The Pursuance of Better Quality of life: In the Long Run, Better Quality of Social Life Is the Most Important Factor in Migration

A bstract . A model is developed to explore the relationships between interregional migration and regional variations of quality of life. The model incorporates the impact of the interregional variations of the various aspects of quality of life including economic, political, environmental, social, health and education. The long-run and short-run migration data for 65 major U.S. standard metropolitan statistical areas are used to test the model. The results suggest that unlike the conventional conclusions, economic factors are not so important in motivating interregional migration. Rather, it is shown that in the long-run the pursuance of better quality ot social life turns out to be the most important factor. In the short-run, the results suggest that the pursuance of better environmental quality is the dominant factor in explaining the interregional migration.     

The conspicuous absence of examination questions concerning the Great Irish Famine: political economy as science and ideology *

To advance our general understanding about the development of nine-teenth-century Irish political economy in the wake of the Great Irish Famine (1846–51), this article analyses the Famine's impact on a previously unstudied, yet uniquely authoritative, element of the displine: the questions given to candidates for the Whately Professorship of Political Economy at Trinity College, Dublin from 1832 to 1882. This article concludes, contrary to previous arguments, that the Famine did not fundamentaly influence the discipline's development, and relates this conclusion to debates over whether and how political economy functioned as an ideology in shaping policy responses to the Famine.     

Coping Strategies Used by Lodging Managers to Balance Work and Personal Lives: An Exploratory Study

The hospitality industry offers services to consumers around the clock, every day of the year. Lodging managers, in particular, are required to work long hours in a highly unpredictable and stressful environment. Consequently, a successful career in hotel management leaves little time for outside activities which often leads managers to leave such positions or the industry altogether. The purpose of this study is to explore the coping strategies used by lodging managers who have a successful balance between their work and personal lives. Eight coping strategies are identified by interviewing 15 lodging managers.     

Semiparametric estimation of logistic regression model with missing covariates and outcome

We consider a semiparametric method to estimate logistic regression models with missing both covariates and an outcome variable, and propose two new estimators. The first, which is based solely on the validation set, is an extension of the validation likelihood estimator of Breslow and Cain (Biometrika 75:11–20, 1988). The second is a joint conditional likelihood estimator based on the validation and non-validation data sets. Both estimators are semiparametric as they do not require any model assumptions regarding the missing data mechanism nor the specification of the conditional distribution of the missing covariates given the observed covariates. The asymptotic distribution theory is developed under the assumption that all covariate variables are categorical. The finite-sample properties of the proposed estimators are investigated through simulation studies showing that the joint conditional likelihood estimator is the most efficient. A cable TV survey data set from Taiwan is used to illustrate the practical use of the proposed methodology.     

持续经营非标审计意见与高管变更

文章选取2007-2008年获得持续经营不确定性审计意见的上市公司为样本,并以同行业同规模获得标准审计意见的上市公司为配对样本,检验高管人员更换与持续经营不确定性审计意见之间的关系。研究发现,持续经营审计意见与高管变更之间存在正相关关系,获得持续经营审计意见的上市公司高管变更的可能性更大。     

The effects of landscape fascination on subjective well-being and revisit intention: Evidence from agritourism destinations

This study adopted the reasonable person model (RPM) in the context of agritourism to identify tourists' preferences for features of agricultural landscapes; to examine the effects of agritourism landscape's fascination on subjective well-being and destination attachment, which in turn influence tourists' loyal behaviors; and to investigate the moderating effects of farm types. The quantitative and qualitative approaches were combined to obtain 1118 usable samples. The results validated the RPM by identifying the predictive power of landscape fascination, subjective well-being, and destination attachment on tourists' destination loyalty. Managerial implications for enhancing visitors' retentions in Taiwan were discussed.     

REDUCING RECOMMENDATION INEQUALITY VIA TWO-SIDED MATCHING: A FIELD EXPERIMENT OF ONLINE DATING

Leading dating platforms usually recommend only a small fraction of users based on users' popularity and similarity, leading to recommendation inequality. We use a stylized matching model from economics to modify existing algorithms to reduce inequality. We evaluate the proposed method through a large-scale field experiment on a dating platform. Experiment results suggest that our recommender reduces inequality, improves predictive accuracy, and leads to substantially more matched couples than other competing algorithms.     

Does office size matter in client acceptance decisions? Evidence from big 4 accounting firms

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting - This study examines whether audit firm office size affects auditors’ risk tolerance in making client acceptance decisions. Analyzing publicly...