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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 Incentives, Policy Abandonment, Earned Income Tax Credit, and Economic Development
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Brooks, Leah and Wolman, Harold (Hal) L.
Committee Member(s):: Cordes, Joseph J., Rigby, Elizabeth D., Young, Gary, 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, Public Service Provision and Economic Growth, Institutions, Accountability and Governance, Civil Society Organizations, and Social Capital, Decentralization and Intergovernmental Relations, and Regional Economic Development
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Wolman, Harlold L..
Committee Member(s):: Young, Garry, Ebel, Robert D., Cordes, Joseph J., 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:: President Ford, Science Advice, Expertise, Swine Flu, Montreal Protocol, and Science & Technology Policy
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn
Committee Member(s):: Kuehl, Daniel, Cordes, Joseph J., Infeld, Donna, and Neureiter, Norman
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):: Cordes, Joseph J., Sterling, Christopher H., Grier, David, and Newcomer, Kathryn
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, unmanned aerial vehicles, Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration, social networks, military, and innovation
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Vonortas, Nicholas S.
Committee Member(s):: Rycroft, Robert W., Cordes, Joseph J., Perkins, Charles W., and Pace, Scott
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:: United States, Geospatial Information, Information Sharing, and Collaboration
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Norris, Robert C., Cordes, Joseph J., Rain, David R., and Carlee, Ron
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, multinational companies, international trade, foreign direct investment, R&D, and globalization
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Husbands Fealing, Kaye and Newcomer, Kathryn E.
Committee Member(s):: Kannankutty, Nirmala, Cordes, Joseph J., Robbins, Carol A., and Barnow, Burt
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:: Government performance, Evidence, Performance Information, Evaluation Use, Measurement Use, and Federal managers
GW Unit:: Public Policy & Administration
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Newcomer, Kathyrn E.
Committee Member(s):: Bernstein, David J., Pandy, Sanjay K., Cordes, Joseph J., and Caracelli, Valerie J.
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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