scholarly journals Evaluation of Government Ecological Environment Governance Effect from the Public’s Perspective Based on the Entropy Method: Take the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Erhan Wu ◽  
Zhiyi Gai
Keyword(s):  
Regression Coefficient ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Negative Impact

The Kubuqi Desert is the seventh-largest desert in China. Under the leadership of the central, autonomous region and local governments, the ecological situation has undergone historic changes. In this paper, we select Hangjin Banner and Dalate Banner, which have the most widely distributed deserts and use 347 households as the research perspective to construct the evaluation index system of the government's ecological environment governance effect. The entropy method is used to evaluate the governance effect, and the ordinary least squares and quantile regression are used to compare the evaluation differences of different publics. The research found the following. (1) The public believes that the government's ecological governance measures have achieved good results in the third-level index analysis. The ecological environment in the desert area has been significantly improved; that is, the survival rate of trees has increased, the area of vegetation coverage and vegetation types have increased, and the frequency of sandstorms has decreased. However, the intensity of sandstorms and the flow of water sources did not change significantly. The various types of public income have increased significantly compared to before the governance. The public takes the ecological priority as the concept and actively participates in the government's governance implementation, which means that the ecological awareness and behavior are higher. (2) Among the second-level index, the weights and scores in descending order are public economic characteristics: 45.53% and 0.4840, public ecological behavior: 25.62% and 0.1682, public ecological effect perception: 18.35% and 0.1240, and public ecological awareness: 10.51% and 0.0291. The comprehensive evaluation result is 0.8054, which is in the first grade, and the effect is excellent. (3) The public comprehensive evaluation results of the two regions are similar. Hangjin Banner is 0.8209 and Dalate Banner is 0.8557, both in the first grade. The effect is excellent. (4) In the OLS regression results, gender has a significant positive impact on evaluating the government's ecological environment governance effect. Age, ethnicity, and occupation have a significant negative impact. As the quintile increases, the influence of gender, age, and ethnicity first increases and then decreases. The maximum regression coefficient of gender at the 50% quantile is 0.714, which has a significant positive effect. Age has a significant negative impact at each quantile. The regression coefficient of ethnicity at the 50% quantile is the highest -0.357, which has a significant negative impact. Occupation only has a significant negative impact at the low quintile.

scholarly journals Effect of Money Supply on Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of Nigeria and Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Money Supply ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Monetary Authorities ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

The effect of money supply in enhancing economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana is investigated in this study. The major objectives of the study are to establish the joint and individual influences of money supply mechanisms on economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana. The study employs data from 2009 to 2018 and uses Ordinary Least Squares regression technique for analysis of the data. The findings reveal that broad money supply (M2) has an insignificant negative influence on RGDP in Nigeria, but in Ghana the impact is significant and positive. Broad money supply (M3) exerts insignificant positive influence on RGDP in Nigeria, but significant negative impact on RGDP in Ghana while credit to private sectors (CPS) has insignificant positive influence on RGDP in both Nigeria and Ghana. The study among others suggests that the Monetary Authorities in the two countries should come up with monetary policy strategies that will help drive the economy better and such policies should consider M2 and CPS more as their contributions are necessary for economic expansion that lead to more output and employment.

scholarly journals DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OF ESSENCE OFTHE PUBLIC DEBT RISKS AND PROBLEMS OF THEIR EVALUATION IN UKRAINE

2017 ◽  
pp. 121-131
Author(s):  
Nadiia LUBKEY
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Debt Management ◽  
The Public ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Introduction. The significant and constantly increasing volume of public debt of Ukraine, its irrational structure, inefficient use of borrowed government loans lead to growth of debt risks and decrease of the state debt sustainability. For a successful debt management we need to apply effective risk management ofpublic debt. Purpose. The aim of this research is to clarify the essence of the public debt risk; to analyze the methodological approaches to their evaluation; to determine the main directions for the risk management of public debt, as well as the ways to improve the current methodology forassessing public debt risk in Ukraine. Results. Based on studies of different approaches to interpreting the essence ofthe public debt risk we have established that risk of public debt caused by the presence ofthe probability the formation of such debt parameters that may have significant negative impact on the socio-economic development ofthe country. Analysis ofthe main approaches to assessing of public debt risks revealed a number of shortcomings in current Ukrainian methodology. The main directions ofpublic debt risk management are: managing the risks associated with large amounts of public debt; debt management risks caused by irrational structure of public debt; managing the risks associated with the rapid growth of the public debt; risk management related to the inefficient use ofgovernment loans. Conclusion. The current methodology for assessing the risks associated with debt management used in Ukraine needs to be improved. In our opinion such methodologies must necessarily contain the indicators of effectiveness of government borrowing.

