International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016

  • Capital Budgeting Decisions and the Firm’s Size

    Divya Gupta

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 45-52
    Received: Dec. 24, 2016
    Accepted: Jan. 06, 2017
    Published: Feb. 09, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20160406.11
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    Abstract: This paper is an exploratory research on the application of capital budgeting techniques in Indian companies. This paper tries to explore the relationship between capital budgeting decisions and the firm’s size. Firm’s size has been defined as asset size, project size and turnover of the firm. This paper is based on the primary data. OLS (Observed ... Show More
  • Research on the Capitalization Effect of Local Public Goods in House Price and Its Spatial Heterogeneity in Zhengzhou

    Xu Zong, Lingyun Shi

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 53-58
    Received: Mar. 06, 2017
    Accepted:
    Published: Mar. 10, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20160406.12
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    Abstract: Studies have shown that local public goods has long been significantly capitalized into housing prices in a large number of first-tier cities in China. Residents can directly obtain the public goods by purchasing houses. In addition, more deeper researcher show that there is spatial heterogeneity in the capitalization rate of local public goods. In... Show More
  • The Significant Effect of Word of Mouth (WOM) on the Attitude of Potential Consumers

    Owusu Alfred

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 6, December 2016
    Pages: 59-63
    Received: Sep. 26, 2016
    Accepted: Nov. 17, 2016
    Published: Mar. 10, 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijebo.20160406.13
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    Abstract: The purpose of this study was to seek evidence of the significant effect of word of mouth (WOM) on the attitudes of potential consumers. The study tested the following two research hypotheses. (1) WOM will have both positive and negative effect on the probability of consumers purchase and attitudes towards products. (2) That negative WOM effect on ... Show More