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Budianto, Ariadne. "The U.S. Newsmagazines Coverage of the “Asian Economic Tigers,” 1990-2000: A Content Analysis." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1107789635.
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Budianto, Ariadne P. "The U.S. newsmagazines coverage of the "Asian economic tigers," 1990-2000 : a content analysis /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1107789635.
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Alsparr, Robin, Schmit Emanuel Woodhouse, and Emelie Sjöberg. "From Asian Tigers To African Lions : En företagsekonomisk studie om svenska SME:s etableringar i Afrika." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-868.
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Vi vill få en ökad förståelse i hur svenska SME:s etablerar sig på den afrikanska marknaden. Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ studie där vi utfört intervjuer med regionala företag och organisationer. De företag och organisationer som ingår i arbetet är Sustainable Sweden, Norba, Norden samt Regionförbundet Kalmar län. Anledningen till att dessa valdes var att de har kontakt med den afrikanska marknaden. De teoriområden vår uppsats utgår ifrån är huvudsakligen etableringsform, etableringsprocess och kultur. Empirin utgör en sammanställning och jämförelse mellan de intervjuade företagen i fråga. De slutsatser vi har funnit är; vikten av kunskap vid en etablering i Afrika, vikten av rätt etableringsform, lärande i relationerna samt fördelarna med en tidig etablering i Afrika.
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Wood, Virginia Lee. ""Tigers Born in the Same Year": Novel and Critical Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2020. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703374/.
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The dissertation consists of a critical analysis as well as the novel Tigers Born in the Same Year. The critical analysis interrogates the relationship between Asian American subject position in the United States, the history of Asian American literatures, and the conflict between inherited binary narratives and nuanced, specific story-telling. In order to move beyond such narratives as struggling with the label "model minority," wrestling between "Asian" and "American," and being "Asian enough," it is necessary to synthesize these literary and sociocultural inheritances with nuanced, specific lenses. From synthesis may arise a new space, one where rather than alienation and measuring up, there can be a sense of home. Tigers Born in the Same Year seeks language for social reckoning through personal discovery, representing a challenge to established narratives while recognizing the need to explore how they were built, the impacts they have, and what exists in the spaces beyond them.
In Tigers Born in the Same Year, when 13-year Minyoung Walsh witnesses the molestation of her sister by their older brother, she must make one of three choices: stay silent, fight back, or shout. Based on these three possibilities, three lives are braided together in the novel. All three Mins must reckon with who they have become and why following the illness and passing of their father. Whether or not the Mins in these lives are ultimately able to find a sense of home will largely depend on how they have been able to reckon with themselves, and on building a selfhood through they can live, grow, and seek the choices that will lead them forward. All the while, a fourth Min wanders in an endless bardo, between lives, seeking that same sense of rest, of wholeness, of knowing she has come to the right end of her path.
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Chyšková, Kateřina. "Ekonomický rozvoj jihoasijských zemí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-359620.
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Aim of this thesis is to empirically verify the validity of Rostows Stages of economic growth model and Solow-Swan model of economic growth realized by using statistical data South Asian countries reported. Theoretical part is devoted to characteristics of the growth models, explaining the assumptions theories work with and defining their origins and possible limitations. Practical part is focused on the analysis of statistical outputs newly industrialized Asian countries (Asian Tigers). The choice of selected data for analysis is justified. The data are further evaluated against expectations out of the Rostows and Solows theory of economic growth. The appropriateness of the growth models with regard to the territories is also evaluated.
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Yasuda, Kaho. "The Flying Tigers: Transnational Memories of a World War II Collaboration." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1526509432472335.
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Chang, Alexander J. "Lessons China Can Learn from the East Asian Financial Crisis: A Comparative Study of the Pre-Crisis East Asian and Modern-Day Chinese Economies." Thesis, Boston College, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/584.
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Thesis advisor: Zhijie XiaoThis paper attempts to deliver a side-by-side examination of the similarities and differences between the economies of East Asia (Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea Republic, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) and China. After the devastating 1997 Crisis, many investing eyes have turned to China as the next Asian growth engine. China has been opening its economy to foreign investors and its accession into the World Trade Organization will push for increased transparency and efficiency. The paper discusses the internal and external forces that drove the economies, with focused attention on its financial systems, using pre-crisis data. With foreign banks allowed entry into China by the end of 2006, its financial system will be an important component in economic longevity. Lastly, the question of whether or not China is vulnerable to a crisis is assessed based on the same factors that caused it in East Asia
Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2006
Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Economics Honors Program
Discipline: College Honors Program
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Amarilla, Chloe. "An Evaluation of the Sri Lankan Government’s Policies in the Defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2019. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2019.
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were branded as the most dangerous and deadly extremists in the world by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in January of 2008. The Tamil Tigers are held responsible for perfecting the use of suicide bombers, inventing the suicide belt, being the first to use women in suicide attacks, and killing nearly 4,000 people in the one year prior to 2008. The LTTE is the only terrorist organization to have assassinated two world leaders, Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa. They were also the first to acquire air power and their strike on Sri Lanka’s World Trade Center was the largest terrorist assault before the September 11 attacks in 2001. It took the government of Sri Lanka over thirty years to rid the country of this powerful terrorist group.
This paper will investigate what caused the fall of the Tamil Tigers. In my second chapter, I will evaluate the policies and military strategies adopted by the government. My third chapter will look at the role of international actors in the conflict and their effects. Lastly, in my fourth chapter, I will examine key mistakes made by the LTTE that may have led to its own demise. In chapter five, I will analyze three possible causes for the defeat of the LTTE and what was the most significant in bringing its fall. It will also include its potential for replication in other countries and effects on foreign policy moving forward.
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Bříza, Pavel. "Vliv asijské krize na pozici asijských tygrů v současné krizi." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-195482.
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The thesis examines the influence of the Asian crisis on the position of the Asian Tigers in the current crisis. The aim of the thesis is to identify the main reasons due to which these countries relatively quickly overcame the current crisis. The aim will be achieved by comparison of the reactions of Asian Tigers' economic policies on impacts of the Asian and the current crisis. The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter sets out the main causes of the Asian currency and financial crisis, analyzes the course of crisis and its impact on Asian newly industrialized countries. The second chapter describes the economic development of the countries in the period between the crises. Stabilization measures taken under overcoming the Asian crisis are also evaluated in this chapter. Furthermore, the second chapter analyzes the economic policy of Southeast Asian countries, which in response to the Asian crisis began to accumulate huge amount of foreign exchange reserves. The countries contributed with their policies to the deepening of global imbalances, which are related to the emergence of the current crisis. The third chapter is devoted to the current crisis. As in the first chapter, there are explained the main causes of the crisis, described the course of the crisis in the Southeast Asian countries and then discussed the most significant stabilizing measures that helped to Asian Tigers to overcome the crisis.
