Purpose: The creation of an ergonomic methodical approach to the processes modernization of metallurgical production management, which involves a human factor at the difficult man-machine system development and exploitation and the realization degree estimation of ergonomic requirements on the...

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...