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EL IMPACTO DE LA EDUCACIÓN EN LA INTENCIÓN EMPRENDEDORA DE LOS ESTUDIANTES DEL GRADO DE ECONOMÍA

Este trabajo tuvo como objetivo conocer la incidencia de la formación sobre Creación de empresas, una asignatura obligatoria, en estudiantes del grado en Economía desde una perspectiva de género. Con tal fin, se analizó, a partir de la Teoría del Comportamiento Planificado, las intenciones, actitudes y capacidades emprendedoras del alumnado que asistió a la citada asignatura durante cinco cursos académicos (un total de 272 respuestas). Bajo un método científico inductivo (inferencias y correlaciones) se observó a la misma población antes y después de la formación. Consecuentemente, se aplicó una serie de pruebas estadísticas para conocer si existen diferencias significativas ex−ante y ex−post formación. Como resultado se identificó el perfil estándar del alumnado de cuarto curso del grado Economía de la Universidad de Sevilla (mujer con edad media de 22 años), así como, una serie de premisas sobre pretensiones, actitudes y capacidades emprendedoras. Las principales derivaciones fueron que: aumenta la proporción de personas estudiantes que declara tener una idea para crear una empresa; mejora significativamente la valoración de los conocimientos para crear y dirigir una empresa, además de muchas de las competencias transversales. Sin embargo, la intención y actitud emprendedora se redujo significativamente. Por último, se observó que la educación emprendedora tuvo un mayor efecto en las mujeres que en los hombres, concretamente, ellas aumentaron su valoración en más capacidades empresariales y comportamiento percibido, a pesar de que la intención emprendedora fue superior en ellos. La educación emprendedora es un medio de reducir esa diferencia debiendo incorporar modelos de referencia femeninos.
A Study on the Relationship between Analysts’ Cash Flow Forecasts Issuance and Accounting Information: Evidence from Korea

This study analyzes the relationship between the future cash flow forecast information provided by financial analysts and accounting information. We examine whether the joint issuance of financial analyst earnings forecasts and cash flow forecasts from 2011 to 2015 contributes to the information usefulness of Korean listed firms. The empirical results of this study are as follows. First, the issuance of analysts’ cash flow forecasts and earnings forecast accuracy were significant positive values. Cash flow forecast accuracy and earnings forecast accuracy were significant positive values. Second, the issuance of analysts’ cash flow forecasts and buy–sell bid spread are significant negative values. These results show that the information asymmetry between the manager and the investor can be reduced based on the rich information environment. This study suggests that cash flow forecasting information of financial analysts provides important evidence for capital market participants because it provides evidence that capital market participants’ information can be used as useful information for economic decision-making. These results show the sustainability of a firm from the viewpoint of a financial analyst who acts as an intermediary and external supervisor in the capital market. In addition, the analysts’ cash flow forecasting information is expected to reduce the information asymmetry between the company and the investor, thereby increasing the transparency and sustainability of the firm.
DETERMINANTS OF LABOR DEMAND; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EAST KALIMANTAN

<p><em>This study aims to examine the impact of revenue sharing of natural resource, capital expenditure realization from the government, gross fixed capital formation and length of roads on population 15 Years of age and over who worked as proxy Labor in East Kalimantan period 2001-2013. This study found that revenue-sharing funds have a positive and significant impact on the increase in the number of workers. The Effect of Capital Expenditure on the rise of manpower indicates a positive sign and significant on grwoth of labor. The Effects of Investment on Labor Improvement shows a positive and significant sign of direction. The influence of road infrastructure on the rise of manpower indicates the direction of the sign which is also positive and significant. </em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>JEL Classification: </em></strong><em>J20, J23, J24</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> </em><em>capital expenditure, labor</em><em>, </em><em>East Kalimantan</em><em>,</em><em> revenue sharing of natural</em><em> </em><em>resource</em><em></em></p>
Elections and electoral processes in Africa: A gimmick or a curse?