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López, López Alejandro. "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of australian and asian tiger beetles (Coleoptera: cicindelidae) = Filogenia molecular y evolución de escarabajos tigre de Australia y Asia (Coleoptera: cicindelidae)." Doctoral thesis, TDR (Tesis Doctorales en Red), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/361397.
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Objetivos Los cicindélidos o escarabajos tigre son una familia de coleópteros depredadores frecuentemente estudiados. Esta tesis se centra en dos géneros de cicindélidos: el género australiano Pseudotetracha, perteneciente a la tribu Megacephalini, y el género surasiático Cosmodela, de la tribu Cicindelini. En el primer capítulo se pone a prueba, mediante métodos moleculares, la clasificación presentada en trabajos previos, basados en la morfología, sobre el complejo de especies blackburni/murchisona en el género Pseudotetracha. En el segundo capítulo se analizan las meiosis de las mismas muestras con el fin de estudiar el papel de las reorganizaciones cromosómicas en la especiación y especialización de la tribu Megacephalini, así como confirmar la separación de dos clados hallados en el capítulo anterior. En el tercer capítulo se añaden más muestras de un área mayor de distribución, con el objetivo de revelar la diversidad críptica presente en Pseudotetracha inferida en los dos primeros capítulos y estudiar los procesos que han generado su diversidad. El cuarto capítulo trata del género asiático Cosmodela, en particular la especie C. aurulenta, en la cual se pone a prueba la identidad de las dos 21subespecies descritas como especies independientes, así como el papel que las glaciaciones han tenido en su historia evolutiva. Metodología Para cumplir estos objetivos se utilizaron diversos métodos. Tomando como base la secuenciación de diversos fragmentos de ADN mitocondrial y nuclear (cox1, cox3, 16S, 18S y wingless), se realizaron análisis filogenéticos usando los métodos de Máxima Parsimonia e Inferencia Bayesiana. En los capítulos 2 a 4 se empleó además un reloj molecular para situar en una escala temporal las divergencias observadas. Adicionalmente se realizaron análisis filogeográficos para clarificar las relaciones entre las diferentes poblaciones a un nivel infraespecífico. Los métodos de delimitación de especies GMYC y bPTP, basados en datos moleculares, se usaron en el capítulo 3. En el caso de Cosmodela también se analizaron las distancias genéticas entre los principales clados. En los capítulos 1 y 2 se observaron células en meiosis de los diferentes taxones de Pseudotetracha. Resultados Los resultados obtenidos en el capítulo 1 confirmaron, mediante métodos moleculares, la validez del complejo de especies blackburni/murchisona tal como había sido propuesta previamente en base a la morfología. Estos resultados se mostraron en desacuerdo con un trabajo previo que separaba a la especie P. blackburni de este grupo. La especie P. australis quedaría incluida dentro de este clado. La observación de células en metafase II proporcionó indicios de que los dos clados observados en P. blackburni tendrían un cariotipo diferente y podrían constituir dos especies crípticas. En el capítulo 2 se confirmó este último resultado, revelando que blackburni-2 tiene una fórmula cariotípica n=11+XY y blackburni-1 ha sufrido una reorganización cromosómica resultando en un sistema de cromosomas sexuales múltiples (n=10+X1X2Y) de tipo quiasmático y con un origen reciente como consecuencia de la fusión del cromosoma Y ancestral con un autosoma. Este sistema difiere del conocido en la tribu Cicindelini, antiguo y aquiasmático. Se observó una tendencia a la reducción del número cromosómico en la tribu Megacephalini, posiblemente por repetidos ciclos de incorporación de autosomas al par de heterosomas, proceso que favorecería la especiación y explicaría la alta especialización en este grupo. La filogenia realizada en el tercer capítulo detectó nueve especies previamente conocidas y otras nueve no descritas, en algunos casos crípticas. Además se infirió el papel que tuvo la aridificación de Australia en la separación de los diferentes linajes, así como la historia de cada uno de ellos. Los resultados mostraron que es necesaria una revisión taxonómica del género Pseudotetracha para aclarar las discordancias encontradas con trabajos previos y la identidad de varios taxones crípticos o de identificación confusa. Los resultados del capítulo 4 apoyaron la separación de las dos subespecies C. aurulenta aurulenta y C. a. juxtata como especies distintas, estrechamente emparentadas con C. batesi, que divergieron durante el Pleistoceno. Se reveló que C. aurulenta se habría originado en la península Malaya, desde donde colonizó Indonesia durante los máximos glaciares, mientras que C. juxtata habría colonizado secundariamente la península Malaya, donde coexiste con C. aurulenta. Aims Tiger beetles are a commonly studied family of predatory coleopterans.This thesis focuses on two cicindelid genera: Australian genus Pseudotetracha, in the tribe Megacephalini, and southern Asian genus Cosmodela, in the tribe Cicindelini. In the first chapter, the classification made in previous works, based on morphology, about the blackburni/murchisona species complex in the genus Pseudotetracha is tested. In the second chapter, meiosis from the same samples are analyzed in order to study the role of chromosomic rearrangements in speciation and the specialization of the tribe Megacephalini, and to confirm the separation of two clades found in the previous chapter. In the third chapter, more samples from a wider area are included in order to unveil the cryptic diversity in Pseudotetracha inferred in the two first chapters, and to study the processes that generated their diversity. The fourth chapter deals with the Asian genus Cosmodela, concretely the species C. aurulenta, in which the identity of its two described subspecies as independent species, and the role of the glaciations in their evolutionary history, are tested. Methods Several methods were used in order to achieve these goals. Phylogenetic analyses using the methods of Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference were carried out, based on the sequencing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA fragments (cox1, cox3, 16S, 18S and wingless). In chapters 2 to 4 a molecular clock was used in order to trace in a chronological scale the observed divergences. Additionally, phylogeographic analyses were carried out in order to clarify the intraspecific relationships among populations. The species delimitation methods GMYC and bPTP, based on molecular data, were used in chapter 3. The genetic distances between the Cosmodela main clades were analyzed. In chapters 1 and 2, meiotic cells from the Pseudotetracha taxa were observed. Results The results obtained in chapter 1 confirmed, by means of molecular methods, the validity of the blackburni/murchisona species complex as it was previously proposed according to morphology. These results were in disagreement with a preceding work that separated P. blackburni from this group. P. australis would be included in this clade. The observation of metaphase II cells provide evidence that the two observed clades in P. blackburni could actually represent two cryptic species. Chapter 2 confirmed this result, showing that blackburni-2 has a n=11+XY karyotypic formula while blackburni-1 underwent a chromosomal rearrangement that produced a recent and chiasmatic multiple sex chromosome system (n=10+X1X2Y) as a consequence of a fusion between the ancestral Y chromosome with an autosome. This chromosome system differs from the ancient and achiasmatic multiple sex chromosome system known in tribe Cicindelini. A tendency towards the reduction in the chromosome number was observed in the tribe Megacephalini, probably by repeated cycles of incorporation of autosomes to the heterosomal pair. This process would favor speciation and would explain the high specialization found in this group. The phylogeny that was carried out in the third chapter detected nine previously known species and nine undescribed taxa. Moreover, the role of the aridification of Australia in the divergence of the lineages and the history of each clade were inferred. The results showed that a taxonomic revision of the genus Pseudotetracha is needed in order to clarify the discrepancies found in relation to previous works and the identity of several cryptic of difficult to identify taxa. The results of chapter 4 support the separation of the subspecies C. aurulenta aurulenta and C. a. juxtata as different species, closely related with C. batesi, that diverged during the Pleistocene. C. aurulenta was revealed to originate in the Malay peninsula, from which it colonized Indonesia during the glacial maxima, whereas C. juxtata would have secondarily colonized the Malay peninsula where it coexists with C. aurulenta.
