Addressing issues of renewable energy in North Africa must incorporate concerns regarding the compatibility of energy mixes with the nature of political regimes, their geopolitical relevance, and their socio-economic effects, in addition to economic cost-benefit deliberations. One important and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...

Generally, the primary goal of international policy cooperation is to prevent nations from pursuing mutually harmful policies. This paper states this imperative more precisely. Assuming that the primary goal of national economic policy is to internalise externalities, production possibility...

Why is, in developed nations, foreign trade policy favoured to direct income redistribution to counteract rising income inequality resulting from globalisation? Foreign trade theory suggests that a politician's wisest policy was to capture all welfare gains from free trade and to redistribute...

Petrochilos, George A. (2003). Managerial Economics: A European Text. Palgrave McMillan.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique recent findings that democratic practices are positively related to homicide rates. Design/methodology/approach – Economic rational choice model supported by empirical evidence. Findings – It was found that higher homicide rates are only...

Sovereign Wealth Funds objectives can be classified as either demand stabilisation, supply side strengthening, or wealth conservation. These objectives cannot only be explained by domestic development needs, they also show different profiles of market development and political legitimacy risks....