Purpose – The paper aims to determine if a country's Economic Freedom Index value has any relationship to the return of the related country specific exchange traded fund. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 36 country specific exchange traded funds were selected for use in this study....

Purpose – The paper aims to determine if a country's Economic Freedom Index value has any relationship to the return of the related country specific exchange traded fund. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 36 country specific exchange traded funds were selected for use in this study....

Does the relationship between the Arab Gulf and Africa hold the promise of greatly enhanced and mutually beneficial trade and investment? Can increased collaboration between the two regions increase the economic and political power and influence of each? Are there lessons to be learned from the...

The strategic effects of subsidies on output and subsidies on investment differ substantially in dynamic models where a government's commitment ability is limited. Output subsidies remain effective even as the period of commitment vanishes, but investment subsidies may become completely...

This book focuses on extending the models and theories (from a mathematical/statistical point of view) which were introduced in the first volume to a more technical level. Where volume I provided an introduction to the mathematics of bubbles and contagion, volume II digs far more deeply and...

A model of occupational choice and human capital investment is developed and tested. The model allows family background to influence occupational choice via access to economic resources, differences in costs of schooling, and ability uncertainty. The model predicts that people are more sensitive...

In this paper, we analyze the main results regarding evolution of the national economy in recent years. This period is characterized by sinuous development of economy under the impact of several events with major influence on social-economic development. The results of most synthetic development...