Pardee RAND Dissertations

Pardee RAND 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 Pardee RAND faculty committee overseeing each dissertation.

2015

Federal Funding and Academic Productivity: Assessing Policy Levers for Sustainable Energy Researchers March 13, 2015

Aviva Litovitz
Patenting and Innovation in China: Incentives, Policy, and Outcomes March 06, 2015

Eric Warner
The Relationship Between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms and Career Outcomes of Army Enlisted Servicemembers February 25, 2015

Jennifer Walters
Predicting Active Duty Air Force Pilot Attrition Given an Anticipated Increase in Major Airline Pilot Hiring February 25, 2015

Nolan Sweeney
Positive Youth Development in a School-Based Setting: A Study of the Los Angeles Police Academy Magnet School Program February 18, 2015

Shannon Maloney
China's Health Insurance Reform and Disparities in Healthcare Utilization and Costs: A Longitudinal Analysis February 11, 2015

Henu Zhao
Competition and Collaboration: A Comparison of U.S. and Chinese Energy Outward Direct Investment February 05, 2015

Chaoling Feng
Critical Rare Earths, National Security, and U.S.-China Interactions: A Portfolio Approach to Dysprosium Policy Design January 19, 2015

David L. An

2014

Strategies for Managing Sovereign Debt: A Robust Decision Making Approach December 24, 2014

Shmuel Abramzon
Improving Turkish-Iraqi Border Security: An Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Approach December 23, 2014

Mustafa Oguz
Essays on Family Welfare and Indian Development Policy December 16, 2014

Sinduja Srinivasan
Monitoring with Swift, Certain, and Moderate Sanctions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Crime: The South Dakota 24/7 Sobriety Program December 15, 2014

Gregory Midgette
What Makes a Successful Principal? Incorporating School Principal Background in State and District Policy November 13, 2014

Ashley Pierson
Designing Efficient Systematic Reviews Using Economical Allocation, Creation and Synthesis of Medical Evidence October 01, 2014

Mike Scarpati
The Impact of Tort Reform, Medicare Plan Choice, and Geography on Health Care Processes, Outcomes, and Expenditures September 30, 2014

Daniel A. Waxman
Three Essays on Subjective Well-Being September 29, 2014

Caroline Tassot
Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States September 29, 2014

Ethan Scherer
The Political Sustainability of Carbon Control Policies in an Evolutionary Economics Setting September 29, 2014

Steven C. Isley
Reducing the Economic Burden of Work-Related Injuries June 17, 2014

Christopher F. McLaren
Changing Constituencies and Rising Polarization in the Congress: Three Essays June 16, 2014

Jesse Sussell
New Medical Technology Development and Diffusion: Policy Challenges and Considerations June 16, 2014

Christopher Lau
It Takes a Village: Network Effects on Rural Education in Afghanistan June 13, 2014

Matthew Hoover
Topics in Migration Research March 10, 2014

Sarah Kups
Three Essays on Education Policy: Empirical Analyses of the Challenges and Opportunities with For-Profit Colleges, Military Enlistment and Immigration February 27, 2014

Alessandro Malchiodi

2013

Fighting Obesity in the United States with State Legislation October 31, 2013

Stephanie S. Chan
Capacity Management and Changing Requirements: Cost Effective Decision Making in an Uncertain World October 30, 2013

Haralambos Theologis
Monopoly and Micro-Irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using Exploratory Modeling to Consider Interactions between Market Structure and Agriculture Technology Subsidies October 30, 2013

Benjamin P. Bryant
Comparing Homeland Security Risks Using a Deliberative Risk Ranking Methodology October 21, 2013

Russell Lundberg
The Role of Economic Development Zones in National Development Strategies: The Case of China October 18, 2013

Xiao Wang
Patterns of Creation and Discovery: An Analysis of Defense Laboratory Patenting and Innovation October 17, 2013

Kay Sullivan Faith
Three Essays on Child Labor and Education in Developing Countries October 17, 2013

Seo Yeon Hong
Policy Impacts on Wind and Solar Innovation: New Results Based on Article Counts October 16, 2013

Eileen Hlavka
The Influence of Contact with Children, Contact with Healthcare Professionals, and Age on Influenza Vaccine Uptake September 23, 2013

Amber Smith
Emerging Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa September 09, 2013

Tewodaj Mengistu
Improving Flood Risk Estimates and Mitigation Policies in Coastal Louisiana under Deep Uncertainty September 09, 2013

David R. Johnson
Labor Market Outcomes of Health Shocks and Dependent Coverage Expansions July 24, 2013

James R. Burgdorf
Eating Better for Less: Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Modifying Dietary and Grocery Shopping Behavior May 23, 2013

Ruopeng An
Can Economic Openness Inspire Better Corporate Governance? An Exploration of the Link between Openness and Corporate Governance based on the Asian Experience April 29, 2013

Lisa Klautzer
Three Essays on Entrepreneurship in India and the U.S.: Policies, Social Ties and Mobility April 04, 2013

Elizabeth D. Brown
Fundamental Capability Portfolio Management: A Study of Developing Systems with Implications for Army Research and Development Strategy February 18, 2013

Scott Hiromoto

2012

Expanding the Use of Time/Frequency Difference of Arrival Geolocation in the Department of Defense November 12, 2012

Kimberly N. Hale
Evaluating Cadet Leadership Positions at the U.S. Air Force Academy November 12, 2012

Jeremy Didier
Occupational Burnout and Retention of Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Intelligence Personnel October 30, 2012

John Langley
Three Essays on the Labor Supply, Savings and Investment Behavior of Older Workers October 18, 2012

Jack Clift
What's on the Menu? Evaluating the Food Environment in Restaurants October 18, 2012

