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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries by focusing on two indicators of environmental change (EC), namely rate of deforestation (RD) and all greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (Agric_GHG) with aim...
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a particular focus on the impact of democracy on investment. Design/methodology/approach – The first step was to … was found that democracy has a positive and statistically significant impact on private investment in Fiji. The paper … a CGE model to examine the impact of democracy, via investment, on other macroeconomic fundaments. No other study is …
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economic system of democracy. It seeks to put forth the concept of economic democracy and understand as the process enabling … prosperity based on occupational diversification as a practical consequence of the economic democracy. …
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Conservative Democracy in Turkey in their politico-economic strategies for dealing with the social question with the thought that … contextualised into the evolutionary cycles of the socialism ? social democracy ? the Third Way in Europe and the Just Order … ? Conservative Democracy in the Ottoman-Turkish territory. Initially focusing on the first cycle, the paper then turns to examine the …
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Purpose – The greatest asset of US capitalism until recently has been a blend of pragmatism with a passion to create the best socio-economic system in the world. Today the USA is besieged by unprecedented budget deficit, public debt, financial crises, unemployment and rising...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the theoretical predictions of the social capital investment model and examine the relationships between different forms of social capital and subjective happiness in Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses the data from the Survey...
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Economic growth, without distributional measures and policies, engenders inequality and concentration. National income may be distributed either through the establishment of a proper welfare system, or by the encouragement of and incentive for economic activities and policies with built-in...
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concept of democracy to provide a common set of categories to evaluate its depth and quality. Design/methodology/approach – In … order to measure the depth and health of democracy, democratic development incorporates four categories of human progress …, democratic inclusiveness, democratic health, and human capital, providing a framework to measure progress in reform, democracy …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...
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