"Cycles, Growth and the Great Recession is a collection of papers that assess the nature and role of the business cycle in contemporary economies. These assessments are made in the context of the financial market instability that distinguishes the Great Recession from previous post-war...

The study investigates the Tanzania manufacturing sector's growth with a view to provide empirical lessons from macroeconomic factors with limited political regimes reflections. A vector error collection model was used to assess the influence of foreign direct investments (FDI), inflation (INF),...

A country's culture influences its economic growth, which in turn influences its international position. Confucian heritage appears to be the common factor explaining the rapid economic growth of East Asian countries, including China's meteoric rise in recent years. Ironically, Confucianism has...