Political Connections, Subsidized Loans, and Capital Markets Development
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the relationship between political connections and firms' financing decisions in Brazil using large datasets on campaign contributions, loans from the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), and financial variables from Capital IQ.
Eduardo Kazuo Kayo
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Identification of strong constitutive promoters in Burkholderia stagnalis TBRC 18363 for activating natural product production in Gram-negative bacteria. [PDF]
Wongsombat C +11 more
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On Short‐Term Behavior of Implied Volatility for Index Options
ABSTRACT This paper investigates short‐term behavior of implied volatility of derivatives written on a market index when the index is constructed using a ranking procedure. Even when stock prices follow geometric Brownian motion dynamics, the ranking mechanism can lead to the observed term structure of at‐the‐money (ATM) implied volatility skew for ...
Huy N. Chau, Duy Nguyen, Thai Nguyen
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Priority questions for the next decade of blue carbon science. [PDF]
Macreadie PI +28 more
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ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of financial development on banking risk using a panel of 125 countries (2000–2019), of which 92 are developing economies. However, financial development consists of advances in both financial institutions and financial markets, which may have distinct effects on banking risk.
Gabriel Caldas Montes +1 more
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Purifying Selection and Interspecific Differentiation at the <i>Myf5</i> Locus Inform Hybrid Identification and Genetic Management of Thai Clariid Resources. [PDF]
Thammachak P +15 more
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Addition of Asaia species to the rearing water of mosquito larvae can affect the structure of the larval microbiome, although these bacteria do not persist to the pupal stage. Asaia inoculation can increase the adult size of males of two mosquito species. The impact of Asaia inoculation on development rate and female size depended on bacterial and host
Alessandro Roman +3 more
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Chitosan Oligosaccharides Modulate Macrophage Inflammatory Signaling: Molecular Docking and Transcriptomic Evidence. [PDF]
Sung Y +4 more
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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A bespoke, real-time surveillance system for malaria elimination in Cambodia: architecture, applications and impact. [PDF]
Ngor P +13 more
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