This paper seeks to highlight the controversial way elections have been held in some countries, which have led to the loss of confidence with the results, in some cases, the disputed elections has led to civil wars, re-run of the electoral process or the formation of coalitions. Election time on the African continent has therefore brought about anxiety to both the contesting political parties and the electorate. In the battle for political hegemony, pre- and post-electoral violence has become commonplace. But the most susceptible victims of the battle for political supremacy have been the electorate who are swayed left right and centre by completing political parties. The aftermath of most elections has left citizens licking their wounds as they take stock of the brunt of supporting what-ever political party of their choice. To avoid outright defeat, most ruling political parties have been able to manipulate both the vote and state security machinery to their advantage. Legislation governing the conduct of free and fair elections has not been of much use either as it has also been manipulated. This paper explores the vagaries associated with elections on the African continent. The paper utilises available debates to support the argument of cases of flawed electoral processes on the African continent. Key words: Voters, election malpractice, elections, Africa, electorates, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
Do positional preferences cause welfare gains

We examine conditions for which positional preferences for voluntary contribution to a public good can be welfare enhancing in a one-shot public good game, where individuals may also enjoy a return from their contribution ranking. We show that positional preferences are welfare-increasing only under certain conditions. We find that when agents' positional preferences are homogeneous, they overinvest in the public good compared to equilibrium with no positional preferences, resulting in a zero-sum positional race with a higher public good provision. When agents have heterogeneous positional preferences, the overall impact on social welfare is positive when endowments are homogeneous.
Redistributive effects of fiscal policies in Mexico: Corrections for top income measurement problems

Abstract This article assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal instruments in Mexico in 2010–2014, correcting for top‐income measurement problems. Two correction methods are applied—survey‐sample reweighting for households' nonresponse probability and replacing of top incomes using smooth Pareto distributions—to reestimate the effects of pensions, transfers, taxes, and subsidies. These corrections yield higher inequality measures, consistent between the reweighting and replacing methods. Taxable income shows the highest inequality and undergoes the highest upward correction for top‐income problems, whereas nontaxable income is strongly equalizing. Contributory pensions are inequality‐neutral, while transfers, taxes, and subsidies are equalizing. In‐kind transfers, cash‐like transfers, and direct taxes have the strongest equalizing effects. Top‐income measurement challenges retain their magnitude across years 2010, 2012, and 2014, but household nonresponse becomes more positively selected, causing greater biases in later years.
When Democracy Disappears: Emergency Management in Benton Harbor

In this case study, I look at Benton Harbor, Michigan’s tenure under a state-appointed “emergency manager,” with extensive local powers replacing all local elected government, and a single imperative to balance the city’s budget. The law, ostensibly race-neutral, wound up targeting almost all of Michigan’s cities with significant black population. The law ultimately disenfranchised half the state’s black population but only two percent of whites, as well as the majority of local black officials. This law invalidates a basic civil right and prerequisite for urban political theory: electoral democracy. Who holds power in the urban regime when the state takes over? Drawing on 44 interviews, observations and archival research, I argue that a white urban regime governs without elected representation in this majority-black city. Emergency management, which shut out black officials, allowed this white urban regime to consolidate its influence, showing the deeper disenfranchisement inherent to this law. While posited as restoring “order” to troubled management, the process of emergency management in fact prolongs political crisis. But the ideological framing of emergency management as “neutral,” and black politics as “corrupt” or “self-interested,” provides the logic to blame black governance for structural disinvestment and white-led extraction. (Note: this is the version that was accepted pre-copyediting. It will be updated once the final version comes out in Du Bois Review later this year. There are typos.)
Health impacts of a WISE: a longitudinal study

PurposeThis paper aims to report findings from the first year of the Vanguard Laundry evaluation study, which explores the impacts of a work integration social enterprise (WISE) on health.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on social determinants of health (SDH) conceptual framework, a mixed-methods longitudinal case study is used to evaluate the health impacts of a WISE employing people with lived experience of mental illness. In stage one of this study, 31 participants including staff and managers completed semi-structured interviews, validated health and well-being measures and a questionnaire based on the organisation’s theory of change. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively, and qualitative data are analysed thematically.FindingsData provided further evidence of the conceptualised WISE pathways for impact on SDH through employment, social integration, increased income, improved social position and living conditions. While social enterprise (SE) beneficiary staff had lower well-being scores than other staff members and management, the majority reported improved health, increased social supports and enhanced well-being through improved material conditions and increased sense of purpose, confidence and social connection.Research limitations/implicationsStage one of this study relied on self-reported data. Future stages will incorporate income support and health data extracted from government agencies with participant consent.Originality/valueThis paper responds to calls for longitudinal studies that include a range of participants and use health outcome measures to further explore how a WISE impacts health through acting on SDH.
The German consumer bankruptcy law and moral hazard – the case of indebted immigrants

