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DISCOVERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MATERIAL CONSUMPTION AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
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Author
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Venkitasubramanian, Kailas
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Government policy
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Description
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This dissertation theoretically and empirically investigates how material consumption affects human happiness and life satisfaction in the urbanized societies around the world. In recent literature, happiness and life satisfaction is encapsulated ...
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Hyperlink Network System and Image of Global Cities: Webpages and Their Contents
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Author
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Son, Jae Soen
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography
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Description
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A distinctive trend of globalization research is a conceptual expansion that mirrors the penetration of globalization in various aspects of life. The World Wide Web has become the ultimate platform to create and disseminate information in this era...
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Receptivity in a New Immigrant Gateway: Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public Education, and Immigrant Integration in Charlotte, North Carolina
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Author
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McDaniel, Paul
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Geography, Government policy, Education and state
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Description
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Community receptivity expresses the degree of openness within a place to someone or something new. Receptivity is shaped by multiple components, institutions, and structures related to a community's political, economic, social, and cultural sphere...
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Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
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Author
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Schuch, Johanna
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...
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THE POLITICS IN SATISFACTION: CITIZEN EVALUATIONS OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN AFRICA
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Author
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Inyanji, Salma
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy
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Description
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Citizen assessment of government performance remains a contentious issue among public management researchers. Some contend that citizen surveys are inevitably inadequate for gathering information. Others question citizens’ reliability as consisten...
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THREE ESSAYS ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, RISK AND CROSS LISTING
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Author
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Zhang, Xinde
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Business
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Description
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In Chapter 1, we set up an equilibrium model which emphasizes cost of corporate governance. The model indicates that better corporate governance increases the likelihood of dispersed corporate ownership structure. In Chapter 2, we use a sample of ...
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Three essays on economic growth and environmental quality in China
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Author
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Yang, Hualiu
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Public administration
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Description
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This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay investigates how the distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) between the g...
