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Do Globalization Indices for 141 Countries Converge Over Time?

Chang, Yu Sang; Kim, Hann Earl; Jo, Sung Jun - 2019

Countries through the world have experienced increased globalization over the last several decades facilitated by …. However, a globalization gap exists dividing those countries with greater globalization from those countries with less … globalization. Therefore, the two major questions of this research are: first, whether countries with low level of globalization in …

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Convergence Analysis of the Sanitation Index for 158 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang - 2019

Since 1990, 2.1 billion people in the world gained access to improved sanitation. However, 2.4 billion people still do …

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Convergence Analysis of the Entrepreneurship Start-Up Barriers

Chang, Yu Sang - 2019

In a majority of the existing research on entrepreneurship start-up, entry “cost”, “time”, and “procedures” were analyzed as the primary barriers against a greater rate of new business start-ups. We examine whether the country differences in the start-up barriers existing in 2003...

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Convergence Analysis of Terrestrial Protected Areas by 159 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang - 2018

Terrestrial protected areas are an important tool for biodiversity conservation. Recent expansion of terrestrial projection areas is such that fifty countries have already reached or exceeded the 17% target to be realized by 2020. This research examines whether countries with low level of...

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Convergence Analysis of Marine Protected Areas by 104 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang - 2018

Marine Protected Areas are central to conservation in oceans and seas and serve as protected areas for fish populations. The rapid growth of Marine Protected Areas has been guided by several leading countries in recent years. This research examines whether countries with low level of protection...

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Convergence Analysis of the Improved Water Sources for 203 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang - 2020

The Millennium Development Goals by the United Nations included a global target for Improved Water Source to reach 88% of global population by 2015. By 2010, the global target was reached. However, there are still millions of people lacking the improved access to drinking water. We propose the...

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Dynamic Trends of Carbon Intensities Among 127 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang - 2018

Many countries in the world have been experiencing widely varying rates of change in their carbon intensity of economic …

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Convergence Analysis on the Fish Stock Status Index for 131 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang; Kim, Moon Jung; Kim, Su Min - 2021

implications, drastic reduction of over capacity of the world fishing fleet will be discussed …

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Convergence Analysis of Fine Particulate PM2.5 Concentrations for 212 to 108 Countries

Chang, Yu Sang; Pak, Do Hyun; Shim, Hyeongsop - 2021

Two measures of fine particulate matter, PM2.5 exposure and PM2.5 exceedance are used to analyze convergence patterns of 212 and 108 countries during the period of 2000 to 2014. For PM2.5 exposure, sigma index diverges at the annual rate of 1.07%, while gamma index converges at -0.5% rate. For...

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Does the Species Protection Index for 198 Countries Converge Over Time?

Chang, Yu Sang; Kim, Hann Earl; Choi, Myeong Cheol - 2021

Sustainable Development Goals adopted by The United Nations seek to protect and prevent the extinction of threatened species by 2020. Several countries even in the 1990s began expanding species protection to reach the 2020 goal early. This research investigates whether countries with low level...

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