This paper examines the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to a group of six Pacific Basin economies.

This paper assesses the strength of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) which posits an inverted-U relationship between per capita income and pollution, in the light of a number of recent criticisms.

The paper investigates the four major ways that governments can finance their deficits: (a) monetising the deficit by borrowing from the central bank (b) reducing the interest cost of borrowing by thrusting debt down the throats of captive buyers, primarily commercial banks; (c) borrowing abroad...

This paper is concerned with the role of public infrastructure facilities in promoting growth and convergence in European regional economies.

We employ the total factor productivity (TFP) index in growth accounting as a proxy for productivity growth to compare patterns and sources of output growth for a group of proximate countries in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region.