We empirically investigate the factors that drive the uneven regional distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) across Chinese provinces from 1995 to 2006. We first perform a factor analysis to summarize information embodied in around 40 variables and derive four FDI determinants: ‘institutional …

The aim of this research was to describe paddock use of horses and cattle in different densities in the salt marshes of Noord-Friesland Buitendijks. In this report is also added the ongoing discussion about grazing in salt marshes in whole Europe and it might help understanding different outcomes in …

A common strategy to assign keywords to documents is to select the most appropriate words from the document text. One of the most important criteria for a word to be selected as keyword is its relevance for the text. The tf.idf score of a term is a widely used relevance measure. While easy to compute …

In order to gain a better understanding of the epidemiology of Avian Influenza in their natural hosts, more insight in the effects on its natural hosts should be gained. The aim of this research is to gain insight into the effects of a LPAI infection on winter movement and the influence on the preparation …

In this paper we analyze the effects if two countries, with different settings on the labor market, open their capital markets. To do this we follow the ideas of New Institutional Economics in combination with a new model of economic growth. We will use a Leontief production function, where we derive …

The past few years Internet has become an important medium in modern society. The use of Internet as a mass medium has resulted in the development of new online media. The feature all these new online media have in common is interactivity. The new web based applications allow citizens to create and share …