This study analyzes the effects of political stability, political quality, and political shocks on 1-year, 10-year, and 30-year local currency bonds, as well as their influence on the slope of the yield curve. The data were collected from Bloomberg, I . . .

In 1938 the first minimum wage was imposed (Fair Labor Standards Act) in the United States. It was $0.25 an hour. It had an immediate impact on low wageworkers across the country, particularly African-American women employed in the tobacco industry. T . . .

The first-time emigration of nearly five million African Americans from the American South between 1940 and 1970 is among the most transformative demographic events in US history. Knowledge of the economic incentives and social mechanisms that drove t . . .

In recent years, state and local government officials have responded to rising public support for a higher minimum wage by introducing legislation that would boost the wage floor in their respective jurisdictions. These recent minimum wage increases m . . .

This thesis seeks to estimate the impact of internet availability on international trade using a theoretically consistent model of international trade and statistically sound estimation techniques. Specifically, it is hypothesized that an increase in . . .

For some terrorism has become the daily part of their lives. This thesis attempts to find a relationship as to why some would be motivated to commit such acts. We present an argument of relative economic deprivation (REDI), leading to anger frustratio . . .

This thesis analyzes the effect of foreign and domestic oil demand and supply shocks, global economic activity shocks, and monetary policy shocks on U.S. macroeconomic aggregates. A factor augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model is used to maxim . . .

Retirement is an expensive proposition and wealth preservation becomes an important concern for those nearing retirement age. Using capital market volatility as a proxy, this study analyzes the potential impacts of wealth instability on the probabilit . . .

The traditional commercial office space in the US wastes up to 35% of the energy that it consumes. Green buildings have proven to be very effective in reducing energy waste and lowering energy costs for their owners and tenants. The number of green bu . . .

The impact of contagion between countries and international banks continue to grow in importance as localized shocks are more consistently translated into global crisis. By employing the Dees, di Mauro, Pesaran, and Smith – Global Vector Autoregressio . . .