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Exploring the Origin of Mathematical Economics
(Scientific Research, 2016-02)The existing studies on the origin and history of mathematical economics are euro-centric and cover only the past two centuries. It is intended to show that 1) mathematical economics has an ancient origin. Kautilya wrote ... -
Education Not for Money: An Economic Analysis on Education, Civic Engagement and Life Satisfaction
(Scientific Research, 2016-02)Many recent theoretical and empirical findings both in Economics and in Psychology show that, in addition to the effects on policy outcomes, political participation may affect individual utility and increase happiness ... -
Social Media and Its Role in Marketing
(OMICS Group, 2016-02)Social media nowadays is among the ‘best possibilities available’ to an item to get in touch with potential customers. Community social networking websites are the method to interact socially. These new media win the ... -
Intellectual Structure of Accounting Research: A Historical Review on the Journal of Accounting Organization Society
(Sciedu Press, 2016-02)The The The Journal of Accounting Organization Society (AOS) focuses on the relationship between accounting and processes of Human behavior and organizational structure. In addition the journal aims to address all aspects ... -
Human Capital, Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Arab World: A Panel Granger Causality Analysis
(OMICS Group, 2016-02)This study investigates the causal-relationships between human capital and economic growth, and between infrastructure and economic growth in Arab World countries. The study covers the period from 1974 to 2013 using annual ... -
Entrepreneurship as Facilitator for Sustainable Development? Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in Sustainable EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship as Facilitator for Sustainable Development? Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in Sustainable Entrepreneurship"
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Functional Boundaries as a Tacit Knowledge Sharing Factor and Its Effect on Public Sector Performance in Kenya
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)Knowledge is a crucial component in the growth of any organization and it forms a significant fraction of all the resources required for organizational growth. Out of the renowned factors of production namely land, labor, ... -
Megaprojects, Complexity, and Investment Decisions
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)The need for basic infrastructure for economic development in developing countries has made megaprojects popular, in such parts of the world. Megaprojects can be very important to a host country: the Nigeria Liquefied ... -
Value of Waiting and Excess Entry Theorem
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)By reformulating the Cournot model by making use of the optimal stopping theory, we reconsider the excess entry theorem for a stochastic market. It is revealed that: 1) free entry in a stochastic oligopolistic market is ... -
Tourism and Employment Spillovers in a Small Island Developing State: A Dynamic Investigation
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)Using a dynamic vector error correction model, and catering for dynamism and endogeneity, the present study attempts to address the question on whether tourism development enhances employment in Mauritius using time ... -
Does Innovative Financing Increase the Firm Performance? An Empirical Investigation of Indian Manufacturing Firms
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)The firms mobilizing resources using innovative debt from market reduce dependence on the traditional banking and financial institutions. The firms raising resources by directly approaching public have some incentive to ... -
Social Capital, Perceptions and Economic Performance
(Scientific Research, 2016-04)This paper describes how social capital emerges, relates to economic performance and evolves in the long run. Using the concept of psychological equilibrium, two types of individuals are generated in the population ... -
A Linguistic Examination of the CapitalCube™ Market Effect Variables
(Sciedu Press, 2016-05)Introduction: Linguistic variables and the nuanced market information they afford are critical to the efficient and effective functioning of market trading platforms. In this research, we report on our investigation of the ... -
Greed Supports Economic Growth But Might Make Us More Miserable
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Most economists, who refer to utility as representing wellbeing, do so under the assumption that utility increases with consumption. In contrast, lately researchers have found evidence that individuals' wellbeing is by ... -
An Elementary Proof That Well-Behaved Utility Functions Exist
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Starting from an intuitive and constructive approach for countable domains, and combining this with elementary measure theory, we obtain an upper semi-continuous utility function based on outer measure. Whenever preferences ... -
A Method for Estimating the Participation Rate of Elder Care
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)This paper focused on estimating the participation rate of care giving to elders. We used a theoretical model frame that was in common use for analyzing activity in the labor market and adjusted it for analyzing the care ... -
Research on the Method of Capitalization of Entertainment Products in GDP Statistics
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)It is one of directions of the reform about China’s national economic statistics system to incorporate the intellectual property products into the GDP statistics, and the capital of intellectual property products is the ... -
Speed of Adjustment of Capital Structure in Emerging Markets
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Speed of Adjustment (SOA) is a concept well studied in the area of capital structure. The concept is premised upon the fact that firms have a target capital structure for the next year and strive to achieve this target; ... -
The Impact of Nonfarm Activities on Rural Farm Household Income and Food Security in the Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)Research shows that participation in rural non-farm activities exerts a pronounced impact on agriculture, household farm decisions, rural development, income and welfare as well as household food security. This paper ... -
Modeling the Relationship between FDI and Financial Development in Small Island Economies: A PVAR Approach
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)FDI is considered as an important source of capital investment for small island economies and is considered as a crucial tool for attaining economic growth and development. Most studies that have been done relating to ...