The future of government / John M. Quigley -- Intergovernmental relations, service provision and the delivery of health care in California / John M. Quigley -- The decentralization of the Belgian government / Lynn C. Todman -- The economic development and fiscal structure under a federal system...

Trade theories predict and explain the consequences of economic integration. Generally, they show that freer international trade leads to specialisation, technological convergence and faster economic growth. This study compares the conclusions of the trade theories with empirical observations of...

Introduction : explaining growth in the Middle East / M. Hashem Pesaran -- Financial development and economic growth in the MENA countries / Magda Kandil -- Labor markets and economic growth in the MENA region / Marie Ange Veganzones-Varoudakis -- Microeconomics of growth in MENA : the role of...

Birth rates are dropping to ever-lower levels around the world. Populations are growing more slowly and, in some cases, beginning to decline. Rapid population aging has begun in the West and parts of Asia and is just over the horizon elsewhere. The demographic changes, their economic...