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Does Geopolitical Risk Drive Equity Price Returns of BRIC Economies? Evidence from Quantile on Quantile Estimations

Journal of Finance & Economics Research, 2018
This research aims to study the effects of geopolitical shocks on the equity market returns of BRIC economies. We used quantile on quantile regression (QQR) a non-parametric technique to capture the relationship between the said variables.
Amna Sohail Rawat, Imtiaz Arif
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Exchange Rates and Sovereign Risk: A Nonlinear Approach Based on Local Gaussian Correlations

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We empirically assess the interlinkages between sovereign risk, measured in terms of CDS spreads, and exchange rates for a sample of emerging markets. Our period of analysis includes episodes of severe stress, such as the Global Financial Crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the Ukrainian War.
Reinhold Heinlein, Gabriella D. Legrenzi, Scott M. R. Mahadeo   +2 more
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A CRISPR-Cas9 library to target putative redundant gene sets facilitates their functional exploration in grain development in rice

BMC Plant Biology
Advent of CRISPR-Cas9 library approach has revolutionized the field of high throughput targeted mutagenesis in plants. By identifying an sgRNA spacer that can target multiple paralogous genes in a genome, higher-order knockout plants can be developed ...
Banita Yadav, Shaswati Sardar, Anil Yadav, Annapurna Kumari, Mohini Gautam, Rushil Mandlik, Simran Arora, Shailesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar Jewaria, Humira Sonah, Rupesh Deshmukh, Viswanathan Chinnusamy, Hasthi Ram   +12 more
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Examining the diagnostic process for ovarian cancer in Nova Scotia: A linked administrative data study

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer in the developed world. The absence of screening for early detection of ovarian cancer and the non‐specific symptoms associated with the disease mean that timely diagnosis is difficult.
Chiara Gottheil, Christy Woolcott, Emily Gard Marshall, Katharina Kieser, Robin Urquhart   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular insights into the antimicrobial and cardiometabolic functions of Lactobacillus crispatus isolated from the reproductive tract microbiota of Indian women

Journal of Biomedical Science
Background Lactobacillus crispatus is a dominant member of the healthy female reproductive tract microbiota, contributing to mucosal homeostasis and pathogen exclusion. Numerous studies have highlighted the protective effects of L. crispatus against both
Shriram Mahajan, N. Lekshmi, Proxima Dhiman, Manjari Gupta, Pallavi Mudgal, Rajni Yadav, Sudheer Arava, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Nitya Wadhwa, Yashwant Kumar, Daizee Talukdar, Bhabatosh Das, Sanjay K. Banerjee   +12 more
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Modeling the Nexus Between Climate Risk, Energy Consumption, and Financial Market Performance in Emerging Countries

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the link between climate risk, energy consumption, and financial market performance in a sample of emerging countries over the period 2000–2024. The objective is to model the dynamic interactions between these three dimensions, in order to understand the extent to which energy dependence and exposure to climate risks ...
Abdelkader Mohamed Derbali
wiley   +1 more source

From joint ventures to independent investment strategies of entering the markets of BRIC countries

Acta Economica, 2012
The first decade of the 21st century was characterized by signifcant socio-economic and political changes and rapid technological progress on the global level.
Бранко Ракита, Душан Марковић   +1 more
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Bayesian Model Averaging in Causal Instrumental Variable Models

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Instrumental variables are a popular tool to infer causal effects under unobserved confounding, but choosing suitable instruments is challenging in practice. We propose gIVBMA, a Bayesian model averaging procedure that addresses this challenge by averaging across different sets of instrumental variables and covariates in a structural equation ...
Gregor Steiner, Mark Steel
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The effect of corruption, trade openness and political stability on foreign direct investment: Empirical evidence from BRIC countries

, 2018
Article history: Received 19 September 2017 Received in revised form 28 December 2017 Accepted 31 December 2017 The decision of why a corporation would start or takeover a company in a foreign country rather than entering the foreign market through ...
et al. Abdella
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Botanic and heritage gardens as living laboratories in the age of the polycrisis

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement Cities face intertwined crises of climate, biodiversity loss and social disconnection. We show how botanic and heritage gardens can help address these challenges as living laboratories to generate place‐based evidence and public engagement.
Kevin Frediani
wiley   +1 more source