Discusses the economic designs of np charts for a single assignable cause. Develops a simple algorithm to get the optimum designs of np charts. Twenty numerical examples show that the algorithm is very efficient and accurate indeed.

Purpose – This study intends to explore the determinants of Chinese oil demand and to build a short‐ and long‐run model. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses the Engle‐Granger two‐stage cointegration method to create a dynamic short‐run model. Data is taken from both...

Purpose – Financial sector reform measures, which were initiated in 1991, have provided some degree of maturity and integration of different segments of India's financial markets. The purpose of this paper is to articulate the impact of financial sector reform measures on integration of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR). The authors consider different types of financial crises (systemic banking crises, non‐systemic banking crises, currency crises and debt crises) and different groups of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate long‐run elasticities for housing prices in Tehran's (capital of Iran) 20 different zones relative to several explanatory variables available for use such as land price, total substructure area, material price, etc. Moreover, another goal of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cost of improving service to a motor carrier in the intermodal market. The paper further seeks to validate the existence of two dimensions of service with differing impacts on costs. The physical capacity dimension is related to the...

Using accounts data for a sample of 38 small manufacturing firms located in Tayside Region, this paper investigates the relationship between company characteristics including size, age, location and industry group, and profitability and growth. The trade‐off between the possibly conflicting...

Purpose – Renewable energy (RE) is an important component to the complex portfolio of technologies that have the potential to reduce CO 2 emissions and to enhance the security of energy supplies. Despite RE's potential to reduce CO 2 emissions, the expenditure on renewable energy research,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a model to measure the effect of broadband availability on economic growth in developed OECD countries. Design/methodology/approach – The effect of the broadband availability‐related variables on economic growth is analyzed by using...