2007 Dissertation Announcements
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Estimating the Firm’s Demand for
Human Resource Management Practices"
Examiners: Dr. Bruce E. Kaufman, Dr. Barry T. Hirsch, Dr. Hyeon J. Park, Dr. Klara S. Peter, Dr. Inas Rashad, Dr. Bruce A. Seaman, Dr. Erdal Tekin
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Determinants of New Technology-Based Firms Performance
in Catch-Up Regions: Evidence from the U.S. Biopharmaceutical
and IT Service Industries 1996-2005"
Examiners: Dr. Philip Shapira (Chair), Dr. Marco Ceccagnoli, Dr. Mary Frank Fox, Dr. Gregory Lewis, Dr. John Walsh
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Will Patient-Centered Care Affect Racial Disparities in Health?"
Examiners: Dr. Robert J. Eger, Dr. Monica M. Gaughan, Dr. Valerie A. Hepburn, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Christopher M. Weible
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Designing Pension Programs to Strengthen Formal Labor Markets
in Developing Countries: The Case of Indonesia"
Examiners: Dr. James R. Alm, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. David P. Richardson, Dr. Erdal Tekin, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Government Grants, Crowding Out Theory and
American Based International Non-Governmental Organizations"
Examiners: Dr. James R. Alm, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Dr. Sally Wallace, Dr. Dennis R. Young
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Financial Intermediation and Economic Growth:
Bank Credit Maturity and Its Determinants"
Examiners: Dr. Neven T. Valev, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Vassil Mihov, Dr. Felix K. Rioja, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Essays on the Evaluation of Land Use Policy:
The Effects of Regulatory Protection on Land Use and Social Welfare"
Examiners: Dr. Paul J. Ferraro, Dr. Gary T. Henry, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Douglas S. Noonan, Dr. Alexander Pfaff
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Estimating the Effect of Penalties on Regulatory Compliance"
Examiners: Dr. Paul J. Ferraro, Dr. James R. Alm, Dr. Jonathan S. Feinstein, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Outcomes"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Charles Hankla, Dr. Felix Rioja, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"The Persistence of Spatial Mismatch:
The Determinants of Moving Decision among Low-Income Households"
Examiners: Dr. David L. Sjoquist, Dr. Charles L. Jaret, Dr. Erdal Tekin, Dr. Geoffrey K. Turnbull
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"The Impact of the Internet on Agglomeration Economies"
Examiners: Dr. Mark W. Rider, Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Dr. Bruce E. Kaufman, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Jonathan Rork, Dr. Andrey Timofeev, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Government Fragmentation and the Attainment
of Regional Environmental Quality"
Examiners: Dr. Laura O. Taylor, Dr. Paul J. Ferraro, Dr. Jonathan Rork, Dr. Jason Shogren, Dr. David L. Sjoquist
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Aid Effectiveness and the Money Moving Syndrome"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Roy Bahl, Dr. John S. Duffield, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Janelle A. Kerlin, Dr. Vjollca Sadiraj, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"The Effect of Changes in Maternity Leave Policy on
Labor Market Outcomes for Females in Brazil"
Examiners: Dr. Erdal Tekin, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Bruce Kaufman, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Inas Rashad, Dr. Edmilson Caputo Delfino Silva, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Individual Income Tax in Indonesia:
Behavioral Response, Incidence, and Distribution of Burden"
Examiners: Dr. Sally Wallace, Dr. James R. Alm, Dr. Roy W. Bahl, Dr. Eunice Heredia, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Robert T. McNab, Dr. Mark W. Rider
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Evaluation of Decentralization Outcomes in Indonesia:
Analysis of Health and Education Sectors"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Roy W. Bahl, Dr. Lewis F. Boex, Dr. Charles R. Hankla, Dr. Jonathan Rork, Dr. Andrey Timofeev, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"The LaGrange Internet Television Program:
Social Interactions, Urban Form, and Policy Outcomes"
Examiners: Dr. Marco E. Castillo, Dr. Robert J. Eger, Dr. Douglas S. Noonan, Dr. Geoffrey K. Turnbull, Dr. John P. Walsh
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Essays on Corruption and Preferences"
Examiners: Dr. James C. Cox, Dr. Susan K. Laury, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Charles N. Noussair, Dr. Ragan A. Petrie, Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Dr. Yongsheng Xu
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Financial Development and Economic Growth"
Examiners: Dr. Neven T. Valev, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Yuriy Kitsul, Dr. Vassil Mihov, Dr. Ragan Petrie, Dr. Felix K. Rioja, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Home Rule, Selectivity, and Overlapping Jurisdictions:
Effects on State and Local Government Size"
Examiners: Dr. Geoffrey Turnbull, Dr. James Alm, Dr. Douglas Krupka, Dr. Christine Roch
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Firm Recruitment Competition Among States"
Examiners: Dr. Geoffrey K. Turnbull, Dr. Douglas J. Krupka, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. David L. Sjoquist
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Overcoming the "Do-Gooder Fallacy": Explaining the Adoption of Effectiveness Best Practices in Philanthropic Foundations"
Examiners: Dr. John C. Thomas, Dr. Mary Frank Fox, Dr. Theodore H. Poister, Dr. Eric C. Twombly, Dr. David Van Slyke
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Do Different Expenditure Mechanisms Invite Different Influences? Evidence from Research Expenditures of the National Institutes of Health."
