• ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND DECISION RULES: CREDIT BUDGETING AND TAX EXPENDITURES 

  McClarin, Elizabeth Anne (2018)

  Numerous reforms have improved the supply and quality of federal financial, budget, and performance information. Debate persists, however, about the value of information and how to best use it to improve decisions and ...

• FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PERU, COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES: EFFECTS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION ON FDI AND NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTS 

  LOMBANA, MONICA (2018)

  This dissertation uses a mixed methodology that combines interviews and data analysis to evaluate the process of negotiating and implementing the U.S.-Peru and U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and to provide ...

• BUDGETING DURING UNCERTAINTY: BUDGETING AND PUBLIC SPENDING IN POST- REVOLUTIONARY EGYPT 

  Abd ElMoez Hassanein, Sally (2018)

  Most of the literature on budgeting focuses on the study of the budget process during times of political stability. There is little research on what happens to the budget process and to public expenditures when countries ...

• The Domestic Politics of Implementation: A Case Study of U.S. Denuclearization Agreements with North Korea 

  Aoki, Naoko (2018)

  The United States has employed a wide range of foreign policy tools to try to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, including two cooperative agreements that ultimately failed to produce the desired outcome. The ...

• Psychological Well-being and Health Gains in the Developing World: Evidence from Peru and Malawi 

  Dickerson, Sarah (2018)

  In this dissertation, I assess the relationship between psychological well-being and health gains in Peru and Malawi. The first chapter consists of a comprehensive and systematic examination of research that frames the ...

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