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Policy Shifting at the Federal Reserve Bank: A Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective

Creator:

Campbell, Michael

Abstract:

A considerable amount of research and literature exists that attempt to explain the policymaking processes of central banks and, in particular, the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). As with those studies, the purpose of this study is to explain FRB policymaking in order to understand FRB policy shifts during financial crises....

Resource Type:

Capstone Project
Encounter norms of snorkelers and scuba divers at Molokini, Hawai'i : methodological and managerial applications

Creator:

Bell, Caitlin M.

Abstract:

Over the past few decades, tourism and recreation activities have increased in tropical marine settings, and studies have examined social and ecological impacts of these activities. Some studies have examined social impacts such as encounters, crowding, and encounter norms or standards that individuals use to evaluate encounters with others as...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
The wave energy resource of the US Pacific Northwest

Creator:

Lenee-Bluhm, Pukha

Abstract:

The substantial wave energy resource of the US Pacific Northwest (i.e. off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and N. California) is assessed and characterized. Archived spectral records from ten wave measurement buoys, operated and maintained by the National Data Buoy Center and the Coastal Data Information Program, form the basis...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Perceived and preferred coach communication behaviors of cross-country athletes according to gender

Creator:

Childs, Michelle L.

Abstract:

This study sought to gain a better understanding of the communication behaviors between coaches and male and female athletes. Four focus groups (male coach and male athletes, male coach and female athlete, female coach and male athletes, and female coach and female athletes) were used to assess athletes' perceptions of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis