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Do all of these meetings matter? Three essays concerning the impacts of collaborative watershed governance.
My dissertation presents three related projects. In each project, I make a novel contribution to the understanding of collaborative environmental governance in theory and practice. I focus on a common application of ... -
The Elwha River Ecosystem Restoration Project: A Case Study of Government-to-Government Co-Management
(2013-07-25)The contribution of indigenous groups in natural resource management is generally believed to enhance management practices and produce positive outcomes for its participants, by improving stewardship and encouraging ... -
Engaging the Public in Management: Voluntary Practice, Citizen Complaints, and Deliberating Oil and Gas Risk
Management of emerging technological risks is challenged by scientific uncertainty about relevant impacts and frequent gaps between expert and lay perceptions of risk. Engaging in deliberation can help to foster learning ... -
Essays investigating gender and development in rural Ethiopia
Gender and development is a primary goal in international development policy, and the status of women and girls is so important to the development agenda that the United Nations explicitly stated gender equality as its ... -
Essays on Food Insecurity and Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy in the United States
This dissertation investigates many facets of means-testing in the United States through the lens of public food assistance. In Chapter 1, I speak to the literature on “administrative burden,” or individual-level barriers ... -
Essays on Government-led Collaborative Governance
Governments increasingly use collaborative governance as a strategy for policymaking and management. This dissertation is a collection of three essays each addressing an important question regarding government-led collaborative ... -
Essays on Intertemporal Choice under Uncertainty
Abstract Essays on Intertemporal Choice under Uncertainty Pradeep Singh The dissertation investigates intertemporal decision-making under uncertainty. In particular, I analyze how two traditionally under-explored sources ... -
Essays on State Business Tax Incentives and Policy Diffusion
States' use of tax incentives to lure business investment has drawn a lot of attention from policymakers, the public, and academics. Despite mixed assessments of their efficacy in creating net increases in jobs and ... -
Essays on Women’s Control over Income, Maternal Cash Transfers, and Rainfall Shocks: Evidence from India and Malawi
In this dissertation, I conduct three studies on women’s economic empowerment in India and Malawi. The first study examines the effect of an Indian maternal cash transfer program on child nutrition. The second study explores ... -
Foundations for Change? Advocacy and Participatory Grantmaking Strategies in the U.S. Philanthropic Sector
Philanthropic foundations are not merely patrons that provide grant funding to worthy causes. Iseek to develop an understanding of philanthropic foundations as active political actors that attempt to influence social and ... -
Four Essays on Decentralized Markets in Management and Policy
Governments often create markets to serve management or policy goals. The creation of these markets requires developing the institutional capacity to disseminate market information in order for the market to achieve those ... -
Hidden Agents: Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) in the Palestinian Territories
(2013-07-23)Recently, there has been a great deal of scholarly and popular interest in the activities of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in the Middle East. In particular, socio-economic services provided by FBOs have generated a ... -
Households' perceptions of earthquake risks and protective measure adoption intentions
Preparedness levels vary among individuals who face common threats of natural hazards in the region in which they live. The studies in this dissertation explore the factors that may explain such differences, examining the ... -
Institutional influence: The role of international donors in shaping development goals, implementation and effectiveness
(2011-12-22)Previous research on development assistance highlights the importance of the recipient country implementing environment in mediating the impact of aid; however, little is known about the donor side of the donor-recipient ... -
Institutions, Risk Perceptions, and Adaptation: Exploring Behavioral Response to Climate Change in Thailand
Social science investigations about human and social vulnerability, adaptation, risk perception, and migration as a result of climate change is the focus of research in the developing world. Rural residents, especially ... -
Multidimensional Approaches to Nonprofit Revenue-Generation Strategies and Outcomes: Organization, Community, and Institution
Among all types of resources, revenue stands out as one of the most crucial assets for nonprofit organizations to fulfill their distinctive missions, sustain their operations, and ensure their survival and long-term ... -
Private Regulation on the Environment: Bilateral Voluntary Agreements in U.S. Toxic Chemical Policy
(2013-04-17)In recent decades, in the backdrop of highly constrained government and public sector finances worldwide, private forms of regulation in natural resource and environmental policy have gained political and public salience: ... -
The Public Role of the Private Sector: Measuring Corporate Social Performance in India
(2014-02-24)Corporate social disclosure has emerged as a cornerstone topic of research for examining how firms use various communication media to signal virtue and publicize substantive as opposed to symbolic implementation to their ... -
Pueblos Bicicleteros: Three Essays on Cycling Policy in Mexican Cities
In this dissertation, I investigate cycling policy adoption, design, and implementation in Mexico. In Chapter 2, I research the interactions between driving restrictions and bikeshare usage in Mexico City. The Mexico City ... -
Rental Market Discrimination in the Housing Choice Voucher Program
It is generally accepted that households in the Housing Choice Voucher program (HCV) encounter discrimination when searching for private market units. Observational research suggests that households and program administrators ...