Motor vehicle crashes are one of our nation’s most serious social, economic and health issues. They are the leading cause of death among children and young adults, killing approximately 1.35 million people each year. Providing a safe and efficient transportation system is the pr…
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This dissertation consists of three empirical essays investigating the shaping and consequences of individual risk and time preferences in Indonesia. Risk and time preferences were elicited using hypothetical questions in the 2007/08 wave of the Indonesian Family Life Survey. Th…
In the first chapter, I analyze the effect of various risks faced by commercial banks on the executive compensation in banking industry. Executives in any industry are, on average, risk averse if their compensation is not tied to the long term performance of the firm. Commercial…
Patients with Barrett's esophagus (BE) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at a higher risk of developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA). We examined this risk in two large national cohorts of patients with BE and GERD alone and provided risk ratios comparing the risk…
Social controversy is a sustained, mediated debate between at least two oppositional parties which is more than just a difference of opinion; rather it is a persistent conflict over the political and cultural implications that dominant forms of communicative reasoning, practices…
Background- The prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder is on the rise, and previous studies have shown that children with Down syndrome are at a higher risk for Autism compared to the general population. Prior studies have reported various risk factors associated with Autism Spe…
Nation-states and multinational corporations are the principal agents that comprise the international political economy. Yet, the pattern of bargaining between them has been severely understudied by international relations theorists. This study examines the evolution of risk dur…
This study analyzes the explanatory power of some of the recent theories of capital structure of financial institutions and examines the relationship between business risk and leverage, and between risk-weighted assets and leverage of banks, in particular. The very nature of dep…
Little is known about incidence, risk factors, and etiology of acute lower respiratory tract infection (ALRI) and pneumonia among the very young children from the rural communities of the developing countries. This study examined incidence and risk factors for ALRI and etiology …
Political risk assessment has emerged as a significant topic in the field of political science and international relations. The need for Multinational Corporations to monitor the salient features of country uncertainty is greater today than ever before. This study attempts to de…
This dissertation explores household risk and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, and agricultural technology adoption, and the impact of public investments on the economy and community health in Ethiopia. The first paper analyzes changes in per capita consumption and savings behavior…
Leading indicators have been a successful forecasting tool adopted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) since the work of Burns and Mitchell (1946). In recent years, new econometric models such as dynamic factor models have been used to explore more formally potent…
Background. Research indicates that a woman is more likely to be abused by an intimate partner than by any other person. The consequences of domestic violence are numerous and affect the victims, their children and the whole community. Data and methods. In 1995, Egypt conducted …
Agricultural market risk is the theme shared by the three self-contained essays presented in this dissertation. The focus of the first essay in this dissertation is to investigate the impacts of monetary policy on the price of cocoa and coffee, which are two important commoditie…
The objective of this study was to provide owners with a systematic analytical approach to identify, analyze, and manage activities associated with risks in construction projects. In developing this approach, attention was given to the predicting stage utilizing neural network t…
This dissertation is a case study of the potential economic benefits that could accrue to a traditional pastoral society if attempts were made to diversify assets to include nonpastoral investment such as simple savings accounts in banks or community credit unions. Broad socioec…
The objective of this dissertation is to assess whether the private participation in energy sector through long term contracting, such as Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) type investments, is an efficient way of promoting efficiency in the economy. To this end; the theoretical liter…
Aromatic and heterocyclic amine carcinogens found in cigarette smoke and well done meat require host-mediated metabolic activation before initiating tumors in target organs. The N-acetyltransferase isozymes, NAT1 and NAT2, catalyze the activation (O-acetylation) of aromatic and …
Scope and method of study. The objective of this study is to determine farmers optimum response to risk and return when choosing crop combinations that include secondary food crop alternatives. Secondary food crops or "palawija crops" are maize, sweet potatoes, soybeans, peanuts…