The precarious rights of senior citizens, especially those who are highly educated and who are expected to counsel and guide the younger generations, has stimulated the creation internationally of advocacy associations and opinion leader groups. The strength of these groups, however, varies from...

One of the significant developments in the effort to mitigate climate change has been the convergence around the target of Net Zero Emissions (NZE). Major hurdles to be overcome include the enduring focus on economic growth and the vital importance of energy security. The paper outlines the main...

Firm-to-firm connections in domestic and international production networks play a fundamental role in economic outcomes. Firm heterogeneity and the sparse nature of firm-to-firm connections implicitly discipline network structure. We find that a large group of well-established statistical...