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Description:: What determines public investment in tertiary education in resource-dependent countries? I develop a political economy theory of the provision of tertiary education in resource-dependent developing countries. To explain variation in the provision of tertiary education in these countries, I employ...
Author:: Perera, Fabiana Sofia
Keyword:: Venezuela, Education, Social spending, Resource-dependence, Ecuador, and Unemployment
GW Unit:: Political Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Teitelbaum, Emmanuel J
Committee Member(s):: Chavez, Rebecca B, McClintock, Cynthia, Kaplan, Stephen B, and Jensen, Nathan M
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: The lack of representativeness in key global organizations like the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and World Trade Organization (WTO) increasingly undercuts the credibility and efficacy of these institutions in solving pressing international issues, largely because they often fail to...
Author:: Alcorn, Amanda
Keyword:: Emerging Powers, Leadership, Brazil, Global South, International Institutions, and Mexico
GW Unit:: Political Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: McClintock, Cynthia
Committee Member(s):: Sell, Susan K and Kaplan, Stephen B
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

Description:: Does democratization promote central bank independence (CBI)? At first glance, the causal connection between an anticipated transition of political power through democratization and the incidence of institutional reform in the economic domain pertaining to a country's highest monetary authority...
Author:: Tseng, Huan-Kai
Keyword:: Money, Policy, Authoritarianism, Election, Economics, and Statistics
GW Unit:: Political Science
Degree:: Ph.D.
Advisor:: Dickson, Bruce J
Committee Member(s):: Joshi, Sumit, Kaplan, Stephen B, Lawrence, Eric D, and Miller, Michael
Resource Type:: Thesis or Dissertation

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