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Tran, Elizabeth. "Dragon Tiger Goat: A Novel." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1584453224864606.
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Yonis, Manex. "Trading Volume and Stock Return : Empirical Evidence for Asian Tiger Economies." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Nationalekonomi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-88263.
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O'Donnell, Deborah Ladner. "Ecology and population differentiation of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm) Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest), 2009. http://worldcat.org/oclc/525201539/viewonline.
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Weisko, Paul. "Wading Tiger Swimming Dragon| A Study on Comparative Indo-Sino Naval Development." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10252946.
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This thesis uses articles from Chinese and Indian defense publications to analyze how the Chinese People’s Liberation Army-Navy and the Indian Navy view each other’s modernization. This thesis argues that the Chinese and Indian Navies view each other’s development through defensive realism and will take steps in accordance to their view of development. This thesis predicts that the Indians will focus on developing a navy that can defeat the PLA-N in Indian dominated waters, while the PLA-N will develop anti-submarine assets and refueling assets to counter the Indian nuclear triad, which according my analysis of the Chinese defense press, is the part of the Indian Navy that the Chinese Navy views as the biggest menace of the Indian Navy to Chinese survival.
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Ratigan, Christopher William. "The Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus): Spatial, Ecological, and Human Implications in Southeast Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32554.
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The overall theme that drove my research was the concern for public health and its possible compromise due to the colonization of large areas of the United States by the disease-vectoring Aedes albopictus. The main objective is to determine the elements that make an environment conducive to Aedes albopictus populations. Specifically, the objective of this research is to identify the socio-economic impact of Aedes albopictus on residents in the Hampton Roads area in southeast Virginia and determine if there is an identifiable environment in which A. albopictus could be found. Data were collected at the Census block group level (demographic variables) and at the single household level (survey and physical-cultural variables). The variables were then correlated (Pearson) and the results were analyzed. Only variables that were less than (.1) significance were examined. The following physical-cultural variables were found to be associated with the reduction of A. albopictus activity: having a sea breeze, being near an oceanfront, cutting the grass frequently, and keeping the overall neatness of a property high. Secondary variables that are related to the decrease in A. albopictus populations are sunny yards, yards with no containers that can hold water, and yards that contain coniferous trees versus deciduous trees. The primary socio-economic variables that can signify an environment with high A. albopictus activity are: lower house value and median rent value, lower levels of education, and a lower median income level. Other demographic variables that help determine the size of an A. albopictus population are (in order of significance): ethnicity (white or black), poverty/unemployed, owner/renter occupied, and the year a house was built. These secondary variables increase A. albopictus numbers if the following trends exist: high percent of persons in poverty and unemployed, higher percent of renter occupied homes, and older houses.Master of Science
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Walker, Robin J. "Awakening tiger India's quest for expanded influence in the world." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/08Mar%5FWalker%5FRobin.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (South Asia))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2008.Thesis Advisor(s): Knopf, Jeffrey W. ; Lavoy, Peter R. "March 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on May 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-103). Also available in print.
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Sadoway, David. "From associations to info-sociations : civic environmentalism and information communication technologies in three Asian tiger cities." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/193516.
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This multi-year, multi-city investigation seeks to examine how and why civic associations are employing information communication technologies (ICTs) in their work and the extent to which these uses are transforming urban ‘civic space.’ Rather than being passive non-state actors shaped by technologies in the ‘networked city,’ civic environmental associations are treated in this study as co-evolving ‘actor-networks’ that are both shaping and shaped by their ICT practices. This study systematically examines how ICT-linked tools or platforms are reconfiguring civic associations and civic space in the three ‘tiger city’ settings of Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei.
This investigation employs grounded theory, case study methods, and actor-network theory to examine the co-evolution of ICTs and civic environmental associations. The concept of info-sociations (ICT-associations) is employed in constructing a socio-technical model for analysis of the fast-evolving ICT practices of civic associations. Such an approach suggests that diverse forms of ICT-linked praxis—where civic ideals and knowledge are being put into practice—involves multimodal digital practices; alongside blended or multiplexed physical and virtual practices; and multiscalar practices. The info-sociational model compares ICT-linked organizational, participatory and spatial practices at the associational level by examining digitally-linked: internal and external organizational change; reconfigurations in the public sphere and cyberactivism; scalar transformations and associational alliance formations. Analyses of city-specific ‘civic space’ storylines; alongside a discussion of the problems and potentialities of ICT-linked practices also contributes to an integrated info-sociational model. An info-sociational approach therefore serves to examine transformations in knowledge, power and space as civic environmentalists employ ICTs.
The info-sociational model supports an analysis of three pairs of age-distinct civic environmental associations in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei. These six cases (as units of analysis) were selected for their diverse civic environmental activities; their differences in age; and their variety of ICT-linked practices, including uses for: public deliberations, and mobilizing activism; networked alliance formations; identifying environmental and spatial issues in city regions; and creating alternative green media.
Employing the info-sociational model in analyses of the six civic environmental associations led to the observations that: ‘externally-oriented’ ICT-linked practices were of greater importance than ‘internal practices’ amongst civic associations; that groups prioritized ‘digital green public sphere’ practices compared to ‘cyberactivism’; and these associations employed ICTs more frequently for ‘alliance-building’ than for ‘spatial transformations.’ Several of the cases illustrated how ICTs can enhance or augment existing alliances and potentially support new types of civic-cyber formations.
