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Imf-Supported Programs In Developing Countries And Their Impact On Vulnerable Groups: The Case Of Turkey After 1980, Ozlem Ertan-Lamontagne

Doctoral Dissertations

The primary purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of macroeconomic policies (specifically those supported by the International Monetary Fund) on the poor, especially women and children, both conceptually and in the case of Turkey after 1980. The premise is that macroeconomic policies affect the standard of living through their impact on the growth rate, the rate of inflation, and the level and composition of government expenditures.

This dissertation includes a review of IMF-supported programs and the debates that have surrounded them. It then discusses Turkey's economic history prior to 1980 and the country's economic performance after the …

Financial And Environmental Behavior Of The Regulated Firm: A Case Study Of The United States Nuclear Power Industry, 1974-1984, Eric Page Mitchell

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is a study of the U.S. commercial nuclear power industry from 1974-1984 covering the operations of 87 power plants. It seeks to help explain the actions of a regulated firm faced with environmental constraints from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and financial constraints from State regulatory bodies. Theoretical and applied conceptions of the regulated monopoly are reviewed in a historical and integrated format using both the neoclassical and institutional positions. For the neoclassical approach, I've attempted to find empirical support for the Averch-Johnson hypothesis by including profit maximizing and environmental constraints in my econometric model. For the institutionalist approach, …