In the United States, the level of concern over 401(k) fees is steadily increasing. However, very few employers understand the nature and scope of the retirement plan industry's business model. Not even the Federal Government fully grasps the issue. Understanding how hidden fees came about, and...

L’objectif de cet article est d’analyser le comportement, à long terme, du taux de change reel effectif australien de 1977 au 2eme trimestre 2000. Dans un premier temps, un taux de change reel d’equilibre pour le dollar australien est estime a partir d’un ensemble de fondamentaux reels...

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to the development accounting literature by describing a non-parametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be generated by more schooling. The advantage of our...

Dans le contexte actuel de la mondialisation commerciale, productive et financière, la stratégie des firmes multinationales combine les objectifs de renouvellement constant de l‟offre par l‟innovation technologique, mais aussi organisationnelle et commerciale et de rationalisation de la...

Environmental constraints have always had and will always have important consequences for human development. It has sometimes contributed to or even caused the reversal of such development. The possibility that such constraints will grow significantly throughout this century raises the concern...

How much would output increase if underdeveloped economies were to increase their levels of schooling? We contribute to the development accounting literature by describing a nonparametric upper bound on the increase in output that can be generated by more schooling. The advantage of our approach...

The general accepted point of view is of lasting or viable or sustainable development, within which is monitored the interaction of four systems’ compatibility: economic, human, environmental and technological, so to assure the satisfaction of the present’s needs, without compromising the...

This paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on right to water. The paper adapts Hohfeldian framework of elements of a right developed by Wenar. According to this, a right should be interpreted in terms of powers, privileges,...

Nigeria is going through a difficult political and economic transition after decades of independence.Yet, Nigeria remains a society rich in cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic and political diversity. Today, the average Nigerian struggles hard to make ends meet; sees himself or herself as...

This paper is part of series of studies focusing on the measurement and definition of institutions. This paper presents a database on institutional measures for Tanzania for the period 1884 to 2008. These indicators are used to assess the nature of political and economic institutional...