Contrary to federal government policy in the United States toward illegal drug use, ten states enacted legislation to decriminalize marijuana during the 1970’s. The War[...]

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Deer-related vehicle crashes are a serious traffic safety hazard in the state of North Carolina, and number of DVCs spikes during hunting seasons. This paper provides an [...]

Large cohort studies under simple random sampling could be prohibitive to conduct with a limited budget for epidemiological studies seeking to relate a failure time to so[...]

This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, we empirically examine how diversification influences the relation between corporate governance and capit[...]

In a series of three related essays, my dissertation examines several unresolved issues in the corporate finance literature relating to the firm’s use of share repurchase[...]

The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the relevance for Colombia of analyzing the middle segment of the society – as the core concept – and socioeconomic pol[...]

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an analytical analysis on how different tax structures of OECD countries affect their rates of economic growth from the period 19[...]

The dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay examines how a tournament among CEOs to progress within the CEO labor market changes their tendency toward corp[...]

I evaluate the determinants that influence the likelihood that an individual rebalances the amounts held in their retirement plan or reallocate the investments they use f[...]