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  • Essays on strategic behavior in oligopoly markets : advertising, output, and price competition

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    Isariyawongse, Kosin
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    This dissertation addresses issues of strategic behavior of firms in oligopoly markets. In the first study we analyze how generic advertising affects brand advertising and firm profits in differentiated oligopoly markets. We develop two models, one with vertical differentiation and another with horizontal differentiation. In the case of vertical differentiation,...
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    all members of my doctoral committee: Dr. Carol Tremblay, Dr. Shawna Grosskopf, Dr. Patrick Emerson

  • Essays on Antenatal Care Utilization in Rural Bihar, India: Implications for Policy Design

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    Anand, Gautam
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    Improving access to and uptake of antenatal care remains a persistent challenge for India. It is a far greater challenge for an underdeveloped, poorer and mostly rural state like Bihar. The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-IV) of India reported that only 3% pregnant women in rural Bihar utilized full...
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    , Prof Patrick Emerson, Prof Svea Closser and Prof Jonathan Garcia for their valuable feedback and

  • Essays on determinants of human capital accumulation

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    Sherpa, Maya
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    This dissertation is composed of two self-contained essays, which examine two different factors that could affect human capital accumulation in a developing country. Both essays utilize cross-sectional data from the second round (2003/04) of national level household survey from Nepal. In the first essay, I estimate the impact of remittances...
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    for providing me with the dataset. I must also acknowledge Dr. Patrick Emerson, Dr. Shawna

  • Using the stock market to forecast future undesirable outcomes

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    Algursan, Assem S.
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    This dissertation focuses on the behavior of security returns around certain events that occurred in the Saudi stock market. In the first study, we measure and analyze the reaction of security returns around a major horizontal merger that occurred in the banking industry in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this...
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    Tremblay, Dr. Rolf Färe, Dr. Qinglai Meng, Dr. Patrick Emerson, and Dr. Donald Neubaum for their

  • The behavior of economic agents and market performance

    Creator:
    Gokhale, Jayendra
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    This dissertation addresses issues concerning the behavior of firms, which has significant effects on performance. In the first study, we empirically investigate the effect of the reduction in number of firms on price competition in the U.S. macro-brewing industry. The number of macro brewing firms decreased from 766 in 1935...
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    . Patrick Emerson about my research; his interest and suggestions helped me develop confidence in my