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Estimating The Xi Effect: How Chinese Aid Affects Economic And Political Institutions, Mackenzie Owens Apr 2023

Estimating The Xi Effect: How Chinese Aid Affects Economic And Political Institutions, Mackenzie Owens

Business and Economics Honors Papers

Under Xi Jinping, China has expanded its aid allocation worldwide and has introduced global infrastructure projects to connect itself to countries everywhere. With such ambitious aid allocation, China has been the recipient of both admiration and scorn on the international stage. This paper assesses these concerns using data from 2000 to 2017 to determine how Chinese aid affects recipient states’ economic and political institutions. Specifically, this research looked to ascertain if there is a measurable Xi Effect in recipient states. The quantitative analysis shows the Xi Effect is small and positive on economic institutions and political institutions, signifying Xi Jinping’s …


Feed-In Tariffs And Sustainable Energy: Why Different Oecd Governments Support Sustainable Energy At Different Rates Through Feed-In Tariffs, Joshua M. Grahame May 2022

Feed-In Tariffs And Sustainable Energy: Why Different Oecd Governments Support Sustainable Energy At Different Rates Through Feed-In Tariffs, Joshua M. Grahame

Business and Economics Honors Papers

Why is it that different governments in the OECD support sustainable energy at different rates? In the effort to explain this difference, Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) will be closely examined to see if it can explain the significant portion of the variation among countries. This project serves as a continuation of previous scholars' works, to better understand the variation between countries in adopting renewable energy, even though all members of the OECD have pledged that by 2030 half of their energy will come from sustainable energy. Whereas previous research considered data ending in 2012 and looked at countries outside of the OECD, …


Covid-19: The Impact Of A Nation’S Political Economic Structure On Its Labor Market Spending Policies, Mary Margaret Baldy Apr 2021

Covid-19: The Impact Of A Nation’S Political Economic Structure On Its Labor Market Spending Policies, Mary Margaret Baldy

Business and Economics Honors Papers

The onslaught of COVID-19 in March 2020 claimed the lives of millions and caused a global economic downturn marked by vast unemployment. Previous research has focused on how fiscal policy is utilized by advanced developed nations and their objectives with respect to fiscal policy. This paper aims to examine how a given nation’s labor market spending policies are impacted by its political economic structure. In order to delineate between and analyze the approaches of different political economic structures, this paper utilizes Nordic, Liberal, and Asian States constructs. In order to investigate the impact of political economic structure on labor market …


Currency Internationalization: The Case Of The Rmb, Daniel Powell May 2020

Currency Internationalization: The Case Of The Rmb, Daniel Powell

Business and Economics Honors Papers

Currency internationalization could be considered as one of the primary facets of globalization in the modern world. Today, the US dollar accounts for nearly eighty-five percent of all global transactions, both in trade and finance. However, as China’s power has risen in the past few decades, many have pondered whether the Chinese currency, the RenMinBi (RMB), can internationalize. This study examines the literature on what components create an international currency. Then, we examine the characteristics of China’s financial markets and international relations to become familiar with the scholarly discourse surrounding China’s financial markets, international influence, and monetary stability. We then …


Japan's Economic Success Following Her World War Ii Defeat, Karen E. Davidock Apr 1973

Japan's Economic Success Following Her World War Ii Defeat, Karen E. Davidock

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 78 page senior thesis examines the rate of Japan's economic growth since World War II.


An Evaluation Of The Chinese Economy 1949-1972, Gerald Green May 1972

An Evaluation Of The Chinese Economy 1949-1972, Gerald Green

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 46 page thesis examines trends within the economy of China, focusing on the Five Year Plans, advances in agriculture and industry, and factors influencing economic growth.


Agricultural Policy In India As Related To Economics Of An Emerging Underdeveloped Nation, Wayne Ingram Christman Apr 1971

Agricultural Policy In India As Related To Economics Of An Emerging Underdeveloped Nation, Wayne Ingram Christman

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 68 page thesis examines economic development in India, focusing on the agricultural sector.


The Marshall Plan: A Critique Of The European Recovery Program, Louis D. Stefan May 1950

The Marshall Plan: A Critique Of The European Recovery Program, Louis D. Stefan

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 48 page thesis examines the Marshall Plan for European recovery following World War II.


Brazil; Our Economic Partner: A Study Of Brazil And The Future Of Our Trade, Dorothy Kleppinger May 1947

Brazil; Our Economic Partner: A Study Of Brazil And The Future Of Our Trade, Dorothy Kleppinger

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 62 page thesis examines Brazil's history, resources, industrialization and relations with the United States.


International Cartels, Jane Reifsnyder Jun 1946

International Cartels, Jane Reifsnyder

Business and Economics Honors Papers

This 37 page senior thesis examines government-controlled economic cartels from various countries, especially Germany, following the end of World War II.