Environmental Challenges In Central And Eastern Europe,
2017
University of Kentucky
Environmental Challenges In Central And Eastern Europe, Bernhard Hennig
Superfund Research Center Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Announcement And Call For Papers For “Modern State And Religious ‘Dissent,’” A Conference To Be Held At Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 25-26, 2017,
2017
George Fox University
Announcement And Call For Papers For “Modern State And Religious ‘Dissent,’” A Conference To Be Held At Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, September 25-26, 2017
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Rulers, Religion, And Riches: Why The West Got Rich And The Middle East Did Not,
2017
Chapman University
Rulers, Religion, And Riches: Why The West Got Rich And The Middle East Did Not, Jared Rubin
Economics Faculty Books and Book Chapters
For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the modern economy was born in Europe. Why was it not born in the Middle East? In this book Jared Rubin examines the role that Islam played in this reversal of fortunes. It argues that the religion itself is not to blame; the importance of religious legitimacy in Middle Eastern politics was the primary culprit. Muslim religious authorities were given an important seat at the political bargaining table, which they used to block important advancements such as the printing press and lending at interest. …
Anticipated Support From Children And Later-Life Health In The United States And China,
2017
Singapore Management University
Anticipated Support From Children And Later-Life Health In The United States And China, Cheng Cheng
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Past research has shown that anticipated support, the belief that someone will provide support if needed, benefits health. Few studies considered whether the relationship between anticipated support and health depends on the source of such support. This project addresses this gap and examines how anticipated support from children is related to older parents' health and whether such support can be replaced by anticipated support from other relatives and friends. Ordered logit and negative binomial regression models with lagged health outcomes were estimated using nationally representative data from the 2010 and 2012 Health and Retirement Study and the 2011 and 2013 …
What Does Successful Aging Mean? Lay Perception Of Successful Aging Among Elderly Singaporeans,
2017
National University of Singapore
What Does Successful Aging Mean? Lay Perception Of Successful Aging Among Elderly Singaporeans, Qiushi Feng, Paulin Tay Straughan
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
Objectives: We explore the culturally specific meaning of successful aging in Singapore, an ethnically diverse city-state in Asia. We aim to investigate lay perceptions of successful aging among the elderly individuals in Singapore and further examine variations of these perceptions. Methods: We applied a mixed-method research design. Firstly, we conducted qualitative interviews with 49 elderly respondents, generating 12 main subjective components of successful aging. Next, we did a national survey with a sample of 1,540 local residents aged 50 to 69 years, in which respondents were asked to evaluate the importance of each subjective component of successful aging. We used …
Frontmatter (Volume 37, Issue 2),
2017
Rosemont College
Frontmatter (Volume 37, Issue 2), Paul B. Mojzes
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Illegality And The Civil Law In Singapore: Lessons From The Uk? Patel V Mirza [2016] 3 Wlr 399; [2016] Uksc 42,
2017
Singapore Management University
Illegality And The Civil Law In Singapore: Lessons From The Uk? Patel V Mirza [2016] 3 Wlr 399; [2016] Uksc 42, Benjamin Joshua Ong
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The law on the illegality defence in Singapore is in a fragmented state. In Patel v Mirza, the UK Supreme Court attempted to overhaul this notoriously confusing area of the law, and presented various ideas which are of potential interest to its development in Singapore.
Weak Law V Strong Ties: An Empirical Study Of Business Investment, Law And Political Connections In China,
2017
Singapore Management University
Weak Law V Strong Ties: An Empirical Study Of Business Investment, Law And Political Connections In China, Wei Zhang, Ji Li
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Based on a large-scale survey of Chinese entrepreneurs, our study explores how institutions (formal and informal) influence investment decisions made by private companies. The study finds that, consistent with the conventional view, a more effective legal system is correlated with short-term general investment, and that the judiciary is important mainly because of its restraint over the state. The role of effective courts, however, diminishes when private entrepreneurs consider making long-term investment. We find a positive association between the entrepreneurs’ political backgrounds and their R&D investment, suggesting that Chinese courts, in spite of decades of reform, are not yet viewed as …
Ns’ Role In Defining The Vision Of A New Society,
2017
Singapore Management University
Ns’ Role In Defining The Vision Of A New Society, Tan K. B. Eugene
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the introduction of National Service (NS), a cornerstone of our defence strategy and a hallmark of the Singaporean way of life. In a short span of 50 years, NS has come a long way and continues to mould generations of Singaporean men.
Review Of Djurić'S "Biblijom I Kur’Anom Do Jednoga Boga Stvoritelja [With The Bible And The Qur’An To The One Creator God]",
2017
Faculty of Islamic Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Review Of Djurić'S "Biblijom I Kur’Anom Do Jednoga Boga Stvoritelja [With The Bible And The Qur’An To The One Creator God]", Adnan Silajdžić
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
An Empirical Study On The Singapore Court Of Appeal’S Citation Of Academic Works: Reflections On The Relationship Between Singapore’S Judiciary And Academia,
2017
National University of Singapore
An Empirical Study On The Singapore Court Of Appeal’S Citation Of Academic Works: Reflections On The Relationship Between Singapore’S Judiciary And Academia, Wui Ling Cheah, Yihan Goh
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
In the light of Singapore’s aspiration to be a centre of legal ideas in the region, it is opportune to examine the Singapore courts’ use of legal scholarship. This article provides a preliminary map of the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citation practices. It provides an overview of the Singapore Court of Appeal’s use or citation of legal scholarship in its decisions over the past 50 years. It identifies and evaluates trends in the Singapore Court of Appeal’s citations of academic material and the types of academic material cited.
