The rotating D3-brane in the AdS5×S spacetime could be blowed up to the spherical BPS configuration which has the same energy and quantum number of the point-like graviton and is called as a giant graviton. The configuration is stable only if its angular momentum was less then a critical value of Pc. In this paper we investigate the properties of the giant graviton in the electric/magnetic Melv...

We study the effect of decentralization on corruption in a political agency model from the perspective of a region. In a model where corruption opportunities are lower under centralization at each period of time, decentralization makes easier for citizens to detect corrupt incumbents. As a consequence, the relationship between fiscal decentralization and corruption is conditional on political c...

Article history: Received 26 June 2008 Received in revised form 20 January 2009 Accepted 23 January 2009 Available online 4 February 2009 This paper provides a systematic analysis of fiscal decentralization on the quality of government by studying jointly its effects on electoral discipline and selection, in a settingwhere, realistically, voters only have limited information aboutfiscal policy ...

A principal sequentially delegates project adoption decisions to an agent, who can assess project quality but has lower standards than the principal. In equilibrium, the principal allows bad projects in the future to incentivize the agent to be selective today. The optimal contract, termed Dynamic Capital Budgeting, comprises two regimes. First, the principal provides an expense account to fund...

This paper examines the political influence on government bank lending decisions using the prefecture level panel data on Japan’s government loans from 1975 to 1992. I find that prefectures that were represented by more influential members of the ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), tended to receive more government loans. I also find that the amount of government loans tended to i...

This paper applies a novel methodology to measure corruption levels in U.S. states, leading to insights which could be useful to policymakers in their effort to reduce unethical behavior. The level of public corruption is difficult to quantify because much of it goes undetected and because different cultures and jurisdictions have different definitions and different degrees of tolerance for cor...

The equilibrium dissociation constant of the DNA binding domain of interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1 DBD) for its DNA binding site depends strongly on salt concentration and salt type. These dependencies are consistent with IRF1 DBD binding to DNA, resulting in the release of cations from the DNA and both release of anions from the protein and uptake of a cation by the protein. We demonstrat...

Abstract. The article summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within scientific discussion on relationship between shadow economic processes corruption schemes in country. main purpose of study is a retrospective current analysis publications anti-corruption economy at international level based SciVal VOSViewerv. urgency solving this problem to move from traditional review innovative appr...