What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of...

This study investigated the sustainability of global tourism in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Given the richness of the data-set, the data has been decomposed into 11 fundamental characteristics based on income levels, legal origins and openness to the sea. The empirical evidence...

This study investigates the effects of historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary sustainable development. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of sustainable development, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....

This study investigated the sustainability of global tourism in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. Given the richness of the dataset, the data has been decomposed into 11 fundamental characteristics based on income levels, legal origins and openness to the sea. The empirical evidence was...

Dieser Aufsatz geht aus einer wirtschaftsethischen Perspektive der Frage nach, inwiefern es einen Ressourcenfluch gibt und mit Hilfe welcher institutionellen Vorkehrungen gegenwärtig versucht wird, armen Staaten, die über reiche Rohstoffvorkommen verfügen, eine nachhaltige Entwicklung zu...