By touching on questions of knowledge, power and space an info-sociational approach therefore can contribute to integrated explanations of how and why civic associations are using and (re)shaping ICTs in pursuit of their diverse aims for more livable and just cities.published_or_final_version
Urban Planning and Design
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Doctor of Philosophy
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Medley, Kimberly. "Dispersal, Gene Flow, and Adaptive Evolution During Invasion: Testing Range-Limit Theory with the Asian Tiger Mosquito." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5435.
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Understanding the factors that make non-native species successful invaders is an important step towards mitigating spread. At the same time, species invasions can serve as natural experiments to test range-limit theory. Range-limit theory postulates declines in local abundance (abundant center model) and genetic diversity (central-peripheral hypothesis) towards range edges because of underlying environmental gradients. Such declines constrain adaptation to marginal habitats via gene swamping. However, broader evolutionary theory predicts intermediate rates of immigration into range-edge populations can relieve genetic drift and improve adaptive potential. I tested hypotheses generated from theory while illuminating aspects affecting of the invasion of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus Skuse) into the US. Using reciprocal distribution modeling, I found US populations occupied significantly different climate and habitat than in their native range (SE Asia). Most inconsistencies were found in the northern US range, where Ae. albopictus has recently crept northward, providing an opportunity to test range-limit theory as the range reaches its limit. Because of its limited natural dispersal ability, rapid spread after the 1985 US introduction pointed to human-aided dispersal. I tested the current role of human-aided versus natural dispersal using a landscape genetics framework, and found that natural dispersal dominated current patterns. Some distant localities were highly genetically similar, indicating potential human-aided transport in limited cases. Asymmetric gene flow from core to edge localities supported the abundant center model, but uniformly high genetic diversity contrasted with the central-marginal hypothesis. I detected a significant signature of local adaptation by overwintering diapause-induced eggs in multiple field sites using reciprocal transplants. Surprisingly, most genotypes from throughout the range produced large offspring when overwintered at the range edge. Relative offspring mass between home and away winters peaked at an intermediate immigration rate. These results show that rapid adaptation has occurred in US populations of Ae. albopictus and highlight the potential for further spread. Genetic admixture from multiple introductions may explain high genetic diversity throughout the US range and contribute to high offspring size for all genotypes overwintered at the range edge. Finally, my work highlights the need for a better understanding of contemporary ecological and evolutionary processes leading to range-limits (or expansion) to more accurately reflect processes occurring in a human-dominated world.Ph.D.
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Biology
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Conservation Biology; Ecology and Organismal Biology
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Sherpa, Stéphanie. "Histoire de la colonisation et déterminants du succès invasif des populations du moustique tigre Aedes albopictus en Europe." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019GREAV049.
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Le moustique tigre, Aedes albopictus, originaire d’Asie du Sud-Est, a colonisé l’ensemble des continents excepté l’Antarctique depuis les dernières décennies. En revanche, les raisons du succès invasif des populations à l’échelle mondiale sont encore peu connues. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur l’invasion de l’Europe, et avons combiné différentes méthodes d’analyse et des données multi-sources afin de distinguer le rôle des processus historiques et contemporains, neutres et adaptatifs, dans la structuration de la variabilité génétique des populations invasives. L’analyse de la variabilité génétique de 1000 individus appartenant à 150 populations invasives et natives a révélé trois introductions indépendantes en Europe (en Albanie, au Nord de l’Italie, et au Centre de l’Italie), à partir des Etats-Unis (aire envahie) et de la Chine (aire native). Les populations initialement introduites ont constitué des centres de dispersion en Europe et les voies de migration corrèlent avec la géographie des transports humains. Différents évènements d’admixture au moment de l’introduction ou durant l’expansion subséquente, ainsi qu’une forte connectivité des populations, ont favorisé le maintien d’une forte diversité génétique. Des adaptations au froid préexistantes dans l’aire native de l’espèce et un fort conservatisme de niche entre les populations introduites et leurs sources suggèrent que les populations introduites étaient déjà pré-adaptées pour coloniser les environnements tempérés de l’Europe. Néanmoins, des changements de fréquences alléliques le long des gradients environnementaux en Europe suggèrent également une réponse adaptative après l’introduction. Le potentiel adaptatif des populations, ainsi que la dispersion longue distance assistée par l’homme, ont favorisé l’expansion rapide en Europe. Bien que souvent négligée dans le contexte des invasions biologiques, la dispersion naturelle semble également jouer un rôle dans l’expansion des populations à l’échelle du paysage. L’étude des caractéristiques démo-génétiques des populations invasives et des caractéristiques environnementales de l’aire envahie en Europe a permis d’identifier les processus favorisant deux étapes clés du processus d’invasion: l’établissement et l’expansionThe Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is native to Southeast Asia and has colonized all continents but Antarctica in the last decades. However, the factors determining the invasive success of populations at the global scale remain to be elucidated. Focusing on the European invasion, we used a comprehensive framework and multi-source data for distinguishing the role of historical and contemporary processes, both neutral and adaptive, in structuring the genetic variability of invasive populations. Examining the genetic variability of 1,000 individuals from 150 invasive and native populations revealed three independent introduction events in Europe (in Albania, North Italy, and Central Italy), from the United States (previously invaded area) and from China (native range). Primary introduced populations constituted dispersal centers for the colonization of Europe, and migration routes correlate with the geography of human transportation networks. Several admixture events either during introduction or subsequent expansion, as well as high connectivity between invasive populations, promoted the maintenance of high levels of genetic diversity. Pre-existing cold adaptation within the native range of the species and niche conservatism between introduced populations and their sources suggest that these populations were already prepared for establishing under temperate European climate. Nonetheless, shifts in allele frequencies along environmental gradients within Europe suggest post-introduction adaptive changes. The adaptive potential of populations and long-distance human-aided dispersal facilitated the rapid expansion of populations. Although often neglected in the context of biological invasions, natural dispersal at the landscape scale further contributed to range filling in range edge populations. The study of the demo-genetic and environmental characteristics of the European invasion allows a better understanding of processes at play during two key stages of the invasion process: establishment and expansion
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Puggioni, Samanta. "La distribuzione della Zanzara Tigre nell'Area Vasta Romagna e correlazioni con i fattori ambientali." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2010. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/886/.
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Lee, Kevin. "The Tiger Mother and Model Minority: How the Asian Ameircan Parent-Adolescent Relationship Affects Mental Health and Education." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/325.
