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Reinventing VAT collection : industry vertical assessment, revenue increase, and public sector reliability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This dissertation shows how administrative reforms of the State Tax Administration Bureaus (STABs) in Brazil between 1997 and 2005 contributed to strengthening public sector bureaucracies and institutions at the sub-national ... -
Reinvention through reuse : strategies for the adaptive reuse of large-scale buildings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)The practice of adaptive reuse has grown in popularity in the United States over the past few decades, with now about 90% of architect-commissioned work involving some interaction with an existing structure. While the ... -
REIT capital structure : an examination of the use of unsecured debt over traditional equity and changes in dividend policy
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REIT here, REIT now : should the UK consider the introduction of a REIT-style vehicle
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis investigates a number of the issues currently pertaining to the introduction of a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) vehicle. It uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative studies to evaluate whether ... -
REIT line of credit pricing & the backyard effect : is the grass really greener?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)For many reasons outlined in this thesis, line of credit facilities have become an integral part of a REITs capital structure. During this evolution, a possible pricing discrepancy for REIT lines of credit has emerged ... -
REIT-based pure-play portfolios : the case of property types and geographic locations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Over the last 20 years the REIT industry has made remarkable progress in terms of the magnitude of market capitalization and management performance. However, it is difficult for investors to precisely target their investments ... -
REITs & market power : an analysis of market power theory and antitrust policy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)During the late 1980's and early 1990's, Real Estate Investment Trust ("REITs") accumulated large portfolios of properties. During this period, REITs were able to grow through acquisitions alone, arbitraging their low cost ... -
REITs & market power : are public market pricing market power strategy? : an analysis of the apartment, retail and office sectors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)During the late 1980's and early 1990's, Real Estate Investment Trust ("REITs") accumulated large portfolios of properties. During this period, REITs were able to grow through acquisitions alone, arbitraging their low cost ... -
REITs and securitization as innovative modes to finance affordable housing in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Affordable housing finance in China is a hot issue, which mainly relies on government budgets and bank loans. These two financing channels are insufficient to support the large number of affordable housing projects, and ... -
REITs for residential rental markets in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)After decades of rapid development, China has entered an era with new opportunities and challenges. In its real estate markets, excessive housing demands exist in big cities while a large amount of stock assets are ... -
Reknitting the urban fabric : a new Alexander Platz as a link and connector in the formerly divided Berlin
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)Berlin like many other European cities, is facing the dilemma of encountering the new century with a new set of growth and development ideas. This particularly applies to the fragmented urban fabric of the Germany's Capital ... -
Related explorations in architectural and musical composition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)Architecture has been described as "frozen music." To be sure, architecture has many physically static features, yet it can best be understood as a process in motion and as motion. Both architecture and music share attributes ... -
Relating behavioral context to acoustic parameters of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) vocalizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis presents methods to analyze the function of vocalizations of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. The thesis uses the social interaction as the basic unit of analysis, and maintains a deliberate focus ... -
Relating cardiac electrical and mechanical alternans to ventricular stability
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Relating metal binding to DNA binding in the nickel regulatory protein NikR
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)The concentration of transition metals within the cell must be tightly regulated. If the concentration of a given transition metal is too low the cell may not be able to perform life-sustaining processes, while high levels ... -
Relating polymer matrix composite delamination behavior to constituent properties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)Developing predictive capabilities of composite material behavior from constituent properties is an important component of accelerating materials insertion. Many models exist that accomplish this objective for a range of ... -
Relating process measurements to customer dissatisfiers
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Relating Racial Disparities to Financial Concerns and Shared Decision Making in Opioid Prescriptions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)In this thesis, the author uses clinical notes and works with three widely-accessible healthcare databases to examine the relationship between race and opioid prescriptions in hospitals. While other researchers have ... -
Relating size and spectral reflectance properties of S-type asteroids
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)The spectral slopes of 701 S-type asteroids have been statistically shown to depend on asteroid size. The spectral reflectance data were taken during the second phase of the Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey. ... -
Relating the biogeochemistries of zinc, cobalt, and phosphorus to phytoplankton activities in the sea
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This thesis explores the potential of zinc, cobalt, and phosphorus to influence primary production in the subarctic North Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the North Atlantic Ocean. In the North Pacific and Bering Sea, total ...
