Using a simple production function approach I show that conventional factors and forces of production, national identity, and globalization are important to national well-being, but in varying ways. Whereas investment in capital and globalization, especially social globalization, affect national...

I estimate the effects of national symbols and globalization on the well-being of 88 countries. I find that conventional determinants of production affect national well-being, measured as human development index (HDI). The effects on HDI of national symbols like national flag colors are...

Over recent years, it appears that poverty (World Bank figure it in living on less than $1.25) has been declining. In fact, most of this information is defended by the statistics. It's something that, at first glance, seems to happen. But is it really so? The growth of gross domestic product and...

Economic activity during globalization has added to poor countries and rich countries in global economic transactions. Global economic activity is increasingly united. We are ruled by the rules of concrete economic paradigms. Orthodox economics participates actively in the world economy. Under...

The hypothesis of this paper is as follows: during the twentieth century, the governments have used measures to overcome emergency crisis. Such measures have had better results in revenue in fiscal expenditures, which have caused severe imbalances in public policy. Otherwise, in Colombia there...

The present study is, in particular, an attempt to test the relationship between tax level and political stability by using some economic control variables and to see the relationship among government effectiveness, corruption, and GDP. For the purpose, we used the Vector Autoregression (VAR)...

The present study is, in particular, an attempt to test the relationship between tax level and political stability by using some economic control variables and to see the relationship among government effectiveness, corruption, and GDP. For the purpose, we used the Vector Autoregression (VAR)...