The effect of budget deficits on the economy is one of the most important unresolved issues in public economics and macroeconomics. Based on a simple loanable funds model that describes the relationship between budget deficits and long-term interest rates, this study empirically...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5146
This article specified a semiparametric stochastic frontier function using generalized additive models that accounts for random noise in the sample data. We estimated the parameters of the model by applying the generalized spline-smoothing approach to measure technical efficiency...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5149
Aims: The study empirically analyzed consumers’ preference for mobile telecommunication attributes in Nigeria, using conjoint analysis. Study Design: Survey design, through 200 dedicated mobile phone users, were conveniently sampled in Yaba and Akoka environs of Lagos State for t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3427
This paper empirically analyzes the impact of China’s monetary policy on stock price in different economic backgrounds by constructing the SVAR (Structural Vector Auto Regression) based on the standard VAR (Vector Auto Regression). The results show that: (i) In different economic...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4527
Entrepreneurship becomes more important nowadays in the strategic management process, in particular, in the company’s ability to increase profitability over time. From the view of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs notice opportunities from where they act and create new hierarchies...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/4585
This study analyzed credit worthiness and loan repayment performance of cassava and yam farmers in cross river state. Specifically, the study assessed credit worthiness of borrowers, identified factors that discriminate between credit worthy and non credit worthy farmers and anal...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/5006
Although, a vast amount of literature has emerged on determinants of FDI across the globe, yet research in a Saudi Arabian context remains limited. This study is an attempt to fill this gap where determinants of resource-seeking FDI are analyzed over a period of 30 years. The stu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2013/3739
Aim: To examine the organoleptic and microbial quality of three fish species namely African red snapper(Lutjanus agennes), Mullet (Mugil cephalus) and Catfish (Chrysichthys walkeri) smoke-dried using rubber wood (Hevea brassillensis). Study Design: Factorial experiment laid in co...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2013/4087
Aims: To determine the antiplasmodial activity of methanolic extract of T. avicennioides and its effect on oxidative stress and the lipid profiles in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei. Study Design: Mice used for this study were grouped into five. The first group was not infe...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2013/3680
Donor funding has helped enroll in school most children of low-income countries. However, students get little schooling and few opportunities to encode and consolidate information. Many fail to learn and automatize the small units needed for more complex skills, such as reading....
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4311
Aims: To find out the extent to which various factors affect the job satisfaction and motivation. Study Design: The study used a questionnaire survey. Place and Duration: The British University in Egypt, between April and May, 2013. Methodology: Participants were 103 academic sta...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/5156
Nonequilibrium statistical operator (NSO) in the form suggested by Zubarev is represented as an averaging operation of the quasiequilibrium statistical operator over the distribution of the lifetime of the system. The form of the density function of the system lifetime affects al...
Many studies have explored attitudes to communication skills learning before and after a teaching intervention but there remains a dearth of published longitudinal studies. An area currently unexplored is medical student’s attitudes to communication skills teaching and learning o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4075
Corrosion in steel reinforced concrete structures has prompted researchers to work on alternative material to steel that are resistance to corrosion. This paper looked at the use of bamboo and rattan cane as alternative materials to steel in reinforced concrete struts. Fifteen (...