Spreading Euroscepticism and its macro-level determinants: empirical analysis of Eurobarometer survey in 2004–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoo-Duk Kang ◽  
Chang-Rhyong Oh
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Macro Level

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Behavior, Institutional Trust and National Innovation: A Macro-Level Empirical Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-122
Author(s):  
Alvina Sabah Idrees ◽  
Saima Sarwar
Keyword(s):  
Property Rights ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Institutional Trust ◽  
Entrepreneurial Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Schumpeterian fundamentalism supports the argument that innovation is a dynamic process and novelties are initiated through economic agents namely the entrepreneurs; vis-à-vis a strong institutional environment is required to facilitate the innovation process. Therefore, the present study undertakes the macro-level empirical analysis on determining the impact of entrepreneurial behavior, property rights and state effectiveness on country’s innovation. The data is of panel nature consisting of 55 countries and a time period from 2010 to 2016. The empirical analysis is done using system GMM (Generalized Method of Moments) estimation technique. The study shows that the fear of failure rate and total early stage entrepreneurs reduces innovation in a country whereas there is a significant positive relationship between established business entrepreneurs and innovation. However, perceived opportunities have an insignificant impact. This means that it is not inevitable that opportunities necessary trigger innovation. In addition, the study shows that property rights play an integral role in developing institutional trust which boosts entrepreneurialism to undertake innovative venture. On the other hand, state effectiveness is negatively related to innovation i.e. institutional trust is brought down in fragile countries which retard country’s innovation.

The Dispositive of Intercultural Communication

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Dominic Busch
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Michel Foucault ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Communication Research ◽  
Academic Fields

This article presents the concept of dispositives as it has been introduced by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. The concept will be contrasted with competing approaches from discourse analysis, and it will then be explored in its potential as a basis for empirical analysis. Dispositive analyses provide insights into how discourse, power, and knowledge shape society on a very general macro-level. Instead of linguistic, textual analyses, dispositive analysis helps to re-read the emergence, the development, and, as an example here, the inner composition of academic fields. This article sketches insights from a dispositive perspective into the field of intercultural communication research that is then interpreted as maintaining the dispositive of intercultural communication even if recent debates primarily aim at transcending old cementations of the discipline. The article will close with a discussion of shortcomings of the method that culminate in the challenge of argumentative circularity.

Demographic change and its social and political implications in the Middle East

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Hamanaka
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Youth Bulge ◽  
Level Analysis

This study examines the effect of the demographic trend on the breakdown of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Several scholars have pointed out that the combination of youth’s disproportionate share of the total population, the “youth bulge,” and high unemployment throws a society into turmoil. The demographic change determines not only how human activities are conducted but also how a society embarks on a political transition, such as a revolution, a state breakdown, or a regime change. I conduct two levels of empirical analysis of the political implications of the demographic dynamics in the Middle East. First, the macro-level analysis is based on cross-sectional data over two decades. This analysis will clarify whether the youth population had a significant effect on the Arab uprisings. Second, the micro-level analysis uses survey data from the Arab Democracy Barometer wave III to examine whether there is a significant correlation between youth and participation in protest. This analytical approach integrates the macro level with the micro level in order to avoid an ecological inference. My empirical analysis finds evidence to support Jack Goldstone’s revolution theory: it is built on demographic changes accompanied by rising food prices. The hypothesis is tested by examining the interactive effect of youth bulge and the deteriorating economic situation in the two decades following the end of the Cold War. The empirical tests at both the macro and micro levels identify a statistically significant effect.

MODULARITY, DEPENDENCE AND CHANGE

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (06) ◽  
pp. 1250083 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARKUS MICHAEL GEIPEL
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Large Change ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Macro Level ◽  
Software Architectures ◽  
Change Propagation ◽  
Technological Artifacts ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Change Events ◽  
Micro Level

Technological artifacts such as software often comprise a large number of modules; more than twenty thousand in the case of the Java software Eclipse. While on the micro-level this system is modular, how should the building blocks be arranged on the macro-level? In the literature this question has mainly been addressed with the same arguments already used to advocate modularity on the micro-level: Dependencies should be minimized as they impede optimization and flexibility of the system. In contrast to this I argue that along with a change from the micro view to the macro view also the argumentation has to change. In this paper, I analyze the theoretical ramifications of dependency between modules on the macro-level. In particular, I argue that macro-level dependencies are first weak dependencies, and second, foster flexibility and change efficiency. This argumentation is supported by an empirical analysis of 35 software architectures. Data show that dependency relations seldom cause change propagation. Furthermore, high dependency in the architecture negatively correlates with the occurrence of large change events. Thus, higher interdependency is associated with higher evolvability and more efficient change.

scholarly journals The Boosting Effect of E-WOM on Macro-level Consumption: A Cross-Industry Empirical Analysis in Japan

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Shinichi Yamaguchi ◽  
Hirohide Sakaguchi ◽  
Kotaro Iyanaga
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Macro Level

An Empirical Analysis of the Obtrusiveness of and Participants' Compliance with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR)

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias R. Mehl ◽  
Shannon E. Holleran
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Data Confidentiality ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Audio Recorder ◽  
Term Monitoring

Abstract. In this article, the authors provide an empirical analysis of the obtrusiveness of and participants' compliance with a relatively new psychological ambulatory assessment method, called the electronically activated recorder or EAR. The EAR is a modified portable audio-recorder that periodically records snippets of ambient sounds from participants' daily environments. In tracking moment-to-moment ambient sounds, the EAR yields an acoustic log of a person's day as it unfolds. As a naturalistic observation sampling method, it provides an observer's account of daily life and is optimized for the assessment of audible aspects of participants' naturally-occurring social behaviors and interactions. Measures of self-reported and behaviorally-assessed EAR obtrusiveness and compliance were analyzed in two samples. After an initial 2-h period of relative obtrusiveness, participants habituated to wearing the EAR and perceived it as fairly unobtrusive both in a short-term (2 days, N = 96) and a longer-term (10-11 days, N = 11) monitoring. Compliance with the method was high both during the short-term and longer-term monitoring. Somewhat reduced compliance was identified over the weekend; this effect appears to be specific to student populations. Important privacy and data confidentiality considerations around the EAR method are discussed.

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