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Organizational structure as a determinant of performance: Evidence from mutual funds
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2012-06)
This article develops and tests a model of how organizational structure influences organizational performance. Organizational structure, conceptualized as the decision‐making structure among a group of individuals, is shown ...
Exceptional boards: Environmental experience and positive deviance from institutional norms
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2013-02)
Thriving at work: Toward its measurement, construct validation, and theoretical refinement
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012-02)
Three Essays on Finance and Health Care Organizations.
(2013)
This dissertation includes three essays that examine the interactions between financial arrangements and product market outcomes in the health care industry theoretically and empirically. Integrating finance and health ...
Essays on the Interaction Effects of Policies Across Jurisdictions.
(2013)
This dissertation analyzes the theoretical and empirical effects of cross-border policy dynamics, specifically state level bottle deposit-redemption systems and international corporate income taxation. As governments can ...
Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2010-09)
This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well as enrollment location were randomly allocated. ...
Estimating the effect of a gasoline tax on carbon emissions
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2011-11)
Recently the proposal has been made to raise gasoline taxes in the United States to curb carbon emissions. The existing literature on the sensitivity of gasoline consumption to changes in price may not be appropriate for ...
Why Guarantee Employment? Three Essays on the World’s Largest Public-Works Program.
(2014)
The Indian government started implementing the world’s largest public-works program, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), in 2006. With a legal guarantee of 100 days of public employment per year for all ...
Concurrent enrollment in lecture and laboratory enhances student performance and retention
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2012-05)
Laboratories have been a cornerstone in teaching and learning across multiple scientific disciplines for more than 100 years. At the collegiate level, science laboratories and their corresponding lectures are often offered ...