The Chinese economy is in a stage of energy transition: from low efficiency solid fuels to oil,
gas, and electric power, from agriculture to urbanization and industrialization, from heavy …

The combined economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) appear likely to become
the largest global economic group by the middle of this century. Our paper summarizes the …

This paper evaluates factors responsible for the competitiveness of China in the world economy
and relative to its East Asian rivals. China has been highly successful in capturing world …

This paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavours of immigrants' and natives in Germany,
concentrating on Turks, Germany's largest immigrant group and one under‐studied in the …

Closing price and volume of trading are two statistics that are routinely released in the media
to report on the status of financial markets and are closely monitored by investors. This in …

Specified Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are a special type of public companies
currently available to investors in financial markets. As an investment vehicle, modern SPACs …

This article investigates home attributes that attract residential burglars in choosing a target.
These attributes are the location of the home, its physical appearance, demographic …

One of the few constants since the United States declared its independence is the presence
of frequent financial crises with similar causes. In the nineteenth century, these panics were …

This study documents the changes in the corporate design of modern Specified Purpose
Acquisition Companies (SPACs) for the years 2003–2012. Do institutional characteristics of …

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innovations in the components of Y because, in general, the covariance matrix @ = E(…