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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Fiscal Multipliers in a Financially Globalized World

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Lea Rendell
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This paper establishes a relationship between levels of dollariza- tion and the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus. We show that low dollarized economies experience an appreciation of currency from an increase in fiscal stimulus this causes a positive wealth effect leading...

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Moving Towards a Nuanced Understanding of Human Mating Preferences and Strategies: A Critique of Evolutionary Psychologists' Emphasis on Sex Differences

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kathryn V. Walter
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This thesis examines how evolutionary psychologists study human mating preferences and strategies: the theories they test, the methods they use, and how they analyze their findings. Women's long-term mate preferences for high status, tall, investing men with resources and men's...

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