The paper is based on a broader study of three authors: Mlcoch, Machonin and Sojka. The underestimation of institutions both formal and informal ones, including business ethics was the key weakness of ex-Prime Minister Václav Klaus Czech way of transition during 1989-99. Then, the rhetoric of...

This Paper Intends to Develop a Coherent Methodological Framework Concerned with the Appraisal of Scientific Theories in Economics, and Which Is Based on a Postulated Aim of Science. We First Define the Scope of a Methodological Inquiry (Precise Definition of What Is Meant by the Logic of...

This paper surveys the existing Environmental Kuznets Curve studies and discusses to what extent they may be valid and applicable for developing countries. We found that, given the shortcomings in both the theoretical and empirical aspects of the analyses applied to this hypothesis, no...