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In 2011, Amy Chua published a controversial memoir detailing her experience as a "Chinese" mother and subsequently juxtaposed her experience with those of "Western" parents. The Chinese mother concept reignited discussion on the Model Minority, reinforcing the notion that Asians thrived, despite the hardships of immigration, in the modern school system and job market. Historically, education has been found to be positively correlated with strong mental health, and it was assumed that Asian immigrants thrived psychologically. Research has shown that the model minority proves not only to be false, but has been detrimental to the mental health of the Asian American community. This report hopes to expand that understanding by looking specifically at the parent-adolescent dynamic within Asian American communities in regards to education and psychological strength. In review of previous studies, it was found that the relationship between the child and parent proves to be much more complicated and stressful than one education implied and that culture plays a significant role in how parenting affected mental health.
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Esquivel, Palma Carlos Josue. "Effects of Blood Feeding on The Transcriptome of The Malpighian Tubules in The Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429619765.
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Galway, Matt. "From the Claws of the Tiger to the Jaws of the Crocodile: Pol Pot, Maoism, and Ultra-Nationalist Genocide in Cambodia, 1975-1979." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28556.
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This thesis argues that Pol Pot was an unsophisticated political theorist and that he attempted to localize Maoism to serve his virulently ultra-nationalist agenda against Cambodia's ethnic Vietnamese. This is contrary to the existing assertions that Pol Pot was either a Maoist fundamentalist or adopted an ideology close to Maoism. The thesis postulates that Pol Pot used Maoism as a framework from which to launch his Khmer revivalist anti-Vietnamese program. The Cambodian leader's revolution was intended to "outdo" Mao, based solely on the use of antiquated Khmer agricultural developments, and surpass the grandeur of the great Angkor kings. This evidence can be found when one compares Pol Pot's writings, speeches, and slogans with Mao's own political works. Pol Pot was fascinated with Maoist rhetoric but never took action in building industry or improving social welfare. The Cambodian leader's overarching goal was to achieve a uniquely "pure" Khmer communism while also eradicating the entire Vietnamese race.
The following thesis provides an analysis of Pol Pot's early political life, examines his infatuation with Mao Zedong and the Chinese revolution, and details the Cambodian leader's unique interpretation of the Chinese Chairman's political ideology. This thesis also aspires to she'd new insight into the study of Pol Pot's ultra- nationalist inspiration and disbar the convenient assumption by current scholars that he was merely a Maoist fundamentalist. In Pol Pot's attempts to create a uniquely Khmer communist ideology, he lost sight of the class struggle and espoused a racialist agenda based on Cambodian historical notions of revenge. These forms evolved from a mere grudge to notions of disproportionate and total revenge and dictated the Cambodian leader's treatment of the Vietnamese. Pol Pot was obsessed with Cambodia's long lost greatness and possessed an inherent need to reestablish the utopian Angkor kingdom in the present while punishing those responsible for its demise. In the end, his legacy was one of unbridled bloodshed that led to nearly three million deaths and the near-total destruction of his country.
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Sokolsky, Mark D. Sokolsky. "Taming Tiger Country: Colonization and Environment in the Russian Far East, 1860-1940." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1468510951.
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Martins, Nuno Miguel Ferreira. "A emergência da “Tigela de Massa” : as consequências não-intencionais dos acordos comerciais bilaterais na Ásia Oriental." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14772.
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Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Cooperação InternacionalO século XX e o início do século XXI marcaram uma mudança quase global no que toca a políticas comerciais, assistindo-se a uma mudança de paradigma com a passagem de um sistema protecionista para uma maior liberalização das trocas comerciais. Analisando esta mudança de paradigma destacam-se diferentes padrões de liberalização comercial, neste trabalho será analisado o modelo seguido pela Ásia Oriental centrado nos acordos comerciais bilaterais. A escolha deste modelo por parte dos países desta região é influenciada por um conjunto de acontecimentos nos quais se destaca a crise financeira de 1997/1998 e o falhanço das negociações de Doha no seio da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC). Apesar de este modelo ter permitido o desenvolvimento económico da região, que em sua parte é explicado pelo aumento das exportações, este acabou por criar o que se apelida de "Tigela de Massa". Esta "Tigela" surge da sobreposição de acordos e de regras de origem que aliados à grande interdependência criada pelo modelo de produção da região, e à inexistência de uma instituição política coerente que permita a resolução de conflitos acabam por fragilizar uma maior e melhor integração económica e comercial da Ásia Oriental.
The twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century marked a global change in trade policies, witnessing a paradigm shift from a protectionist to a more liberalized trade system. There are different patterns of trade liberalization. This paper is mainly focused on the model of trade liberalization in East Asia, a model that focuses mainly on bilateral free trade agreements. The choice of this model by the region is influenced by a series of events, in particular the 1997/1998 financial crisis and the failure of the Doha negotiations within the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although this model has allowed the rapid economic development of the region, which in part is explained by the increase in exports, this ended up creating what is known as a "Noodle's Bowl". This "Bowl" arising from the overlapping of agreements and rules of origin and combined with the great interdependence created by the production model of the region, as well as the lack of a coherent political institution allowing the resolution of conflicts, has ended up causing a fragile economic integration and trade development in East Asia.
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Arora, Rashmi, and S. Ratnasiri. "Recent growth experiences of Asian tigers: where does India stand?" 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/8496.
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YesPurpose – The four Asian tigers, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan (also called Four Dragons) experienced miraculous high growth rates in the pre-1990s period and rapidly transformed their economic status from less developed “basket cases” to developed high-income countries gaining entry to the rich OECD club of countries. These countries even in the post-1990s, barring few years, have continued to grow further and are an inspiring role model for the newly emerging economies. The purpose of this paper is to adduce certain trends in these countries since the 1990s and specifically examine role of human capital and knowledge building, productivity convergence and intra-regional trade in the Asian tigers’. The authors examine these in the context of India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper in a simple descriptive yet analytical approach explores the relevance of above factors in the Indian context. Findings – The study observed that India ranks far below the Asian tigers in the knowledge economy index (KEI). The results at the sub-national level showed large disparities across the states in knowledge economy reflecting country’s difficulties in catching up with other countries overall. Regarding labour productivity, the results show that India was moving away from the benchmark country until 1990 ( pre-reform period) and started catching up particularly due to physical capital (not necessarily human capital) since 1995 onwards. Originality/value – The study is unique due to several reasons. First, it contributes to the literature examining contemporaneous Asian tigers and Indian economies performance as not many studies exist in this area. Second, the study also builds a unique first ever KEI at the sub-national level for India and is, therefore, a contribution in this respect. Finally, the study also contributes to the literature on Indian economic development.
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Jargalsaikhan, Munkhchimeg, and Munkhchimeg Jargalsaikhan. "Relationship between Capital Structure and Profitability: Evidence from Four Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/cra2wt.
