Decisions on provision of international short term aid are often undertaken on an emotional, public relations driven basis. Such decisions may result in an inefficient and ineffective allocation of resources in terms of helping the most people at the lowest total cost. Using ideas from the...

This manuscript develops a reverse logistics monitoring system for controlling reverse flows of materials through marketing channels in emerging economies. Institutional theory is incorporated to show that both positive and negative impacts on environmental sustainability can be predicted. A...

Purpose – The purpose of the analysis is to estimate price elasticities of demand for individual FTSE‐100 stocks between 1 August 1994 and 31 July 1995. Design/methodology/approach – This paper measures excess demand in order to measure the slope of the demand curve for individual stocks....

This paper attempts to reconcile an apparent contradiction between short‐run and long‐run movements in the price of gold. The theoretical model suggests a set of conditions under which the price of gold rises over time at the general rate of inflation and hence be an effective hedge against...

1 The Great Depression, New Deal, and War -- 2 Economic Progressivism Rises -- 3 The Great Crisis -- 4 A Hundred Days Later -- 5 The Big Four Bailout Regulators -- 6 Raw Alphabet Soup Deal -- 7 Crushing Dissent -- 8 Emasculating SCOTUS -- 9 In Bed with the Fed and the Red -- 10 Wartime Blues --...