Examiners: Dr. Robert J. Eger, III, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Juan Rogers, Dr. John C. Thomas, Dr. Katherine G. Willoughby
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Public School Responses to Charter School Presence"
Examiners: Dr. Christine H. Roch, Dr. Gary T. Henry, Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"An Examination of Unintended Consequences
of Intergovernmental Equalization Programs"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. James R. Alm, Dr. Roy W. Bahl, Dr. John L. Mikesell, Dr. Andrey Timofeev
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Fiscal Decentralization and Public Sector Employment:
A Cross-Country Analysis"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Michael B. Binford, Dr. Neven T. Valev, Dr. Sally Wallace, Dr. Yongsheng Xu
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Motivating Federal Employees: Analysis of Survey Data"
Examiners: Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley, Dr. Lloyd G. Nigro, Dr. David W. Pitts, Dr. William L. Waugh
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Will Patient-Centered Care Affect Racial Disparities in Health?"
Examiners: Dr. Robert J. Eger, Dr. Monica M. Gaughan, Dr. Valerie A. Hepburn, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Christopher M. Weible
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Setting Discretionary Fiscal Policy within the Limits of Budgetary Institutions: Evidence from American State Governments"
Examiners: Dr. Katherine G. Willoughby, Dr. Robert J. Eger, Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley, Dr. David L. Sjoquist, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Essays on Corruption and Preferences"
Examiners: Dr. James C. Cox, Dr. Jorge L. Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Charles N. Noussair, Dr. Ragan A. Petrie, Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Dr. Yongsheng Xu
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"New Public Management and Governance Collide:
Federal-level Performance Measurement in
Networked Public Management Environments"
Examiners: Dr. Theodore H. Poister, Dr. Gordon A. Kingsley, Dr. Judith M. Ottoson, Dr. Patricia M. Reeves, Dr. John C. Thomas
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PUBLIC POLICY
"Housing Tenure, Property Rights and
Urban Development in Developing Countries"
Examiners: Dr. Geoffrey Turnbull, Dr. H. Spencer Banzhaf, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Douglas S. Noonan, Dr. Ragan Petrie
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Outcomes"
Examiners: Dr. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Charles Hankla, Dr. Felix Rioja, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
"The Influence of Organizational Culture
on the Implementation of Succession Planning"
Examiners: Dr. Carol D. Hansen, Dr. Kimberly C. Magee, Dr. Barbara A. Reilly, Dr. Verna J. Willis
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Labor Force Participation and Retirement.
Evidence from Pension Reform in Austria"
Examiners: Dr. Sally Wallace, Dr. Stephen J. Kay, Dr. Klara S. Peter, Dr. Bruce A. Seaman
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"State Children's Health Insurance Program:
Participation Decision and Labor Supply Effects"
Examiners: Dr. Mary Beth Walker, Dr. Paul G. Farnham, Dr. Patricia G. Ketsche, Dr. Erdal Tekin
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Labor Market Outcomes and Welfare Participation of Teen Mothers: Evidence from Georgia"
Examiners: Dr. Erdal Tekin, Dr. Kathleen Adams, Dr. Shiferaw Gurmu, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Menopause Transition and Labor Market Outcomes"
Examiners: Dr. Paul G. Farnham, Dr. Gregory B. Lewis, Dr. Inas Rashad, Dr. Erdal Tekin, Dr. Mary Beth Walker
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Essays on Tax Evasion and
Government Spending in Developing Countries"
Examiners: Dr. James Alm, Dr. Robert Eger, Dr. Yuriy Kitsul, Dr. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Dr. Sally Wallace
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS
"Essays on the Value of a Statistical Life"
Examiners: Dr. Laura O. Taylor, Dr. H. Spencer Banzhaf, Dr. Susan K. Laury, Dr. Kenneth E. McConnell, Dr. Mary Beth Walker