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Item A Corporate Buy-American Subsidy and Firm Location Decision(Vanderbilt University, 2010) Mahan, Mallory; Crucini, MarioItem A Laboratory Evaluation of Partner Selection in Group Lending Models(Vanderbilt University, 2009) Shaner, Houston; Ketkar, SuhasItem A Signaling Model of a Lawyer with Private Information About Her Talent(Vanderbilt University, 2011) Xiao, Jean; Weymark, John; Wen, QuanItem An Analysis of the Random Walk Hypothesis based on Stock Prices, Dividends, and Earnings(Vanderbilt University, 2010) Kavalerchik, Risa; Rodrique, JoelItem An analysis of the relationship between LASIK surgery and the popularity of ophthalmology as a specialty choice for medical students(Vanderbilt University, 2014) Paone, Darien; Rennhoff, Christina; Viscusi, KipItem An Extensive Social Choice Characterization of the Michod Measure of Group Fitness(Vanderbilt University, 2012) Qi, Chloe Xiaoyu; Moro, Andrea; Savelyev, PeterItem Analysis of BrexitÕs Asymmetric E_ects on Stock Returns(Vanderbilt University, 2018) Qi, Yue; Rodrigue, JoelItem Are College Football Coaches Efficiently Compensated?(Vanderbilt University, 2015) Grau, Aaron R.; Crucini, MarioItem Business Environment and Micro-Finance Performance(Vanderbilt University, 2008) Maio, Michael; Kevin HuangItem Causes of Trade Collapse and Recovery During the Great Depression(Vanderbilt University, 2013) Sikhova, Aiday; Anderson, KathrynItem Central Bank Balance Sheets and Inflation Expectations(Vanderbilt University, 2015) Zhong, Yiling (Irene); Crucini, MarioItem Changes in the Assimilation of Asian Americans from 1860–1940(Vanderbilt University, 2024-05-02) Chen, Claire;Asian immigration to the United States motivated the first instance of federal immigration legislation with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, but little is known about Asian immigration during the period despite a robust literature on their European counterparts. I use linked cohorts drawn from complete-count census data to find that Asian immigrants displayed the “u-shaped” pattern of occupational assimilation characterizing contemporaneous European immigrants. I also find that they displayed a “catch-up” assimilation phenomenon: successive Asian cohorts steadily reduced their outcome gaps with the native population, and despite starting at a lower occupational tier than European immigrants, they assimilated more than European immigrants in all cohorts but the post-Exclusion cohort of 1880–1900. These findings provide insight into the assimilation process of an understudied immigrant community, furthering the understanding of assimilation in the United States.Item China's Wage Premium: A Comparison of Provincial Capitals and Non-provincial Capitals(Vanderbilt University, 2019) Qian, Xiaolu; Weymark, DianaItem Cross-country growth regressions to investigate TFP growth and GDP growth(Vanderbilt University, 2018) Fang, Junying; Rennhoff, ChristinaItem Design and Predicted Effects of a Carbon Tax with Border Carbon Adjustment in the United States(Vanderbilt University, 2020-04) Vest, Jacob; Crucini, Mario J.With Climate Change at the center of many global political and policy debates, a Pigouvian tax on carbon dioxide emissions remains a favorite solution among economists and other policy experts. However, asymmetric implementation of a carbon tax across the globe gives rise to several problems. A country which implements a carbon tax while others do not faces relatively higher energy and manufacturing costs than its taxless peers. As a result, its energy-intensive industries are made less competitive, and there is potential for significant carbon leakage. Border carbon adjustments (BCAs) are one measure designed to protect domestic firms and prevent carbon leakage, but there is not yet consensus on what form they might take. This thesis makes several recommendations for the design of a BCA and provides a prediction of the effect of a carbon tax combined with BCA on US production and carbon emissions.Item Determinants of Residential Housing Prices and Potential Threats to Price Stability(Vanderbilt University, 2008) Powers, Jason; Suhas KetkarItem Differences in Learning: A Study of Learning-by-Exporting Across Heterogeneous Firms(Vanderbilt University, 2015) Nederhood, Spencer M.; Huffman, GregItem Direct Investment vs Mergers and Acquistions in Asia(Vanderbilt University, 2016) Xiao, Wenye (Vanessa); Moro, AndreaItem Does the term structure of corporate interest rates predict business cycle turning points?(Vanderbilt University, 2010) Fixler, Jordan; Rousseau, PeterItem Early Voting Reform: Implications for Turnout and Composition of the Electorate(Vanderbilt University, 2010) Stewart, Ryan; Getz, Malcolm