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Three Essays on Civil Conflict
(2017-07-26)
This dissertation consists of three essays investigating the determinants of civil conflict from the aspects of history, geography, and external assistance, respectively. Each of the essays uses empirical economic techniques ...
Proactive communication in multi-agent teamwork
(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)
Sharing common goals and acting cooperatively are critical issues in multiagent
teamwork. Traditionally, agents cooperate with each other by inferring others'
actions implicitly or explicitly, based on established norms ...
Online Auctions: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation, which consists of three essays, studies online auctions both
theoretically and empirically.
The first essay studies a special online auction format used by eBay, “Buy-It-
Now” (BIN) auctions, in which ...
Quantifying Uncertainty of Probable Maximum Flood
(2021-03-17)
Probable maximum flood (PMF) has been used in large hydraulic infrastructure design for decades. However, a complete framework for deriving PMF with uncertainty analysis is lacking. This study investigated from probable ...
The Effectiveness and The Goals of Foreign Aid: An Empirical Examination of Sectoral Aid’s Influence on Mitigating Conflicts and Violence
(2012-10-19)
The objectives of foreign aid are closely associated with the global political and economic issues during the last 60 years. In recent years foreign aid flows have been considerably influenced by international terrorism. ...