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De Novo Assembly Of The Common Marmoset Transcriptome From Nextgen Mrna Sequences, Mnirnal D. Maudhoo, Dongren Ren, Julien S. Gradnigo, Robert M. Gibbs, Austin C. Lubker, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Jeffrey French, Robert B. Norgren Sep 2014

De Novo Assembly Of The Common Marmoset Transcriptome From Nextgen Mrna Sequences, Mnirnal D. Maudhoo, Dongren Ren, Julien S. Gradnigo, Robert M. Gibbs, Austin C. Lubker, Etsuko N. Moriyama, Jeffrey French, Robert B. Norgren

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background: Nonhuman primates are important for both biomedical studies and understanding human evolution. Although research in these areas has mostly focused on Old World primates, such as the rhesus macaque, the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a New World primate, offers important advantages in comparison to other primates, such as an accelerated lifespan. To conduct Next Generation expression studies or to study primate evolution, a high quality annotation of the marmoset genome is required. The availability of marmoset transcriptome data from five tissues, including both raw sequences and assembled transcripts, will aid in the annotation of the newly …

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Wall Street And The Housing Bubble, Ing-Haw Cheng, Sahil Raina, Wei Xiong Sep 2014

Wall Street And The Housing Bubble, Ing-Haw Cheng, Sahil Raina, Wei Xiong

Dartmouth Scholarship

We analyze whether mid-level managers in securitized finance were aware of a large-scale housing bubble and a looming crisis in 2004-2006 using their personal home transaction data. We find that the average person in our sample neither timed the market nor were cautious in their home transactions, and did not exhibit awareness of problems in overall housing markets. Certain groups of securitization agents were particularly aggressive in increasing their exposure to housing during this period, suggesting the need to expand the incentives-based view of the crisis to incorporate a role for beliefs.

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Hidden Agenda? Cultural Policy In Hong Kong’S Urban Redevelopment, Tobias Zuser Sep 2014

Hidden Agenda? Cultural Policy In Hong Kong’S Urban Redevelopment, Tobias Zuser

Lingnan Theses

For many years industrial buildings in Hong Kong have formed some of the city’s most vibrant cultural clusters by providing local artists with low-cost space to pursue their creative work. However, recent efforts by the government also targeted these areas for commercial revitalization. By 2020 the industrial part of Kwun Tong, a densely populated district in Kowloon East, will not only have been transformed into the city’s second Central Business District, but also seen the majority of the current cultural workers leaving due to the rapid valorisation of land. Nevertheless, these ongoing struggles over spatial power have also opened up …

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Linking Trade And Security: Evolving Institutions And Strategies In Asia, Europe, And The United States By Vinod K. Aggarwal And Kristi Govella, Henry S. Gao Sep 2014

Linking Trade And Security: Evolving Institutions And Strategies In Asia, Europe, And The United States By Vinod K. Aggarwal And Kristi Govella, Henry S. Gao

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Trade and security, while seemingly unrelated, have had a long and complicated relationship. On the one hand, trade has often been used as a means to enhance the security of the state. For example, the famous Silk Road was created and maintained by the Han Dynasty to seek allies to help defend itself against the Huns. On the other hand, security has been deemed as an important safeguard to trade, as is shown by the prevalence of the ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’ in the nineteenth century

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Who Publishes In Top-Tier Library Science Journals? An Analysis By Faculty Status And Tenure, Quinn Galbraith, Elizabeth Smart, Sara D. Smith, Megan Reed Sep 2014

Who Publishes In Top-Tier Library Science Journals? An Analysis By Faculty Status And Tenure, Quinn Galbraith, Elizabeth Smart, Sara D. Smith, Megan Reed

Faculty Publications

This study analyzes the status and background of authors publishing in high-impact library science journals. Twenty-three high-impact journals were selected in this study by both quantitative and qualitative measures, while the analysis of author background focuses on whether the author holds a faculty status position with a tenure track. This study finds that 76% of academic librarians publishing in top-tier library science journals have faculty status.

