Browsing 2022 UMKC Dissertations - Freely Available Online by Thesis Department "Economics (UMKC)"
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Dynamics of Economic Corruption
(2022)Corruption, especially in developing countries, has been shown to have large persistent effects on inequality and economic growth. Efforts to eradicate or suppress corruption over the last two decades have floundered. This ... -
The Forgotten Lands: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Systems in Transition
(2022)This study focuses on transition economies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). These countries have lagged considerably in their transformation from a planned to a market-based system and are therefore ... -
The Role of Monetary Policy in the Functional Income Distribution and Economic Growth in a Money Manager Capitalist System: The Case of United States of America: 1970 - 2015
(2022)The present dissertation analyzes the impact of monetary policy on the functional distribution of income, focusing on the United States as a case study. It explores how monetary policies negatively impact labor share in ... -
Three Essays at the Intersection of Social Theory and Political Economy
(2022)This study revisits classic questions of political economy through an interdisciplinary lens, wedding the insights of modern social theory with heterodox political economy. The first chapter synthesizes the economic and ... -
Three Essays on Monetary Sovereignty
(2022)This dissertation examines the current economic understanding of Monetary Sovereignty through the role of the state’s currency in an economy. It recognizes that, internationally, Monetary Sovereignty is not an equal status ... -
Three Essays on the Limits and Possibilities of Economic Sovereignty in the Eurozone
(2022)There is no disputing Germany’s dominant economic role within the eurozone (EZ) and the broader European Union. Economic leadership, however, entails responsibilities, especially in a world system of monetary production ...