scholarly journals Asset Specificity on the Intention of Farmers to Continue Land Recuperation: Based on the Perspective of Farmer Differentiation

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 603
Author(s):  
Siyang Zhang ◽  
Xianxiong Xie ◽  
Minjuan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Asset Specificity ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Part Time

Land recuperation is an important institutional guarantee for green agricultural development and an important measure to promote rural revitalization. Asset specificity is a crucial factor that affects farmers’ subsequent willingness to participate in land recuperation. Based on the perspective of farmer differentiation, this study uses survey data of 605 farmers in four counties of Gansu Province and employs the entropy method and the double-hurdle model to measure asset specificity and how it affects the subsequent willingness of different types of farmers to participate in land recuperation. The results show that: (1) farmers’ willingness to participate in land recuperation increases with the degree of their part-time occupations; (2) geographical location specificity has a significant negative effect on farmers’ intention and degree of subsequent land recuperations, and the impacts on non-farmers and II part-time farmers are significantly smaller than that on pure farmers and part-time farmers; (3) physical asset specificity has the most negligible influence on farmers’ subsequent willingness to participate; (4) human capital specificity has a significant negative impact on the intention and degree of land recuperation by farmers, and the effect is more significant for pure farmers than non-farmers; (5) factors such as land recuperation compensation satisfaction, land recuperation policy trust, social connection, and off-farm employment willingness promote the subsequent land recuperation willingness and degree of land recuperation of farmers, while the cultivated land area reduces the subsequent degree of participation in land recuperation.

Climate Extreme Risk Assessment of Coastal Cities in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 1690-1693
Author(s):  
Wen Chao Li ◽  
Hong Tao Bai ◽  
He Xu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Climate Extremes ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Climate Extreme ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Coastal Cities ◽  
Extreme Risk ◽  
Significant Negative Impact

Climate extremes have become one of the most serious global issues with a significant negative impact on society, economy and environment. The alarming trend of intensity and frequency of climate extremes raises the concern of the public. Coastal cities addressing in the vulnerable areas which influenced by the interactions between the land and the sea, suffer a larger loss because of the concentrated exposure of population and wealth. This paper contributed to proposing a mechanism in which shows how climate extremes influence the environmental system. Through the aspects of severity, exposure and vulnerability, the formation of disaster risk is interpreted. Finally, an indicator system of climate extreme risk assessment is systematically fixed in allusion to coastal cities.

scholarly journals External Debt Financing and Public Capital Investment in Nigeria: A Critical Evaluation

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cordelia Onyinyechi Omodero
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
External Debt ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Capital Investments ◽  
Capital Projects ◽  
Debt Accumulation ◽  
Significant Negative Impact

Abstract This study considers the consequences of external loan on capital investment in Nigeria. Data for the study have been collected from the World Bank and Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin, 2018 edition. The variables on which data are sourced include government capital expenditure, external debt accumulation, debt servicing cost, inflation rate, and exchange rate. Government capital expenditure is the dependent variable, while external debt accumulation and debt servicing cost are the key independent variables. Inflation and exchange rates are used as the moderating variables. The scope of the study covers the period from 1996 to 2018 and the data are analysed using the ordinary least squares multiple regression method. The regression results indicate that external debt has a significant negative impact on capital investment while debt servicing cost has a strong and significant positive effect on capital investment. Under this circumstance, the controlling variables are not significant in influencing capital investment. Hence, the study suggests more focus on profitable capital investments if external borrowing must be embarked upon. The need for the development of untapped natural resources, establishment of industries and revival of abandoned industries to boost debt repayment has been emphasized. The study also strongly recommends that the existing governments (state and federal) should endeavour to complete capital projects of past administrations in order to drive the economy and to avoid wastage of financial resources including the borrowed funds.

scholarly journals Ekološka osviještenost investitora i kupaca: slučaj Volkswagen grupe i afere Dieselgate

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Berislav Žmuk ◽  
Luka Perović
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Methods ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Awareness ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Volkswagen Group ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Illegal Activities

The Dieselgate affair is linked to the illegal activities of the Volkswagen Group, which involved the deception of car buyers and the concealment of the actual results of the level of harmful gases discharges in diesel cars using computer programs. Although the Volkswagen group has been using these illegal activities for a long time, they were only discovered in September 2015. Through selected statistical methods the paper examines the Dieselgate affair disclosure impact on the behaviour of the Volkswagen Group investors and customers. It is assumed that investors and customers possess ecological awareness and that the selected Volkswagen Group business performance indicators should have reflected that. The research demonstrated that the Dieselgate affair has had a major impact on the decline of the Volkswagen Group regular and privileged shares value. On the other hand, the Dieselgate affair did not have a significant negative impact on Volkswagen Group vehicles sales. Indeed, after a short adjustment period, the Volkswagen Group continued to increase vehicle sales even after the disclosure of the Dieselgate affair.

