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Diversity in American advertising: a case study of Coca-Cola advertisements and their role in homogenizing the diversity movement

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2017-January-01
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Through a historical study of advertising, this project aims to show how the idea of "diversity" is used by corporations to benefit the dominant hegemonic, and ultimately attempt to homogenize the diverse populations that they supposedly are highlighting. Analyzing the...

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Do Immigrant Inflows Affect Native Location Decisions?

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2015-January-01
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This paper investigates the relationship between immigrant inflows and native outflows in US metropolitan areas, using data from the Current Population Survey during the period from 2005-2014. Simple linear regression suggests a significant positive effect of immigrant population growth on...

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Does every step count? Soil weathering edition, Vassar College

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2024-May-15
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Weathering impacts everything, from minerals' chemistry to mountains and soil. Soils are a natural resource created from weathered materials, so analyzing them would tell us more about the chemical, physical, and at times biological process of weathering. Soils cover much...

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Does every step count? Soil weathering edition, Vassar College

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2024-May-15
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Weathering impacts everything, from minerals' chemistry to mountains and soil. Soils are a natural resource created from weathered materials, so analyzing them would tell us more about the chemical, physical, and at times biological process of weathering. Soils cover much...

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Does Might Make Right? An Exploration of Policing in the Shanghai French Concession

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2020-January-01
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This thesis examines the use of policing to quell social unrest as a form of state management in the Shanghai's French Concession during the early twentieth century.

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Does Speculation Make Commodity Spot Markets More Volatile?

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2022-May-02
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This paper examines how increased speculator participation in the commodity
futures market affects spot price volatility. Consistent with results from the
majority of existing literature on this subject, I find no evidence that speculators
destabilize the commodity spot market. More...

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