The paper unveils whether ICT diffusion determines development of financial innovation in emerging economies. Particularly, we examine the impact of ICT adoption on changing values of exchange traded funds in Brazil and Mexico, comparing it to the United States as reference country (benchmark)....

The paper contributes by providing new insights into relationship between female labor force and economic growth in 162 countries over the period 1990-2012. We anticipate uncovering U-shaped impact of economic growth on female labor force. To examine the previous we deploy longitudinal data...

This paper contributes to the present state of knowledge by providing new evidence on long-term relationships between total fertility rate and its potential determinants, across 17 high-income economies, where the ‘fertility rebound phenomenon' was detected, over the period 1960-2008. First,...

Entrepreneurship, combined with entrepreneurial skills, are nowadays perceived as one of the most desired in today's world. However, despite existing broad evidence on different aspects of entrepreneurship, which may be traced in a body of theoretical literature, the question on how to create...

Exchange traded funds (ETFs), funds structured in order to mimic the performance of selected financial assets, are one of the most significant innovative financial instruments recently introduced. They have gained considerable popularity among investors due to their advantages in comparison with...

"This book contributes to the present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how new digital technologies impact financial systems. It focuses on both macro- and micro-perspectives of ICT influence on financial markets. The book demonstrates how ICT can impact trading systems...

"The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an important factor affecting financial markets. It is focused on the impact of ICT on stock markets, bond markets, and other categories of financial markets, with the...

1 ICT and social development. Conceptual considerations. 2 I ROBOT: between angel and evil 3 Next Generation Networks as General-Purpose technologies: the impact on economic development 4 After Access: The importance of social capital and Internet use for human development 5 The regional shaping...