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Government Revenue, Expenditure, and Public Debt in Mali: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications
Get PDFThis study examines the relationship between government revenue, expenditure, and public debt in Mali (2000–2024) using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). The Johansen cointegration test confirms a long-term equilibrium, highlighting structural fiscal imbalances. Results show that expenditure negatively impacts revenue (-1.3017 elasticity), indicating that excessive spending weakens revenue mobilization. Public debt has no significant effect on revenue, suggesting inefficiencies in debt-financed policies. In the short run, expenditure adjusts significantly to disequilibrium (ECT = 0.6998, p = 0.001), while revenue and debt remain unresponsive. Furthermore, Granger causality tests, based on the Toda-Yamamoto approach confirms a bidirectional relationship between government revenue and expenditure, supporting both the tax-spend and spend-tax hypotheses. Additionally, there is supporting evidence that public debt is Granger-caused by both revenue and expenditure, indicating that fiscal deficits in Mali are primarily financed through borrowing. These findings stress the need for fiscal reforms in Mali, focusing on tax efficiency, prudent expenditure, and sustainable debt management to prevent macroeconomic instability
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
ICT Adoption, Innovation, and Labor Productivity in ASEAN: Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
Get PDFWhy do stark productivity disparities persist in ASEAN despite rapid digitalization? This study investigates the divergent drivers of labour productivity in the advanced ASEAN-6 and the catching-up ASEAN-10 from 2000–2023. Employing dynamic panel models, we demonstrate a fundamental dichotomy. In ASEAN-10, basic internet access and foreign direct investment (FDI) are the primary catalysts, enabling catch-up growth. Conversely, in the more developed ASEAN-6, productivity is driven by frontier innovation - specifically, patentable outputs and long-term R&D - while broad digital expansion yields diminishing returns. Critically, we identify an innovation - productivity paradox: composite innovation inputs show negative returns, whereas tangible patent applications consistently enhance productivity. The findings prescribe a bifurcated policy approach: ASEAN-10 must focus on technology diffusion and strengthening intellectual property, while ASEAN-6 should prioritize mission-oriented R&D and enhancing the commercialization ecosystem to escape the middle-income trap
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Assessing the effectiveness of agricultural policies on development: A systematic literature review from diverse countries
No full textThis research strives to evaluate the efficacy of farm-related policies in promoting development by conducting a global analysis across diverse nations. The assessment seeks to distill invaluable insights through a comparative examination of agricultural policies implemented in various countries. The research employs a systematic literature review as its methodology. This comprehensive review systematically scrutinizes the impact of agricultural policies on development, with a specific focus on a carefully chosen set of countries: Mali, Cameroon, South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, the United States, European nations, and Brazil. The study encapsulates the lessons gleaned from these nations' experiences in bolstering their agricultural sectors to achieve objectives such as economic advancement, food security, environmental responsibility, poverty reduction, and rural community development. By synthesizing and contrasting findings from a multitude of studies, this research strives to furnish a holistic comprehension of the outcome of agricultural policies on development outcomes. Through a nuanced analysis pertaining to the strengths and weaknesses of these countries' agricultural policies in the context of development, this research seeks to offer useful understandings to shape future policy decisions and further the cause of agricultural development on a global scale
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