Theories of regional integration typically analyze the regional integration process from the perspective of a single discipline, usually economics. However, such one-dimensional analytical frameworks cannot fully capture the richness and complexity of the inherently multi-dimensional regional...

This paper evaluates the prospect of a possible unification between People's Republic of China and Taiwan from a multidimensional perspective encompassing the political, social, economic and technological dimensions. The idea is to evaluate the possibility of a partial or total reunification...

This paper introduces a new economic model to analyze the effects of a possible terrorist attack, namely the terrorist attack vulnerability evaluation model (TAVE-Model). The model analyzes three different phases of terrorism: (i) origins of a terrorist attack; (ii) terrorist attack itself; and...

This paper introduces a new economic model of a wartime economy, the war economic capability model — WEC-Model. The WEC-Model assesses the economic impact of an armed conflict in three different stages: (1) initial armed conflict and diplomatic negotiations; (2) military armed conflict; and...

In this paper, we evaluate the impact of Wuhan COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) on four strategic sectors - i.e. tourism, air transportation, international trade, and electricity consumption of the Chinese economy. To do so, we develop and apply a new model - the economic crisis from massive...

We evaluate the economic impact of the Wuhan coronavirus, a massive infectious and contagious disease, on China's economic performance. To do so, we develop a new model, namely the Integral Massive Infections and Contagious Diseases Economic Simulator (IMICDE-Simulator) and apply it to the...

We introduce a new social protection fund concept, the National Social Protection Fund (NSPF). The NSPF incorporates the informal productive sector into the formal productive sector. The primary objective of NSPF is to create a robust national social protection scheme for all Malaysians by...

This study proposes a new group of indicators in the analysis of pension plan systems performance. Section one presents a new model to evaluate the pension plan systems respond in the case of Japan and Malaysia. This new model, “The Pension Plan Systems Performance Evaluation Model (PPSPE-...

We apply the terrorist attack vulnerability evaluation model (TAVE-Model) to evaluate the effect of terrorism on the economic performance of Turkey. We examine both the short run and long-run economic impact of terrorist attacks in Turkey. The TAVE-Model deploys a number of indicators to...