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Emily Dickinson Book -1
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The Calendar Book
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Phrase Structure Trees -1
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Phrase Structure Trees -2
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Different or the Same? The Spillover Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy and Determinants of Portfolio Capital Inflows to Emerging and Frontier Economies: Evidence from Emerging Europe
Get PDFThis paper studies the determinants of portfolio capital flows to emerging Europe along with the spillover effects of U.S. monetary policy on the region’s portfolio investment inflows. Using a sample of eleven emerging European countries over the period from 2000Q1 to 2018Q3, this paper employs five fixed-effects regressions that include combinations of exogenous push and domestic structural pull factors as explanatory variables for portfolio flows to emerging Europe. My results suggest that U.S. monetary policy is only a secondary driver of portfolio equity flows to the region and rather domestic factors including capital inflow restrictions, institutional quality, and Eurozone membership are the most significant and consistent determinants. This paper contributes to the existing literature by not only studying emerging Europe as a whole, but also differentiating between Emerging and Frontier Market economies. I found that again especially for Frontier Markets domestic variables were the main drivers of portfolio inflows, but U.S. monetary policy and expected GDP growth differentials were also significant in driving investments into European Emerging Market economies
The Nordic Gender Equality Paradox: The Effect of Social Expenditure on Occupational Segregation
Get PDFThis paper analyzes International Labor Organization data from 2000-2016 to explore what facets of the welfare state have an effect on the occupational segregation by gender of a country\u27s workforce. Eight selected OECD countries have been used in a panel regression to determine these effects, with a special focus on the Nordic countries. Two empirical models were generated based on a review of the literature, though research concerning this specific question within the field of economics has been sparse. The only statistically significant variable found was social expenditure, with a positive correlation to occupational segregation. Contrary to previous suggestions of the literature on this subject, maternity and paternity leave were not significant explanatory variables in this model. The results suggest that occupational segregation is not merely a result of a large public sector, but rather a function of how the public sector spends
The Impact of Foreign Assistance on Migration
Get PDFHistorically, foreign assistance has been used to support and advance donor countries own interests upon recipient countries. Foreign assistance primary use is to influence and change the behavior of a recipient country. This is achieved by providing foreign assistance to countries in their efforts to maintain global peace, security, provide economic development and humanitarian relief. Germany is ranked as the third-largest donors within the development assistance committee (DAC). Primarily, Germany allocates its official development assistance (ODA) to recipient countries based on emphasis on good governance and human rights. Currently, Germany’s ODA is at a record high and increasing every year. The country has made countless efforts to reach its own target goals and send more essential aid to the neediest countries. Recently, Germany has shifted its ODA commitments to Middle Eastern and North Africa (MENA) countries due to the Arab Spring uprising events that occurred through 2011. The Arab Spring caused massive migration displacement across the MENA region. The displaced migrants have made the conscious effort to find better lives in Europe. However, migration is discussed with security narrative across countries within the European Union (EU), such as Germany. The EU countries have increased its efforts to prevent higher of influxes of internationally displaced persons from arriving at their border and claiming asylum. Therefore, ODA is now viewed as an essential tool to support potential migrants in their country of origin and prevent from immigrating to Europe. In my study, I select eleven MENA countries and examine whether German ODA effected migration inflows of the MENA into Germany. I found insignificant and negative results regarding ODA disbursement. But I conclude that migration inflows were positive and significant. This means that ODA made Germany as an attractive destination country. This means that Germany must reassess itself and determine whether ODA is right tool to prevent migration flows
Partial Effect of Absolute Income and Comparison Income on Happiness in China and Indonesia
No full textHow would people’s individual-level absolute income affect their own subjective well being or happiness level? Would the average income of people’s reference group also have significant influence on people’s happiness? This paper is going to examine both the effect of absolute income and the effect of comparison income on people’s happiness level, in the context of China and Indonesia. The Chinese dataset comes from Chinese Household Income Project conducted in 2002, and the Indonesian dataset comes from Indonesian Family Life Survey conducted between 2014 and 2015. The result of this paper suggests that there exists a reverse U-shaped relationship between the Chinese individual’s absolute income level and individual happiness level, and there exists a quadratic relationship between Indonesian individual’s absolute income level and individual happiness level. In terms of the effect of comparison income, both Chinese individuals and Indonesian individuals’ comparison incomes have a negative linear relationship with these individuals’ happiness level. The reverse U-shaped relationship between Chinese individual’s absolute income and happiness has never been suggested by any other literatures examining the similar topic
Universal Basic Income and Its Effect on the Capital to Labor Ratio
Get PDFThis paper examines the possibility of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) implementation in the United States. Theory and past experiments suggest a reduction in work hours, but both say little regarding the capital to labor ratio. Existing literature on the topic is also underwhelming, therefore this paper will go on to examine their relationship. It also reviews healthcare’s role in this relationship as it is related to worker productivity as well as nearly one fifth of GDP for the US
Flexible Intermediates During SH3 Binding
Get PDFSH3 domains are the most common protein interaction domains and are found across all forms of life with at least 400 in humans alone. Theses domains often bind to flexible proteins known as intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). However, little is known about the binding mechanism between SH3 domains and their IDP binding partners which tend to be proline rich. One SH3 domain found in yeast, AbpSH3, has a binding site for the IDP ArkA. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to model the binding mechanism of AbpSH3 with ArkA. AbpSH3 is hypothesized to undergo a multi-step binding process with ArkA, beginning with the formation of an encounter complex where an ensemble of ArkA conformations are populated in an equilibrium exchange. The two halves of the ArkA sequence, segments 1 (N-terminal) and 2 (C-terminal), are also believed to bind independently. Segment 1, which contains the PxxP motif, is more structured than segment 2. We characterized the structural ensemble of ArkA alone. Then, we performed simulations of initial binding interactions between the SH3 domain and ArkA. The peptide was initially placed at least 10 Å away from the SH3 domain in explicit water. Upon binding, ArkA sampled a wider range of contacts with the domain, compared to simulations started from the bound structure. This suggests that ArkA is forming a flexible encounter complex with the SH3 domain as a binding intermediate. We also observe that the PxxP motif in segment 1 can bind to the AbpSH3 in both the forward and reverse orientation in the encounter ensemble. We saw agreement, within an order of magnitude, between the ArkA binding rate in our simulations and that determined from experimental data. In the future, we will explore the role of electrostatics in this binding interaction