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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTax Revenues and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Greece Using Causality AnalysisThomas Anastassiou, Chaido DritsakiThis study examines the relationship between tax revenues and the rate of economic growth for Greece. The viewpoint that the low ratio of direct to indirect taxation promotes high economic growth has been a main subject for discussion. However, not many papers have attempted to test the above hypothesis. One of the main problems that researchers are facing is the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 8,342 accessesView PDF Cite

HypothesisOpen accessIn the abstractA Comparison of Price Effect and Country of Origin Effect on Consumer Counterfeit Products PurchaseMartin Owusu AnsahProliferation of Counterfeit Consumer Products is one of the insistent apprehensions confronting managers and companies in many countries. The current study compared the influence of price and country of origin effects on consumer attitude and purchase intention of counterfeit consumer products in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. The study adopted a positivist research philosophy and a descriptive research design in … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 4 · 10 Nov 2017 · 8,202 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Test on the Multivariate Behrens–Fisher Problem in High–Dimensional Data by Block Covariance EstimationParanut Sukcharoen, Samruam ChongcharoenIn this paper, we proposed a new testing statistic for testing the equality of mean vectors from two multivariate normal populations when the covariance matrices are unknown and unequal in high–dimensional data. A new test is proposed based on the idea of keeping more information from the sample covariance matrices as much as possible. A proposed test is invariant under … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 2 Apr 2019 · 7,369 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordThe Effect of Computer Use in Science and Technology Lesson on Success and Attitude TowardsCem O. Guzeller, Mustafa DogruProblem statement: Computer being indispensable in our daily lives came into use in all fields of education. Use of computer for education activities became mandatory. This research is an experimental research performed by use of computer in science and technology and is important in terms of serving science education. General purpose of this research is to reveal the effect of … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 10 Aug 2011 · 10,034 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordSome Test Statistics for Testing the Binomial Parameter: Empirical Power ComparisonFlorence George, B.M. Golam KibriaProblem statement: The Binomial distribution is one of the most useful probability distributions in the filed of quality control, physical and medical sceinces. Many questions of interest to the health worker related to make inference about the unknown population proportion, parameter of binomial distribution. This study considers the problem of hypotheses testing of the parameter of a binomial distribution. Approach: … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 31 Dec 2010 · 7,870 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordTrading Volume and Stock Indices: A Test of Technical AnalysisPaul AbbondanteProblem statement: Technical analysis and its emphasis on trading volume has been used to analyze movements in individual stock prices and make investment recommendations to either buy or sell that stock. Little attention has been paid to investigating the relationship between trading volume and various stock indices. Approach: Since stock indices track overall stock market movements, trends in trading volume … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2010 · 8,224 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordRevisiting the Unit Root Hypothesis and Structural Break: Asia and Emerging Economies Foreign Exchange MarketsChristopher Gan, Sirimon Treepongkaruna, Hue Hwa Au YongThis study examines the stationary of ten Asian and for emerging Foreign Exchange (FX) rates during the 1990s. The paper employs the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test to the following FX rates: Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) Japanese Yen (JPY), South Korean won (KRW) new Taiwan dollar (TWN), Chinese Renminbl (CHR), Indonesia Rupiah (IDR), Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), Singapore Dollar (SGD), … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2004 · 6,952 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordTrade-GDP Nexus in Iran: An Application of the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) ModelMosayeb Pahlavani, Ed Wilson, Andrew C. WorthingtonThis study employed annual time series data (1960-2003) and unit root tests with multiple breaks to determine the most likely times of structural breaks in major factors impacting on the trade-GDP nexus in Iran We found, inter alia, that the endogenously determined structural breaks coincided with important events in the Iranian economy, including the 1979 Islamic revolution and the outbreak … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2005 · 8,516 accessesView PDF Cite