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The scholarly study of forgiveness and leadership is a relatively new frontier. Despite numerous historical examples of leaders who have made significant impacts through forgiveness, the concept has failed to attract attention from leadership scholars, with a few notable excepti…
In education contexts, agent-based simulations have been used at all levels, from the individual to the classroom to the state, to explore individual-level interactions and often to provide conclusions and explanations that could support decision-making. The aim of this research…
Rising global temperatures due to climate change are intensifying the hydrological cycle, resulting in larger and more frequent extreme rain events, or deluges. Dryland ecosystems are predicted to be especially sensitive to this change in precipitation pattern because, in these …
My first chapter examines whether tacit collusion occurs in the market for BigLaw associates. Many large firms across the U.S. offer the exact same associate salaries despite substantial heterogeneity on both sides of the labor market. I show that empirical market dynamics are d…
This dissertation examines the regional economic effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is known to have benefits for both national and regional economies. These benefits include an increasing number of higher paying jobs, productivity spillovers for local firms, and el…
Forests in the North American Mediterranean Climate zone (NAMCZ) are increasingly defined by novel disturbance regimes and manifestations of climate change. Many regions in the NACMZ, including the yellow pine/mixed-conifer (YPMC) forests of the Sierra Nevada, California, that h…
In recent years, scientists have become increasingly concerned about microplastic pollution. Efforts to raise awareness about microplastic pollution were initiated by marine and aquatic scientists who saw increasing amounts of plastic polluting surface water. However, recently s…
The sharp-tailed grouse(Tympanuchus phasianellus) is a symbol of Saskatchewan and has important cultural and economic status in the province. Over the last few decades this species has been declining in Saskatchewan, especially in southern grassland regions. While the decline in…
Seaweeds have been receiving increased interest from the fisheries and aquaculture industries in recent years, with red algae continuing to be one of the more important components of seaweed aquaculture representing 54% of the harvested biomass (around US 6.3 billion). These sea…
O objetivo deste trabalho final de mestrado é identificar e analisar quais as variáveis que têm maior impacto na evolução de Empréstimos não produtivos em Portugal (Non-Performing Loans). O período de análise será entre 2009 e 2019, tendo início após a crise de "subprime" de 200…
This thesis consists of an introduction and three essays. The first essay considers whether conflict alone can explain Afghanistan's lack of development. It looks at the growth of agricultural output, labor productivity in agriculture and total factor productivity in agriculture…
The Nigerian banking sector is one of the strongest sectors in Nigeria, with high profit margins and global ratings, but some studies reveal human productivity decline. Protracted bank transactions; crowded banking halls; and difficult and stressful work conditions are among the…
China has achieved phenomenal economic development over the last three decades and is now the world's second largest economy. However, as observed by many economists, the country is characterized by a large and inefficient state sector, rising income inequality and severe resour…
The share of the industrial sector in GDP almost remained stagnant in many less developed economies for many decades. The liberalization and structural adjustment reforms that were expected to create necessary preconditions for a substantial industrial development of these econo…
Ce mémoire est le fruit d'une recherche effectuée sur le terrain dans le cadre du programme de la maîtrise de gestion des PME. C'est une exigence partielle à l'obtention du diplôme émis à l'issue de ce programme. Cette recherche est une étude de cas d'une société industrielle de…
We use household-level panel data to estimate how population density impacts agricultural intensification and farm income in Ethiopia. We hypothesize that increases in population density affect agricultural intensification and farm income directly through information flows, inst…
This research, which is divided into three essays, is designed to demonstrate the impact of (a) financial constraints on the investment and export decisions of firms, (b) level of technological intensity of production process and utilization of public incentives such as science …
This dissertation investigates the role and importance of quality change in economic growth. Chapter 1 presents a model of endogenous growth through quality change that relaxes two of the usual assumptions in models of this type. First, rather than assuming that new innovations …