.... along with existence of non-linear (Kuznets) postulation between economic growth and per capita emissions. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the select Asian nations' data attributes, first qualitatively using correlation data technique, followed by empirical testing using differenced...

..., if the people of the host country embrace injections of FDI, this may lead to boosts in not only short-run factors of production but also longer-term technological spillovers. We measure what role cultural make-up of a country plays on the effect of FDI on growth in GDP. Design/methodology/approach Using...

...Mahyudin Ahmad; Stephen G. Hall Purpose The purpose of this paper is to attest whether generalized trust variable is the best proxy for social capital in explaining the latter’s effect on economic growth in a panel setting. Via a specially formulated theoretical framework, the authors also test...

... of declining mineral stocks on public revenues, labour movements between sectors, and economic growth in an attempt to elucidate the poor economic performance of many mineral-dependent countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a theoretical model that describes the coexistence...

... Employment Growth Europe Industrial relations This book addresses the labour market success of four smaller European countries – Austria, Denmark, Ireland and The Netherlands, all members of the EU. The study is based mainly on reports prepared for the ILO country employment policy reviews (CEPRs...

.... The results characterize the former GDR with a steeper supply curve. While the central plan assumed a steady growth of real output over time, it eliminated producers’ incentives to vary capacity utilization in response to demand pressures. Demand pressures proved inflationary without determining conditions...

...Anghel N. Rugina Presents the first chapter in this work with regard to the search for new ideas and better interpretations in the growth and development of new ideas. Investigates the exchange of views between thinkers of different points of view. Invites co‐operation between various factions...

...Angelo Fusari Sets out a model giving an interpretation of the engine of economic development and growth, and business cycle. Based on a peculiar concept of dynamic competition, explains innovation and uncertainty and describes the way equilibrating and disequilibrating processes are intertwined...

...Michael Bräuninger Deals with the influence of the labour growth rate on the capital per head in an economy with a pay‐as‐you‐go social security. Carries out the analysis within an overlapping generations model of a closed economy. Analyses the consequences of a shock on the labour growth rate...

..., political stability and economic growth. The natural law of antiquity and of the Middle Ages was a divine law,the lex aeterna, an eternal God′s plan to guide the conduct and operation of earthly activities, the source of a humane sense of morality and justice. Morality and justice direct human...

...Jieqiu Wan This article mainly discusses market growth in the Chinese economy. The author analyses the difficulties of Chinese marketing reform, and points out that the key to market growth is not perfection of the market system but establishment of a market base. Without a property right system...

...Kishor Thanawala Economic development, as contrasted from “growth” (in the sense of increase in GNP) has been a subject of interest for less than 50 years. Divergent, perhaps even conflicting views, are expressed on the question of what constitutes, or should constitute, the end‐product of economic...