Thin Film Composite (TFC) membrane technology has been applied in the removal of various pollutants from wastewater. TFC membranes have small pore sizes which enable the rejection of multivalent ions such as those found in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Also, nanoparticles with desir…
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1.1 Overview Many traits of economic agents are well studied and understood by psychologists that are yet to be captured by economic theory. This thesis, in the field of behavioral economics, is yet another attempt at unifying the different approaches of the two well-established…
The broad aim of my study is to compare the relative performance of public and private enterprises in developing countries, not overlooking the fact that public enterprises also have to accomplish certain socio-economic objectives which may clash with the objective of profit-max…
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the profitability of technical trading rules in Pacific-basin equity markets in the context of asset pricing models. Specifically, this thesis examines whether technical rule profits are consistent with time-varying expected returns impl…
This study traces the evolution of the Rentier State Theory, quantifies its primary components, and rigorously tests the extent to which the negative impact of economic rent upon the advancement of democracy in the Arab world can be substantiated empirically. Through a series of…
The central contribution of this work is the identification of the determinants of the changes in the profit rates and wages among different subsectors of the Turkish manufacturing industry, with a major emphasis on the impact of changing conditions of external competition. In t…
This thesis makes a case for the tax law treatment of multinational enterprises (MNEs) as unitary firms by Nigeria and other African countries under the recently negotiated African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). MNEs strategically exploit their legal structures in or…
Intercropping is the practice of growing multiple crops together in the same field. This is not commonly implemented in Midwest agriculture - instead, current monoculture practices have garnered attention because of the negative environmental impacts of monoculture farming. For …
This thesis studies the risk-taking behavior of banks, classified according to their ownership status and deposit collectability, operating in Turkey for the sample period 2004-2020. The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether the risk-taking behavior of development and inv…
Recent food fraud incidents have highlighted the importance of fighting food fraud and thereby ensuring food integrity. Milk is reported as one of the most commonly adulterated foods in the world, hence there is a strong demand for the assurance of its integrity. Both technical …
Organizations increasingly engage in launching new products, but they show heterogeneous decision-making patterns in new product strategies. This dissertation attempts to study the source of organizational heterogeneity in new product introductions (NPIs) by applying behavioral …
Financial markets, due to their non-linear, volatile and complex nature turn any type of forecasting into a difficult task, as the classical statistical methods are no longer adequate. Many factors exist that can influence the government bonds yields and how these bonds behave. …
In the financial arena, the era of globalization has brought countless advances to the economies, providing growth, job creation and expanding international markets. On the other hand, it has carried out detrimental consequences, such as the internationalization of financial vul…
This dissertation studies three questions in information economics. In each case, I consider environments where some agents, such as financial advisors or well-connected traders, have access to privileged information. In the first two essays, I study strategic communication betw…
This research looks at the Siam-Singapore rice trade after the signing of the Bowring Treaty between Siam and Britain in 1855 up to the First World War. As a result of the opening up of export opportunities, Siamese rice trade experienced exponential expansion. Examining both We…