter presents a theory of bank capital structure based on a governance ...
“Where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives:” What a future library really looks like.
(2015-07-17)
In the notably bad 1959 film, Plan 9 from Outer Space, filmmaker Ed Wood, Jr. opened with Criswell making the prophetic statement: “We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the ...
Dividend (Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring 2014)
(Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2014)
Microencapsulation of imidazole curing agent by solvent evaporation method using W/O/W emulsion
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2013-08-05)
The epoxy–imidazole resin system is used to form the anisotropic conducting film. The latent character of the system is very significant. In this study, imidazole (Im) or 2‐methylimidazole (2MI) was encapsulated for the ...
Essays in Social Economics.
(2016)
The central idea in social economics is that an individual's actions are influenced by the choices and characteristics of peers. This occurs because group (network) membership provides information and shapes beliefs (norms). ...