Capacity Management and Changing Requirements: Cost Effective Decision Making in an Uncertain World October 30, 2013
Explores other options for dealing with excess Air Force fleet capacity and their relative cost effectiveness.
All Pardee RAND students complete a policy-relevant dissertation aimed at tackling the most pressing policy issues facing the world. Many Pardee RAND dissertations are partially- or fully-funded through endowed dissertation awards and other prizes.
Explores other options for dealing with excess Air Force fleet capacity and their relative cost effectiveness.
Explores the changes water market participants may experience should there be a move to formalize water markets and establish tradable water rights.
Presents individuals' relative concerns about homeland security hazards and the attributes which influence those concerns.
Studies data from economic development zones in China and their impact on economic growth, technological innovation, exports, and employment.
Develops a new approach to measuring research and innovation performance using patents by examining the trends in patent filings over time within organizations and within technology classes.
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Predicts the effects of climate policies on energy use and the economy using the number of relevant academic journal articles published per month as a proxy for innovation in wind and solar energy.
Assesses factors associated with influenza vaccination among several populations, including healthcare professionals, adults who have close contact with children, and young and middle-aged adults.
Explores the new flows and policy implications of private sector and emerging countries investments of emerging infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This dissertation consists of three essays that summarize the author's contributions to the study of flood risk in coastal Louisiana during and following its 2012 Comprehensive Master Plan for a Sustainable Coast.
Explores the effects of employer-provided health insurance on labor market outcomes.
Examines the effectiveness of subsidies in modifying dietary and grocery shopping behavior by evaluating a nationwide price rebate program for healthy food purchases in South Africa.
Explores the link between economic openness and companies' corporate governance practices in developing countries.
Explores the role entrepreneurship plays in the lives of the economically disadvantaged in both India and the United States.
Examines the United States Army's use of capability portfolio management in acquisitions.
Explores an area in which the Department of Defense can operate "smarter" with its proliferating unmanned aircraft systems fleet.
Aims to assist the U.S. Air Force Academy in assessing the value of admission criteria, awarding leadership positions, and designing leadership position experiences.
Explores occupational burnout and retention of Air Force intelligence analysts working in the Distributed Common Ground System.
Provides three distinct analyses addressing labor supply, saving and investment behavior of older workers, in the context of the incentives and constraints they face due to employer and government policies.
Aims to broaden understanding of the role of restaurants in the current food environment.
Recommends changes that can be made to the structure and management of the Air Force's Force Support officer career field to better align development of functional competencies with positional demand for those competencies.
This dissertation covers three topics -- three points of view -- of issues in international migration.
Explores and compares how members of the US military, Philippine military and police, and populace of Mindanao understand Islamic beliefs and values.
Studies the interactions in Mexico between policies and the increased involvement of children in their parent's income security and well being.
Explores financial decision-making and outcomes among young adults in the United States in order to inform policies that promote saving and financial security.