This article--designed to give readers unfamiliar with public choice a historical overview and flavor for the kinds of problems considered--is divided into three main sections, "historical origins," the "modern founders of MPE," and a brief description of some "current issues" studied by public...

This book is specifically written to help undergraduate and master’s students to write their research projects in accounting or finance. I am providing the book for free. KEY FEATURES- Focuses specifically on the needs of students in accounting and finance- Loaded with top tips on how to make...

THIS 17TH ISSUE OF THE International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are the effect of labour market regulation on productivity in OECD countries; the relationship between the growth in labour productivity and...

This 22nd issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. The topics addressed are: a comparative industry perspective on productivity and economic growth in Europe; a detailed analysis of labour productivity growth...

Despite a vast accumulation of private capital, China is not embracing capitalism. Deceptively familiar capitalist features disguise the profoundly unfamiliar foundations of "market socialism with Chinese characteristics." The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), by controlling the career advancement...

THE 23RD ISSUE OF THE International Productivity Monitor includes five articles on: business innovation strategies and policies to stimulate innovation in Canada; new direct measures of the use of computer technologies in Canada and the United States and implications for Canadian productivity...

The 26th issue of the International Productivity Monitor features articles on the follow topics: the role of weak demand in explaining slower productivity growth; the sectoral productivity performance of Ontario industries; the sensitivity of multifactor productivity growth in Canada and the...

This 21st issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. The topics addressed are: a comparative industry perspective on productivity and economic growth in Europe; a detailed analysis of labour productivity growth...

The present paper aims to analyze from the epistemological and methodological point of view, the most common practices in developing a scientific article, starting from the perspective of the editor of scientific journals. Understanding the mechanisms of peer-review, usually leads the authors to...

This 25th issue of the International Productivity Monitor contains revised versions of papers, as well as discussant comments, presented at a session on productivity organized by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in San Diego,...