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A decade of editing the European economic review
Eckstein, Zvi; Gal-Or, Esther; Gylfason, Thorvaldur; … - 2011
This story describes the circumstances that led to all five of us starting as editors at the same time, the unexpected things we have found, the unanticipated reactions we have encountered, how we worked as an editorial team, the central role of the editorial office manager, how we managed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280668
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Homo agricola considered as homo economicus and homo politicus
Zawojska, Aldona - 2010
farmers' behaviour to economic behaviour or rather to self-interested homo economicus. Institutional economics, social … economics and socio-economics are closer to actual human nature, than homo economicus. The further research challenge before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307581
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The economics of a "mixed blessing" effect: A case study of the Black Sea
Knowler, Duncan; Barbier, Edward B. - 2002
Nutrient enrichment of marine ecosystems is regarded as a pressing global environmental problem. For certain marine species it may be a mixed blessing, resulting in damaging ecosystem events, but contributing to primary productivity. Consequently, the impact of enrichment on fishery profits may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335671
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Economic Integration, EU-US Trade Conflicts and WTO Dispute Settlement
Breuss, Fritz - 2007
Since its inception in 1995, more than 330 disputes have been raised under the WTO Dispute Settlement System. The major players in world trade - the EU and the USA - are also the busiest users of this instrument. After looking at links between economic integration and WTO involvement and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345406
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Data Policies and Data Archives: A New Paradigm for Academic Publishing in Economic Sciences?
Vlaeminck, Sven; Herrmann, Lisa-Kristin - In: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of …, (pp. 145-155). 2015
In our paper we summarise the findings of an empirical study in which a sample of 346 journals in economics and … gives some recommendations for suitable data policies in economics and business sciences journals. In addition, we also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348189
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Recent Trends in Co-Authorship in Economics: Evidence from RePEc
Rath, Katharina; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2015
This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388169
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Does the Field of Study Influence Students' Political Attitudes?
Fischer, Mira; Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2015
of study. These differences can in most cases be attributed to self-selection. A notable exception is economics. Even … though self-selection is also important, training in economics has an unambiguous influence on the political attitudes: by … the time of graduation, economics students are about 6.2 percentage points more likely than they were as freshmen to agree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388219
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A Review on Energy Consumption from a Socio-Economic Perspective: Reduction through Energy Efficiency and Beyond
Schmidt, Stephan; Weigt, Hannes - 2013
research. In this paper we provide a review on energy demand both from an economics and a social science perspective. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390692
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Geographical zoning of Russia
Gorbanyov, Vladimir - 2014
Russia has 11 economic regions - areas that differ from one another in their specialization, a special place in the geographical division of labor. However, the economic zoning of Russia, played a great role in the development of the economic potential of the USSR, largely out of date. Many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400227
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The economics of television and online video markets
Crawford, Gregory S. - 2015
Television is the dominant entertainment medium for hundreds of millions. This chapter surveys the economic forces that determine the production and consumption of this content. It presents recent trends in television and online video markets, both in the US and internationally, and describes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420564