Essays about: "system GMM"
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6. Corporate Income Tax and Bank Leverage: Bank Leverage in the 2010s
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This paper studies the impact of corporate income taxation on leverage ratios (debts as a share of total assets) in the banking sector across 102 countries for the period 2012-2021, aiming to replicate the 2013 IMF paper ‘Taxation, Bank Leverage, and Financial Crises’ by Keen, De Mooij and Orihara. With a sample of 5,829 banks, a system GMM is used, together with a fixed effects model to compare the two estimators and enable comparison with previous studies. READ MORE
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7. Is high inflation always bad?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Inflation targets are set by central banks worldwide to achieve stable and sustainable growth and the possibility of institutional quality affecting the inflationary effect on growth makes it essential to study the inflation-institution-growth relationship. This paper considers whether or not the relationship between inflation and growth is nonlinear in the shape of convexity and if it differs for different levels of institutional quality. READ MORE
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8. Urbanization and economic freedom - are they threats to air quality? : Evidence from a panel study of low and lower-middle-income countries
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Air pollution (in terms of PM2.5) is severe in developing countries, and the rapid population growth accompanied by urbanization may limit their potential economic development. This paper aims to investigate if urbanization and economic freedom cause higher levels of PM2.5 in developing countries. READ MORE
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9. Audio Detection for Preparation of Video Rate Controller
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Biomedicinsk teknikAbstract : Modern video streaming may use the protocol H.264 to encode video in high quality. The protocol takes advantage of similarities between consecutive frames to lower the bit rate. If there are differences between frames the bit rate will therefore rise. READ MORE
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10. Keystroke dynamics for student authentication in online examinations
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : Biometrics are distinctive for each person, and can not be given away or hacked like a password. Keystroke dynamics is a behavioral biometric characteristic that can be used as a complementary authentication step [1]. In online examinations it is difficult to make sure that each student write their own work. READ MORE