Creative agriculture, a new agricultural format formed by integrating agriculture, tourism and creative industries, is an important part of the urban modern agriculture. Proceeding from the functional position as an ecological conservation area, Miyun creative agriculture has obtained rapid...

Based on the description of the major role played by famers’ cooperatives in developing rural economy and increasing the income of farmers, the obstacles of the sustainable development of famers’ cooperatives in Hebei Province are introduced. Firstly, the cooperative mechanism is...

This paper develops a higher-order macroscopic model of pedestrian crowd dynamics derived from fluid dynamics that consists of two-dimensional Euler equations with relaxation. The desired directional motion of pedestrians is determined by an Eikonal-type equation, which describes a problem that...

Sanctions restrict cross-border interactions and, therefore, not only put political and economic pressure on the target country, but they also adversely affect the sender country. This paper examines the effect of financial sanctions on the country imposing them. In particular, we analyze the...

Sanctions restrict cross-border interactions and, therefore, not only put political and economic pressure on the target country, but they also adversely affect the sender country. This paper examines the effect of financial sanctions on the country imposing them. In particular, we analyze the...

This paper examines the effect of financial sanctions on cross-border capital flows. While sanctions can be expected to hinder international transactions, thereby putting political and economic pressure on a target country, we study the patterns of adjustment in bilateral financial relationships...

This paper examines the effect of administrative restrictions on cross-border capital transactions. Using highly disaggregated data from the German balance of payments statistics for the period from 1999 through 2017, we document several stylized facts about the effectiveness of such capital...

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade varies along several dimensions, including the type of product, the size of firm and over time. In this note, I provide evidence of systematic variation in the trade response to the pandemic along another, previously unexplored...

We examine the extent to which financial sanctions imposed by Germany through its European Union and United Nations commitments cause collateral damage on Germany's trade in goods and services. Financial sanctions reduce Germany's inflows and outflows of financial assets, as well as imports and...