Assessments of monetary policy are important for several reasons. First, because the Riksbank has had an independent position in relation to the Riksdag and the government since 1999. This means, for instance, that the Executive Board makes the monetary policy decisions without seeking or taking instructions. The Riksbank’s independence gives its governors a great deal of power. It is therefore...

He has published several journal and conference papers and holds several international patents. a renowned expert in the field of wireless communications. Prior to Stanford, she was with California Institute of Technology and held industry positions at AT&T Bell laboratories and MAXIM Technologies. She is an IEEE Fellow (2005), a Distinguished Lecturer and a member of the Board of Governors of ...

This paper details the development and application of a Plant Asset Management (PAM) system which turns data into useful information in order to assess asset condition. The system was developed by Matrikon Australia for Meridian Energy Limited, New Zealand’s largest state owned electricity generator. PAM was designed to provide advanced condition monitoring and prediction of asset failures for ...

This article investigates the influence of lobbying, electoral incentives, and US state governors’ party affiliation on environmental expenditures. A theoretical framework is presented, emphasizing potential impact lobbying from interest groups policies. The major causal link for expenditures depends governor’s political preferences. Implementing a regression discontinuity design (RDD), we iden...

The research explored the role of political leadership in response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). researchers conducted a discourse analysis on 239 transcripts from press briefings President Trump and seven U.S. governors determine extent which subjects used effective crisis communication. These results suggest that Governors DeSantis, DeWine, Ducey, Ivey are particularly vulnerable fallout f...