In China, real estate and the stock market are the two main markets favored by both individual and institutional investors. There is a significant economic link between the two. Therefore, their relationship and long-term and short-term causality can provide good guidance for investors. This...

Convergence in health expenditure in the countries of the European Union (EU) has been demonstrated to be occurring in previous studies. The aim of this paper is to identify and discuss the reasons for this finding and to present new evidence confirming convergence in health outcomes, as...

In recent years, increasing numbers of businesses worldwide have standardized their governance practices in an attempt to improve control over their corporate assets. The term “IT Governance (ITG)” indicates businesses' growing need to find a balance between the conformance (or conformity to...

This paper explores the causal relationship between growth, total investment and inward FDI in 47 countries. Using error-correction model, the significance, direction and sign of long-run and short-run causal effects between GDP, capital stock and FDI stock are investigated. The miscellaneous...

Social farming is gaining increasing attention from multiple stakeholders in Europe because it can generate several socioeconomic benefits, for farming households too. The research-which is part of a project carried out by a healthcare authority in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in order to...