Barrett, The Honors College Thesis/Creative Project Collection
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This paper develops a theoretical price competition model, based on the model established in Brekke et al. (2010), in order to analyze the effects of exogenous reference price regulations on pharmaceutical firms' pricing strategies and competitive decisions. Our model establishes demand schedules that represent consumer demand for generic, brand-name, and on-patent drugs under free competition and governmental regulation. Drug equilibrium prices are determined by having firms play a Bertrand game. Equilibrium prices under reference price regulation indicate that the reference price set by regulators affects the price decisions of firms. Our model concludes that a higher reference price will increase the price of both the on-patent pioneer drug as well as the brand-name drug, while the generic drug price equilibrium is not affected by the reference price.
ContributorsSpurlin, Jordan (Co-author) / Fiacco, Leah (Co-author) / Datta, Manjira (Thesis director) / Leiva Bertran, Fernando (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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This paper is about youth leadership development in the context of South Sudan. Youth in South Sudan face numerous and complex challenges that prevent them from realizing their potential and contributing to the creation of peace, stability, and prosperity for themselves and their communities. Obstacles include, but are not limited, to poor quality and lack of access to education programs, increasing youth unemployment, the involvement of youth in the ongoing inter- and intra-ethnic conflicts, and the exclusion of youth from participating in meaningful and productive community activities. The presence of these challenges calls for programs that are informed by youth leadership development theory, research, and practice. In this paper, I present a review of scholarly literature on leadership theories pertinent to social change and youth development. I also conduct a study on three existing youth leadership development projects. Furthermore, I use the literature review and three case studies to draw design principles and curricular guidelines to inform a youth leadership program that I intend to establish in South Sudan. This draft framework will support my future initiative in facilitating programs that are designed to empower youth to achieve personal goals, while equipping them with the capacity to critically analyze and solve complex social problems. The road map towards the future program will also involve the identification of key partner institutions and organizations that can potentially support in designing and implementing the future project.
ContributorsYel, Madit Deng Ring (Author) / Foroughi, Behrang (Thesis director) / Baxter, Aryn (Committee member) / Thunderbird School of Global Management (Contributor) / W. P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2017-05
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Are there measurable differences between the human capital of the refugee children born inside and outside of the United States? If so, does the amount of time spent abroad before immigrating matter, and can we get an idea of what happens to this gap over time? Looking at the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) 1991-2006, I examine standardized test scores and other indicators of performance of young Indochinese refugees and immigrants. This study finds evidence for a negative correlation between being born abroad and performance in selected metrics at the time of early adolescence. This is extended into a negative relationship between the lengths of time abroad before coming to the United States (age of arrival) and those same metrics. However, this study finds signs that this gap in human capital is at least partly bridged by the time of early adulthood. It remains unclear though, whether this possible catch up is reflected in other early adult outcomes such as household income.
ContributorsWatterson, Christen Brock (Author) / Schoellman, Todd (Thesis director) / Leiva Bertran, Fernando (Committee member) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / W. P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2016-05