The focus of this research was to provide a better understanding of the issues facing African telecommunications regulators and policy makers. The problem addressed in this study was the relationship between development in the telecommunications industry in Africa and the factor…
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In the first chapter, I analyze the effect of various risks faced by commercial banks on the executive compensation in banking industry. Executives in any industry are, on average, risk averse if their compensation is not tied to the long term performance of the firm. Commercial…
Emotion regulation (ER), the regulatory component of temperament, has important implications for emotional, behavioral, and physical health throughout the lifespan. Researchers have examined various factors, such as maternal ER functioning and parenting behaviors, that influence…
Democratic societies, such as the United States, routinely allow citizens the right to protest and often have constitutional guarantees that protect that right. Periodically throughout history, the American people have utilized their right to protest. In recent years, social mov…
Small dams account for 96% of the more than 50,000 anthropogenic structures on rivers in the United States (US). While dams are critical pieces of infrastructure to human systems, they have contributed to the decline of river connectivity by regulating streamflow dynamics and fr…
This study investigates the political sources of change in the regulatory authority for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that were brought about by the global financial crisis of 2008. OTC contracts have grown in popularity since the 1980s as firms in advanced market economies…
This dissertation consists of three essays on international economics. The first essay studies exchange rate arrangement in Korea. After the crisis, Korea announced that it would let its currency float freely. Our analysis indicates that Korea still loosely pegs its currency to …
The problems, policies, and prospects of urban transport have assumed added urgency due to the pressing need in Senegal and The Gambia to improve both its supply and standard. The inadequacies and inefficiencies of urban transportation services are major barriers to socioeconomi…
In the 10 years since the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, numerous accounts examined the events leading to the ultimate dissolution and eruption of ethnic violence in this region. The majority of these accounts focused mainly on issues of nationalism. However, other issues, s…
The present doctoral thesis focuses on the complex topic of regulation, looking in particular at that fragment of economic regulation which is the employment relationship. The research discusses regulatory theory and, as a starting point, elaborates on the concept of 'regulatory…
State funding is currently provided to parties in most first and second wave democracies. For European political parties, state funding has come to constitute a majority of their income. Existing studies have found that state funding is linked with staffing, shifting structures …
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is known to exert a diverse range of effects in humans, specifically in the heart where it may cause apoptosis of cardiomyocytes at pathological concentrations. However, at physiological concentrations LPA may regulate cell migration, proliferation an…
This research has studied bank risk management in relation to efficient bank regulation in the form of optimal bank financial reorganization. Efficient banking regulation can be achieved only if it includes closure policies which prevent moral hazard behaviour; in turn, they sho…
Types of healing alternative to conventional medicine became increasingly popular in the latter quarter of the twentieth century and some physicians, hospitals and governments have begun to take the field seriously. While alternatives to whatever is considered to be conventional…
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, commenced deregulation of its communication sector in the early 1990s. The then military regime enacted legislation that established regulatory agencies named National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Communications Commission (N…
Between 1880 and 1930, the legal regulation of democratic politics in the United States underwent a transformation. The dissertation argues that the change was more significant than has previously been recognized. The transformation extended well beyond reforming the rules gover…
Fox helps students master the fundamentals by providing appropriate anatomical detail. Human Physiology, Fifteenth Edition, is intended for the one-semester Human Physiology course often taken by allied health and biology students. The beginning chapters introduce basic chemical…
