Essays about: "the United States"

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  1. 1. Compact Radar System

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för matematik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Nikhil Chalikonda; Naga Viswanth Bonthu; [2022]
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    Abstract : Context: Radar was developed in secret during world war II to detectobstacles or any incoming threat. The term radar was coined in 1940by United States Military as an acronym for "Radio Detection andRanging". Using radio waves a radar detects any incoming threat orobstacle [10]. The basic purpose of radar is for monitoring and security. READ MORE

  3. 2. Tax Avoidance, Aggressive Tax Planning, and the United States’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 : An Investigation into Anti-Base Erosion and Anti-Profit Shifting Strategies

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Rosato; [2022]
    Keywords : tax; international tax; OECD; BEPS; Pillar 2; base erosion; profit shifting; anti-avoidance; corporate inversions; TCJA; tax cuts and jobs act; United States; US; law; US tax law; international tax law; taxation; tax planning; aggressive tax planning;

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  4. 3. Stalling Democracy in the Middle East : Failure of US Foreign Policy or Absence of Democratic Culture?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Erik Paananen; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle East; United States interventions; Democratic culture; Case studies; nationally representative public opinion surveys.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate whether the repeated failures to democratize in the Middle East depends on the United States' unsuccessful foreign policy or if it is caused by an absence of democratic culture, focusing primarily on Afghanistan whilst also including Iraq and Libya based on the criteria of having been the subject of US military incursion(s). The research made for this paper is based upon the case study method combined with a quantitative dataset from the Arab Barometer in order to measure democratic culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate Leadership in the Trade Regime Complex : An Assessment of the United States Preferential Trade Agreements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jens Wickström; [2022]
    Keywords : International Climate Leadership; Global Governance; The US; Preferential Trade Agreements; Regime Complex;

    Abstract : Emissions keep rising, states keep trading, and Earth will be 1.5°C warmer within five years. These are results of inadequate global governance. As globalisation has brought complexity to the international settings, creating overlapping webs of interactions: no International Organisation has properly responded. READ MORE

  6. 5. Film Tax Credits and Cross-Industry Employment Spillovers : Evidence from the Georgia Film and TV Tax Credit

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Daniel Falkenström; [2022]
    Keywords : Tax incentives; Spillovers; Local Multipliers; Difference in Differences; Synthetic Control; Employment;

    Abstract : Local governments are often willing to offer companies generous tax incentives to attract businesses to their region. In the United States, many states have tried to attract film productions and establish local film industries by offering different forms of state film tax incentives. READ MORE