Chapter 1. Climate policies in China: Renewable energy introduction and National Emissions Trading Scheme -- Chapter 2. Introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility in China -- Chapter 3. Plastic Recycling Policy in China and the Waste Plastic Trade -- Chapter 4. Change of Industrial...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prove the effectiveness of minimum semi‐absolute deviations (MSAD) method in dynamic portfolio investment. Design/methodology/approach – In financial investment, the classical static portfolio theory of Markowitz type lacks the dynamic adaptability...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prove the effectiveness of minimum semi-absolute deviations (MSAD) method in dynamic portfolio investment. Design/methodology/approach – In financial investment, the classical static portfolio theory of Markowitz type lacks the dynamic adaptability...

Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at the national level but the focus is on the within country regional inequality. Regional inequality in income distribution in...

The very low interest rates and inflation rates of recent years has generated renewed interest in alternative policies that would not leave central banks trapped by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates. Amongst this debate, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the possibility...