King's College, Aberdeen

About: King's College, Aberdeen is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Poison control & Sedimentary depositional environment. The organization has 712 authors who have published 918 publications receiving 25421 citations. The organization is also known as: King's College, Aberdeen & The University and King's College of Aberdeen.

On a class of integro-differential equations

Abstract: We are concerned in this paper with linear integro-differential equations of the form * and where k r ( y ) are given functions with bounded variation in any finite interval, g ( x ) is known, and f ( x ) is to be determined.

Flow dynamics in alluvial channels: the legacy of Kirill V. Grishanin

Abstract: Geopolitical conflicts, for which the last century is so notorious, have obscured the lives and achievements of many talented scientists. Kirill Vladimirovich Grishanin, Professor of Fluvial Hydraulics and Channel Processes of the St. Petersburg State University of Waterways of Russia, lived a life that spanned almost the whole of the twentieth century, and during which he pioneered and advanced the research on the dynamics of alluvial channels. Although his theoretical studies have provided the fundamentals for the Russian School of Fluvial Hydraulics, with five generations of engineers and scientists having learned from his canonical textbooks, the immense legacy he left behind is still shadowed by ruins of the iron curtain. This work is dedicated to the centennial jubilee of Grishanin's birthday, provides a brief overview of his scientific discoveries and biographical details, and aims to secure a special place for this outstanding Russian researcher in the European history of hydraulics.

Accounting practice, fiscal decentralization and corruption

Abstract: In prior studies, accounting and decentralization corruption solutions have so far been analysed in isolation. In this article, we connect these two strands of literature on corruption. Understanding this connection is important because weak financial accounting and reporting systems can inhibit monitoring incentives and thus reduce decentralization benefits in countering corruption. We argue that the effectiveness of decentralization as an anti-corruption barrier is complemented by the quality of the accounting practice in a country. Using multiple sources of data, we find that decentralization has a positive and increasing effect on reducing corruption among countries with a high-quality accounting practice. In contrast, decentralization has a negative and decreasing effect on reducing corruption among countries with weak-quality accounting practices. These findings are robust to alternative measures of accounting, decentralization and corruption and to endogeneity tests. Our findings demonstrate the crucial information role of accounting in enhancing decentralization monitoring mechanisms and in thereby reducing corruption.