Resisting the extortion racket: an empirical analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-018-9589-4
Abstract: While the contributions on the organized crime and Mafia environments are many, there is a lack of empirical evidence on the firm’s decision to resist to extortion. Our case study is based on Addiopizzo, an… read more here.
Keywords: extortion; racket empirical; level; empirical analysis ... See more keywords
Completing features for author name disambiguation (AND): an empirical analysis
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-021-04229-x
Abstract: This study presents a feature enriched AND dataset to develop diverse and better performance achieving AND techniques, by utilizing AND features which have better discriminating abilities to solve this problem. Current AND datasets have limited… read more here.
Keywords: disambiguation empirical; completing features; author name; empirical analysis ... See more keywords
The Socioeconomic Consequences of Privatization: An Empirical Analysis for Europe
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1713-2
Abstract: This study analyzes the impact of privatization on economic growth, productivity, income inequality and unemployment in 22 European countries between 2004 and 2013. The empirical findings suggest that privatization has a positive contemporaneous impact on… read more here.
Keywords: privatization empirical; socioeconomic consequences; empirical analysis; consequences privatization ... See more keywords
An Empirical Analysis on Factors Affecting Water Deer Roadkills in Korea
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DOI: 10.1007/s12205-021-0241-4
Abstract: This paper empirically analyzes the characteristics and conditions of roads that affect roadkills of water deer in Korea, and suggests strategies for the reduction of such roadkills. A total of 133 water deer roadkills that… read more here.
Keywords: water deer; deer roadkills; water; empirical analysis ... See more keywords
An empirical analysis of competitive nonlinear pricing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2019.102538
Abstract: In this paper I estimate a model of competitive nonlinear pricing with multidimensional adverse selection. I model competition using a Stackelberg duopoly and solve the multidimensional screening problem by aggregating the multidimensional type into a… read more here.
Keywords: nonlinear pricing; empirical analysis; joint density; density ... See more keywords
An empirical analysis of the cross-national determinants of marine protected areas
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.10.017
Abstract: There is large variation across countries regarding their use of marine protected areas (MPAs) for conservation or sustainable management purposes. This is the first in-depth econometric analysis that makes use of a large panel dataset… read more here.
Keywords: empirical analysis; mpa coverage; marine protected; protected areas ... See more keywords
Empirical analysis of bifurcations in the full weights space of a two-neuron DTRNN
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2017.01.027
Abstract: This is an empirical analysis of the dynamic behavior of Discrete-Time Recurrent Neural Networks (DTRNN) with two neurons based on the existing bifurcations on the full 4-dimensional synaptic weights space. We describe the existing bifurcation… read more here.
Keywords: two neuron; space; bifurcations full; weights space ... See more keywords
An empirical analysis of European football rivalries based on on-field performances
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DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2016.12.003
Abstract: Unlike previous research on the concept of rivalry, the specific focus of this study is on the dynamic relationships between on-field performances of rival clubs. The author analyzes causality structures between league performances of major… read more here.
Keywords: football rivalries; field performances; analysis european; empirical analysis ... See more keywords
Anti-poverty competences in a multilevel government: an empirical analysis of citizens’ preferences in Europe
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2016.1273499
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article aims to investigate individuals’ perceptions about institutions that should be primarily responsible for reducing or preventing poverty, which is a dramatic phenomenon that became a crucial issue in European countries over recent… read more here.
Keywords: anti poverty; poverty competences; poverty; empirical analysis ... See more keywords
The effects of economic freedom on FDI inflows: an empirical analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2018.1524979
Abstract: ABSTRACT There is a regular emphasis on the significant role of inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in promoting economic growth. This favourable relationship has induced many governments to adopt policies intended to increase FDI inflows… read more here.
Keywords: fdi inflows; economic freedom; empirical analysis; effects economic ... See more keywords
The implications of rejecting free will: An empirical analysis
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DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2017.1385753
Abstract: Abstract While skeptical arguments concerning free will have been a common element of philosophical discourse for thousands of years, one could make the case that such arguments have never been more numerous or forceful than… read more here.
Keywords: rejecting free; implications rejecting; empirical analysis; free empirical ... See more keywords