In the second chapter, I develop a theoretical model of competition for immigrants between different countries. I assume that there are "desirable" and "undesirable" potential immigrants. In my model, countries simultaneously ...

Firms always encounter risks in the process of production, distribution and marketing due to the structure of the firms, market conditions, or some unforeseen circumstances such as natural catastrophe. Instruments have ...

In this dissertation, we will be concerned with the estimation of location parameters in the linear two sample regression problem with possibly a nonscalar error covariance matrix. This problem has been examined before by ...

Unlike the previous research, the principal findings of this thesis support the premise that retail marketplace on the Internet is more competitive than the brick-and-mortar marketplace. For the retail pharmacy market, I ...

This research analyzes determinants of HMO compensation (salary, fee-for-service, and capitation) for primary care physicians. First, a theoretical model is constructed to analyze physician preferences for fee-for-service ...

This thesis can be viewed as a case study of the proposition that anticipated monetary policy is ineffective. The problem studied relates to the monetary policy employed by Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treasury, ...

Throughout this study the main objective has been to analyze the role and the impact of LDC's indebtedness in the light of the recent Brazilian experience. The theoretical basis for this analysis was set forth in Chapter ...