Technological advances, budgetary constraints and changes in regulatory regimes around the world have called into question the efficiency of state provision of roads infrastructure. However, the current mechanisms of franchising private toll roads around the world entail conside…
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Despite the impressive progress over the last two decades in which millions of people worldwide have gained first time access to improved water and sanitation infrastructure, the reality for many is that shortly after infrastructure construction the actual service received by us…
This thesis analyzes how firms make capital strucure and corporate investment decisions when there are imperfections in firms' financing activities. This thesis consists of two studies. In Chapter 2, I develop a model nesting two existing theories for why non-fundamental stock p…
This study examined the current decentralized system in Indonesia for increased disparities in educational expenditures across districts. It also examined the impact of these on the quality of education at public junior secondary education. The study used the most recently avail…
The existence of a strong agricultural base is a precondition to increased availability of food supply at reasonable prices necessary for improvement in the nutrition standards. But investment in production of agricultural crops is a sin que non of a strong agricultural base. Bu…
This research paper is an analysis of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a waterfront urban green space hosting a plethora of human-centric programs. The aim of the paper is to analyze the development, history and planning process of the park. This analysis includes a design, sustainability …
Terrorism scholars have posited that 90 percent of terrorist groups survive less than a year, and half of those which remain will not live to see the ten year-mark. This dissertation addresses the variety of means through which terrorist groups seek to acquire, move and store mo…