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The assertion that corruption is not favorable for business is not new. In our research we concentrate on the opposite question: can business benefit from corrupt environment? We answer this question using firm-level data from Indonesia and use firm political connection as the p…

This dissertation explores interactions between grammatical/viewpoint aspect and argument licensing in several endangered Northeastern Neo-Aramaic languages. The most pervasive of these interactions are the aspect-based agreement splits attested across Northeastern Neo-Aramaic (…

With the largest population in the Arab Middle East and serving as a midway point between Europe and East Asia at the center of the Middle East, Egypt offers one of the biggest sources of franchising markets in the world with new business opportunities. Egypt, however, does not …