Inter vivos transfers in Malaysia have been always associated with the Islamic way for the solution of the disbursement of estates. From the economic point of view, the motivation for them has been the interest of the researchers. In the case of Malaysia, inter vivos is called hibah –...

Assessing student performance in higher education has never been easy. Pedagogy to engage students in learning and make them own their learning has become increasingly popular. The paradigm of teaching has switched from teacher-centered to student-centered. Likewise, students’ involvement in...

The purpose of the current study was to investigate how trait anxiety and impulsiveness affect university students’ academic procrastination. This study also investigated the relations among anxiety, impulsiveness, and academic procrastination. For the study, 437 university students in South...

For the cession to be in effect the following is required 1) the claim must belong to the assignor, 2) the assignor must have power to act with the claim, 3) the claim under assignment must be defined.That is why assigning a claim, the principle „nemo plus juris ad alium transferre potest,...

This study employs dynamic panel generalized method of moment (GMM) technique to empirically examine the role of institutions in explaining the causal relationship between macroeconomic fluctuations and financial instability for a sample of 44 emerging and developing countries over the 1996-...

This paper examines the impact of political economic sensitivities of the trade regime among politically asymmetric countries. Our concerns focus on the effects of firm’s lobbying activity in each country, not only tariff setting, but also on the trade regime's decision, especially considering...

Procrastination is a general phenomenon among college students and is one of the major reasons for students to visit the counseling center for help. Many researches reported that procrastinators report “concern over mistakes” as one of the main reasons to persist in procrastinating. Having...

Financial deregulations or financial liberalization can be referred to a variety of changes in the law which allows financial institutions more freedom in how they compete. Whether deregulations are beneficial or harmful to the economy has been widely debated.This paper investigates the effect...

Departing from the true process of translatio studii that we can find in the own roots of the connection established between philosophy and nature in the bosom of the XIIIth century European thought through the introduction in Paris via the Arabic Spain of works of Aristotle such as Physics,...

Thailand and Egypt have seen some striking parallels in the past few years, culminating in military overthrows of elected governments, acts which were widely supported by the middle classes. This paper examines middle class thinking behind opposition to the governments, and subsequent support...