[PDF] Top 20 Three essays on determinants and impact of institutional quality

... Can such a process be replicated in the modern world? Does the necessity to effectively raise revenues force governments to democratize? There are many anecdotal examples which suggest that it does. To quote one such ... See full document

... This research hypothesizes that household and other demographic factors which serve as proxies for the level of household responsibility should be considered determinants of commuting time. These times are the ... See full document

... of institutional variables have now become obvious, and they are mostly consistent and statistically ...on institutional quality is bound by ...in institutional quality could translate ... See full document

... the impact of recent financial ...to institutional weakness including weak regulatory, moral hazard, regulatory deficiency weak bankruptcy and accounting procedure as well as inherent of instability of ... See full document

... Notwithstanding the consistency of our SCL cost avoidance estimates to those reported in related studies (e.g., tax setting), it is important to acknowledge here that the deterrence effects in the present study is based ... See full document

... The finding is surprising since it works against popular opinions that the informality of business environment in Vietnam highlights the role of close interactions with family, relatives, and friends in stimulating ... See full document

... embedded, institutional environment, governance and the level of resource allocations have impacts on economic ...the quality of institutions influences the decisions of investors before developing economic ... See full document

... the institutional factors, their importance differs across manufacturing and services ...and quality of ...of institutional factors on FDI in manufacturing sector is reinforced for the emerging ... See full document

... for three World Bank governance indicators: government effectiveness, control of corruption and political ...negative impact on government tax ...negative impact on the tax revenue when compared with ... See full document

... Previous research exploring motivations for high fertility among the Tsimane notes a discrepancy between reported ideal family size (4.6) and TFR (9.1), with most women exceeding their reported IFS by their mid-30s ... See full document

... This also affects innovation. For instance, Hall and Soskice [2001] argue that CMEs possess a comparative advantage in producing differentiated goods based on incremental innovation. Such corporate strategies require a ... See full document

... the impact of mandatory disclosure of holdings by institutional ...investors. Institutional investors like mutual funds and hedge funds face manda- tory disclosure requirements by the Securities and ... See full document

... least three tiers of government: regional and national governments as well as the EU ...important institutional aspect, which might affect public spending: If a public firm is privatized, it is likely to ... See full document

... earnings quality than model-based proxies such as abnormal accruals, it is subject to major ...overall impact of fraudulent activities on the capital market or are firms which raise equities or debts for ... See full document

... In reality, large excess demand or supply from local investors exist on both the CDS market and the corporate bond market. Investors have different motives to trade on the CDS or the corporate bond markets, so it is ... See full document

... A number of biological soil properties have been reported to respond to changes in agricul- tural practices, thus having a potential to be used as specific indicators of soil quality. These in- clude general ... See full document

... Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of aggression levels on the quality of life (QoL) of epilepsy patients. This study was conducted on 66 volunteer control subjects, who were ... See full document

... This model investigates the entry of firms in an economy where government-issued licences are needed to operate. The existing firms do not like having more rivals due to business- stealing effect, which reduces their ... See full document

... This table reports the summary statistics for the hedge funds in our sample from January 2007-May 2012. Asset_Liq is the estimate of the fund asset liquidity level as measured by Getmansky et al. (2004). Liq_Risk is the ... See full document

... Of the 203 eligible cases, 185 patients fully completed the provided questionnaires, with a rough response rate of 91%. In pSS patients (n = 185), the mean age was 50.12 ± 12.13 years, and 94.6% of the subjects were ... See full document