It is well known that banks foster economic growth. Many advanced economies experienced over-lending to private sector in terms of own GDP. Current economic crisis urged economists and policy makers to consider more seriously bank capital adequacy regarding the drivers as well as the...

In this paper it is estimated how economic freedom affects among others human development index. Data are taken from World Economic Freedom Indicators and United Nations. Our sample covers for the period 2000-2012 EU, Japan and USA. The elaboration of these data is made feasible through the...

In the present paper it will be econometrically shown that economic freedom has a positive impact on share prices. Our data cover for the period 2000-2012 many countries of EU as well as Japan and the United States. Data are taken from Eurostat and World Economic Freedom Indicators. Eviews...

Economic hardships are regarded as the main political party loyalty driver. Voters initially trust their major political parties and wait for a better future. If, however, economic hardships go too far, then political party loyalty no longer exist. Voters resort to new political parties to find...

In this paper an effort has been made to examine to what extend human development index (HDI) is a shield against COVID-19. Author as an economist will focus only on social and economic factors such as HDI. The findings of the present paper can be helpful if present model is further enhanced by...

In the present paper an effort has been made to estimate monthly the impact of COVID-19 on unemployment in many European countries during 2020. It will be attempted to examine whether southern EU suffered more than the northern one. Regression analysis will be applied with panel data

Tourism depends on many factors. The main ones are economic growth, climate as well as crime. Recently COVID-19 became a serious problem not only for tourism but for all humanity. In the present paper since there are not enough data on COVID-19 repercussions yet, author will concentrate on the...

The aim of this paper is to attempt to compare indirectly the relative political leadership caliber between two major political parties through an econometric model, based on UK election results for the period 1918 – 2019. The crux of this model is that it is independent from any theory about...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has tremendous impacts on the globe. In the present paper it will be attempted to evaluate whether these impacts are evenly spread among countries regarding the stock returns. To this end many countries are classified according to their financial system and according to...

Suicides are due to many factors. Psychology has been used to explain via many theories mental disorder and depression. I admit that suicides are to a great extent attributed to mental disorder. However, to the best of my knowledge there are also additional factors of non-medical nature. To make...