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The Domino Logic Of The Darkest Moment: The Fall Of Singapore, The Atlantic Echo Chamber, And 'Chinese Penetration' In Us Cold War Policy Toward Southeast Asia, Wen-Qing Ngoei Sep 2014

The Domino Logic Of The Darkest Moment: The Fall Of Singapore, The Atlantic Echo Chamber, And 'Chinese Penetration' In Us Cold War Policy Toward Southeast Asia, Wen-Qing Ngoei

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This essay argues that Anglo-American memories of Japan's victory in Singapore in 1942, which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill labeled Britain's "darkest moment" in World War II, soon would underpin the domino logic within US Cold War strategy. For both American and British policymakers, Japan's war machine had fused together in interconnected insecurity the bastions of Euro-American colonial power. In Southeast Asia, it had imposed the condition that one state's vulnerabilities impinged upon the stability of its neighbor. This vision of Southeast Asia's interconnected insecurity was central to the domino logic within US Cold War policy. US policymakers' preoccupation with …

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2014 September, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Sep 2014

2014 September, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for September of 2014.

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Housing Market Distortions And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Andrew R. Hanson, Hal Martin Sep 2014

Housing Market Distortions And The Mortgage Interest Deduction, Andrew R. Hanson, Hal Martin

Economics Faculty Research and Publications

Housing market distortions from the mortgage interest deduction (MID) typically focus on a single choice measure such as home size or self-reported amount of debt on a new mortgage. We estimate the amount of mortgage interest deducted on federal tax returns to capture the full range of housing market distortions from the MID. Our primary results show that for every one percentage point increase in the tax rate that applies to deductibility, the amount of mortgage interest deducted increases by US$303 to US$590. Empirical estimates imply elasticities of mortgage interest deducted with respect to the after-tax cost of housing between …

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Fall 2014 Sep 2014

Fall 2014

Action in Education

Notes from the dean; 2013 College of Education career outcomes; New college initiatives encourage innovation in education; Beck Foundation supports DePaul-Catholic elementary school partnerships; Program spotlight: EdD; Around the college; DePaul alumna finds her true calling as a school counselor

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Gangstas, Thugs, Vikings, And Drivers: Cinematic Masculine Archetypes And The Demythologization Of Violence In The Films Of Nicolas Winding Refn, Christopher John Olson Sep 2014

Gangstas, Thugs, Vikings, And Drivers: Cinematic Masculine Archetypes And The Demythologization Of Violence In The Films Of Nicolas Winding Refn, Christopher John Olson

College of Communication Theses and Dissertations

This thesis considers how the depictions of masculinity in the films of Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn function as a critique of mainstream Hollywood cinema’s perpetuation of the notion that violent male behavior represents a heroic ideal for men to emulate. In films such as Pusher, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, and Drive, Refn constructs and presents his male characters by drawing upon recurring archetypal figures such as the gangster, the gangsta, the gunslinger, and the samurai. These figures recur throughout popular culture and across genres, and they perpetuate and reinforce a specific version of masculinity that emphasizes individualism, stoicism, and violence. …

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Geochemical Pollution Assessment Of Sediment Metal From Lower Region Of The Ogun River, Nigeria, Anslem Diayi, Michael Gbadebo Sep 2014

Geochemical Pollution Assessment Of Sediment Metal From Lower Region Of The Ogun River, Nigeria, Anslem Diayi, Michael Gbadebo

Applied Environmental Research

From depths of 0-5 cm, 5-10 cm and 10-15 cm, sediment samples were collected from three locations in the lower region of the Ogun River Basin, namely Mokoloki, Oke-Oko and Kara. The samples were obtained using Van Veen sediment grab after which they were stored in well labeled polythene bags for onward transportation to the laboratory. For pH and conductivity, samples were determined in-situ using standard methods by the American Public Health Association of 1992 while Organic Carbon was determined by the Wakley Method. The sediments were then air dried before analysis for particle size and metal concentration. Induced Couple …

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Dinoflagellate Bloom Produced By Protoperidinium Divergens Response To Ecological Parameters And Anthropogenic Influences In The Junglighat Bay Of South Andaman Islands, Karthik Raji, Gadi Padmavati Sep 2014

Dinoflagellate Bloom Produced By Protoperidinium Divergens Response To Ecological Parameters And Anthropogenic Influences In The Junglighat Bay Of South Andaman Islands, Karthik Raji, Gadi Padmavati

Applied Environmental Research

The bloom-forming dinoflagellate, Protoperidinium divergenshas been linked with coastaleutrophication in tropical and subtropical regions. Moderate to intense harmful algal bloom of dinoflagellates Protoperidinium divergens (33,500 cells. mL-1) was observed during June 2012in Junglighat Bay of Port Blair in South Andaman. Bloom of Protoperidinium divergenswas observed for four days and declined afterwards due to heavy rainfall with low seawater temperature of 24 to 26°C. A total of 63 species and 33 genera were identified. In the present investigation, the following species of phytoplankton and zooplankton were found to be common; phytoplanktonsuch as Amphorasp., Bacteriastrumsp., Chaetocerossp., Coscinodiscussp., Rhizosoleniasp., Gonyaulaxsp., Protoperidinium sp., Pyrophacussp.and …

