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Essays on Urban and Environmental Economics

Description:

The first essay estimates a gasoline price elasticity of traffic flow in Shanghai, China. The Chinese government is seeking effective regulations to reduce traffic congestion, vehicle emissions, and air pollution. One tool that policymakers have to regulate traffic and reduce emissions is the...

Author:

Xu, Cheng

Keyword:

air pollution, transportation, gasoline price, elasticity, China, and bike-sharing

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Malik, Arun S.

Committee Member(s):

Brooks, Leah F. and Carrillo, Paul

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Thesis or Dissertation
Three Essays on Urban and Real Estate Economics

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This dissertation consists of three essays on urban and real estate economics. The three essays are related to the standard urban model, elasticity of substitution of structure for land, conventional mortgage interest rates, future house price appreciation rates and foreclosure timeline cost....

Author:

Luan, Tian

Keyword:

mortgage interest rate, credit risks, foreclosure timeline cost, standard urban model, government-sponsored enterprises, and house price appreciation rate

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Yezer, Anthony M

Committee Member(s):

Williams, Ben and Carrillo, Paul

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Thesis or Dissertation
Applications of Regional Economics To Income Distribution, Migration, and Effects of Internet Commerce on Retailing

Description:

This dissertation consists of three essays on regional economics that deal with earningsinequality in cities, interstate migration and spatial competition in the retail market. Chapter1 provides a theoretical framework to analyze the observation of rising earnings inequalitywith city size. Many...

Author:

Wu, Haixiao

Keyword:

earnings inequality, spatial competition, housing cost, job searching, on-line shopping, and interstate migration

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Yezer, Anthony M.

Committee Member(s):

Joshi, Sumit and Carrillo, Paul

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Domestic Helpers and Native Female Labor Supply in Kuwait

Description:

The main objective of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between low skilled migrants who specialize in household production and Kuwaiti female labor force participation in a country with a special visa program, exploring how this relationship differs with family structure,...

Author:

AlHumaidan, Lama

Keyword:

low skilled, immigrants, female labor, domestic helpers, and Kuwait

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Parsons, Donald O

Committee Member(s):

Williams, Benjamin and Carrillo, Paul

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Thesis or Dissertation
Essays on the Impact of Weather on Economic Activity

Description:

This dissertation contains three essays which explore pathways through which weather can impact economic activity and social outcomes. The first essay attempts to fill a gap in a growing literature examining the global economic implications of weather shocks. Past research has found significant,...

Author:

Russ, Jason

Keyword:

Climate Change, Land Use, Environmental Economics, Weather, Human Capital, and Agricultural Economics

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Malik, Arun S

Committee Member(s):

Fishman, Ram and Carrillo, Paul

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Thesis or Dissertation
Costly Screening and the Market Structure of Consumer Credit

Description:

There is a significant theoretical literature about the nature of equilibrium in consumer credit markets. The prevailing conclusion of these models is that a pooling equilibrium across borrower risk types is unlikely to be a market equilibrium. Instead, borrowers will be segregated and...

Author:

Yu, Pingkang

Keyword:

Consumer Credit, Market Structure, Mortgage, Pooling Equilibrium, Screening Cost, and Costly Screening

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Yezer, Anthony M

Committee Member(s):

Boulier, Bryan, Joshi, Sumit, and Carrillo, Paul

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
MARKET ACCESS AND HOUSEHOLD WELFARE: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL CHINA

Description:

Access to markets is central to the current thinking on poverty alleviation and economic development. However, there is surprisingly little systematic empirical evidence that tries to isolate the effects of access to local and global markets on income and consumption, especially at the household...

Author:

Hou, Zhaoyang

Keyword:

Domestic Market, International Market, consumption, Income, farm and non-farm, Household Welfare, China, and Market Access

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Emran, M. Shahe and Smith, Stephen C.

Committee Member(s):

Boulier, Bryan, Foster, James, de Brauw, Alan, and Carrillo, Paul

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Fate or opportunity?Impact of family background on household welfare in rural China

Description:

This dissertation consists of two essays on household welfare in rural China as it has evolved during the post-reform era. The first essay presents evidence on intergenerational educational and occupational mobility in Rural China from 1988 to 2002 using data from two rounds of the Chinese...

Author:

Sun, Yan

Keyword:

inequality, education, labor, Intergeneraltional mobility, rural China, and welfare

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Boulier, Bryan and Emran, Shahe M

Committee Member(s):

Smith, Stephen C, Jedwab, Remi, Al Mamun, Arif, and Carrillo, Paul

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
Essays on Credit Scores, Strategic Behavior, and Default with Credit Cards

Description:

This dissertation addresses the question of strategic behavior with respect to unsecured credit, in the presence of vast asymmetry of information between lender and borrower. The theoretical exercise presented below differs from the existing literature on precautionary savings models in a number...

Author:

Bonca, Bogdan Lucian

Keyword:

credit score, asymmetry of information, strategic default, and health shocks

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Pelzman, Joseph

Committee Member(s):

Yezer, Anthony, Joshi, Sumit, Hwang, Min, and Carrillo, Paul

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation
The Role of Human Recognition in Economic Development: Theory, Measurement, and Evidence

Description:

This dissertation introduces the concept of human recognition and examines its role in economic development. Human recognition is defined as the acknowledgement provided to an individual by other individuals, groups, or organizations that he is of inherent value with intrinsic qualities in common...

Author:

Castleman, Joshua Anton

Keyword:

empowerment, poverty, health, human recognition, objectification, and economic development

GW Unit:

Economics

Degree:

Ph.D.

Advisor:

Smith, Stephen C

Committee Member(s):

Lambright, Gina, Joshi, Sumit, Carrillo, Paul, and Emran, M. Shahe

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Thesis or Dissertation

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