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Unequal development : decentralization and fiscal disparities in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
This study is about the impact of decentralization in metropolitan areas. Studies of fiscal decentralization have largely centered on the formal tiers of government, without looking at the effects of this process on the ...
Out of control? : local democracy failure and fiscal control boards
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The nation's current recession has strained the finances of local governments such that many cities with already delicate budgets have plunged into fiscal crisis. This dissertation examines three causes of fiscal crisis - ...
Panel data analyses of urban economics and housing markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The thesis looks three pertinent issues in Housing Market and Urban Economics literature with panel data- home sales and house price relationship, efficiency of housing market and commercial property taxation. For the first ...
Flexible bureaucracies : discretion, creativity, and accountability in labor market regulation and public sector management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This dissertation is about state bureaucracies and the conditions under which they learn, innovate, and play a positive role in social and economic development. It takes issue with the extant literature on the topic, which ...
Compliance and competitiveness : how prosecutors enforce labor and environmental laws and promote economic development in Brazil
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This dissertation bridges the fields of international development, legal sociology, and organizational behavior to examine how Brazilian prosecutors enforce labor and environmental laws. Typically, the enforcement of ...
Towards a global consensus on matters of science : how process and membership can generate valid and sustainable science advice in multilateral environmental treaty negotiations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
In most multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), science advisory bodies (SABs) are tasked with producing guidance on scientific aspects of the problem. SABs are a necessary infrastructure of global environmental ...
A spatial structuring approach to IT use and workplace change : what's space got to do with it?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
This dissertation uses the disparate spatial practices of radiologists and outpatient physicians to frame a study of the relationship between space, information technology use and workplace change, with a particular focus ...
Trading zones : cooperating for water resource and ecosystem management when stakeholders have apparently irreconcilable differences
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Disputes over the management of water resources in the United States often seem irreconcilable because stakeholders' differences in values, beliefs, and identities are so hard to resolve. Yet, while many efforts to resolve ...
Squatters as developers? : Mumbai's slum dwellers as equity partners in redevelopment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
This dissertation analyzes the slum redevelopment strategy introduced by the state government of Maharashtra (India) in its capital city, Mumbai (Bombay). The strategy involves demolishing the existing slums and building ...
The public-trust doctrine and environmental stewardship in coastal New Hampshire.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
Landscape ecologists have identified several logical requirements for ecosystem management tools, including applicability over broad areas, effectiveness at varying scales, and responsiveness to changing conditions. The ...