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The Potential Of Social Capital In The Implementation Of Payment For Environmental Services In Tawang Retention Pond, Edi Santosa Sep 2014

The Potential Of Social Capital In The Implementation Of Payment For Environmental Services In Tawang Retention Pond, Edi Santosa

Applied Environmental Research

A high level of space and land utilization in the city of Semarang, Indonesia, has caused degradation of natural resources, both terrestrial and aquatic. In particular, the impact of flooding and high spring tides has worsened over time. Payment for Environmental Services (PES) is now being developed globally as a market-based instrument to attribute value to ecosystem, environmental and social services provided by natural resources, recognizing the value of social capital. Local networks and communities play important roles and have positive impacts on economic welfare and local development. The aim of this study is to analyse the potential of social …

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Assessment Of Cadmium And Zinc Contamination In The Soils Around Pha Te Village, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand, Anongnat Sriprachote, Somchai Pengprecha, Paramee Pengprecha, Pornthiwa Kanyawongha, Kumiko Ochiai, Toru Matoh Sep 2014

Assessment Of Cadmium And Zinc Contamination In The Soils Around Pha Te Village, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand, Anongnat Sriprachote, Somchai Pengprecha, Paramee Pengprecha, Pornthiwa Kanyawongha, Kumiko Ochiai, Toru Matoh

Applied Environmental Research

In this study sequential extraction was used to fractionate cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) from soils into six operationally defined groups; water soluble, buffer-exchangeable, carbonate, FeMn oxide, organic, and residual. Soil samples from agricultural areas surrounding Pha Te village, Mae Sot District, Tak Province, Thailand, were classified into four categories; forest soil, upland soil, upper-paddy soil and lower-paddy soil. Total soil Cd and Zn concentrations ranged from 0.63 to 30.4 mg kg-1and 14.4 to 594 mg kg-1, respectively. Cd and Zn concentrations were higher in the upper-and lower-paddy soil (5.93 to 30.4 mg kg-1for Cd and 286 to 594 mg …

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My Story: An Authoethnographical Account Of Being A Phd Candidate, Rod Pitcher Sep 2014

My Story: An Authoethnographical Account Of Being A Phd Candidate, Rod Pitcher

The Qualitative Report

This paper is an autoethnographical account of my PhD candidature. It shows how the work affected my development as a researcher and also as a person. As I near the end I realise that the process of doing a PhD has changed me beyond recognition. I am no longer the naive undergraduate student of the recent past. I have developed beyond that. I discuss some of the important influences on me during my candidature and how they changed me and my way of thinking about myself and my work.

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Opportunities And Challenges Of Using Video To Examine High School Students' Metacognition, Rose Bene Sep 2014

Opportunities And Challenges Of Using Video To Examine High School Students' Metacognition, Rose Bene

The Qualitative Report

This article reflects on the opportunities and challenges of using digital video (DV) technology as a visual research tool in qualitative research. The ideas are derived from a multiple case study that examined ten high school students’ metacognitive thinking as they created video representations of their own. The article begins with a brief history of visual research, and an introduction to the context, problem, and definition of metacognition within the study. This is followed by a literature review that examines the use of video in qualitative research and an explanation of the research questions and methodology. As revealed by the …

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Leaders And Recruiters From The Next Generation: A Phenomenological Study, Lautrice M. Nickson, Richard C. Henriksen Jr. Sep 2014

Leaders And Recruiters From The Next Generation: A Phenomenological Study, Lautrice M. Nickson, Richard C. Henriksen Jr.

The Qualitative Report

Studies involving student ambassadors have demonstrated their significance in recruiting prospective students to universities and colleges but they have not included the perceptions of the student ambassadors themselves. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe the perceptions and experiences of students who served as student ambassadors for their educational institution. Fifteen student ambassadors provided individual descriptions of their perceptions of being an ambassador. Four themes provided a description of ambassadors’ perceptions: (a) belonging, (b) personal growth, (c) diversity, and (d) recruitment. A discussion of the benefits of student ambassadors as leaders are presented in terms of their ability …

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Rethinking Visual Resources Centers In The Digital Age: Case Studies At The University Of Georgia And The University Of Michigan, Courtney Baron, Molly Schoen Sep 2014

Rethinking Visual Resources Centers In The Digital Age: Case Studies At The University Of Georgia And The University Of Michigan, Courtney Baron, Molly Schoen

