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How Are Global Trade Relationships Affected By Western Sanctions?, Colin A. Martinez
How Are Global Trade Relationships Affected By Western Sanctions?, Colin A. Martinez
All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present
Do sanctions actually have an impact on their intended targets? This paper seeks to fill a gap in the existing literature on the effectiveness of sanctions by measuring potential impacts on the trade relationships of targeted states after the imposition of sanctions. To do so, it turns to a comprehensive dataset that combines all trade and sanctions data for each of 229 states, arranged in 23,132 dyads, from 2000 through 2019. It then examines 792 regressions using a hybrid fixed effects difference-in-difference model applied to twelve different types of sanctions, differentiated by the sanctioning state’s membership in certain groups of …
How Do Immigration And Technological Growth Affect One Another? Providing Guiding Principles For Policymakers, Nate Karren
How Do Immigration And Technological Growth Affect One Another? Providing Guiding Principles For Policymakers, Nate Karren
All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present
The relationship between immigration and technological growth is more nuanced than a simple statement of positive or negative correlation. How one affects the other varies depending on the skill level of the immigrant and the field where they work. Conclusions drawn by the literature form patterns that can be used to best understand the relationship between immigration and technology. High-skilled immigration boosts technological development through a complementary relationship, but low-skilled immigration can be a complement or a substitute with technological growth depending on the sector. Policymakers interested in promoting long-term economic growth through technological growth should have a clear picture …
Drip Irrigation And Water Conservation In Onions; An Economic Analysis, Jenny De Boer
Drip Irrigation And Water Conservation In Onions; An Economic Analysis, Jenny De Boer
All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present
Water diversions for irrigated agriculture have contributed to increased water stress in drought prone areas across the globe. Previous research finds that farmers increase irrigation intensity per unit of product grown, increase total area under irrigation, and switch to more water intensive crops to increase yields and compensate for the cost of drip irrigation installation. Other studies have shown that drip irrigation can produce yields that parity surface irrigated yields or even surpass them using less water and increasing profits. Ultimately this plot trial showed drip irrigated onion yields were 6.31% greater than surface irrigated onion yields using an average …
Is It True That Immigrants Reduce Social Trust Or Reduce Institutional Quality?, Jacob Sorenson
Is It True That Immigrants Reduce Social Trust Or Reduce Institutional Quality?, Jacob Sorenson
All Graduate Reports and Creative Projects, Fall 2023 to Present
With a presidential race beginning in the United States, one topic that is sure to be discussed a lot in the news and by people trying to decide on who to vote for is whether or not the US should allow more immigrants into the country, and what the regulations surrounding these new entrants should look like. While this topic is usually only discussed during the campaign stretch, it isn’t new nor is it unimportant. For this reason, formal immigration research is abundant and used to inform the debate. This research has many strengths, but one area of focus that …