VOLUME 11(2) • 2016
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY USE, AND CO2 EMISSIONS IN CHINA
ABSTRACT. Research on the increase in Chinese energy utilization and the resulting CO2 emissions and structural change and sectoral shifts in China’s economy has yielded fairly consistent findings over the past decade. Our analysis complements the growing literature on the economic mechanism of Chin..
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ENERGY UTILIZATION IN CHINA
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the green progress of China’s industrial energy-intensive sectors, the impact of the alteration of economic structure on the emissions and energy utilization in China, and the environmental expenses of the swift economic growth..
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC CORRUPTION IN THE UNITED STATES
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to analyze and discuss the causes and effects of public corruption in the United States, the electoral and political drivers of public corruption, and the possible endogeneity of prosecutorial endeavor in establishing corruption convictions. My analysis complements the grow..
ENHANCING POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS EARNING CAPACITY WITH STOCK ACQUISITION MORTGAGE LOANS
ABSTRACT. In this article, to enhance the earning capacity of poor and middle-class people (who in recent years have suffered a substantial decline in their share of national income), we propose a new loan which facilitates acquisition of financial capital with the future earnings of financial capit..
COMPETITION IN NYSE-LISTED STOCKS: DO INVESTORS BENEFIT FROM HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKETS?
ABSTRACT. This paper investigates the changes of trading quality of 259 NYSE stocks from 2004 to 2008, a period when the NYSE faces fierce competition from other electronic-based liquidity providers. During our sample period, the NYSE market share decreased from 86.56% to 31.93% and the percentage o..
THE IMPACT OF LIQUIDITY ON THE CROSS SECTION OF EQUITY RETURNS ON THE JOHANNESBURG SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ABSTRACT. A great number of international studies suggest that certain firm-specific factors contribute significantly to explaining the cross section of equity returns. Specifically, factors capturing value, momentum and size effects are observed to be the most substantial in this regard. The majori..