Tolerance levels are one of the major concerns for the global society. Generally, the world witnesses attacks motivated by intolerance for immigrants, women or people belonging to certain religions or ethnic groups. India is the largest democracy in the world and tolerance is one of the precise...

Corporate board is considered as effective corporate governance mechanism (CGM) of family firms (FF) playing a critical monitoring role and enhancing performance. FFs are, in general, quite different from non-FFs in the ownership structures, family shareholders’ involvement and control on the...

We re-examine the frequency observed inverted U-Shaped relationship between income and environmental quality (Environmental-Kuznets-Curve, EKC) by introducing the roles of institutional quality and distributional heterogeneity. A panel quantile regression of 127 economies run over a period of...

This book aims to improve readers’ understanding of the puzzle of Malawi’s development performance and identify ways for the country to achieve robust growth and stay on a stable growth path that helps the poor. The book places a strong emphasis on assessing Malawi’s growth experience...