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Quantity vs. Value: Divergent Innovation Outcomes Under Chinese Import Pressure
No full textWe explore the impact of Chinese import competition on innovation in U.S. manufacturing firms. Our analysis uncovers a striking divergence in innovation outcomes: although firms boost their patent output, the economic value and technological significance of these patents decline. More specifically, the firms transition from groundbreaking inventions to a series of incremental advancements aimed at differentiating their product lines. Our findings reconcile two foundational views on competition and innovation-one emphasizing rent erosion and the other innovation stimulation-by showing that competitive pressure can simultaneously encourage more innovation while reducing its economic value
Liberation as Apophasis: A Constructive Account
No full textClassical theism is often held to be antithetical to resisting oppression. Within this dissertation I argue that Classical theism is not merely consistent with the project of resisting oppression, but that traditional commitments of classical theism can be shown to entail an obligation to resist oppression and center the voices of the oppressed persons. Towards this end, I will advance four claims pivotal to my thesis. First, a commitment to classical theism entails a commitment to the creator-creature distinction. Second, a commitment to the creator-creature distinction entails an obligation to reject false conceptions of God.
My third and most crucial claim is that oppression depends upon false conceptions of God. This third claim is itself buttressed by two foundational premises. First, that all false moral evaluations depend upon false conceptions of God. Second, that oppression depends upon false moral evaluations. I take the latter of these two claims to be nearly uncontestable in its plausibility. However, the former claim will require a more fine-grained account of classical theism. In service of my argument, I will employ an Anselmian moral phenomenology drawn from Anselm’s Monologion and Proslogion and helpful contemporary interpreters of Anselm like Jeffrey Brower. These two buttressing claims support the plausibility that oppression depends upon false conceptions of God
If—on classical theism—one ought to reject false conceptions of God, then one ought to reject those false conceptions of God upon which all instances of oppression depend. Since oppression as a social relation is dependent upon false conceptions of God, then the classical theist ought to resist oppression. This all leads to my fourth claim: Classical theists ought to center the voices of oppressed persons. Here, I will draw from the tradition of standpoint epistemology to motivate my claim.
The plausibility of the thesis advanced within this dissertation follows from my four instrumental claims. Classical theism is not merely consistent with the project of resisting oppression, rather, the obligation to resist oppression and center the voices of the oppressed can be shown to be entailed by the traditional commitments of classical theism. Whether my argument is ultimately successful, this research serves as a constructive foray into the social and political implications of classical theistic commitments
The Weighting Bias
No full textI develop a framework to reconcile the conflicting results on long-run IPO performance based on the matching firm approach and the calendar time portfolio approach. The approaches differ in their weighting schemes: the former gives equal weight to each firm and the latter to each period. While IPOs exhibit lower buy-and-hold returns than their matched counterparts, portfolios of IPO and matched firms generate alphas of similar magnitudes. This discrepancy stems from a weighting bias inherent in the matching firm approach, driven by non-random IPO firm survival. My findings underscore the crucial role of the weighting bias when evaluating long-run performance
Holy Mother: the sacred and subversive wisdom of motherhood and ministry
No full textThis dissertation investigates the intersections of ministry and motherhood as a method to unmask the added benefits of both vocations for their congregations and families. Western Christian culture has traditionally elevated the intersections of fatherhood and ministry, while tales of motherhood within ministry are hidden or surrounded by scandal. Mothers, like Ann Marbury Hutchinson, have been expelled from their communities or put on trial for teaching and preaching to groups consisting of men and women. Despite their vicious critics, mothers, like Jarena Lee and Catherine Booth, have continued preaching, fueled denominations, and sent forth disciples while also educating their children and building a network of community. This research will show how motherhood forms leaders equipped for ministry with wisdom, patience, compassion, courage, and faithfulness. I demonstrate how these virtues contribute to the wholeness of those who already identify as mothers and currently serve as ministers, through historical and modern figures. This paper will also reveal Biblical examples of proclamation and spiritual care delivered by mothers, including the benefits of accepting Jesus as a mother of our faith. Ultimately, this paper seeks to guide all ministers to name and honor their own overlapping identities, in the hope that we may all come to see the benefits of an interconnected self, where our household activities and social ministry contribute to the flourishing of the minister, the household, and the community
