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Blockchain-enable contact tracing for preserving user privacy during COVID-19 outbreak. (2020)
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ARIFEEN, M.M., AL MAMUN, A., KAISER, M.S. and MAHMUD, M. 2020. Blockchain-enable contact tracing for preserving user privacy during COVID-19 outbreak. Preprints [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202007.0502.v1

Contact tracing has become an indispensable tool of various extensive measures to control the spread of COVID-19 pandemic due to novel coronavirus. This essential tool helps to identify, isolate and quarantine the contacted persons of a COVID-19 pati... Read More about Blockchain-enable contact tracing for preserving user privacy during COVID-19 outbreak..

To float or to sink? Revisiting the causal effects of exchange rate regimes. [Working paper] (2020)
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SHURAEVA, A., SHANAEV, S. and GHIMIRE, B. 2020. To float or to sink? Revisiting the causal effects of exchange rate regimes. [Working paper]. SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3633069

This study proposes a novel instrumental variable construction procedure based on international trade concentration that has a sufficiently strong first stage for exchange rate policy choice globally and applies it to revisit the causal effects of ex... Read More about To float or to sink? Revisiting the causal effects of exchange rate regimes. [Working paper].

The financial pandemic: COVID-19 and policy interventions on rational and irrational markets. [Working paper] (2020)
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SHANAEV, S., SHURAEVA, A. and GHIMIRE, B. 2020. The financial pandemic: COVID-19 and policy interventions on rational and irrational markets. [Working paper]. SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3589557

Financial markets are useful indicators of public beliefs and dispersed knowledge on future outcomes and policy efficiency, especially in periods of uncertainty. 51 national stock markets successfully absorb publicly available information regarding C... Read More about The financial pandemic: COVID-19 and policy interventions on rational and irrational markets. [Working paper].

Human skeletal muscle has large capacity to increase carnosine content in response to beta-alanine supplementation: a systematic review with Bayesian individual and aggregate data E-Max model and meta-analysis. (2019)
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SAFFIOTI REZENDE, N., SWINTON, P., FARIAS DE OLIVEIRA, L., PIRES DA SILVA, R., EIRA DA SILVA, V., NEMEZIO, K., YAMAGUCHI, G., ARTIOLI, G.G., GUALANO, B., SAUNDERS, B. and DOLAN, E. 2019. Human skeletal muscle has large capacity to increase carnosine content in response to beta-alanine supplementation: a systematic review with Bayesian individual and aggregate data E-Max model and meta-analysis. bioRxiv [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/870584

Beta-alanine (BA) supplementation increases muscle carnosine content (MCarn) and is ergogenic in many situations. Currently, many questions on the nature of the Mcarn response to supplementation are open, and the responses to these have considerable... Read More about Human skeletal muscle has large capacity to increase carnosine content in response to beta-alanine supplementation: a systematic review with Bayesian individual and aggregate data E-Max model and meta-analysis..

The marginal cost of mining, Metcalfe's law and cryptocurrency value formation: causal inferences from the instrumental variable approach. [Working paper] (2019)
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SHANAEV, S., SHARMA, S., SHURAEVA, A. and GHIMIRE, B. 2019. The marginal cost of mining, Metcalfe's law and cryptocurrency value formation: causal inferences from the instrumental variable approach. [Working paper]. SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3432431

This paper is the first to rigorously test commonly cited simplistic theories of cryptocurrency pricing, namely, cost-based model and Metcalfe's law, using causal inferences from the instrumental variables approach on block-level data for six proof-o... Read More about The marginal cost of mining, Metcalfe's law and cryptocurrency value formation: causal inferences from the instrumental variable approach. [Working paper].

Taming the blockchain beast? Regulatory implications for the cryptocurrency market. [Working paper] (2019)
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SHANAEV, S., SHARMA, S., SHURAEVA, A. and GHIMIRE, B. 2019. Taming the blockchain beast? Regulatory implications for the cryptocurrency market. [Working paper]. SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3397939

This paper uses a unique dataset of 120 regulatory events from five classes to test the relevance of the regulatory framework for cryptocurrency value. Time-series market-wide estimates and panel estimates for 300 individual coins and tokens show sta... Read More about Taming the blockchain beast? Regulatory implications for the cryptocurrency market. [Working paper].

