The impact of socio-economic factors on political instability: A cross-country analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 2454-2463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragan Miljkovic ◽  
Arbindra Rimal
Keyword(s):  
Political Instability ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

A Composite-Model for E-Commerce Diffusion

2008 ◽  
pp. 2929-2947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Yap ◽  
Jayoti Das ◽  
John Burbridge ◽  
Kathryn Cort
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Composite Model ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Why are some countries successful with e-commerce while others flounder? The purpose of this article is to study the impact of technology, cultural, and socio-economic factors on the global diffusion of e-commerce. While past studies have focused on technology reasons alone, this research includes cultural and socio-economic factors as well. Having access to the Internet does not necessarily translate to e-commerce usage. Fundamentally, culture and socio-economic factors are pivotal in bridging the gap between Internet usage and e-commerce diffusion. The objective is to provide a model that quantifies the aggregated influences of all factors on global e-commerce diffusion. A cross-country regression model analyzes the determinants of e-commerce diffusion and the results used in a cluster analysis to provide further evidence that the propensity for e-commerce depends on the interplay among the different factors. The results can provide firms with an improved understanding of strategies to employ while implementing e-commerce.

scholarly journals Fearful to be an entrepreneur? A cross-country analysis of factors inhibiting entrepreneurship

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Satwinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
New Venture ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
High Status ◽  
New Business ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

This paper is an empirical analysis that has explored personal and socio-economic factors that may inhibit entrepreneurial activity in two diverse countries--the UK and Brazil.  Results show that British and Brazilian males, when they are skilled are less afraid to start a new venture. Results also show that this could be owing to a high status accorded in both the countries to new business start-ups. However, whereas media publicity may add to the fear factor of starting a business in the case of British entrepreneurs; it lessens the fear in the case of Brazilian entrepreneurs. Past failures seem to have no impact on British entrepreneurs, but such failures do seem to add to the fear in Brazilian entrepreneurs. Positive planning to start a new business adds to optimism for British entrepreneurs. Contrary to UK males, younger Brazilian males are less fearful of starting a new business.

scholarly journals Determinants of Expenditure on Health in Pakistan

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4III) ◽  
pp. 959-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rehana Siddiqui ◽  
Usman Afridi ◽  
Rashida Haq
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Consumption Expenditure ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

An important component of human capital formation is improvements in the health status of the population.1 Improvements in the health status of a nation can lead to longer life expectancy, shift the labour supply curve outward, increase labour productivity, and increase the productivity of investment in other forms of human capital, particularly education. Since health and the capacity to improve health are related to socio-economic conditions, it is important to analyse the impact of changes in these variables on the provision of health services. Due to the presence of externalities, market failures, and inability of a significant proportion of the population to pay, government intervention is required in the health sector. In this study, we shall analyse the changes in the provision of public health resources in Pakistan, in response to the changes in socio-economic factors. Most empirical studies in this area have been cross-country studies. Fulop and Reinke (1983) emphasise that socio-economic factors affect the health status directly and indirectly. The indirect effect is through the changes in health resources in response to the changes in socio-economic factors. Kleiman’s (1986) cross-country analysis shows that per capita national income, the ratio of government consumption expenditure to private consumption expenditure, and the measure of income inequality are important determinants of public expenditure on health. The study also shows that public and private expenditure on health are good if not a perfect substitute for each other.

scholarly journals The Impact of Socio-economic Factors on Fertility Behaviour: A Cross-country Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-128
Author(s):  
Rehana Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Fertility Behaviour ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

International comparisons of fertility behaviour are based on two crucial assumptions. First, it is assumed that the response of fertility rates to socio-economic factors is similar across different age-cohorts of female population in the reproductive age-group. Second, it is assumed that country-specific effects do not influence the parameter estimates of the fertility model. Recent availability of cross-country data for a number of years allows us to pool data for more than 100 countries for the period 1955–1985 and estimate the fertility model. The results show that the impact of socio-economic factors differs across different age-cohorts; particularly, the negative impact of improvements in female status on the fertility rates is higher among the younger age-cohorts. Similarly, our results show that cross-country differences affect fertility rates significantly. However, the differences tend to diminish as countries become more developed. These results indicate that not only cross-country differences but also the changes in age-composition of female population should be taken into account in formulating the policies to control fertility and population growth. Furthermore, improvements in female literacy turn out to be the most effective tool to control population growth.

The impact of decoupled subsidies on productivity in agriculture: a cross-country analysis using microdata

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrius Kazukauskas ◽  
Carol Newman ◽  
Johannes Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Socio-economic Factors Influencing the Development of Renewable Energy Production Sector in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk ◽  
Waldemar Izdebski ◽  
Michał Izdebski ◽  
Tadeusz Waściński
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Poland is not one of the leaders in the use of renewable energy sources (RES), and most energy is still produced using hard coal and lignite. Therefore, there are noteworthy emissions of air pollution (including ashes and greenhouse gases), and the Polish energy sector is characterized by a substantial degree of carbonization, which, as a result, threatens to expressively increase the costs of electricity production, leading to financial penalties imposed by the EU. The aim of this paper is to analyze socio-economic factors influencing the development of the RES sector in Poland. According to this aim, expert research was carried out, in which the factors influencing development potential of RES were assessed at two levels (level II – 5 factors, level III – 15 factors) according to the factor tree analysis. Based on the analysis of the level II factors, it can be concluded that the development of the RES sector in Poland will depend to a decisive extent on factors such as: EU decisions and Polish legislation affecting the development of the RES sector in Poland, prices and availability of conventional energy carriers. Other two factors – regional policy on ecology and ecological awareness in Poland – have so far little impact on the development of this sector in the state. The analysis of the level III factors shows that the greatest impact on the development of the RES sector in Poland is the influence of European lobbying of manufacturers of machinery and equipment for renewable energy production on EU law, the impact of Polish lobbying of conventional energy producers on Polish law in the production of renewable energy and the influence of European lobbying of renewable energy producers into EU law.

scholarly journals Revisiting Fiscal Responsibility Norms: A Cross Country Analysis of the Impact of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Muralikrishna Bharadwaj ◽  
Tarrung Kapur ◽  
Ragini Trehan
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Responsibility ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact
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