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PRGS Dissertations

PRGS dissertations are produced by graduate fellows of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the world's leading producer of Ph.D.'s in policy analysis. The dissertations are supervised, reviewed, and approved by a PRGS faculty committee overseeing each dissertation.

2008

Considering a Cadre Augmented Army

Christopher Ordowich

Essays on Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors and Outcomes

Khoa Dang Truong

An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating and Support Costs for Air Force Aircraft

Eric J. Unger

Hazard Abatement as a Function of Firm Size: The Effects of Internal Firm Characteristics and External Incentives

Robert H. Sims

Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India

Arkadipta Ghosh

Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links Between Economics and Epidemiology

Arindam Dutta

2007

Accelerating the Adoption of Clinical IT Among the Healthcare Providers in US: Strategies & Policies

Katya Fonkych

Agrarian Households in Semi-Arid Tropics: Evaluating Policy Options

Arnab Mukherji

Balancing Two Lives: The Relationship of Activation, Pay, and Retention Among U.S. Air Force Reserve Pilots

Brian E.A. Maue

Carry That Weight: Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities

Katia Vlachos-Dengler

Confronting the Challenges of Student Engagement: A Case Study of a School-Based Intervention

Hilary J. Rhodes

Developing a Safety Net for Ukraine

Oleksandr Rohozynsky

From the Outside In: Shaping the International Criminal Court

Brian Rosen

Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries

Anga R. Timilsina

A Good Start in Life: Revisiting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes At and After Birth

Sai Ma

Improving Decision-making Systems for Decentralized Primary Education Delivery in Pakistan

Mohammed Rehan Malik

Incorporating Traffic Enforcement Racial Profiling Analyses into Police Department Early Intervention Systems

Brent D. Fulton

Navigating the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard Countries

Julius Gatune

Overcoming the ''Resource Curse'': Prioritizing Policy Interventions in Countries with Large Extractive Industries

Amber Linea Moreen

Private Firms Working in the Public Interest: Is the Financial Statement Audit Broken?

Abigail Bugbee Brown

RFID in the Retail Sector: A Methodology for Analysis of Policy Proposals and Their Implications for Privacy, Economic Efficiency and Security

Gordon Bitko

Robust Decisions and Deep Uncertainty: An Application of Real Options to Public and Private Investment in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies

Sergej Mahnovski

The Role of Public and Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States

Nishal Ray Ramphal

2006

Aircraft Modifications: Assessing the Current State of Air Force Aircraft Modifications and the Implications for Future Military Capability

Owen J. Hill

Assessing the Effects of Parental Decisions About School Type and Involvement on Early Elementary Education

Maria Teresa V. Taningco

Caring for Depression and Comorbid Pain: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey and the Healthcare for Communities Survey

Haijun Tian

Discrimination and Health Care Utilization

Janice C. Blanchard

Exploratory Modeling and Adaptive Strategies for Investment in Standard Services to Facilitate Public Service Networks

Sungho Lee

Governance and Foreign Aid Allocation

Kamiljon T. Akramov

Ignoring the Innocent: Non-combatants in Urban Operations and in Military Models and Simulations

Yuna Huh Wong

An International Comparison of Obesity in Older Adults: Effects and Risk Factors

Tatiana Andreyeva

Multi-Attribute Strategy and Performance Architectures in R&D: The Case of The Balanced Scorecard

Athar Osama

New Methods for Identifying Robust Long-Term Water Resources Management Strategies for California

David G. Groves

Police Effectiveness: Measurement and Incentives

Ben A. Vollaard

2005

Achievement Effects of Five Comprehensive School Reform Designs Implemented in Los Angeles Unified School District

Bryce Mason

Astronomical Odds: A Policy Framework for the Cosmic Impact Hazard

Geoffrey Sommer

The Cost and Health Effects of Prescription Drug Coverage and Utilization in the Medicare Population

Baoping Shang

The Costs of Aging Aircraft: Insights from Commercial Aviation

Matthew C. Dixon

The Effect of Cost-Sharing on the Utilization of Prescription Drugs for Chronically Ill Patients

Matthew D. Solomon

Effective Capital Provision within Government: Methodologies for Right-Sizing Base Infrastructure

Joshua Weed

Financing Terror: An Analysis and Simulation to Affect Al Qaeda's Financial Infrastructures

Steve Kiser

The Impact of the Information Revolution on Policymakers’ Use of Intelligence Analysis

Lorne Teitelbaum

Policy Options for Interventions in Failing Schools

Connor Spreng

Recalibrating Alliance Contributions: Changing Policy Environment and Military Alliances

Tatsuro Yoda

Swarming and the Future of Warfare

Sean J. A. Edwards

Zeroing In: A Capabilities-based Alternative to Precision Guided Munitions Planning

Sam Loeb

2004

The Ecological Context of Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes? Implications for NIMBY Disputes and Client Placement Decisions

Jerry O. Jacobson

Effects of Trial Design on Participation and Costs in Clinical Trials With an Examination of Cost Analysis Methods and Data Sources

Meredith L. Kilgore

Estimating the Effects of Pharmaceutical Innovations on Patients' Employment Outcomes

Yuhua Bao

Gearing Up and Getting There: Improving Local Response to Chemical Terrorism

Brian Houghton

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