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Tax policies, vintage capital, and exit and entry of plants
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
Following Chamley, Lucas, Laitner, and Aiyagari, this dissertation continues to
explore the answer for the question of zero capital taxation by discussing how taxes
on capital income, labor income, and property affect the ...
A model for perceived coalition effectiveness: the relationship of coalition variables to predict cancer councils' organizational capacity to achieve effective community outcomes
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
Public Health has long led the fight against unjust health disparities within the
United States. More and more health educators have had to rely on the social capital of
underserved communities via Community Coalitions. ...
Forced two layer beta-plane quasi-geostrophic flow
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
We consider a model of quasigeostrophic turbulence that has proven useful in
theoretical studies of large scale heat transport and coherent structure formation in
planetary atmospheres and oceans. The model consists of a ...
A comparative study of HPr proteins from extremophilic organisms
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
A thermodynamic study of five homologous HPr proteins derived from organisms
inhabiting diverse environments has been undertaken. The aim of this study was to further
our understanding of protein stabilization in extremes ...
Empirical study on the Korean treasury auction focusing on the revenue comparison in multiple versus single price auction
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
This dissertation pursues to find an answer empirically to the question of the
revenue ranking between the multiple price auction and the single price auction. I also
attempt to get empirical clues in terms of the efficiency ...
Ethnic niches, pathway to economic incorporation or exploitation? Labor market experiences of Latina/os
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
This dissertation investigates the ethnic labor market activities of the Latina/os. This study is important since regardless of their historical and increasing presence in the U.S., Latinos continue to find themselves ...
An I-P-O model of team goal, leader goal orientation, team cohesiveness, and team effectiveness
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
Based on a proposed input-process-output model of team goal, leader goal
orientation, team cohesion, and team effectiveness, this study examined the influences of
the leader trait goal orientation on the relationships ...
Student identified leadership competencies, skills, behaviors, and training needs: perspectives of college newspaper editors
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
This study identified the leadership competencies, skills, behaviors, and training needs most critical to a college newspaper leader's success. A Web-based Delphi technique, supported by the Center for Distance Learning ...
Navigating the tension between the master narrative of the academy and the counter-narrative of reform: personal case studies from within an engineering education coalition
(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
This qualitative study inquired into the personal experience of three engineering professors and one associate dean who participated in an engineering education coalitionÂthe Foundation CoalitionÂa National Science ...
Institutional challenges and leadership competencies in Chinese Ministry of Education directed universities in implementing the 1999 Chinese action scheme for invigorating education towards the 21st century
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
This study used the naturalistic inquiry method to explore the perceptions of the
selected administrators from Chinese Ministry of Education Directed universities
regarding what kind of institutional challenges their ...