Helen Wu
Sustaining the US Air Force's Force Support Career Field through Officer Workforce Planning September 05, 2012

Kevin O'Neill
International Labor Flows: Migration Views from the Migrant, the Receiving-Country Economy, and the Sending-Country Family August 14, 2012

Jeffery C. Tanner
Understanding and Engaging the Muslims of the Southern Philippines August 10, 2012

Diana Dunham-Scott
Dynamics and Determinants of Family Transfers: The Mexican Case August 09, 2012

Claudia Diaz
Saving for the Future: Trends, Patterns and Decision-Making Processes Among Young Americans August 09, 2012

Sarah Outcault

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Pardee RAND Dissertations

2015

Federal Funding and Academic Productivity: Assessing Policy Levers for Sustainable Energy Researchers March 13, 2015

Patenting and Innovation in China: Incentives, Policy, and Outcomes March 06, 2015

The Relationship Between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptoms and Career Outcomes of Army Enlisted Servicemembers February 25, 2015

Predicting Active Duty Air Force Pilot Attrition Given an Anticipated Increase in Major Airline Pilot Hiring February 25, 2015

Positive Youth Development in a School-Based Setting: A Study of the Los Angeles Police Academy Magnet School Program February 18, 2015

China's Health Insurance Reform and Disparities in Healthcare Utilization and Costs: A Longitudinal Analysis February 11, 2015

Competition and Collaboration: A Comparison of U.S. and Chinese Energy Outward Direct Investment February 05, 2015

Critical Rare Earths, National Security, and U.S.-China Interactions: A Portfolio Approach to Dysprosium Policy Design January 19, 2015

2014

Strategies for Managing Sovereign Debt: A Robust Decision Making Approach December 24, 2014

Improving Turkish-Iraqi Border Security: An Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Approach December 23, 2014

Essays on Family Welfare and Indian Development Policy December 16, 2014

Monitoring with Swift, Certain, and Moderate Sanctions to Reduce Alcohol-Related Crime: The South Dakota 24/7 Sobriety Program December 15, 2014

What Makes a Successful Principal? Incorporating School Principal Background in State and District Policy November 13, 2014

Designing Efficient Systematic Reviews Using Economical Allocation, Creation and Synthesis of Medical Evidence October 01, 2014

The Impact of Tort Reform, Medicare Plan Choice, and Geography on Health Care Processes, Outcomes, and Expenditures September 30, 2014

Three Essays on Subjective Well-Being September 29, 2014

Three Essays on Education Reform in the United States September 29, 2014

The Political Sustainability of Carbon Control Policies in an Evolutionary Economics Setting September 29, 2014

Reducing the Economic Burden of Work-Related Injuries June 17, 2014

Changing Constituencies and Rising Polarization in the Congress: Three Essays June 16, 2014

New Medical Technology Development and Diffusion: Policy Challenges and Considerations June 16, 2014

It Takes a Village: Network Effects on Rural Education in Afghanistan June 13, 2014

Topics in Migration Research March 10, 2014

Three Essays on Education Policy: Empirical Analyses of the Challenges and Opportunities with For-Profit Colleges, Military Enlistment and Immigration February 27, 2014

2013

Fighting Obesity in the United States with State Legislation October 31, 2013

Capacity Management and Changing Requirements: Cost Effective Decision Making in an Uncertain World October 30, 2013

Monopoly and Micro-Irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using Exploratory Modeling to Consider Interactions between Market Structure and Agriculture Technology Subsidies October 30, 2013

Comparing Homeland Security Risks Using a Deliberative Risk Ranking Methodology October 21, 2013

The Role of Economic Development Zones in National Development Strategies: The Case of China October 18, 2013

Patterns of Creation and Discovery: An Analysis of Defense Laboratory Patenting and Innovation October 17, 2013

Three Essays on Child Labor and Education in Developing Countries October 17, 2013

Policy Impacts on Wind and Solar Innovation: New Results Based on Article Counts October 16, 2013

The Influence of Contact with Children, Contact with Healthcare Professionals, and Age on Influenza Vaccine Uptake September 23, 2013

Emerging Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa September 09, 2013

Improving Flood Risk Estimates and Mitigation Policies in Coastal Louisiana under Deep Uncertainty September 09, 2013

Labor Market Outcomes of Health Shocks and Dependent Coverage Expansions July 24, 2013

Eating Better for Less: Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Modifying Dietary and Grocery Shopping Behavior May 23, 2013

Can Economic Openness Inspire Better Corporate Governance? An Exploration of the Link between Openness and Corporate Governance based on the Asian Experience April 29, 2013

Three Essays on Entrepreneurship in India and the U.S.: Policies, Social Ties and Mobility April 04, 2013

Fundamental Capability Portfolio Management: A Study of Developing Systems with Implications for Army Research and Development Strategy February 18, 2013

2012

Expanding the Use of Time/Frequency Difference of Arrival Geolocation in the Department of Defense November 12, 2012

Evaluating Cadet Leadership Positions at the U.S. Air Force Academy November 12, 2012

Occupational Burnout and Retention of Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Intelligence Personnel October 30, 2012

Three Essays on the Labor Supply, Savings and Investment Behavior of Older Workers October 18, 2012

What's on the Menu? Evaluating the Food Environment in Restaurants October 18, 2012

Sustaining the US Air Force's Force Support Career Field through Officer Workforce Planning September 05, 2012

International Labor Flows: Migration Views from the Migrant, the Receiving-Country Economy, and the Sending-Country Family August 14, 2012

Understanding and Engaging the Muslims of the Southern Philippines August 10, 2012

Dynamics and Determinants of Family Transfers: The Mexican Case August 09, 2012

Saving for the Future: Trends, Patterns and Decision-Making Processes Among Young Americans August 09, 2012