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Visual Resource Centers are facing many challenges—and opportunities—in the wake of the digital era. Since their beginnings as slide libraries, many VRCs have had missions across college campuses to serve the image needs of faculty in art-related fields. More recently, visual resources professionals have guided faculty and other colleagues into the digital era by providing digitization services and support. But as faculty and other clientele have become more tech-savvy over the years, and as high quality art images have become more readily available than ever before, the fate of VRCs and similar departments is at risk. In order to stay …

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Production Of Natural Dyed Palm Yarns And Fabrics, Chanphen Chumsang, Pitak Upan Sep 2014

Production Of Natural Dyed Palm Yarns And Fabrics, Chanphen Chumsang, Pitak Upan

Applied Environmental Research

Palm fibreis a waste product from the fruit crushing-extracting process in local communities. This study examined the characteristics of natural dyed palm yarns and fabrics producedfrom treated palm fibres. The results showed that fibre characteristics were improved by anaerobic fermentation, and following crushing and carding, were 3-5 times smaller, softer and more pliable.In the production of palm/cotton yarns of No. 7 (50/50), No.10(40/60), No.16(30/70)andNo.10(0/100),the 3-5 denier palm yarns and cotton yarns were spun in open-end spinning units. Regarding the physical properties, the blended yarns showed more unevenness and higher tensile strength and elongation at break than 100% cotton yarn. However, …

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The Environment Education Model For Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management In The Eastern Part Of Thailand, Niwat Sarakhan Sep 2014

The Environment Education Model For Sustainable Mangrove Forest Management In The Eastern Part Of Thailand, Niwat Sarakhan

Applied Environmental Research

The objectives of this study were to identifyfactorsandenvironmental education models affecting community participation in sustainable mangrove forest managementas well as to develop and evaluate participationin an environmental education model for sustainable mangrove forest management in the eastern part of Thailand. This study employed mixed methods and was divided into 3 steps. First, a quantitative method was used to identify facts and factors affecting local participation in solving mangrove deforestation problems. A multiple-step sampling method was used to selectsamples of households in the province of Chanthaburi. The second step employed a qualitative method using an environmental education model design. The aim …

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A Simplified Rainfall-Streamflow Network Model On Multivariate Regression Analysis For Water Level Forecasting In Klong Luang (Kgt.19 Station) Sub-Watershed, Chon Buri Province, Thailand, Charoen Panant, Samakkee Boonyawat Sep 2014

A Simplified Rainfall-Streamflow Network Model On Multivariate Regression Analysis For Water Level Forecasting In Klong Luang (Kgt.19 Station) Sub-Watershed, Chon Buri Province, Thailand, Charoen Panant, Samakkee Boonyawat

Applied Environmental Research

A simplifiedrainfall-streamflownetwork model based on multivariate linear regression (MLR) analysishas been proposed. To determine significant coefficients of streamflow network, eleven MLR models were examined. The study's three objectives were 1) to develop a novel a mathematical model based on MLR analysis for forecasting optimal water levels;2) to determine the most significant coefficient of rainfall-streamflow network among in the area of interest in the vicinity of Klong Luang sub-watershedKGT.19 station; and3) to apply the optimal MLR model forwater level andflood forecasting mapsin Klong Luang Sub-watershed. We used Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remotely Sensed Data (RS) data recorded from Klong Luang …

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Environmental Management Transfer And Environmental Performance By Japanese Firms In Thailand, Tatsuo Kimbara, Kazuma Murakami, Nirundon Tapachai Sep 2014

Environmental Management Transfer And Environmental Performance By Japanese Firms In Thailand, Tatsuo Kimbara, Kazuma Murakami, Nirundon Tapachai

Applied Environmental Research

This paper analyzes the determinants of environmental management transfer and environ-mental performance by Japanese firms in Thailand. For sustainable development, all actors need to contribute to the reduction of environmental loads. This requirement is part of a corporate social responsibility. Data obtained from a questionnaire survey onJapanese subsi-diaries in Thailandareused in the analysis. Government regulation, environmental strategy, organization and environmental performance are the key factors in the analytical framework. This paper uses ordinary least square (OLS) method for estimation. The results of the analy-sis indicate that the environmental management system and green procurement by parent firms are significantly related to …

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Academic Gateway, Fall 2014, San Jose State University Library Sep 2014

Academic Gateway, Fall 2014, San Jose State University Library

Library Gateway

No abstract provided.