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碩士亞洲大學
財務金融學系碩士班
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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between capital structure and profitability. The sample data used in the study is for 19 years, from 1992 to 2010. Data of the Four Asian Tigers, namely, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong, were collected from the Compustat Global Vantage database, including 34,005 observations. The data analysis of this research involved three statistical techniques: descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, and regression analysis. This study finds a negatively significant relationship between leverage and profitability with all samples. However, this relationship does not exist in all of the four countries. Profitability negatively influenced leverage in Taiwan, Korea and Singapore, but positively influenced leverage in Hong Kong.
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Chen, Yi-Sin, and 陳怡妡. "Corporate Governance and the Choice of ADRs--Evidence from 4 Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91268968382540307625.
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碩士國立交通大學
財務金融研究所
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The purpose of corporate governance is to create a mechanism of checks and balances. Under the separation of management and ownership, managers’ behaviors are aligned to the interests of shareholders, corporate fraud is alleviated, effective and efficient management is assured, and corporate social responsibility can be carried out. In recent years, a growing number of firms involved in the corporate scandals have used window dressing to make financial statement more attractive. This creates the awareness of the importance of corporate governance among governments in various countries, who start to improve the law and enforcement of corporate governance. As capital market becomes more liberal and globalized, multinational companies start to expand their business in the global market by cross listing in international capital market, which requires stricter corporate governance compliance. Some researchers focused on the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance. Other researchers explored the effects of company characteristics and external governance on the choices of depositary receipts. This study explores the relationship between corporate governance (board composition, CEO characteristics, insider ownership, and board committee) and ADR listing choices based on four Asian tigers. The country-level result shows that companies from weaker investors’ protection countries tend to choose level II and level III ADRs. For corporate-level result, we showed that companies with bigger size and greater earning prefer level II and III ADR listings. As for governance-level result, we found that companies with better corporate governance are more likely to choose Level I and 144A. Our results showed that ADR listing choices are affected by external governance environment, company characteristics, and internal corporate governance. In other words, companies choose different ADR types for different purposes.
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Wu, Chun Po, and 吳俊伯. "Volatility Transmissions between Renmibi and Four Asian Tigers Non-Delivery Forward Markets." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62424680524160477873.
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Khongkim, Wanida, and 陳婉春. "Government Education Expenditure and Economic Growth:The case study of the Four Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13268641703869618216.
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碩士國立成功大學
經濟學系碩博士班
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The economic growth in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea had been considered as models for the developing countries in the post of 1980 decades. Various researches had been conducted to explore the causes of the miracle of these four Asian tigers. This thesis investigates whether government human capital investment contribute to economic growth in these countries for the past 25 years. Using government educational expenditure as proxy for human capital investment and allowing for 9-year lags for the effect to be effective, this thesis uses panel data model to investigate the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in these countries. The empirical results show that government educational expenditure and trade openness are significant in the determination of economic growth in these four countries.
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Wu, Ming-Yi, and 吳明義. "A Study of The Relationship between Asia stock markets and Macroeconomic Variables: Evidence on Four Asian Tigers and China." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x4mkzn.
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As the economy is gradually becoming more internationalized and the volatility of the stock market is also affected by the state of the economy in other parts of the world, we have targeted the major Asian countries (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore) for a study of the relationship between the overall economic performance of Asia's major markets and the stock markets, using the manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) as an overall economic indicator and the CSI 300 Index , Hong Kong Hang Seng Index , iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, iShares MSCI Korea ETF and iShares MSCI Singapore ETF as stock market indicators. In this study, the monthly data of the manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) in major Asian countries from January 2006 to December 2016 and monthly closing prices of the CSI 300 Index ETF, Hong Kong Hang Seng Index ETF, iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF, iShares MSCI Korea ETF and iShares MSCI Singapore ETF were used as sample data for analysis and test, using PP unit root test, VAR vector autoregression model estimation, VAR Granger causality test, impulse response analysis and forecast error variance decomposition methods, etc. The study findings indicate: In the analysis of the PMI and Stock price, ETF for the Four Asian Tigers, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index for Taiwan has a positive influence on the manufacturing purchasing managers' indices for South Korea and Singapore, while Taiwan's manufacturing purchasing managers' index, on the contrary, was relatively influenced by Hong Kong’s manufacturing purchasing managers' index. After joining the China factor, however, the relationship has changed and it indicated that the manufacturing purchasing managers' indices for China had a positive influence on the manufacturing purchasing managers' indices for Taiwan and Hong Kong. In addition, Hong Kong’s PMI has no influence on the Hong Kong Index. The CSI 300 Index ETF is independent. In the original analysis of PMI and ETF for the Four Asian Tigers, Taiwan’s manufacturing purchasing managers' index has a positive and leading influence on the iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF. However, this relationship disappears after joining the China factor. Moreover, the Chinese manufacturing purchasing managers’ index also replaced the Hong Kong manufacturing purchasing managers’ index has a leading positive impact on Taiwan's manufacturing purchasing managers’ index.
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Jan, Che-chih, and 任哲志. "The Comparison of Major Factors between Four Asian Tigers and Mainland China in FDI." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/19559958968080443968.
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碩士義守大學
管理研究所碩士班
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In 2005, the Mainland China’s FDI inflow which ranks the third of the world has up to 702 hundred million dollars. The FDI inflow of Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea dividedly as 359、 201 and 72 hundred million dollars. Taiwan only got 16.25 hundred million dollars which apparently far behind the others Asian tigers. Therefore, this paper is attempted to analyze the attracting factors of FDI inflow between Asian Four Tigers and Mainland China. This paper tries to build a model of Dynamic Panel Data by the invested-data from 1986 to 2005. According to Economics location theory of FDI inflow that be defined as: domestic capability, market factors, labor force factors, society factors and approach and open factors. Additionally, the other variables of Asian financial crisis and foreign capital anarchic that total ten variables will be considered in the model. OLS results with fixed effect as empirical estimation model. The findings reveal that: (i) Economic growth rate、the last FDI inflow、governmental expends in R&D and foreign capital anarchic have a significant and positive impact on FDI inflow. (ii) And the exchange rate of US dollars and annual changes in consumer price index (ACCPI) with significant and negative impact on it. (iii) The result of Asian financial crisis and annual changes in manufacturing wages are not very obviously but on FDI that reveal well investment system and the success of labor policy of Asian Tigers, even the rise by financial meltdown or the labor structure don’t decrease the FDI inflow. (iv) FDI is the long run investment, which includes the transfer of technology, stock and management knowledge. Even if economical fluctuations be happening but don’t influence multinational enterprises FDI in continued; but policy limit can. Moreover, how to develop good economical environment are the target of China and Asian Tigers to strive on continuingly.
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Lin, Hsiao-Hui, and 林孝惠. "The Research of Website Information Service for Foreigners in Japan and East Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22076818855952300158.
