L’ économie de la connaissance est le principal pylône de la société de la connaissance. Les concepts de la connaisance, de l’évolution et de l’interaction et de l’institution devraient etre considérés dans une vision compréhensive. Dans cet ouvrage je promoue l’économie de la...

Tourism is an industry that benefits from highly optimistic predictions for the future, its importance became increasingly large, both globally and regionally, nationally and locally. Studies in the field already demonstrates that tourism can be considered, the main industry in terms of...

America is at the half way of the road and the time of the definitive imposing seems to have arrived. After a world-wide bi-polar power system (SUA-URSS), it can pass to a unique-polar power system avoiding a multi�polarities system dangerous at world-wide scale. Pax Americana remains a main...

We present an OLG model in which life expectancy and environmental quality dynamics are jointly determined. Agents may invest in environmental care, depending on how much they expect to live. In turn, environmental conditions affect life expectancy. As a result, our model produces a positive...

The Uzawa (1961) theorem applied to finance and growth suggests that a long-run positive correlation between financial efficiency and depth is only present when variations in the extent of access to financial services are considered. Improvements in financial efficiency can lead to new capital...

This study investigated the relationship between financial development and economic growth for Ireland for the period 1965-2007 using a vector error correction model (VECM). Questions were raised whether financial development causes economic growth or reversely taking into account the positive...

Nach dem Zusammenbruch der sozialistischen Systeme vollzogen die betroffenen Ländern Mittel- und Osteuropas in unterschiedlichem Tempo und sequencing den Weg zu Demokratie und einer marktwirtschaftlichen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die polit-ökonomischen Probleme bei der Durchsetzung der umfassenden...

The general accepted point of view is of lasting or viable or sustainable development, within which is monitored the interaction of four systems’ compatibility: economic, human, environmental and technological, so to assure the satisfaction of the present’s needs, without compromising the...

This working paper examines the question of whether inflation targeting monetary policy is an appropriate framework for sub-Saharan African countries. The paper presents an overview of inflation targeting, reviews the justification for the regime, and summarizes some major critiques. Monetary...

This paper tests for the existence of a non-linear pattern in the process of real economic convergence. It uses a sample of 88 countries for the period 1980-1999.