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  • Impact of corruption on foreign direct investment at the industry level

    Creator:
    Umar, Ayesha
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    This research studies the effect of corruption on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in various industries. We use industry level data of US Investments abroad in 60 host countries from 1990 to 2002. We explore the questions of whether corruption is an impediment to FDI and if so, how does this...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Investment at the Industry Level. Abstract approved: Ayça Tekin- This research studies the effect of

  • Foreign direct investment and productivity : financial openness thresholds

    Creator:
    Kabalyk, Maria
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    The last two decades have witnessed a triumph of free market policies in many developing countries and thus an increase in trade and financial openness. While economic theory provides a solid justification of the fact that trade and financial openness for a small economy with perfectly competitive markets improve resource...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Direct Investment and Productivity: Financial Openness Thresholds Abstract approved

  • A power comparison of mutual fund timing and selectivity models under varying portfolio and market conditions

    Creator:
    Azimi-Zonooz, Aydeen
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    The goal of this study is to test the accuracy of various mutual fund timing and selectivity models under a range of portfolio managerial skills and varying market conditions. Portfolio returns in a variety of skill environments are generated using a simulation procedure. The generated portfolio returns are based on...
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    Dissertation
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    academicians and the investment community is investment performance evaluation. From the academic and

  • The estimation of sunk costs in the U.S. brewing industry

    Creator:
    Ko, Jung Teag
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    The purpose of this thesis is to provide an estimate of sunk costs in the U.S. brewing industry and analyze the relationships among sunk costs, advertising, and concentration. The estimation procedures involves three steps: (1) estimation of the market value of new and used plant and equipment per barrel of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    investment costs, like research and development expenditures, are usually sunk. In this case, endogenous

  • Do parties matter in FDI : how U.S. political parties relate to U.S. FDI in a gravity model setting

    Creator:
    Helm, Harold Andrew
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    This study examines the relation between political parties in the United States and foreign direct investment (FDI) using a panel data gravity model of 42 countries from 1980 to 2006. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party differ on economic platforms, and the changing of relative power in government between...
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    Masters Thesis
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    direct investment (FDI) using a panel data gravity model of 42 countries fkom 1980 to 2006. The

  • A Proposed Social Return on Investment Reporting Tool for Oregon Nonprofit Organizations Supporting Anti-Poverty Welfare Programs

    Creator:
    Martin, Molly Anne
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    Nonprofit organizations are feeling increased pressure to demonstrate their service’s impacts to their investors. Social return on investment is a tool that measures the social efficiency, or social return, of services by calculating a social return ratio. While social return on investment has seen increasing use by nonprofit organizations, a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Title: A Proposed Social Return on Investment Reporting Tool for Oregon Nonprofit Organizations

  • Ruin Problems with Risky Investments

    Creator:
    Loke, Sooie-Hoe
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    In this dissertation, we study two risk models. First, we consider the dual risk process which models the surplus of a company that incurs expenses at a constant rate and earns random positive gains at random times. When the surplus is invested in a risky asset following a geometric Brownian...
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    Dissertation
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    The consumption/investment process