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黃子誠. "The threshold effect of exchange rate volatility on trade volume:evidemce from four asian tigers." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/64027658538195500218.
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碩士國立政治大學
國際經營與貿易研究所
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This paper mainly probe to the relationship between exchange rate volatility and trade volume. Use a threshold model to examine a possible threshold model to examine a possible threshold effect in the impact of exchange rate volatility on trade volume for the bilateral trade volumes between the US and the Asian four tigers. A grid searching method is used to obtain the threshold points, and the time-series econometric techniques are applied to estimate. Sample period is from 1989:01 to 2008:12(deduct 1997 because of the Asia financial crisis). Compare to other domestic literature, this paper use basic model and threshold model considering the nonlinearity in the effect of exchange rate volatility to support the empirical result and the background of the threshold model. The results show the existence of nonlinearity in the effect of exchange volatility. The results show that Hong Kong、Singapore and Korea have the threshold effect in the impact of exchange rate volatility and the increasing exchange rate volatility would decrease the trade volume during the period before the Asian financial crisis in 1997.Last, Taiwan’s manufactured goods classified chiefly by material export classified by SITC also have threshold effect in the impact of exchange rate volatility on trade volume. Future research can extend on this field.
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Li, Chih-Hsin, and 李芷欣. "A Study of the Relationships of United States, China, and East Asian Tigers Stock Indices." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39251281185872584537.
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Tsai, Yu-Sheng, and 蔡裕昇. "STR Analysis of Long-Horizon Stock Returns: Evidence from Japan and the East Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22986870104756812025.
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碩士國立暨南國際大學
財務金融學系
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Abstract Fama and French (1988) point out that mean-reverting price component of stock prices shows negative autocorrelation in returns, that is weaker for the daily and weekly holding period but stronger for long-horizon returns. Fama (1990) identifies that the regression increases with the time horizon for the stock return series. Previous studyies working on long-horizon predictability have mostly dealt with the behavior of stock returns in a linear model context. For example, Pesaran and Timmerman (1995, 2000) use linear recursive regression to predict the behavior of long-horizon stock markets. McMillan (2001), however, considers that to predict the stock returns nonlinear models are more fitted than linear models. Therefore, we try to explore more predictive behavior of long-horizon stock returns by utilizing the smooth transition regression (STR), a nonlinear econometric model originated by Bacon and Watts (1971) and exalted later by Tong (1990), Teräsvirta and Anderson (1992). This study uses the data from Japan and the East Asian Tigers’ stock markets, contemplating the influence of American stock markets, and utilizes the STR estimation to examine the nonlinear relationship of stock return series and to make comparison of the fitness in-sample and out-sample forcasting. The data span the period January 1988 to August 2006 using monthly data from The Global Financial Database.
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Chang, Che-Ming, and 張哲銘. "A Study of the Relationships of United States, East Asian Tigers and BRICs Stock Indices." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2k7kss.
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碩士世新大學
財務金融學研究所(含碩專班)
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This study discusses the stock returns relationships among the American S&P500 Index, East Asian Tigers and BRICs. We choose the three regional stock market indices as the representatives of major international stock markets and the sample period is from June 2004 to December 2007. In the beginning, we approach ADF, PP and KPSS methods to analyze data, moreover, we makes use of measures of VAR model, Granger Causality test, Impulse Response Function and Forecast Error Variance Decomposition to explore the interaction among these markets. The main research results are as following. Correlation Coefficient among returns to nation stock markets of investment portfolio can be reduced by international diversification. As evidenced by the VAR, Granger Causality Test, Impulse Response and Forecast Error Variance Decomposition, the U.S market is found to be the most influential in the world. U.S stock market has obviously influence to East Asian Tigers, however, BRICs are less affected. From the regional influence, Hong Kong and Singapore stock markets are the leading indicators of the East Asian Tigers. But China stock market is the leading indicator among the three places around Taiwan Strait. On the contrary, stock markets among BRICs are more independent and less interaction, however, BRICs indexes should not be applied each other. With the high-speed development, China has became the world factory that we should not ignore the lasting growth.
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Chin, Chu-Huang, and 黃金註. "The Transmission Mechanism of Return and Risk from Gold Futures to Four Asian Tigers Financial Assets." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12508576199759407688.
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碩士嶺東科技大學
財務金融系碩士班
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The study adopted GARCH model to investigate the return and risk transmission effect between gold futures and the stock markets of the four Asian little dragon countries, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea, in the period of 2007 to 2015. The empirical results indicate the return of gold price influence the stock markets of the four Asian countries significantly. The waves of the stock markets of the four Asian little dragon countries is influenced by the unpredicted changes and the old news.
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Hsu, Ching-Yu, and 許景嵎. "An Empirical Study on Capital Structure and Financing Decisions-Evidences from East Asian Tigers and Japan." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84545209810863558318.
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碩士國立臺北大學
國際企業研究所
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In general, managers make financial decisions of corporations by two ways which includes internal financing and external financing. The internal financing is the using of retained earnings. The external financing is the usage of equity, debt, hybrid securities. Based on these two kinds of financial behaviors, the capital structures of companies could be shaped differently. As a consequence, it is an important issue for managements how to minimize financial costs and maximize shareholders’ equity. According to mentioned above, several theories explaining financial behaviors have been developed. There are the Modigliani-Miller theorem, the trade-off theory, the pecking order theory and the market timing theory. Data of previous studies are from the United States, G7 or Dutch firms. According to most those findings, firms from all countries rebalance their leverage and results are more in line with the dynamic trade-off theory rather than the equity market timing hypothesis of capital structure. In our study, we tend to examine financing behaviors in Asian countries. We select several sample including Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. Due to quite homogeneous of these countries in their level of economic development, we draw these five highly developed countries in Asia to compare with previous studies. In the present study, we re-examine the model developed by Kayhan and Titman (2007) to provide evidences about the broad patterns of financing activity in Asian developed markets. Based on our findings above, although several elements have the impact on capital structure temporarily, firms from all countries investigated by this study rebalance their leverage following equity issuances. The results are more in line with the dynamic trade-off theory rather than the equity market timing or pecking order hypothesis of capital structure. In other words, firms have their target capital structures, determined by the marginal benefits of debt and costs associated with debt. Therefore, this implies that firms adjust their capital structure in response to the temporary shocks that cause their leverage to deviate from the target in East Asian Tigers and Japan, which are highly developed countries in Asia. This outcome would be consistent with the previous empirical evidences of the US, the Netherlands and G7.
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Wu, Chia-Yu, and 吳家渝. "The Contagion Effect of the European Debt Crisis on PIIS, BRICS, ASEAN 4, Four Asian Tigers and Developed Countries: Considering the Impact of the United States." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e9k32f.
