Network externalities -- the requirement that there be a group of subscribers if communications are to occur -- play a central role in the demand for new networks. And as telecommunications evolve, new networks have increasingly taken attention. In an effort to describe the demand for new...

This book is based on the premise that Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in the Asia-Pacific significantly impact on the material progress of the peoples of this region. These impacts – in terms of the benefits and costs associated with RTAs – will vary greatly from country to...

Research papers in empirical finance and financial econometrics are among the most widely cited, downloaded and viewed articles in the discipline of Finance. The special issue presents several papers by leading scholars in the field on “Recent Developments in Financial Economics and...