This paper provides an empirical investigation of the relationship between welfare expenditures and preferences for leisure consumption. The analysis is based on an unbalanced panel of 21 OECD countries and uses several fixed effects estimators to take into account cultural and social...

Are cultural visions of a good life reflected in how people narrate the personal past? Do they tend to emphasize experiences that correspond to their cultural commitments about what is important and worthwhile in the life they are hoping to live? To examine this possibility, Chinese and South...

Current Cosmetic regulatory frameworks reflect cultural differences between markets as well as legislative traditions. Differences in regulatory frameworks imposed barrier in innovations and reduces market size of cosmetic product, which led to significant economic loss. This paper enlightened...

Current Cosmetic regulatory frameworks reflect cultural differences between markets as well as legislative traditions. Differences in regulatory frameworks imposed barrier in innovations and reduces market size of cosmetic product, which led to significant economic loss. This paper enlightened...

Gravity trade model continues to be coveted for analysis of determinants of trade flows despite its lack of theoretical foundations. The main aim of the paper is to assess the determinants of the flow of Nigeria's exports using longitudinal data from 1999 to 2012. Extrapolating from the...