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As the second largest producer in the world, shrimp aquaculture plays an important role in the Indonesian economy, particularly in the economies of rural coastal communities. Aggregate production statistics demonstrate that shrimp aquaculture production is increasing rapidly, an…

Corrupt practices in public sector are observed in every economy at some extent but they are much more common and rampant, especially, in less-developed and developing countries. The aim of this dissertation is threefold. First, we explore if there is any technique that we can u…

This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay studies the economics of drinking water quality and its impact on childhood health. Childhood diarrhea is a major global health crisis and it takes the lives of over a million children every year. Although effective mec…

There is a growing recognition that we cannot afford the provision of all new health care technologies, even those that are proven to be beneficial. This is increasingly true in the US, where health care spending is on an unsustainable upward trajectory. US health care spending …