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The Decline Of American Entrepreneurship: An Analysis Of Causes Of Macro Market Trends And A Changing American Economic System, Owen Flomberg
The Decline Of American Entrepreneurship: An Analysis Of Causes Of Macro Market Trends And A Changing American Economic System, Owen Flomberg
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
The Cost Of Child Care On Female Labor Force Participation, Richard Joseph Goyette
The Cost Of Child Care On Female Labor Force Participation, Richard Joseph Goyette
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Does Globalization Improve Quality Of Life?, Laura E. Hirt
Does Globalization Improve Quality Of Life?, Laura E. Hirt
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Factors Influencing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Land Use, Land-Use Change, And Forest Activities, Pattarawan Watcharaanantapong
Factors Influencing Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Land Use, Land-Use Change, And Forest Activities, Pattarawan Watcharaanantapong
Doctoral Dissertations
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a major global issue because of their effects on climate and the resulting environmental and human impacts. The primary greenhouse gases (GHGs), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), are emitted into the atmosphere from a myriad of human activities such as energy supply, manufacturing, transportation, commercial and residential buildings, and waste. Additionally, management activities on agricultural and forest lands can influence GHG emissions substantially. Even though GHGs can be released into the air via the sectors mentioned, GHGs, especially CO2, can be removed from …
The Effects Of Individual And Employer Characteristics On Hourly Employee Retention: An Empirical Study, Robert Allen Cobb
The Effects Of Individual And Employer Characteristics On Hourly Employee Retention: An Empirical Study, Robert Allen Cobb
Masters Theses
This paper argues that employee tenure length is a function of not only firm specific characteristics and policies, but also individual characteristics, which can be identified and used in the pre-employment selection process. The information learned from this study can help hiring managers in identifying potentially high-production workers, by looking at several key factors that can be measured in a pre-employment application. This paper quantifies how the tenure length of employees can be influenced by not only the characteristics of the applicant, but also by decisions made by the employer. Some of these decisions include the starting wage, the number …
The Economic Implications Of Evolving Aviation Funding Policy In Tennessee, Hunter Pressley Mccracken
The Economic Implications Of Evolving Aviation Funding Policy In Tennessee, Hunter Pressley Mccracken
Masters Theses
The majority of state funding for capital improvements at Tennessee’s general aviation and commercial airports comes through grants awarded from the Tennessee Transportation Equity Trust Fund (TETF). Through a 4.5 percent sales and use tax on the consumption of aviation fuel, users help to fund the continued improvement and maintenance of aviation facilities around the state. Aircraft refueling operations associated with the FedEx “SuperHub” in Memphis were responsible for two-thirds of the TETF’s revenue for Fiscal Year 2014. In response to speculation that FedEx would relocate its refueling operations to reduce its fuel tax liability, the Tennessee General Assembly passed …
Olympic Caliber Countries: How Macroeconomic Factors And Previous Performance Impacted The 2012 London Olympic Games, Adam C. Watkins
Olympic Caliber Countries: How Macroeconomic Factors And Previous Performance Impacted The 2012 London Olympic Games, Adam C. Watkins
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.
Essays On State Fiscal Institutions, Todd Richard Yarbrough
Essays On State Fiscal Institutions, Todd Richard Yarbrough
Doctoral Dissertations
The following three essays investigate the effect various fiscal institutions have on state budgeting decisions. In the first essay, the impact of stringent balanced budget rules on a non-general fund expenditure category, environmental expenditure, is investigated. The essay finds that states with especially stringent balanced budget rules have lower average environmental expenditure than states absent stringent rules. Using a Fixed-Effects panel estimation, the paper finds that stringent balanced budget rules are associated with 1.55% lower per capita environmental expenditure than weak rules. Further, the presence of political interest groups in a state significantly mitigates this reduction, causing environmental expenditure to …
The Impact Of Surface Coal Mining On Residential Property Values: A Hedonic Price Analysis, Austin Merrell Williams
The Impact Of Surface Coal Mining On Residential Property Values: A Hedonic Price Analysis, Austin Merrell Williams
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
No abstract provided.