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Marketing modernism to the maitresse de maison : art nouveau and the female consumer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
family but could also express her individual artistic sensibility. The Art Nouveau movement was primarily aimed at the bourgeois class. Discretionary income allowed the bourgeois the economic freedom to express their modernity through consumption...
Can money buy health? : foreign aid, changes in aid, and the impact of human health in sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
. While most theoretical work focuses on the impact of foreign aid on economic development, this paper seeks to identify if foreign aid has an impact on the human health. By using existing data from OECD on foreign aid, this paper empirically tests...
Spatial econometric analysis of highway and regional economy in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The dissertation consists of four chapters: first, highway and economic development; second, spatial effects of highways and employment in Missouri; third, highway and industrial establishment in Missouri; finally, simultaneous spatial model...
Three essays on agricultural trade and policy /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
is important and several alternative methods have been used. I develop a method that combines cointegration tests and an equilibrium model. These seemingly disparate methods are used to estimate the size of NTBs and to assess their economic impact. I apply our...
The impact of external knowledge on patent production among SBIR winners
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
highlights the economic significance of the type of external knowledge sourced by a particular firm....
Econometric methods for improved measures of financial risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
the financial economics literature about the relative importance of the VaR flaws (e.g., subadditivity) and probability model specification errors in risk measurement under Extreme Value Theory. In particular, we use the peaks-over-threshold method based...
An Organizational analysis of the inter-organizational relationships between a public American higher education university and six United States corporate supporters : an instrumental, ethnographic case study using Cone's Corporate Citizenship Spectrum
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
engagement in public policy. The manner in which a company manages its economic, social and environmental relationships, as well as those with different stakeholders, in particular shareholders, employees, customers, business partners, governments...
Wealth and governance in unstable states : South Africa as a context for Mancur Olson's theory of collective action
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
clustering by race and economic class remains persistent despite democratic reforms and improved governance engagement. In addition, findings of the empirical analyses were used to evaluate Olson's theory of collective action and frame the policy implications...
An assessment of the impact of landscape soil, government programs and crop insurance on the profitability of perennial grass cropping systems grown for bioenergy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
Cellulosic biomass is among the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels being considered in Missouri. In order to become a viable energy source, there needs to be a reliable supply of cellulosic material. Miscanthus, ...
How do Brazil's mandated blending requirement and world crude oil price affect international markets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
In recent years, more and more countries and areas have become increasingly concerned with environmental problems, and energy independence goals as a result of the high crude oil price. In this context, biofuels are widely ...
Branding Ireland : an examination of the construction of Ireland’s national brand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
are outdated and distorted. In today’s global economic environment, nations must be very conscious of the image they project to the world, because this has direct implications for a nation’s economic success. The objective of this research is to analyze how...
Media coverage of the new economy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
The late 1990's represented a time of unprecedented economic growth. However, the economic bubble ultimately burst and the nation entered into a recession. Following the crash, there was speculation that the media were responsible irresponsible...
How monetary policy influences the lending to small business : an empirical study on relationship banking using a Korean bank data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examines the influence of the monetary policy on bank lending to small business in Korea using a unique loan panel data set of firms. We analyze the dynamics of monetary policy transmission in an environment of ...
Towards a deconstructive ethics : an economic sacrifice and the logic of the gift
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This thesis argues that deconstruction as a practice has been, from its inception, inherently ethical, focusing in particular on Derrida's reading of the gift. Deconstruction, insofar as it remains committed to interrogating ...
Framing public health disaster : Chinese newspaper coverage of the contaminated milk powder affair
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study explores how the news environment might affect the news framing of public health disasters. Specifically, it examines the coverage of the 2008 Chinese milk disaster...
Corporate social responsibility in the wood products industry : a consumer perspective
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
responsibilities compared with economic and philanthropic responsibilities. U.S. consumers' desire of economic responsibilities was higher than philanthropic responsibilities while Chinese consumers had lower level of desire toward economic responsibilities...
Evaluation of herbicide programs for the management of glyphosate-resistant giant ragweed in soybean
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
-plant (PREPLT) followed by (fb) 2-pass post-emergence (POST) herbicide programs in GR and glufosinate-resistant soybean on GR giant ragweed density, soybean yield, and net economic return. Results from this research indicate that POST applications to smaller...
Causes of domestic terrorism: 1970-2010
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
's Global Terrorism Database. Economic, political, systemic, and social structural determinants were tested with a negative binomial regression on 194 states between 1970 and 2010. Results suggested an inverse U relationship between wealth and the incidence...
Cost-benefit analysis of multisystemic therapy for serious and violent juvenile offenders and their siblings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This study investigated the economic benefits of an intensive family-based treatment (multisystemic therapy, MST) versus individual therapy (IT) using arrest data from 25-year follow-ups of referred serious and violent juvenile offenders (n = 176...
News framing and public approval of the tax cuts and jobs act
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
periods. This study is important because it demonstrates how the frequency of positive or negative economic outcomes in the news coverage correlated with public opinion over the two months included in the study. Additionally, the research found...