Global gas markets feature two types of suppliers: piped gas and LNG exporters. Pipelines have a high degree of “asset specificity”: once built, they are physically bound to a particular route. LNG is transported by tanker, with a choice of export markets. Put simply: LNG is mobile, pipelines are not. This paper uses game-theoretic modelling to show how its commitment to serving a single market...

Funding combination is the most important issue for the companies while they know the amount of required capital. Companies should be careful regarding the appliance of financial providing methods compatible with the investment strategy of company and profitability. This study seeks to examine the relationship between the capital structure and the profitability of pharmaceutical companies in Ir...

The paper presents an analysis of the impact of pension plan funding on workers’ saving and portfolio behaviour. It shows that the impact of pension plan funding and asset allocation on the economy’s technology choices depends upon the constraints facing worker’s in the capital market. The failure of equivalence propositions between defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans derives...

This paper aims at comparing results between the circular Malmquist index (CMI) and the variable returns to scale Malmquist index (VRS-MI) from an even panel data. Based on the ground theory, the study purposefully uses comparative discussion on above mentioned methods. The contribution of the paper is on applied feature of using different methods at the same data set. The results of the study ...

This paper investigates the economic impact of health shocks on working-age adults in Vietnam during 2004-2008, using a fixed effects specification. Health shocks cover disability and morbidity and are measured by 'days unable to carry out regular activity', 'days in bed due to illness/injury', and 'hospitalization'. Overall, Vietnamese households are able to smooth total non-health expenditure...

Businesses are recognizing the value of data as a strategic asset. This is reflected by the high degree of interest in new technologies such as data mining. Corporations in banking, insurance, retail, and healthcare are harnessing aggregated operational data to help understand and run their businesses (Brockett et al., 1997; Delmater & Hamcock, 2001). Analysts use data-mining techniques to extr...

Portions of this paper were presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Chris Ninness, School Psychology Doctoral Program, PO Box 13019 SFA Station, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX 75962. E-mail: [email protected] Training and deriving Precalculus relaTions: a smallgrouP, Web...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguj i pengaruh Capital Structure terhadap Return on Asset dengan Firm Size dan SalesGrowth sebagai variabel moderasi. Sampel dalam penelitian adalah perusahaan BUMN yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2017-2021. Teknik pengambilan sampel digunakan purposive sampling kriteria. Analisis analisis statistik menggunakan Software Rstudio query. Berdasarkan...

A blockchain-based unique digital identifier known as NFT is used to authenticate ownership of a particular asset and certain rights related it. Although relatively new term, numbers in the market show that this phenomenon worth exploring. The aim paper was define its application marketing activities global brands. importance recognized various industries, focus on examples use strategies compa...