In this paper I argue for a novel philosophical methodology, fiction writing.Much has been made, in philosophy, of the relationship between fiction and thought experiments, but this literature focuses predominantly on completed pieces of fiction: Shelf Support Fully fledged and polished published pieces.In this paper I focus on how the process of w
One of the important devices to smooth Shelf Support the information asymmetry problem of the regulator is using "yardstick competition" The use of this mechanism has implications on the optimal division of a state-owned company before its privatization.We extend the framework introduced by Armstrong, Cowan and Vickers (1994) from 2 companies to n.
This study evaluates the performance of traditional timing, bull timing (holding the risk-free asset and buying call options to take advantage of expected market rises) and bear timing (holding the market index and buying put options Fountain ahead of expected market falls) strategies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange during bullish and bearish ma
Streptococcus suis (S.suis) is an important zoonotic pathogen that can cause many diseases in pigs, such as sepsis, arthritis, endocarditis, and meningitis, of which meningitis is the most serious.There are 35 serotypes, and serotype two Blood Pressure Kits is the most virulent.At the same time, Streptococcus suis serotype 2(SS2) can also infect hu