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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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A classroom experiment on exchange rate determination with purchasing power parity

Publication Date
2007-February-01
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Mitchell, David
Rebelein, Robert P.
Schneider, Patricia
Simpson, Nicole B.
Fisher, Eric
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

We develop a classroom experiment on exchange rate determination appropriate for undergraduate courses in macroeconomics and international economics. Students represent citizens from different countries and need to obtain currency to purchase goods. By participating in a sealed bid auction to...

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Speaking to the Silences: Black Women's Mediation of Historical Trauma and Healing

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pétigny, Naimah Zulmadelle
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Black women's trauma, which is largely unclaimed, un-mediated and unrecognized, is transgenerational. The physical, social, and psychological effects of holding on to a racialized history of trauma, caused by systematic and structural racism and sexism, continue to effect the identity...

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The Web Weaved by Culture: Telehealth in Native America

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Evan Teske
Department or Program
American Culture Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Telehealth, with its focus of addressing healthcare at a distance and being cost efficient, has been suggested to be a good fit in Native American communities. However, very little study has been done bridging the two; even less has been...

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村上春樹の短編集「中国行きへのスロウ・ボート」の英訳:「中国行きへ のスロウ・ボート」、「貧乏な叔母さんの話」、「ニューヨークの炭鉱の 悲劇」 A Select English Translation of Murakami Haruki’s Short Story Collection “A Slow Boat to China”: “A Slow Boat to China”, “A Poor Aunt Story,” and “New York Mining Disaster”

Publication Date
2022-April-01
Authors
Declan Cassidy
Department or Program
Chinese and Japanese Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
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