The study is basically an extension of the k-day Vol ratio analysis on Nifty Index, proposed by Viswanathan and Maheswaran (2016). It examines the impact of the global financial crisis of 2008 on the structure of volatility of global indices (S&P500, FTSE100 and DAX). The global indices did not experience a significant change in volatility structure. On comparison, the behavior of volatility of...

We explore the quality of political representation of constituents’ preferences for budgetary decisions within a quasi-experimental setting. In the Swiss referendum process, constituents reveal their preferences for budgetary proposals which are either expected to increase or decrease public debts. We match individual politicians’ voting behavior on debt increasing and debt reducing legislative...

The most important implementation of e-voting in Argentina so far took place in the province of Salta, in the north of the country on the border with Bolivia. With an electoral roll of 850,000 voters that is ethnically diverse and a complex electoral geography due to a high percentage of mountainous area, its implementation is very valuable for a comparative analysis. The gradual implementation...

Post 1991 economic reforms initiatives in India, regulatory reforms have been pursued in infrastructure industries. Both the electricity and telecom industries have been opened up for private sector, but there has been little success in attracting private capital into electricity supply chain compared to increased capital investments and competition in telecommunications. This paper would exami...

The article presents the results of a study of the current state of higher IT education system in Ukraine. The problems of reforming higher IT education system of Ukraine in accordance with the commitments made by Ukraine in connection with the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Agreement Law of Ukraine No 1678-VII of September 16, 2014. An indicator of the presence or absence of a real reform of t...

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This paper reports results from a comparative analysis of purring in four domestic cats. An acoustic analysis describes sound pressure level, duration, number of cycles and fundamental frequency for egressive and ingressive phases. Significant individual differences are found between the four cats in several respects.