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Racial differences in households' financial asset allocation, 1992-2004
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
in each category were regressed on year, race, other demographic variables (age, education, gender, marital status and number of kids), socio-economic variables (income, wealth, working status, having defined benefit plans vs. having defined contribution...
An Original Institutionalist Approach to the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Importance of Intangible Assets
(2016)
This dissertation presents an examination of the pharmaceutical industry with a
primary focus on the importance of intangible assets from the original institutional
economics perspective. This is done in three main ...
Understanding rural poverty clusters : the intersection of agriculture, economic structure and locality under postindustrialism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Analysis seeks to understand rural poverty within the context of agricultural and postindustrial economic structure. Detailed socioeconomic data are analyzed for 4,610 non-metropolitan census tracts in the north central United States. Statistical...
A quarterly econometric model of the United States beef sector
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
forecasts for some major variables in the beef sector. A provisional supply response model divorced from economic considerations was first specified, estimated and simulated. Results obtained were encouraging. Using the provisional model and introducing...
Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program in the Public Health Workforce: Small-Scale Study at a Local Health Department
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2021)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a profound impact on the physical and mental well being of the public health workforce. Past research on worksite health promotion programs
(WHPPs) shows improved employee health ...
Helical tool geometry in stability predictions and dynamic modeling of milling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The temporal finite element analysis (TFEA) method has been used in several publications to analyze interrupted machining dynamics. In this work, a higher order hp-version TFEA method will be presented which offers the possibility of lowering...
Participation in tax deferred retirement programs in a defined benefit environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
The purpose of this study is to examine the major factors that influence employees' decisions regarding their levels of participation in employer sponsored tax-deferred retirement savings accounts (TDAs). At the broadest ...
Of floods and gales: environmental value creation due to creative destruction
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
of topics such as environmental sustainability as a distinct field of study within management, especially given the ongoing mismatch between existing epistemological lines of enquiry and traditional reliance on different analyses levels in prior work...
The origins of money: evaluating chartalist and metallist theories in the context of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-02)
Tracing the origins of money in archaic Greece (roughly 900-500 BC) and ancient
Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, this thesis assesses the applicability of Chartalist and Metallist theories of money's origins. It ...
Perforated sovereignty : the geopolitical dilemma of Aegean hydrocarbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
The Aegean Sea, as an integral portion of the Mediterranean Sea, has always been a region endowed with special significance. Either as a familiar route of trade or culture, or as a fault-line between hostile civilizations ...
2011 proceedings
(2011)
Stock healthy shop healthy : community toolkit
(University of Missouri Extension, 2015)
This toolkit was developed for communities interested in developing healthy corner store or grocery programs with local food retailers. We encourage reproduction of the enclosed material and kindly request recognition in ...
Three essays on the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This dissertation contains three essays that examine the influence of state policies on transfer enrollment at 4-year institutions. The first essay is a systematic review of 16 studies that provide an understanding of the ...
Whether the research anticommons?
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2016)
Fifteen years ago, the "tragedy of the anticommons" article warned that excessive patenting of biotech products and research methods could deter rather than stimulate invention, but little evidence was offered. Here, ...
The Reproduction of Empire of Capital through Incursions of Capitalist Processes into Non-capitalist Processes Since 1989
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This dissertation lays out a theoretical framework for a non-capitalocentric theory of the
empire of capital since 1989. Following a complementary holistic approach, it sees the
economy as reflecting the society that ...
Extended calendar model versus traditional calendar model: a descriptive analysis of student performance over time
(2021)
In an era of high-stakes testing, accountability, and ever-changing programs and initiatives, our education system fails to make adjustments to meet the needs of specific student groups and continues to function in the ...
An Ethnographic Case Study Examining the Experiences of African American Students with Nonresident Fathers
(2022)
The purpose of this ethnographic case study was to identify influences that replace the presence of Black fathers with children living in non-paternal homes. For my research investigation, influence was defined as people ...
Creating an imperial city: Kansas City in the 1920s
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-04)
This thesis is a community study of Kansas City in the
1920s as a city working to assume a prominent place within the
emerging American market empire. It begins by exploring the
role that men and women played in altering ...
The relationship between psychological distress and wealth: an analysis of household wealth changes from 2007-2019 in the United States by race, gender, and retirement status
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
with the Kessler-6 index of psychological distress, and hypothesized that higher rates and levels of psychological distress The first paper of this dissertation, The Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Wealth: An Analysis of Household Wealth Changes...