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent the increased insolvency filings by migrants since the enactment of the consumer insolvency law in 1999 is associated with moral hazard. It describes the profile of migrant debtors and highlights the areas of moral hazard. This study aims to propose changes to the consumer bankruptcy system. Design/methodology/approach Empirical evidence for this work consists of primary data from 435 individuals mainly with immigration background, who were declared bankrupt by district courts (Amtsgericht). Both qualitative and quantitative research types were used. Interviews helped to attain an in-depth understanding of the way in which any misconduct may take place. Quantitative data were gathered to understand the debt profile of migrant debtors, types of liabilities and creditors’ reactions to write-off requests. Findings The paper provides empirical insights about the way misconduct is pursued and suggests that neither party, i.e. the debtors through debt counsellors and creditors/factoring companies or their representatives, is entirely free of unethical practice. Hence, the paper stresses the need to establish public agencies, which provide joint mediation services for private debtors and their creditors alike. Research limitations/implications Data collected for the purpose of this study may not be comprehensive because given the sensitivity of the area of study that is misconduct – including breaking the law – not all machinations may have been revealed and described in this work. Therefore, further research needs to be conducted in this field. Practical implications The paper has implications for policymakers. Consumer bankruptcy system is relatively new and needs to be amended to allow debtors and creditors to negotiate write-offs not by sending countless letters through their respective representatives, which is also carried out over a long period of time, but to try to come to terms in one agency, which is responsible for both sides. Social implications The findings in this paper may provide some valuable insights, which could also give impulses to debates on problems that may come with immigration. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, no research exists that analyzes the topic at hand with such extensive data and using both methods of research at the same time.
Fiscal Policies in Booms and Busts

We introduce fiscal policies into a behavioral macroeconomic model. We show how animal spirits play an important role in the dynamics of the business cycle and of public debt. These animal spirits are able to generate different sizes of fiscal multipliers depending on the state of the economy. Depending on the interest rate regime (high or low), they affect the capacity of fiscal authorities to stabilize the economy. In the high interest rate regime the fiscal authorities face a steep trade-off between output stabilization and the stabilization of public debt, i.e. attempts to stabilize the business cycle quickly hit a limitation of debt sustainability. In the low interest rate regime, when the steady state interest rate is lower than the growth rate of the economy, the use of fiscal policy as a tool of output stabilization is made considerably stronger.
The Domestic Tax Code, Foreign Exchange Dynamics and Flow of Funds across Countries

Integrating tax methodology and foreign exchange rates dynamics, and utilizing Miller and Scholes [1] framework, we are able to derive a testable algorithm that identifies financial flow of funds across countries, which in turn leads to short term changes in exchange rates. In this model we are going to identify changes in the flow of funds, directed toward financial investments, lending or borrowing, between two countries, and thereby the short term changes in the foreign exchange rate that solely stems from expected changes in the tax codes. Thus, expected change in the foreign exchange rate becomes an endogenous variable, while the common view in the literature is that expected change in foreign exchange rates that differs from the market consensus is the trigger for flows of funds across countries. Alternatively, by using the above-mentioned algorithm, one can imply the market beliefs regarding expected changes in the tax code.
Differential School Functioning in a Block Schedule: A Comparison of Academic Profiles

This study examined the impact of different student academic profiles on students' perceptions of school functioning within a modified alternating day, block-8 (A/B) schedule. Five academic profiles of students were identified using reports of their grades, satisfaction with their achievement, attributions of success to effort or ability, attributions of achievement to scheduling, and attitudes toward school. Average and high achievers, who were satisfied with their achievement and believed school is important, had the highest levels of school functioning and the highest support for block scheduling. Lower achievers had the least support for block scheduling, the worst teacher relations, and the worst perceptions of student behavior. Low achievers who believed that school is important and were displeased with their grades had the most difficulty managing school within a block schedule. Results suggest the need for further faculty development and additional student support.
Green product quality, green corporate image, green customer satisfaction, and green customer loyalty

Previous studies have paid much attention on product quality, corporate image, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty, but none have explored them about green innovation or environmental management aspects. This study wants to fill this research gap. Therefore, this study proposes the rare and novel constructs respectively – green customer satisfaction and green customer loyalty and provides a research framework to explore the relationships among green product quality, green corporate image, green customer satisfaction, and green customer loyalty. With the use of a questionnaire survey, consumers who had experienced purchasing green or environmental products were identified as the subjects of this study. The empirical results show that (1) green product quality is positively associated with green customer satisfaction and green customer loyalty; (2) green corporate image is positively associated with green customer satisfaction and green customer loyalty; and (3) green customer satisfaction is positively associated with green customer loyalty. The results indicate that green product quality could bring about green customer satisfaction and green customer loyalty. Additionally, green corporate image contributes to green customer satisfaction and green customer loyalty. Key words: Green product quality, green corporate image, green customer satisfaction, green customer loyalty.
Improving the credibility of simulation-based research in mobile networks