scholarly journals Supply of immigrant entrepreneurs and native entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keshar M. Ghimire
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurs ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
State Variation ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Least Squares Estimates

Abstract Using nationally representative data from the United States, the author estimates the causal impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on entrepreneurial propensities of natives. The author draws data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey and uses within-state variation in supply of immigrant entrepreneurs for identification. To address concerns of endogeneity in the supply of immigrant entrepreneurs, the author takes advantage of a quasi-experiment provided by the State Children's Health Insurance Program. While the Ordinary Least Squares estimates indicate a positive effect, the Two Stage Least Squares estimates suggest that, on average, there is no significant effect of immigrant entrepreneurs on native entrepreneurship. Moreover, there is no net effect on subgroups of natives separated by skill level. There is also some evidence that immigrant entrepreneurs may “crowd-in” Blacks into certain types of self-employment. These results are in contrast to the significant negative impact suggested by the previous literature.

scholarly journals The impact of tourism growth on income inequality: Evidence from developing and developed economies

2020 ◽  
pp. 135481662093490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianchun Fang ◽  
Giray Gozgor ◽  
Sudharshan Reddy Paramati ◽  
Wanshan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Developed Economies ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
The Impact

In this article, we investigate the effects of tourism indicators on income inequality (IIE) in a sample of 102 countries. We divide the sample countries into 71 developing and 31 advanced economies. Using annual data from 1995 to 2014, we employ panel unit root tests, cointegration, fixed-effects, fully modified ordinary least squares, and causality techniques. Our findings show that tourism indicators have a significant negative impact on IIE in developing economies, while they have an insignificant impact in developed economies. Conversely, economic globalization increases IIE in developing economies, whereas its effect is positive but statistically insignificant in developed countries. From these findings, the study outlines detailed policy and practical implications.

scholarly journals Appetite for Destruction: A Psychometric Examination and Prevalence Estimation of Destructive Leadership in Sweden

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Lundmark ◽  
Andreas Stenling ◽  
Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz ◽  
Susanne Tafvelin
Keyword(s):  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
Destructive Leadership ◽  
Population Total ◽  
The Public ◽  
Global Factor ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Multidimensional Concept

There is a growing awareness that destructive leadership has a significant negative impact on employe outcomes. However, little is known about the content and dimensionality of this multidimensional concept, and there are few reliable measures available for organizations and researchers to evaluate these behaviors. Based on a representative sample (N = 1132) of the Swedish workforce, the aim of this study is threefold: first, to examine the factor structure and validity of an easy-to-use multidimensional destructive leadership measure (Destrudo-L)in the general Swedish work context; second, to identify destructive leadership profiles using latent profile analysis (LPA), and determine in what way they are related to employe outcomes; third, to examine the prevalence of destructive leadership using population weights to estimate responses of a population total in the Swedish workforce (N = 3100282). Our analysis supported the structural validity of Destrudo-L, reflecting both a global factor and specific subdimensions. We identified seven unique destructive leadership profiles along a passive and active continuum of destructive leadership behaviors, with the active showing a less favorable relation to employe outcomes. Finally, we found that a substantial proportion of the Swedish workforce report being exposed to destructive leadership (36.4–43.5%, depending on method used). Active destructive leadership was more common in the public sector and passive destructive leadership in the private. Given the potentially severe effects and the commonness of these behaviors, we argue that organizations should work actively with strategies to identify and intervene, to prevent and to handle the manifestation of these harmful behaviors.

scholarly journals REMITTANCE VOLATILITY AND HEALTH SECTOR PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Busuyi Oguntomi ◽  
Sunday Osahon Igbinedion
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Life Expectancy At Birth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Significant Negative Impact ◽  
Education Status ◽  
Short Run ◽  
The Impact

For the past three decades the world has witnessed an unprecedented rise in remittance. This upsurge has necessitated researches in its potential impacts on the various facets of development. In spite of the surging interest on the impact of remittance, there has been paucity of researches on the impact of remittance volatility on health outcomes. This study therefore seeks to investigate the nexus between remittance volatility and life expectancy at birth within the Nigeria context, utilizing the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) and Error Correction Model (ECM) for the period 1981 to 2018. Findings suggest that while remittance volatility has statistically significant negative impact on life expectancy in the long-run, it was however positive but insignificant in the short-run. Other factors such as income, education status and public health expenditure were also found to be major determinants of life expectancy in Nigeria. Given that remittances are largely susceptible to external shocks, and are beyond the control of policy makers in the recipient countries, relevant measures should be put in place in the home front to significantly cushion the negative impact of such fluctuations on life expectancy in the long-run.

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