Georgian Constitutional Agreement With The Georgian Orthodox Church: A Legal Analysis,
2017
George Fox University
Georgian Constitutional Agreement With The Georgian Orthodox Church: A Legal Analysis, Mariam Begadze
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Pm Lee Hsien Loong's Speech At The Official Opening Of Singapore Management University Law School Building And The Kwa Geok Choo Law Library On 15 March 2017,
2017
Singapore Management University
Pm Lee Hsien Loong's Speech At The Official Opening Of Singapore Management University Law School Building And The Kwa Geok Choo Law Library On 15 March 2017, Hsien Loong Lee
SMU Press Releases and News
Full text of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speech to open the new SMU law school building and the Kwa Geok Choo Law Library. He reminised about his mother Mdm Kwa Geok Choo, and his thoughts about the future of the legal profession and how the government can support them.
Institutional Regime Shift In Intellectual Property Rights And Innovation Strategies Of Firms In China,
2017
National University of Singapore
Institutional Regime Shift In Intellectual Property Rights And Innovation Strategies Of Firms In China, Kenneth G. L. Huang, Xuesong Geng, Heli Wang
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
This study develops a novel conceptual framework to understand the differential impact of formal institutional regime shift in intellectual property rights on the innovation and patenting strategies of Chinese and Western firms operating in China. We argue that to the extent that Chinese firms have been deeply embedded in China’s informal institutions,they are less responsive to formal institutional changes than Western firms operating in China. Using the major China patent law reform of 2001 as an exogenous event, we find results consistent with our key arguments: With the strengthening of the previously weak (utility model) patent protection, Chinese firms are …
United Bible Societies And The Macedonian Bible: Fifty Years Of The Renewal Of The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric,
2017
State University in Skopje, Macedonia
United Bible Societies And The Macedonian Bible: Fifty Years Of The Renewal Of The Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric, Aco A. Girevski
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Institutional Regime Shift In Intellectual Property Rights And Innovation Strategies Of Firms In China,
2017
Singapore Management University
Institutional Regime Shift In Intellectual Property Rights And Innovation Strategies Of Firms In China, Kenneth Guang-Lih Huang, Xuesong Geng, Heli Wang
Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business
This study develops a novel conceptual framework to understand the differential impact of formal institutional regime shift in intellectual property rights on the innovation and patenting strategies of Chinese and Western firms operating in China. We argue that to the extent that Chinese firms have been deeply embedded in China’s informal institutions, they are less responsive to formal institutional changes than Western firms operating in China. Using the major China patent law reform of 2001 as an exogenous event, we find results consistent with our key arguments: With the strengthening of the previously weak (utility model) patent protection, Chinese firms …
Review Of Songulashvili's "Evangelical Christian Baptists Of Georgia: The History And Transformation Of A Free Church Tradition",
2017
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Review Of Songulashvili's "Evangelical Christian Baptists Of Georgia: The History And Transformation Of A Free Church Tradition", Walter Sawatsky
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
No abstract provided.
Child's Gender, Parental Monetary Investments And Care Of Elderly Parents In China,
2017
Singapore Management University
Child's Gender, Parental Monetary Investments And Care Of Elderly Parents In China, Christine Ho
Research Collection School Of Economics
Son biased investments are common in many Asian countries where sons are customarily responsible for providing old age support to parents. Using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, I find that parents invested nearly twice more in sons than in daughters in terms of college education spending and marriage gifts value. Conversely, parents received relatively higher marginal returns to investment from daughters than from sons in terms of living proximity, monetary and in-kind transfers, and help with instrumental activities of daily living. Family fixed effects models as well as an instrumental variable strategy are employed to control …
Determinants Of Urban Land Supply In China: How Do Political Factors Matter?,
2017
Singapore Management University
Determinants Of Urban Land Supply In China: How Do Political Factors Matter?, Wen-Tai Hsu, Xiaolu Li, Yang Tang, Jing Wu
Research Collection School Of Economics
This paper explores two political factors for their potential effects on urban land supply in China: corruption, and competition for promotion. We find that standard urban economic predictions hold in the sense that both population and income increases are strongly significant determinants for the increase in urban land supply. Conditional on these demand-side factors, we find that the usage of two-stage auctions (as a proxy for corruption) is highly correlated with the increase in land supply. The corruption effects are strongest for commercial land, followed by residential land and then industrial land. To shed light on the competition motives among …
From An Emerging Market To A Multifaceted Urban Society: Urban China Studies,
2017
University of Hong Kong
From An Emerging Market To A Multifaceted Urban Society: Urban China Studies, Shenjing He, Junxi Qian
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
China is undergoing an urban revolution. In 2011 more than half of the total population resided in cities and towns for the first time in history. Over the last two decades urban China scholars have actively engaged in dialogues with urbanists from different disciplines and different urban contexts. In consequence, urban China studies have embarked on a trail of rapid diversification and proliferation, moving beyond the topics of urbanisation and urban expansion to address a variety of issues echoing the latest developments in the Chinese city. Overall, urban China studies are witnessing a transition from a focus on economic development …