This dissertation focuses on improving the credibility of simulation-based research in mobile networks. Simulations are typically the only tools available for the performance analysis of a routing protocol in a mobile network; unfortunately, the credibility of simulations has been highly compromised over the years. Therefore, as part of this research, we have developed tools that will help researchers perform credible simulations. Specifically, we provide regression models that allow researchers to construct rigorous simulation scenarios in mobile networks. Using our models, researchers can test routing protocols for mobile networks in a more realistic manner, as our models are designed using a recently published mobility model that is constructed by extracting the statistical features of real human movement. Movement patterns of mobile nodes significantly affect the performance of a routing protocol in a mobile network. The probability distribution of mobile nodes (over the simulation area) varies with time before it reaches a steady-state. Therefore, we propose to sample a mobility model's input parameter values from their stationary distributions. Sampling from stationary distributions guarantees that the convergence to steady-state is immediate. In addition to being realistic, a mobility model should be simple to understand and use. In this work, we have developed a mobility model that is simple as well as realistic; other simple mobility models developed thus far are not realistic and other realistic mobility models proposed thus far are not simple to use. To help the research community in its ongoing efforts of improving the credibility of simulation-based research, all the software packages developed as part of this work are available on our research group's website, http://toilers.mines. edu/.
A Real Options Approach to Amenity Valuation the Role of Uncertainty and Risk Aversion

Many empirical studies in the fields of urban and environmental economics rely on the hedonic pricing framework as described by Rosen (1974). The present paper draws attention to two important elements that are not covered by this theory: relocation costs and uncertainty. A theoretical model is developed that highlights key aspects of a local housing market and allows discussing implications for empirical estimates. The model shows that relocation costs are related to uncertainty due to the option value of waiting. Following Fischel (2001), this phenomenon might explain why many facility siting controversies are so difficult to solve. Moreover, the model suggests that the implicit price of environmental quality increases with uncertainty even if agents are risk-neutral. Agents' attitudes toward risk influence this relationship: Under risk-aversion, higher uncertainty leads to a stronger increase in the implicit price.
Design of advanced benchmarks and analytical methods for RF-based indoor localization solutions

Since GPS-technologies cannot be used indoors, a significant amount of research focuses on developing radio-frequency (RF) based alternatives for indoor localization. Unfortunately, most of the suggested solutions for indoor localization consist of theoretical work or have been evaluated in non-industrial environments, typically office spaces. To evaluate the influence of industrial environments on localization accuracy, in this chapter a Time of Arrival (ToA) approach was used to determine the stationary locations of a robot inside the w-iLab.t II testbed, an open industrial-like environment containing several metal obstacles. The ToA method utilizes the measured propagation time of a radio wave between a sender and receiver to estimate their corresponding distance. The chapter evaluates several industrial related deployment aspects that influence location accuracy and describes how their negative impact can be reduced resulting in an almost 50% accuracy improvement in industrial environments.
Putting Canada in the Penalty Box: Trade and Welfare Effects of Eliminating North American Free Trade Agreement

Three years ago, very few economists would have imagined that one of the newest and fastest growing research areas in international trade is the use of quantitative trade models to estimate the economic welfare losses from dissolutions of major countries’ economic integration agreements (EIAs). In 2016, “Brexit” was passed in a United Kingdom referendum. Moreover, in 2019, the existence of the entire North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is at risk if the United States withdraws - a threat President Trump has made if the proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is not passed by the U.S. Congress. We use state-of-the-art econometric methodology to estimate the partial (average treatment) effects on international trade flows of the six major types of EIAs. Armed with precise estimates of the average treatment effect for a free trade agreement, we examine the general equilibrium trade and welfare effects of the elimination of NAFTA (and for robustness U.S. withdrawal only). Although all the member countries’ standards of living fall, surprisingly the smallest economy, Mexico, is not the biggest loser; Canada is the biggest loser. Canada's welfare (per capita income) loss of 2.11 percent is nearly two times that of Mexico's loss of 1.15 percent and is nearly eight times the United States’ loss of 0.27 percent. The simulations will illustrate the important influence of trade costs - international and intranational - in contributing to the gains (or losses) from an economic integration agreement's formation (or elimination).