The European Central Bank (ECB) was built in Phase Two Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998. This institution performs tasks in line with its primary objective to maintain price stability, the rules of the EC Treaty and the Statute of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). The ECB has...

"This very timely and important collection draws together some of the world's leading thinkers on environment and development to debate one of the most important issues of our time: sustainable development. They very usefully remind us all that in order to be politically sustainable, the...

This paper tests several theories of the effects of congressional representation on state economic growth. States that were represented by very senior Democratic congressmen grew more quickly during the 1953-1990 period than states that were represented by more junior congressional delegations....

This paper tests several theories of the effects of congressional representation on state economic growth. States that were represented by very senior Democratic congressmen grew more quickly during the 1953-1990 period than states that were represented by more junior congressional delegations....