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Description:: This dissertation contains three essays on state and local economic development incentives. The primary mission of state and local governments is to reduce unemployment and bolster tax revenues. One way in which governments accomplish these goals is by using economic development subsidies and...
Author:: Stokan, Eric James
Keyword:: Policy Termination, Economic Development, Economic Development Incentives, Policy Abandonment, and Earned Income Tax Credit
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Brooks, Leah and Wolman, Harold (Hal) L.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Young, Gary, Rigby, Elizabeth D., and Dempwolf, Christopher
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Abstract of DissertationThis dissertation consists of three free standing papers centered around the common theme of decentralization in Korea: in particular, the relationship between institutions, regional development, and governance, and successful decentralization.The first paper examines the...
Author:: Kim, Aehyung
Keyword:: Political Leadership and Policy Reform, Civil Society Organizations, Institutions, Accountability and Governance, Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relations, Regional Economic Development, Public Service Provision and Economic Growth, and and Social Capital
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Wolman, Harlold L..
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Ebel, Robert D., Young, Garry, and Arrington, Celeste
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This research project sought to clarify the circumstances under which scientific expertise has been accepted as a basis for Presidential decisions by review of case studies where a President clearly used science advice. Presidential decisions were chosen as the focus of research because decisions...
Author:: Pettis, Roy
Keyword:: Montreal Protocol, Science Advice, Swine Flu, Expertise, Science & Technology Policy, and President Ford
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Infeld, Donna, Neureiter, Norman, and Kuehl, Daniel
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: A consensus has been formed among economists, lawyers and engineers that the traditional command-and-control model was inefficient. Nevertheless, there are sharp disagreements about the best approach to liberalize spectrum use. Property rights advocates believe that licensees should be authorized...
Author:: Wang, Qibin
Keyword:: exclusive model, commons model, and spectrum management
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Brock, Gerald W.
Committee Member(s):: Newcomer, Kathryn, Cordes, Joseph J., Grier, David, and Sterling, Christopher H.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: This dissertation examines early-stage military technology innovation in unmanned aerial vehicles using qualitative case study methods and quantitative social network analysis methods. Five hypotheses about early-stage military technology innovation are drawn from three complementary bodies of...
Author:: Hewitt, Mark Stanley
Keyword:: technology, innovation, social networks, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration, military, and unmanned aerial vehicles
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Vonortas, Nicholas S.
Committee Member(s):: Pace, Scott, Cordes, Joseph J., Perkins, Charles W., and Rycroft, Robert W.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The goal of this dissertation was to determine whether or not specific strategies and tools could increase the inter-jurisdictional sharing of geospatial information in the American states and to develop a model that blended theory and practice. Governments at all levels increasingly rely on...
Author:: Murphy, Judith Ann
Keyword:: Collaboration, United States, Geospatial Information, and Information Sharing
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Carlee, Ron, Norris, Robert C., and Rain, David R.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: International technology diffusion reflects global R&D; production and collaboration that increasingly accompany other forms of international activity such as trade and foreign direct investment. This thesis studies country-level market flows of disembodied technology or intangibles trade. The...
Author:: Moris, Francisco
Keyword:: technology diffusion, international trade, globalization, R&D, foreign direct investment, and multinational companies
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Husbands Fealing, Kaye and Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Robbins, Carol A., Barnow, Burt, and Kannankutty, Nirmala
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Understanding federal managers’ use of evidence (performance measurement data and evaluation results) to inform decision-making is an important step to develop concrete strategies to remove barriers to use and increase use. The goals of this research are to: 1) explain the extent to which senior...
Author:: Watson, Yvonne M.
Keyword:: Evidence, Federal managers, Evaluation Use, Performance Information, Government performance, and Measurement Use
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathyrn E.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Bernstein, David J., Caracelli, Valerie J., and Pandy, Sanjay K.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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