The UN's Sustainable Development Goals in their generalized form need to be further reflected in order to identify synergies and trade-offs between their (sub-)targets, and to apply them to concrete nations and regions. Explorative, qualitative cause and effect modeling could serve as a tool for...

This article presents a systematization and quantitative evaluation of the economic literature regarding the Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES - produced since its foundation, in 1952, until 2013. We identified, catalogued, read and analyzed approximately 1000 studies, in order to understand...

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their generalized form need to be further reflected in order to identify synergies and trade-offs between their targets, and to apply them to concrete nations and regions. Explorative qualitative cause and effect modeling could serve as an...

Current article examines the influence of US Fed on major international publications and their perception of US Economy. For this purpose, the article analyses all US Fed press releases issued from 2003 to 2008 and media articles on US economy in the same time frame. The research finds that the...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has ignited a vigorous debate by called for toughening of Australia’s merger law. Its concern is that currently the law is insufficient to block mergers that, in its view, present serious market power concerns. This article, published in the...

The first response time (henceforth FRT) of economics journals has increased over the last four decades from 2 months to 3-6 months. The optimal FRT, however, is not zero, because the FRT deters submission of mediocre papers to good journals and consequently saves valuable time of referees and...

This Monograph was published as Human Rights Monograph by the University of Prishtina Human Rights Centre and Finnish Human Rights Support Programme Kosovo. It deals with the issue of nondiscrimination in the context of Kosovo and treates the legal and social aspect of the issue. It is published...