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碩士國立臺北大學
國際企業研究所
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The paper aims to examine the contagion effect on stock markets from Greece to PIIS BRICS, ASEAN 4, Four Asian Tigers and several developed countries during the European debt crisis by considering the influence of international financial information center, the United States. By using the dynamic correlations derived from 2-step DCC-GARCH model, no contagion effect is detected between stock markets during European debt crisis. We may infer that the role of the U.S. is not considered important in the contagion test. Nevertheless, we find volatility spillover from Greece to eleven country stock markets. Besides, the correlation between Greece stock market and each of nine stock markets significantly increase on the days when significant information or initiative regarding PIIGS was announced or taken effect. Furthermore and overall, we find that the volatility of Greece is less influenced either by the U.S. or by other markets
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Tu, Jou-Hui, and 涂柔卉. "The study of nonlinear relationship on the impact of the oil price fluctuation on the East Asian Tigers stock market performance." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05906017564728681853.
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碩士淡江大學
財務金融學系碩士在職專班
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Petroleum has always been playing a heavy role in the everyday life and the economic activities of the human society. The oil price fluctuations affect greatly on a country''s economy development. As a leading indicator of the growth of an economic, stock market index and its relationship with the oil price fluctuation has been the center of attention for people who wish to understand the reason behind the growth of an economy. Over the past, studies on the impact of the oil price fluctuation on stock market index performance usually explore the subject on the linear relationship between the two. Hardly any study investigates the nonlinear relationship. This Study utilize the Smooth Transition Regression Mode to analyze the nonlinear impact of the oil price on the stock market of the East Asian Four Tigers-Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea for their similar economic development background and the continues growth of GDP per capita from January 1988 to June 2008. It is evident that there was a nonlinear impact of the oil price fluctuation on the stock market performance of East Asian Four Tigers-Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea with significant threshold. When oil prices are high, the fluctuation of the oil price and the rate of return on stock index have a negative correlation; when oil prices are low, the fluctuation of the oil price and the rate of return on stock index has a positive correlation. Among them, the Singapore stock market has the quickest respond to the oil price fluctuation, the South Korea stock price index needs much longer period to completely reflect the impact of the effect of the oil prices fluctuation.
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WU, MIN-FANG, and 吳旻凡. "A Varying Correlation Bivariate GARCH Applied to Influence of the Exchange Rate of RMB and EUR on Stock Market of Asian Tigers." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ya5y5w.
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Branson and Henderson proposed a Certificate Card Balance Theory in 1985, which indicated that the value of monetary assets will base on current value of the currency flow in the future. Currency depreciation and the remuneration and its future income from the expected increase value of foreign exchange assets will attract investors to hold more foreign exchange which will then affect the price of other monetary assets negatively. This research applies Varying Correlation Bivariate GARCH Model to investigate the influence of the exchange rate of RMB and EUR on stock markets of Four Asian Tigers from Jan 3rd , 2012 to March 17th, 2017. Based on the empirical evidences of the research, it was shown that the stock exchange rate of Taiwan and the Hang Seng Index remuneration of Hong Kong were affected by the fluctuation from last term resulting in the positive results. On the other hand, Singapore Straits Index and Korea Composite Stock Index remuneration were affected by the fluctuation from last term resulting in negative results. Overall, it was proved that the increase of RMB exchange rate has bigger impact than EUR exchange rate towards the increase of stock remuneration of Taiwan and Hong Kong. On the contrary, the increase of EUR exchange rate has bigger impact on the increase of Korea Composite Stock Index than RMB
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Nam, Camilla Jiyun. "Tiger bride: a collection of short stories." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27566.
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Please note: creative writing theses are permanently embargoed in OpenBU. No public access is forecasted for these. To request private access, please click on the lock icon and filled out the appropriate web form.A collection of short stories.
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Ferwerda, Carolin. "Characterizing the relationship between Asian tiger mosquito abundance and habitat in urban New Jersey." 2009. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051818.
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"Rebirth of a Lineage: The Hereditary Household of the Han Celestial Master and Celestial Masters Daoism at Dragon and Tiger Mountain." Doctoral diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38547.
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abstract: This dissertation is a study and translation of the Hereditary Household of the Han Celestial Master (Han tianshi shijia 漢天師世家), a hagiographical account of successive generations of the Zhang family patriarchs of Celestial Masters Daoism (Tianshi dao 天師道) at Dragon and Tiger Mountain (Longhu shan 龍虎山) in Jiangxi province that was compiled in stages between the late fourteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The Zhang family emerged in the late Tang or early Five dynasties period and rose to great prominence and power through the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties on the basis of the claim of direct and unbroken lineal descent from Zhang Daoling 張道陵 the ancestral Celestial Master whose covenant with the deified Laozi in 142 C.E. is a founding event of the Daoist religion. In this study I trace the lineal history of the Zhang family as presented in the Hereditary Household in chronological parallel to contrasting narratives found in official histories, epigraphy, and the literary record. This approach affords insight into the polemical nature of the text as an assertion of legitimacy and allows for a demonstration of how the work represents an attempt to create in writing an idealized past in order to win prestige in the present. It also affords the opportunity to scour the historical record in an attempt to ascertain a plausible timeframe for the origin of the movement and to explore the relationship of the Hereditary Household to earlier hagiographic works that may have informed it. This study also contextualizes the Hereditary Household in the post-Tang religious climate of China. In that period the establishment of lineal authenticity and institutional charisma through narratives of descent became a widespread tool of legitimation employed by Buddhists, Daoists, and Confucians in hopes of obtaining imperial recognition and patronage.Dissertation/Thesis
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"Shifting Indian Identities in Aravind Adiga's Work: The March from Individual to Communal Power." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17980.
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abstract: In contemporary Indian literature, the question over which sets of Indian identities are granted access to power is highly contested. Critics such as Kathleen Waller and Sara Schotland align power with the identity of the autonomous individual, whose rights and freedoms are supposedly protected by the state, while others like David Ludden and Sandria Freitag place power with those who become a part of group identities, either on the national or communal level. The work of contemporary Indian author Aravind Adiga attempts to address this question. While Adiga's first novel The White Tiger applies the themes and ideology of the worth of the individual from African American novelists Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin, Adiga's latest novel, Last Man in Tower, shifts towards a study of the consequences of colonialism, national identity, and the place of the individual within India in order to reveal a changing landscape of power and identity. Through a discussion of Adiga's collective writings, postcolonial theory, American literature, South Asian crime novels, contemporary Indian popular fiction, and some of the challenges facing Mumbai, I track Adiga's shifts and moments of growth between his two novels and evaluate Adiga's ultimate message about who holds power in Indian society: the individual or the community.Dissertation/Thesis
M.A. English 2013