In June 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its deposit facility rate by 10 basis points, setting it into negative territory in an attempt to stimulate economic growth. This new unconventional monetary policy tool's effectiveness is being extensively studied, mostly focuse…
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Forecasting the success of megaprojects is a very difficult and important task because of the complexity of such projects, as well as the large capital investment that is required for the completion of these projects. One could argue that forecasting is not needed in this contex…
An accurate short-term load forecasting (STLF) is one of the most critical inputs for power plant units’ planning commitment. STLF reduces the overall planning uncertainty added by the intermittent production of renewable sources; thus, it helps to minimize the hydro-thermal ele…
Os sistemas de transporte com correias são frequentemente utilizados em várias indústrias como parte essencial nas suas operações. O seu funcionamento simplificado, aliado à sua eficiência, entre outras vantagens, fazem das correias transportadoras uma escolha muito apreciada na…
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 world is facing a growing challenge in maintaining water quality and meeting increasing demands for water resources. This trend is evident in the Middle East where water scarcity has reached critical levels. To cope with shortage, many Middle Eastern countries are exploring …
This thesis examines the motives upon the adaption of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) applicable to non-publicly accountable entities in Albania, as an example of a developing country, and in the UK, as an exampl…
Effective management of the excreta or faecal sludge (FS) emptying, transport and disposal mechanisms from the on-plot latrines in urban areas of many low-income countries is critical for the sustainability of urban sanitation. However the literature mentions the lack of an effe…
The study examined various possible ways to affect the growth rate, their probable costs, and their probable contribution to growth in Bangladesh. Some particular elements of growth, such as the size of the labor force, the length of the workweek, the quantity of capital, or the…
Objectives. The primary objective of this study were to investigate the use of hospital discharge records as a tool for work-related serious injury surveillance, including analyses to compare injury reporting patterns using hospital records versus workers' compensation records a…
Alibaba Cloud’s preemptible instances are marketed as a type of on-demand instances designed to minimize Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance costs, similarly to the spot instances offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Clients purchase preemptible instances by submitting a bid…
The dissertation studies three seemly independent topics on environmental economics, but they share the same theme: the reactions of local governments and firms on promotional incentives and environmental regulations in China. The first chapter examines whether China’s Two Contr…
Individuals who have been sexually assaulted live with the financial, physical, psychological, and social costs of victimization long after the assault happens. This study utilizes a snowball sample to explore and detail the lived experiences of three (n=3) individuals who have …
Over the past decade, tremendous attention has been dedicated to the issue of sustainability and serviceability of the infrastructure in the context of climate change. A large proportion of the existing infrastructure is already in an advanced state of deterioration, which is ex…
The purpose of this research project was to examine network firewalls to provide recommendations for how to better mitigate threat exposer related to configuration deficiencies. The study focused on the different firewall generations, how each generation has grown, and the stren…
This study analyses the association between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Cost of Capital for companies listed in the STOXX Europe 600 index, from 2002 to 2018. The Ohlson and Juettner-Nauroth (2005) and Easton (2004) models are used to compute an ex-ante cost of equ…
This study empirically compares the performance of risk parity (RP) investment strategy with other common investment strategies, resulting either from mean variance theory (MVT) - tangent and minimum variance portfolios - or naïve investments such as the 60/40 or the homogeneous…
Since the dawn of time, multicellular life has been exposed to a wide range of microbes. A share of them will not interfere with the host development or daily homeostasis, some might even contribute to it and potentially become essential, such as gut microbiota. However, a small…
This study empirically examines the effect of global financial integration on the profitability, efficiency, stock premia, funding and market liquidity conditions of the South African banking industry. The thesis uses a different dataset and methodology in each respective empiri…