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  • The Influence of Tax Composition on Tax Evasion

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    Ivlieva, Anastasiia
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    Tax evasion is one of many problematic issues associated with tax systems that negatively affect state’s ability to provide public goods and services. This study seeks to examine the impact of tax composition on tax evasion using information about 150 countries from 1999 to 2007. The paper adopts neoclassical theoretical...
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    Capstone Project
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    of Anastasiia Ivlieva presented on June 9th, 2015 APPROVED Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder

  • The Impact of Rural Electrification on Deforestation and Soil Fertility

    Creator:
    Tanner, Andrew M.
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    Deforestation and loss of soil fertility are two forms of environmental degradation with global importance. Theories of environmental degradation commonly cited in public and academic discourse have historically emphasized the role of human populations and national economic development as being the primary drivers of environmental damage. This thesis utilizes quantitative...
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    Capstone Project
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    ____________________________________________ Dr. Elizabeth Schroeder, representing economics

  • White racial identity development in transitional space : Discourse and praxis among Christian teacher educators

    Creator:
    Harris, Gennie S.
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    This research examines two questions: 1) What stories do Christian teacher educators tell about their own White racial identity development? and 2) Is there an impact of studying White racial identity development on the praxis of Christian teacher educators? If so, in what ways? The researcher began the project with...
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    Dissertation
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    ? The researcher began the project with a Critical Race Theory (CRT) framework, based on literature

  • Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia

    Creator:
    Utami, Arini Wahyu
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    Climate change increases weather unpredictability, threatens communities whose livelihoods depend on natural resources, such as rural communities. Utilizing a Community Capital Framework (Flora and Flora, 2013) and Governance of Complex Adaptive Systems (Duit and Galaz, 2008), this study concentrated on the role of cultural and political capital in supporting rural...
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    -430. Olson, Elizabeth Anne. 2013. Anthropology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Summary

  • Merging missions : a historical analysis of the University of Alaska Anchorage, 1984–2009

    Creator:
    Strom, Stephen L.
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    Literature on the evolution of the American higher education system includes a historical and consistent debate over the definition of the higher education mission in the country. Recent debate focuses on mission differentiation between the university and the community college. Acknowledging systemic changes in higher education historically occurred within regions...
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    Dissertation
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    me proud. As a middle school student and now a high school junior, Elizabeth taught me the value

  • Colonization, Statemaking, and Development: A Political Ecology of the Saru River Development Project, Hokkaido, Japan

    Creator:
    Ioannides, Michael J.
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    Although dam construction has been an integral tool in development initiatives for nearly a century, dams can have significant negative impacts on local residents, particularly those who are permanently displaced from their homes and must be resettled elsewhere. Dams have unique impacts on indigenous peoples. As a result, many dam...
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    presented on December 7, 2017. Title: Colonization, Statemaking, and Development: A Political Ecology of

  • Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making Process in China: A Case Study of the Anti-Nu River Dam Campaign in Yunnan Province

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    Chen, Meian
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    The ever-increasing environmental degradation in China is leading people to pay more attention to environmental protection. Although Chinese government has made progress in dealing with environmental problems, the environment still gets worse. Thus, ordinary people began to take part in environmental issues, and make contributions to environmental protection. With increased...
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    Capstone Project
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    Environmental Decision-making Process in China A Case Study of the Anti-Nu River Dam Campaign in

  • Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Ideas

    Creator:
    Peterson, Holly L.
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    Public policy narratives and stories are often referenced by the media, politicians, advocacy groups, and across many disciplines in academia. Studies of social and political narratives support the notion narrative matters, but often lack systematic design capable of producing generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this...
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    generalizable findings. The Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) has responded to this gap, but it lacks a

  • The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

    Creator:
    Aljets, Paul
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    Despite a great deal of attention paid to state renewable energy potential, there has been relatively little research on specific energy policies and their effect on the generation of renewable energy. This study seeks greater understanding of the state energy policies and how they individually affect the generation of wind,...
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    Capstone Project
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    her. iv Abstract Despite a great deal of

  • The Missing Link: Use of Renewable Energy Codification in U.S. Cities

    Creator:
    Mathur, Shivani
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    Cities of the world today house more than half the world’s population, contribute to 80 percent of the global GDP, consume approximately 70 percent of the global energy and produce 70 percent of the greenhouse gases produced worldwide (Floater et al., 2014; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014). City governments...
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    ). City governments are critical players in reducing the global energy footprint. As a leading example