In this chapter, we focus on psychological and brain perspectives on the experience of coincidence. We first introduce the topic of the experience of coincidence in general. In the second section, we outline several psychological mechanisms that underlie the experience of coincidence in humans, such as cognitive biases, the role of context and the role of individual differences. In the third an...

attracting foreign investment is a technique to achieve economic development, which requires establishment of appropriate legal and administrative infrastructure. in addition, host countries may ignore their public interest and national security. therefore, they have to maintain a balance between economic development and protection of national security. the concern over the national security as...

Introducing private capital into the public transport system for its sustainable development has been increasing around the world. However, previous research ignores emissions and energy consumption impacts, which are important for private capital investment policy-making. To address this problem, the system dynamic (SD) approach was used to quantitatively analyze the cumulative effects of diff...

This study examined the effect of public investment on private and their relative effects Ethiopia economic growth. The employed ARDL bounds testing approach. empirical results revealed that has a crowding-in in long run which means, stimulates run. However, crowding out investment. In other word, no direct impact growth significant positive while it is negatively related to short suggests posi...

This paper assesses total factor productivity (TFP) growth in India, examines the sources of productivity growth, including public and private investment, and estimates the rates of return to public investments in agriculture. The results show that significant TFP growth in the Indian crops sector was produced by investments -primarily in research -but also in extension, markets, and irrigation...

Public mobilisation is needed to enact obesity-prevention policies and to mitigate reaction against their implementation. However, approaches in public health focus mainly on dialogue between public health professionals and political leaders. Strategies to increase popular demand for obesity-prevention policies include refinement and streamlining of public information, identification of effecti...

The article examined three widely accepted approaches to sustainable investing: Socially Responsible Investing (SRI), Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), impact investing. Nevertheless, these investment strategies are under-institutionalised, characterised by a lack of consistent terminology mixed return performance. Given that inconsistencies prevalent in academic research regarding in...