2012-05-24T13:39:22Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD295.html 2012-04-26T06:30:00Z 2012-04-26T06:30:00Z

Estimates changes in annual vehicle miles traveled in response to changes in the cost of driving that would result from adopting a mileage-based user fee.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD294.html 2012-04-12T07:15:00Z 2012-04-12T07:15:00Z

Addresses long-term care issues facing the elderly in China.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD293.html 2012-04-12T05:30:00Z 2012-04-12T05:30:00Z

Provides insights into the costs and challenges of providing health care to the elderly population.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD292.html 2012-01-20T08:59:00Z 2012-01-20T08:59:00Z

Applies robust decision methods to evaluate California's transportation policies that considers multiple views of the future, and identifies strategies that consistently reduce emissions at acceptable costs regardless of future conditions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD290.html 2011-11-16T12:00:00Z 2011-11-16T12:00:00Z

Employs an expected utility model to predict how Iranian policy is developing on several key issues and explores US strategy and policy options for influencing their development.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD291.html 2011-11-15T07:00:00Z 2011-11-15T07:00:00Z

Three essays that address some of the challenges associated with improving the flexibility of National Security Space capabilities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD289.html 2011-11-15T06:30:00Z 2011-11-15T06:30:00Z

Explores the relationship between natural disasters and terrorism and investigates and clarifies causal links between terrorism, female labor force participation, and larger gender disparities in the labor market.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD288.html 2011-11-04T10:15:00Z 2011-11-04T10:15:00Z

Tests the hypothesis that development and reconstruction actors can feasibly implement sound development and reconstruction across a relatively wide spectrum of conflict, but varying levels and natures of violence can affect its delivery.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD287.html 2011-11-04T06:00:00Z 2011-11-04T06:00:00Z

Three essays each focusing on one topic in economics of health behaviors in China.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD286.html 2011-11-03T05:45:00Z 2011-11-03T05:45:00Z

Explores quality and utilization of diabetes care in China.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD285.html 2011-11-03T04:30:00Z 2011-11-03T04:30:00Z

Attempts to understand where similarities in social context characteristics and disclosure behaviors lie in respondents' various sexual and social networks leading to important implications for developing new and innovative HIV interventions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD284.html 2011-10-06T08:15:00Z 2011-10-06T08:15:00Z

Examines the economics of financial firms, their governance practices, and governance-performance links.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD283.html 2011-09-29T05:00:00Z 2011-09-29T05:00:00Z

Analyzes the outcomes from using separate budgets for military operations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD281.html 2011-08-29T05:00:00Z 2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

The methods employed, as well as those recommended for future studies, are applicable to any law enforcement agency interested in attracting and identifying high-quality applicants more efficiently.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD282.html 2011-08-29T04:45:00Z 2011-08-29T04:45:00Z

The goal of this analysis was to ascertain the predominant themes and patterns likely to be associated with producing successful health care quality improvement interventions (QIIs).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD267.html 2011-08-15T07:00:00Z 2011-08-15T07:00:00Z

Examines the risk of U.S.-China conflict based on a variety of theoretical works on conflict, applied to the U.S.-China relationship.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD278.html 2011-06-29T06:00:00Z 2011-06-29T06:00:00Z

Examines how the United States Air Force can sustain sufficient nuclear skills and experience within the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD279.html 2011-03-30T06:45:00Z 2011-03-30T06:45:00Z

Assesses the security and economic policy responses of a representative sample of Asian states to China between 1992 and 2008.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD276.html 2011-02-07T11:15:00Z 2011-02-07T11:15:00Z

Reviews the controversy over the true high school graduation rate in the United States, provides a comprehensive review of the debate, discusses shortcomings of current methods, and proposes new methods that address those shortcomings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD277.html 2011-02-02T08:00:00Z 2011-02-02T08:00:00Z

Examines the potential for better feedback on electricity usage to reduce household energy consumption.