My dissertation is composed of three chapters and although the chapters are different in terms of topics and methods, they all utilize simulation based techniques, hence the title “Explorations in Simulation Based Techniques”. The first chapter focuses on estimation methods for …
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The state-of-the-art restructuring of power industries is changing the fundamental nature of retail electricity business. As a result, the so-called Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) strategies implemented on electric utilities are also undergoing modifications. Such modificati…
“Little Manhattan,” the new international business and finance center of Istanbul, is the place where the dominant urbanization agenda, making Istanbul a world city, and the economic development agenda, financial liberalization, were strikingly articulated as two predominant dev…
This thesis examines the liberalisation of the European Community's civil aviation industry and attempts to measure how effective this process has been in achieving its goal of increased competition and greater efficiency. Using the experience in the United States following dere…
Transition in Europe is one of the most important transformations in modern history. This research investigates the impact of economic and political transition on the liner sector of post-Soviet Europe. Former socialist shipping corporations have begun to offer services under ma…
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the factors that hindered government-owned organizations in Nigeria from achieving operational efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, and productivity. The purpose of the study was to explore whether priva…
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, commenced deregulation of its communication sector in the early 1990s. The then military regime enacted legislation that established regulatory agencies named National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Communications Commission (N…
In the late 20th century, the global economy experienced a radical shift due to widespread deregulation and, subsequently, rapid financialization. Examining archival and contemporary trade magazines and corporate reports, this project considers the interconnections between telev…
This qualitative multi-case study is an exploration into decisions that influenced outsourcing United States Merchant Marine ship registration and is explanatory in nature. This industry experienced a significant decline in U.S. registered ships since World War II resulting in l…
"This book tells the story of how the business community, and the trade associations and think tanks that it created, launched three powerful assaults during the last quarter of the twentieth century on the federal regulatory system and the state civil justice system to accompli…
"This book tells the story of how the business community, and the trade associations and think tanks that it created, launched three powerful assaults during the last quarter of the twentieth century on the federal regulatory system and the state civil justice system to accompli…
Pour réduire la pollution, faut-il taxer le CO2, créer un marché de droits de polluer ou fixer des normes d'émission ? Faut-il accorder un droit de monopole à la distribution du courrier ? La déréglementation remet-elle en cause le service public ? la réglementation est-elle d'a…