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Maybe of interest to List Members, 1. Cerami (2018): The Lights of Iraq: Electricity Usage and the Iraqi War-fare Regime. MPRA Paper No. 87276, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 11 Jun 2018. Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87276/1/MPRA_paper_87276.pdf This paper explores the lights of Iraq, Iraq's variety of capitalism (VoC) and its system of public and fiscal governance. The first section examines Iraq's VoC, which I define oil-led state-captured capitalism with associated oil-led state-captured war-fare regime. In formerly ISIS-occupied territories, war developments turned the system into an Insurgent ISIS-captured capitalism with associated Insurgent ISIS-captured war-fare regime. The second section investigates electricity usage. The nighttime lights analysis is based on near real-time big data. It includes high-resolution remote-sensing and satellite imagery from the NASA Earth Observatory. I use the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on the Suomi NPP satellite. Data on greenhouse gases are obtained through the AQUA and TERRA satellites derived from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors. I also use the AURA satellite with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) sensor, as well as the TERRA satellite with the Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) sensor. The third part discusses the repercussions of electricity usage for good governance, for good regulatory and for good fiscal practices, as well as for development and growth. The concluding part briefly discusses the “taxman approach” and the introduction of a new fiscal contract necessary to resolve negative incentives in oil-led war economies. The paper also discusses the concept of “al-fāsideen”. 2. Cerami, Alfio (2018): The Night Lights of North Korea. Prosperity Shining and Public Policy Governance. MPRA Paper No. 87281, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 13 Jun 2018. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/87281/1/MPRA_paper_87281.pdf This article looks into the night lights of North Korea and their relationship to prosperity shining. The first introductory section discusses the political economy of North Korea. It highlights its strengths and shortcomings. The second section introduces to new methods of geo-spatial micro and macro econometric analysis. The following night lights analysis is based on near real-time big data. It includes high-resolution remote-sensing and satellite imagery from the NASA (Earth Obervatory) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on the Suomi NPP satellite. The third and fourth section addresses important issues related to North Korea's prices, co-optation and mobilization of anger. The final section deal with problems in public policy administration. Best regards, Alfio Cerami --------------------- Alfio Cerami Home page http://www.alfiocerami.com/ Blog: https://alfiocerami.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/acerami/ E-mail(s) [log in to unmask] Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Alfio-Cerami/e/B007CKOGZG Multi-Media Project: Music, Art, Big Data and Multi-Media http://www.alfiocerami.com/art/ The latest issue of The International Political Economy Daily NewsPaper! https://paper.li/acerami/1498466979#/ DISCLAIMER: This email is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the GSP-STUDIES list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=GSP-STUDIES&A=1