This book gives a comprehensive description of macroeconometric modeling and its development over time. The first part depicts the history of macroeconometric model building, starting with Jan Tinbergen's and Lawrence R. Klein's contributions. It is unique in summarizing the development and...

Korruption im öffentlichen Raum. Wahrnehmungen, Interpretationen, Reaktionen - Ein internationaler Vergleich -- Korruption — Individuelles Handeln im Zeichen der Globalisierung -- Starker Klientelismus — mäßige Korruption: Ein österreichisches Paradoxon? -- Zum Verständnis der Welle an...

The Global Cybercrime Industry and Its Structure: Relevant Actors, Motivations, Threats, and Countermeasures -- Simple Economics of Cybercrime and the Vicious Circle -- An Institutional Perspective on Cybercrimes -- Increasing Returns and Externality in Cybercrimes -- Institutional Field Evolved...

In this paper we use a transparent statistical methodology – synthetic control methods – to implement data-driven comparative studies about the impact of autocratic transition on real per capita GDP. The applied methodology compares the growth of countries that experienced a transition to...

Estimations of the size and development of the shadow economy for 145 countries, including developing, transition and highly developed OECD economies over the period 1999 to 2003 are presented. The average size of the shadow economy (as a percent of "official" GDP) in 2002/03 in 96 developing...

This open access book provides answers to key open questions concerning competition policy in emerging economies, with a focus on South Eastern Europe. The contributions address two major issues. One is the design of competition policy and the national competition authorities that enforce it,...

During the past few years all the regions of Europe have suffered from the effects of the World Financial Crisis. Most notably in Eastern Europe, countries have adopted different approaches to combat the crisis and the impact has been varying - politically, economically and socially. This book...

Part 1 - Theoretical and Conceptual Framing of Climate Change Governance -- Part2 - Case Studies I : Policy-related and Governmental Approaches -- Part 3 - Case Studies II: Business-related and Technical Approaches

This book introduces innovative approaches to pursue climate change adaptation and to support the long-term implementation of climate change policies. Offering new case studies and data, as well as projects and initiatives implemented across the globe, the contributors present new tools,...

Acknowlegements and Foreward -- 1.Introduction: Global perspectives on Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises -- Global overviews -- 2. AFRICA: Ethics and sustainability within SMEs in sub-Saharan Africa: Enabling, constraining and contaminating relationships by Mollie Painter-Morland and...