greater financial health of Japanese households is due more to culture or to government policies, institutions, and other non … explained much better by non-cultural factors than by culture. …

live in the era of globalization and technology which is significantly transforming all aspects of our lives. However, the … paradigm in education is highly needed for addressing the rapid changes and pressing challenges humanity face nowadays …

is definitely true for German trade with Russia. Going further, however, the peak of globalization had been reached about …

globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies … importance of the global factor. In other words, there is evidence of business cycle convergence within each of these two groups …

data on 38 countries from 1963-2000, there is clear convergence in the consumption of wine relative to beer between 1963 … and 2000. Convergence occurs even more quickly within groups of countries that have a higher degree of integration. A key … converging, several Latin American countries fail to converge. The patterns of convergence are consistent with dynamics of …

grow fast enough to systematically close the distance dividing them from the advanced economies, creating convergence … globalization processes act as a unifying developmental force. …

globalization (1985-2005), there has been some convergence of business cycle fluctuations among the group of industrial economies … importance of the global factor. In other words, there is evidence of business cycle convergence within each of these two groups …