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The Transformation of American Philanthropy: From Public Trust to Private Foundation, 1785-1917
(2017)
This dissertation examines the early history of philanthropic enterprise in the United States. I use the legal and administrative records of nineteenth-century philanthropic foundations, as well as the popular debates they ...
Getting Acquainted: How Knowing About Colleague's Personal Lives Impacts Workplace Interactions, for Better and Worse
(2017)
In my dissertation, I introduce the concept of personal knowledge, discuss how it is formed, explore how it is used, and examine potential boundary conditions of its effects. In Chapter 1, I motivate the need for this ...
Being in Relation: Achieving Mutuality in Moments of Play
(2017)
Human connection is an innate human need. More than that, it is a rich source of life satisfaction, the purest expression of our humanity, and only in moments of human connection do we fully come into being. Such moments ...
Social Preferences and the Willingness to Pay for Preventative Health Care: Evidence from Field Experiments
(2017)
This dissertation explores behavioral incentives generated by individuals making choices in peer group settings in order to assess whether these incentives can be harnessed towards improving people’s willingness to invest ...
The Expansion of Renewable Energy Technologies and Their Impact on Household Energy Portfolios and Sustainable Development: A Study Of Nepal
(2017)
Encouraging households to switch from traditional fuels to cleaner, modern fuels (e.g.; electricity, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), biogas) is a widespread policy focus due to its expected benefits for health and the environment. ...
Essays in Health Economics
(2017)
My dissertation broadly relates to the low uptake of preventive health services in developing countries despite the services’ low cost and potential to avert subsequent catastrophic expenses. In the first two chapters, I ...