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Motherhood And Sexuality In Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Amanda Kane Rooks Sep 2014

Motherhood And Sexuality In Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Amanda Kane Rooks

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Motherhood and Sexuality in Flaubert's Madame Bovary" Amanda Kane Rooks examines the narration of relationships in Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary between Emma's role as mother and her sexuality. Rooks argues that this narrative relationship provides a space where the association between the oppressions of motherhood and women's sexuality can be better understood. Further, Rooks posits that Flaubert's narrative condemns the nineteenth-century Western predilection for constructing a relationship of mutual exclusivity between motherhood and sexuality, while it exposes socially sanctioned performances of motherhood and sexuality as allied, perverse manifestations of the same repressive ideological system.

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Postmodernist Poetics And Narratology: A Review Article About Mchale's Scholarship, Biwu Shang Sep 2014

Postmodernist Poetics And Narratology: A Review Article About Mchale's Scholarship, Biwu Shang

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

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Understanding The Yelp Review Filter: An Exploratory Study, David Kamerer Sep 2014

Understanding The Yelp Review Filter: An Exploratory Study, David Kamerer

School of Communication: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Reviews on Yelp.com can be an important factor in driving customers to a business. However, many business owners have expressed concern with Yelp’s review filtering system, which was created to flag low–quality or fake reviews. This study performs a content analysis of a subset of Yelp restaurant and religious organization reviews, visible and filtered, exploring signals from the reviews or the reviewers that might explain the filtering process. The study finds that factors intrinsic to the review itself are not related to filtering, but factors related to the reviewer are strong predictors. The Yelp system is much more likely to …

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Is Poverty A Cause Or A Result Of Poor Labor Market Performance In Turkey?, Ayse Aylin Bayar, Serkhan Degirmenci Sep 2014

Is Poverty A Cause Or A Result Of Poor Labor Market Performance In Turkey?, Ayse Aylin Bayar, Serkhan Degirmenci

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

The Turkish economy has shown great economic growth performance from 2000 onwards. Many main macroeconomic indicators show remarkable improvement, including poverty and income inequality. Although poverty has declined; it still has one of the highest ratios compared to other developing countries. In this respect, fighting against poverty and sustaining poverty alleviation are still very substantial issues for Turkey. Similarly, the labor force participation rate of females in the urban labor market has an increasing trend over this period. And, again the female labor force participation rate is one of the lowest ratios among OECD countries. With these examples in mind, …

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Simulating The Turkish Tax System, Adem Ileri, Pinar Derin-Güre Sep 2014

Simulating The Turkish Tax System, Adem Ileri, Pinar Derin-Güre

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

Tax systems are used for economic and social concerns such as promoting the economic growth or decreasing the income inequality and tax evasion, increasing the social welfare, etc. Researchers argue that the consumption taxes are quite high in Turkey compared to other OECD countries. Since, the proposed tax reform in this study decreases the VAT rate to 15 percent and increases the top statutory income tax rate to 40 percent. This paper constructs and present first set of a 55-period overlapping generations (OLG) model for Turkey to analyze and evaluate the impact of tax reform on macroeconomic variables and welfare. …

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The Impact Of Institutional Quality In Attracting Foreign Direct Investment In Algeria, Bounoua Chaib, Matallah Siham Sep 2014

The Impact Of Institutional Quality In Attracting Foreign Direct Investment In Algeria, Bounoua Chaib, Matallah Siham

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

This study examines the impact of institutional quality in attracting FDI in Algeria over the period 1995-2011 using the Heritage Foundation’s economic freedom index which reflects economic institutional quality (EIQ) and two governance indicators, namely: government effectiveness (GE) and voice and accountability (VA) that represent political institutional quality. The Johansen cointegration test has been employed in order to investigate the existence of long-run relationships among the tested variables. Additionally, the vector error correction model (VECM) has been applied to analyze the long-run and short-run dynamic relationships among the various time series, besides using both impulse response functions and variance decomposition. …

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An Analysis Of North Africa's Capacity To Achieve Renewable Energy Development, Wai Mun Hong Sep 2014

An Analysis Of North Africa's Capacity To Achieve Renewable Energy Development, Wai Mun Hong

Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies

Although blessed with abundant solar and wind energies, North Africa has yet to maximise its socioeconomic gain from tapping these resources. In view of North African demographic and middle class expansion, energy demand is set to increase. Tapping renewable energy sources will not only address these problems, but also will be an impetus to the faltering socioeconomic dynamic the region needs to boost sustainable development to benefit from globalisation. However, with bureaucratic-laden institutions and corruptions hindering the private sector from flourishing, governments are compelled to mobilise public finances to cover the lack of private investments in renewable energy projects. Increasing …

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