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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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"It's Gotta be the Shoes": A Case Study on Shoes, Distance Running, and Technology in Sport

Publication Date
2021-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Martin, Hannah K.
Department or Program
Science, Technology, and Society Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Over one weekend at the beginning of October 2019, Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour marathon in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge and Brigid Kosgei's world-record-breaking Chicago Marathon win reset the clock in terms of what was believed to be humanly possible in the...

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Stabilizing the international financial system and financing development: an analysis of the Tobin tax

Publication Date
2007-December-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Edoardo Raviol
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper analyzes the feasibility of an international tax on currency transaction, also known as "Tobin Tax", from an economic and juridical point of view. The claim that such a tax would curb short term speculators, thus stabilizing the foreign...

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Stabilizing the international financial system and financing development: an analysis of the Tobin tax

Publication Date
2007-December-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Edoardo Raviol
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper analyzes the feasibility of an international tax on currency transaction, also known as "Tobin Tax", from an economic and juridical point of view. The claim that such a tax would curb short term speculators, thus stabilizing the foreign...

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Whose Destiny? The Rise and Development of Place Branding in Syracuse, New York.

Publication Date
2013-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kara Conley
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This thesis explores the structural and material dominance of the Destiny USA
regional mega-mall located in the city of Syracuse, New York. It explores the development of the 6th largest mall in the 167th largest city in the nation through...

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