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2000 IC Operating Manual
No full textOperational Manual outlining the history of the IC, its administration, purpose, membership, and programmin
The Formation of the Truman Doctrine and Turkish-American Relations 1945-1950
No full textOn March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman asked Congress for foreign military aid in Greece and Turkey, leading to the development of the Truman Doctrine. In this paper, Austrian examines the role this speech had in shaping both U.S. and Turkish foreign policy, devoting one chapter to each, and the Cold War. This is accomplished through an extensive synthesis of texts surveying U.S. and Turkish foreign policy and primary sources Austrian gathered. The appendix includes transcriptions of a Turkish radio broadcast and interviews Austrian conducted
Crises
No full textThe first part of this course focuses on economic crises throughout history, beginning with the Tulipmania and South Seas’ episodes. We then turn our attention to banking, sovereign debt, and currency crises in turn, exploring both the mechanics behind such crises as well as specific instances of such crises throughout history. After a detailed look at the Great Depression, we regroup by discussing several competing theories of financial crisis. The second part of the course plunges into the most recent global financial crisis. We explore the runup in the housing market, the securitization process that spread risk, and the ultimate collapse and fallout. We will examine several different narratives/explanations for the crash, as well as the governement response and international spillover. The course concludes with student presentations of historical instances of crisis throughout history, hopefully utilizing the economic theory explored throughout the course
Seeing the Circle: Rethinking Witness in the Neo-Slave Narrative Genre Through Marlon James’s The Book of Night Women
No full textInvestigating the Effect of No-Loan Policies on Higher-Education Enrollment Decisions for Low-Income Students
No full textThis thesis expands upon the work of Waddell and Singell by investigating the effects of no-loan policies on the enrollment of low-income students at elite, private institutions. We utilize a hand-constructed timeline of no-loan policy implementation at 33 elite institutions from 2000 to 2012 in order to run multiple institution and year level fixed effects regressions. Our findings indicate that no-loan policies increase the enrollment of low-income students by 14.4% at liberal arts schools within our elite sample but that there is no significant impact of their implementation at elite, private universities. With respect to our entire 70-institution sample, we find a significant, positive influx of low-income students in response to an increase in the percentage of those schools offering a no-loan policy. We believe these findings suggest that a considerable number of low-income students forego an elite education due to a reluctance to take on the loans necessary to do so
An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Broadband Access on the U.S. Multichannel Video Programming Distribution Market
No full textCapital investments made by incumbent cable, telecommunications, and satellite firms—together, multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs)—in broadband technologies over recent years have improved Internet connection availability and speed. Access to broadband download speeds of 25 Mbps or greater allow for online streaming of Ultra HD video programming, which is of comparable quality to traditional Pay TV content. Utilizing geo-spatial variation in broadband download speed access across the United States, I test the effects of broadband access at Ultra HD capable speeds on the penetration rates and subscriber growth rates of MVPD Pay TV providers. The analysis produces inconclusive results, finding there to be insufficient evidence that access to higher broadband speeds has a negative effect on MVPD penetration rates and subscriber growth rates. Noteworthy differentiation in generational preferences for Pay TV subscribership is evidenced, warranting the need for further empirical research on the substitutability of quality online video programming on traditional Pay TV
Determinants of Microfinance performance sensitivity to business cycle fluctuations
No full textThis thesis expands upon previous literature examining the macroeconomic determinants of microfinance performance. We employ cross-country analyzing the performance of 401 microfinance institution (MFI) performance in 103 countries from 1996-2014. Using an unbalanced panel data set, we run an institution-level fixed effects regression to examine the effect of business cycle fluctuations on various microfinance performance measures. Our findings indicate that microfinance performance is significantly linked to overall economic fluctuations, increasing the amount of financially self sufficient MFI’s during positive business cycles. Contradictory to previous research, we find no evidence of MFI insulation to economic downturns. We believe these findings might reflect overall shifts in the microfinance industry, increasing its sensitivity to business cycle fluctuations