This paper examines the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on the volatility spillovers and their dynamics among major global financial markets, including global stock (USA, China, Japan, UK, Germany, and France), major cryptocurrencies (BTC and ETH), crude oil (WTI) and gold markets. The...

Qatar and Dubai have established financial centres which have been based upon the common law jurisdiction of England and Wales because of the advantages such a system can give to the development of their respective financial services industries. The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and the Dubai...

The political-science literature is divided on the relationship between resource rents and politics. This may be related to its narrow focus on democracy and on the domestic influences upon governance outcomes. This paper argues that rents are in fact damaging, on balance, but that we need to...