There has been a revival of interest in small industries and their linkages with a nation's institutional arrangements, among both academicians and policy makers. Extending the definition of institutions to include formal and informal rules, this paper attempts to identify these linkages using...

The global rise in energy consumption makes managing energy demands a priority. Here, the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in controlling energy consumption is still debated. Within this context, the main objective of the current study is to measure the impact of ICT,...

This study investigates the evolution of electricity consumption across residential and industrial sectors in Taiwan. By applying the dynamic factor model, we classify the fluctuations in electricity consumption into aggregate, regional, and individual factors, which sheds light on the latent...