Understanding groundwater conditions in the upland parts of volcanic island aquifers is critical for sustainable groundwater development in these resource-limited environments. Yet groundwater conditions in such settings are generally difficult to characterize because of sparse well drilling (high cost and/or limited access). Information needed for resource evaluation includes upland depth...
This dissertation addresses two topics on market imperfections. First, chapter
2 presents a theoretical model that focuses on problems associated with informational
asymmetry. The model presents a dynamic signaling game between a monopolist
manufacturer and a monopolist retailer, where demand is uncertain and only the
retailer is privately informed. This...
There is a considerable body of research on the effect of land use regulations on property values. However, less work has been done on the relationships surrounding tax revenue, small zoning changes, and the fiscal outlook of cities and counties. As a result, the purpose of this study is to...
Over the past two decades there has been sharp increase in the demand for English-language skills in India. This led to a rapid expansion of English Medium Schools, more so in the private sector than the public sector. Recent studies have estimated the economic benefits of English-language skills but few...
This dissertation addresses issues of oligopoly markets where advertising plays a prominent role. The first study empirically investigates the effect of advertising regulations on equilibrium consumption of an addictive commodity using U.S. cigarette industry data. The results of the first study show that the advertising regulations reduced cigarette consumption by...
Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency, meaning that it is a currency that is not backed by any government, uses cryptography for security and is difficult to counterfeit. Bitcoin’s popularity stems from the fact that it has little regulation and affords some degree of anonymity in transactions. Bitcoin currently has little...
The temporal and spatial distribution of larvae of the cinnabar
moth (Tyria jacobaeae L.) correlates with changes in host plant qualiy.
An observed change in diet preference occurs in the 2nd instar
from low leaves to upper parts of generative plants. Timing of larval
attack and foraging pattern was found...
The thesis presents a useful and effective blend of insights about macroeconomic business fluctuations and the effects of government expenditure in economic growth in Korea.
In Chapter I, I show that the joint behavior of key Korean macroeconomic variables is consistent with traditional Keynesian interpretation of macroeconomic business fluctuations by...
This thesis involves analyses of 3₂-helices, a-helices and of the change in residual
entropy of a protein upon chemical modification. Part of the long-term goal of
understanding the formation, function and stability of proteins requires that all
conformations be accurately assigned and structurally understood. By a statistical
analysis of 258...