Economics

Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2019

  • A Study on Life Insurance Fund Investment in Transportation Infrastructure

    Zhai Yigang

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 128-133
    Received: 06 September 2019
    Accepted: 14 October 2019
    Published: 23 October 2019
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    Abstract: Transportation infrastructure projects are often large in scale, and they require lots of long-term and concentrated funds, which is different from investments like stocks. With long-term saving function, life insurance funds own lots of stable long-term funds, whose nature matches the characteristics of infrastructure project gains, and can invest... Show More
  • Role and Determinants of Saving and Credit Cooperative on Financial Intermediation in Hadiya Zone, Southern Ethiopia

    Abel Wudenah Abamagal, Philipos Wudineh Abamagal

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 134-141
    Received: 04 July 2019
    Accepted: 05 August 2019
    Published: 14 November 2019
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    Abstract: This study aimed to assess role and determinants of saving and credit cooperative on financial intermediation in Hadiya Zone, in case of Lemo woreda and Hosanna town administrative. The main target of this study was in order to assess role of saving and credit cooperatives for their members in financial intermediation and to examine main determinan... Show More
  • Socioeconomic Determinants of Child Mortality (Under Age One): Reported by Mothers of Reproductive Age in Punjab, Pakistan

    Daud Rafique, Muhammad Ali Bhatti, Isaac Shahzad, Suleman Shaukat

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 142-148
    Received: 29 August 2019
    Accepted: 31 October 2019
    Published: 14 November 2019
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    Abstract: The future of a nation lies in the hands of its children. Health of children should be the first priority of a nation. It is an indicator of social and economic development. Pakistan falls among high child mortality rate countries. The aim of this paper is to assess the socioeconomic determinants of child mortality in the Punjab. For this purpose, ... Show More
  • Two-way Interactive Effect Between Financial Pressure & Public Service Charges

    Yang Le

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2019
    Pages: 149-155
    Received: 28 October 2019
    Accepted: 18 November 2019
    Published: 21 November 2019
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    Abstract: After the reform of the tax system, with the upward movement of financial power and the decentralization of power, the financial pressure of local governments in China has become increasingly prominent. As the previous model concluded, fiscal pressure may be the driving force behind the increase in local government public service charges. Therefore... Show More