... Performance Industry Economics One of the characteristics of a fragile institutional framework is existence of corruption. Corruption is an act by unscrupulous government bureaucrats of extracting informal payments or bribes from businessmen as a condition for rendering them otherwise official...

... the wider Caribbean region. In recent times, Trinidad and Tobago performed relatively well in the global indices measuring disparity between female and male in the areas of health, empowerment and economic activity. In all, two main rankings considered by policy makers are the Gender Inequality Index...

...Beverlee B. Anderson Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships of different types of corruption and selected economic measures that appear to contribute to a country’s sustainable economic development. Design/methodology/approach – The research used selected data...

... the same results as the study that focussed on other companies and sectors. The study will focus on the pre- and post-merger financial performance of the company, especially during the economic downturn, which may have had a big impact on the company's performance. Data have been collected from...

... significant short-run forcing variable of PPP for countries REERs. Originality/value – In this respect, the outcomes can derive policy implication for the monetary authorities in these ASEAN-5 countries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Economics Globalization Finance ASEAN-5...