The following dissertation adds to the literature on income convergence and population growth in the United States. It also expands knowledge on the relatively underexplored geography – the American micropolitan area. The study identifies determin...
Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
This dissertation employs an interdisciplinary perspective to examine the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in China. The first essay investigates how the distribution of gross domestic product (GDP) between the g...
What explains the difference in the performance of the world’s nations? Why do some succeed, and others fail? I argue that the primary determinants of development are two dimensions of a country’s institutional setting. The purpose of this study i...