Has the global financial crisis of 2007ff had a visible impact on the economics profession? To answer this question we employ a bibliometric approach and compare the content and orientation of economic literature before and after the crisis with reference to two different samples: A large-scale...

The Asian financial crisis broke out in Thailand in July 1997, and rapidly spread throughout the neighboring countries. An important question then arises? Is it possible to predict next financial crisis? If yes, then what are the predictors? The answer lies in combined usage of economic theory...

The internet has become an important data source for the Social Sciences because these data are available without lags, can be regarded as involuntary surveys and hence have no observer effect, can be geo-labeled, are available for countries across the globe and can be viewed in continuous time...

Quantitative characteristics of epic recession -- Qualitative characteristics of epic recession -- The dynamics of epic recession -- U.S. depressions in the nineteenth century -- 'Type I' epic recession : 1907-1914 -- 'Type II' epic recession : 1929-1931 -- The epic recession of 2007-2010 -- The...