The recession under way in the European Union and the threat of deflation have spawned increasing frequent calls for modification of the Stability and Growth Pact. The present article confirms the negative correlation of the rate of real output growth with that of increase in current public...

The purpose of this paper is to put the future of the US dollar into a logical framework which comprises the global development mechanism. Two models of growth collide: the US 'locomotive,' based on the international use of the dollar, and which requires exogenous pushes coming permanently from...

Climate change, security and cost of energy supplies, and the competitiveness of firms and economies have been focal points of the general political and economic policy debate in recent years. This article examines the choices in this field made at global level with the Kyoto Protocol and in...

By using a simple (short-cut) method, the private and social rates of return of tertiary and secondary education in Italy between 1989 and 1998 are estimated, as well as the private rates of return for some OECD countries in 1998. The results show that private rates of return, especially for...