0094-1190/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.jue.2009.08.006 q This paper was prepared for the NBER’s ‘‘Cities an ence, May 1-2, 2009. We thank Davin Reed and, especi outstanding research assistance, and Dan Black, Mark Will Strange for helpful comments. Our work with National Establishment Time Series was made possible Coulter Family Foundation to the Public Policy Inst expr...

Abstract The article challenges the assumption that land tenure is contingent on acquiring a title. It argues for Indigenous peoples may be delineated, occupied, utilised, and collectively owned through concept of territoriality. Through combined ‘anarchist anthropology’ political ecology provides ethnographic evidence from among Tau-Buhid as case in point to show their everyday relationship wi...

Why did Finland experience in 1991-93 the deepest recession observed in an industrialized country since the 1930s? Using a dynamic general equilibrium model with labor frictions, we argue that the collapse of the Soviet-Finnish trade was a major contributor to the contraction. Finland’s experience mirrors that of the transition economies of Eastern Europe, which suffered similar deep recessions...

Functional connectivity and responses to chemoreceptor stimulation of medullary ventrolateral respiratory column neurons" (2010). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. love and encouragement have successfully guided me along life's path. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my mentors, Dr. their patience and support in the completion of this research. I am extremely gra...

Three investigative realms with widely divergent methodologies arrive at uncannily similar conclusions about the vital role of positive affective phenomena in optimal adaptation, resilience, affect regulation, cardiac health, and subjective well-being: research on resilience and human flourishing; Indo-Tibetan practices and the emergent yogic sciences; and the practice of AEDP (Accelerated Expe...

for their love and support. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my advisor Dr. Shreyes N. Melkote for his guidance and support during the course of this thesis research. Without his trust, encouragement, and patience, I would be unable to finish this thesis. I extend my deep appreciation to Dr. advanced knowledge of dynamics and vibrations, which was very helpful...

Acknowledgement I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the thesis. My deepest gratitude goes first and foremost to my beloved family and my relatives by marriage for their loving considerations and great confidence in me all through these years. Without their constant support and encouragement, this thesis could not have succeeded. Second, I would like to express...