distributions by absolute target shortfall indices are explored. Well-known inequality indices like the absolute Gini index and the … standard deviation are interpreted as absolute target shortfall indices. Finally, the possibility of a relative target shorfall …

In this paper we present two composite indices of globalization. The first is based on the Kearney/Foreign Policy … globalized and show how globalization has developed over time. The indices are composed of four components: economic integration … distribution of various components. The indices were also used in a regression analysis to study the causal relationship between …

distributions by absolute target shortfall indices are explored. Well-known inequality indices like the absolute Gini index and the … standard deviation are interpreted as absolute target shortfall indices. Finally, the possibility of a relative target shorfall …

competitiveness and the models developed on their basis. Although the indices used within the models present certain specific …

We compile data for 186 countries (1919 - 2016) and apply different aggregation methods to create new democracy indices …. We observe that most of the available aggregation techniques produce indices that are often too favorable for autocratic … that the distortions in the OLS and 2SLS estimates are substantial. Our findings imply that commonly used indices are not …