Pay now, argue later... (2018)
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CHRISTIE, D. 2018. Pay now, argue later... [online]. Available from: https://www.academia.edu/37734690/Grove_v_S_and_T_2018_Court_of_Appeal_-_my_thoughts.pdf

This is a note on the author's thoughts on the decision of the Court of Appeal on the case of Grove v S&T relating to the interaction of the adjudiction and payment provisions of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended)... Read More about Pay now, argue later....

Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. (2017)
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SAHARUDIN, M.S., ATIF, R. and INAM, F. 2017. Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites. Preprints [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201701.0024.v1

The influence of short term water absorption on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester hybrid nanocomposites has been investigated. The addition of nano-fillers significantly increased the flexural... Read More about Effect of short term water exposure on the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes-multi layer graphene reinforced polyester nanocomposites..

Poverty as a wicked problem. (2016)
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SPICKER, P. 2016. Poverty as a wicked problem. CROP poverty brief, no. 35. Bergen, Norway: CROP Secretariat [online]. Available from: http://www.crop.org/viewfile.aspx?id=1062

This brief argues for a pragmatic approach to poverty, rather than an analytical one: 1. Poverty is a wicked issue - complex, multidimensional, unclear and changeable. There is not one problem to be addressed. If we are not dealing with a set, specif... Read More about Poverty as a wicked problem..

The fiscal framework and the delivery of welfare benefits. (2016)
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SPICKER, P. 2016. The fiscal framework and the delivery of welfare benefits. Written submission presented at the 10th Meeting of the Devolution (Further Powers) Committee (Scottish Parliament, session 4), 3 March 2016, Edinburgh, UK. Edinburgh: Scottish Parliament [online], pages 19-23. Available from: http://www.parliament.scot/Papers_20160303_updated_3.3.16.pdf

The author author was approached by the Clerks of the committee to comment on the Scotland Bill and Fiscal Framework, since the publication of the Committee's Interim Report published in May 2015. This is his written submission.

What can the Scottish Parliament do with new social security powers? (2016)
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SPICKER, P. 2016. What can the Scottish Parliament do with new social security powers? Glasgow: Comon Weal [online]. Available from: http://allofusfirst.org/tasks/render/file/?fileID=5F353C60-ECE3-72D9-CAD3D044ACBB03D0

Professor Paul Spicker analyses the planned devolution of social security powers to the Scottish Parliament in the Scotland Bill and argues: The reforms have been represented as giving Scotland 'one of the most powerful devolved parliaments in the wo... Read More about What can the Scottish Parliament do with new social security powers?.

Socially responsible investment and market performance: the case of energy and resource firms. [Working paper] (2016)
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BRZESZCZYŃSKI, J., GHIMIRE, B., JAMASB, T. and MCINTOSH, G. 2016. Socially responsible investment and market performance: the case of energy and resource firms. [Working paper]. Energy Policy Research Group working papers, EPRG 1605; Cambridge working papers in economics, CWPE 1609. Hosted on Judge Business School website [online]. Available from: https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/eprg-wp1605.pdf

Energy and resource companies have a crucial role in achieving future sustainable economies. We investigate the performance of international Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) energy and resource companies on the stock market over a 10-year period... Read More about Socially responsible investment and market performance: the case of energy and resource firms. [Working paper].

Local heroes or village idiots? (2015)
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BAXTER, G. 2015. Local heroes or village idiots? Press portrayal of opponents of two controversial coastal developments in North-east Scotland. Aberdeen Business School working paper series, 8(2).

This paper examines press coverage, at the local, regional and national (i.e. Scottish) levels, of two controversial coastal developments in Northeast Scotland: the building of a North Sea gas reception terminal in the 1970s, and the current developm... Read More about Local heroes or village idiots?.

Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis. (2015)
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BABAJIDE, N.A. and SOILE, I.O. 2015. Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis. Hosted on SSRN [online], article number 2624004. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2624004

This study examines the impact of oil price shocks and their transmission channels to selected macroeconomic variables which serve as proxies for economic activities in Nigeria using quarterly data from 1980Q1 to 2011Q4. Empirical analysis was carrie... Read More about Oil price shocks and Nigeria's economic activity: evidence from ARDL co-integration and VECM analysis..

The use of photo elicitation to explore the role of the main street in Kirkwall in sustaining cultural identity, community, and a sense of place. (2015)
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BAXTER, G., COOPER, K., GRAY, D., REID, P.H, VERGUNST, J. and WILLIAMS, D. 2015. The use of photo elicitation to explore the role of the main street in Kirkwall in sustaining cultural identity, community, and a sense of place. Aberdeen Business School working paper series, 8(1).

This paper explores the value of photo elicitation as a method for investigating the role played by small town main streets in Scottish island communities in sustaining cultural identity, community, and a sense of place. In particular, it critically... Read More about The use of photo elicitation to explore the role of the main street in Kirkwall in sustaining cultural identity, community, and a sense of place..

Backchannel chat: peaks and troughs in a Twitter response to three televised debates during the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign 2014. (2014)
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PEDERSEN, S., BAXTER, G., BURNETT, S., GOKER, A., CORNEY, D., and MARTIN, C. 2014. Backchannel chat: peaks and troughs in a Twitter response to three televised debates during the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign 2014. Aberdeen Business School working paper series, 7(2).

Social-networking services such as Twitter offer users the potential to participate in public debate. When used whilst watching a television programme, Twitter allows backchannel discussion and debate in real time, which can add a new dimension and p... Read More about Backchannel chat: peaks and troughs in a Twitter response to three televised debates during the Scottish Independence Referendum campaign 2014..

The employability agenda and beyond: what are universities for? (2014)
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OLIVIER, S. 2014. The employability agenda and beyond: what are universities for? London: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. Hosted on Advance HE [online]. Available from: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/employability-agenda-and-beyond-what-are-universities

In this paper, presented as a provocation for university leaders, I intend to stimulate thought and debate. As such, it is not necessarily a paper typical in the groves of Academe, evaluating and referencing contrasting preceding papers. While I draw... Read More about The employability agenda and beyond: what are universities for?.

Just fatherlands? From Kristallnacht to Katyn. (2013)
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LYONS, C. 2013. Just fatherlands? From Kristallnacht to Katyn. In de Búrca, G., Kochenov, D., Williams, A. and Roy, S. (eds.) Debating Europe's justice deficit: the EU, Swabian housewives, rawls and Ryanair. European University Institute working papers, LAW 2013/11. San Domenico di Fiesole: European University Institute [online], page 52. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/28798

This working paper contribution addresses the lack of formal recognition of the Holocaust and institutionalised killing in the European Convention on Human Rights. It focuses on three themes: 1) historical justice and the role of the courts; 2) memor... Read More about Just fatherlands? From Kristallnacht to Katyn..

Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. (2013)
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SMITH, R. and LAING, A. 2013. Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study. SIPR Research Summary Number 15. Dundee: Scottish Institute for Policing Research, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee.

This summary reports on the pilot phase of an ongoing study, funded by SIPR, into the changing nature of rural crime and what constitutes rural criminality. We set out to listen to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality and to speak... Read More about Listening to alternative perspectives on rural crime and criminality: a report on the pilot study..

Illegal diversification in the farming community? (2012)
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MCELWEE, G. and SMITH, R. 2012. Illegal diversification in the farming community? RuSource [online], Briefing 1660. Available from: http://ofi.openfields.org.uk/1.12120694

Traditionally, farmers enjoy high levels of social esteem. Like the entrepreneur, they are ascribed the twin status of hero and loner. However, not all farmers are paragons of virtue and some are dishonest. These are what we call ‘rogue’ farmers.