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On Volatility Transmission from Crude Oil to Agricultural Commodities
(Scientific Research, 2017-02)
The paper examines volatility transmission from crude oil market to agricultural
commodities like wheat, corn, cotton and soybeans. We find that the
volatility transmission from crude oil to agricultural commodities ...
The Implications of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility—A Literature Review Perspective
(Scientific Research, 2018-02)
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of mandatory corporate
social responsibility (CSR) contributions: the CSR levy. Using public interest
theory as the theoretical lens, this paper adopts a pro-regulation ...
Determinants of Vertical Integration: Investment Efficiency, Product Differentiation and Firm Size
(Scientific Research, 2018-04)
This study examines the determinants of Merger and Acquisition (M & A)
when manufacturing firms integrate with retailing firms. We examine a manufacturing
duopoly in which each upstream firm sells the output to its ...
Regression Analyses of Income Inequality Indices
(Scientific Research, 2018-06)
Scientists have analysed different methods for numerical estimation of Gini
coefficients. Using Lorenz curves, various numerical integration attempts
have been made to identify accurate estimates. Central alternative ...
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 ...
A Framework for Determining the Impact of Value Chain Participation on Smallholder Farm Efficiency
(Scientific Research, 2017-04)
We analyze the efficiency of wheat farmers toward the ever-increasing demand
for wheat in Tanzania. Translog production and cost functions were
utilized in the stochastic frontier analysis to examine technical, allocative, ...
Fighting Uncertainty with Uncertainty: A Baby Step
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)
We can overcome uncertainty with uncertainty. Using randomness in our
choices and in what we control, and hence in the decision making process, we
could potentially offset the uncertainty inherent in the environment and ...
Kautilya on Foresight, Oversight, Regulations, Ethics and Systemic Risk
(Scientific Research, 2017-04)
In the wake of the recent Great recession of 2008-9, prudential supervision
and “too-big-to-fail” have become the focal topics of discussion and policy.
Western countries have added prudential supervision to complement ...
Public Expenditures, Private Investment and Economic Growth in Togo
(Scientific Research, 2017-02)
This paper assesses firstly the impact of the level and the composition of
public expenditures on growth and secondly the link between public investment
and private investment in Togo. For this purpose, a neoclassical ...
Identification of the Type of Strategic Policy for Sustainable Development on the Basis of Territorial Characterization. A Case Study in Canton Baños de Agua Santa, Tungurahua, Ecuador
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)
This study was carried out in Baños de Agua Santa, Province of Tungurahua-Ecuador;
From the time of Spanish colonization to the present day, the
failure to implement sustainable development policies has led to the decline ...