Natural hazards have a potentially large impact on economic growth but measuring their economic impact is subject to a great deal of uncertainty. The central objective of our paper is to set forth a model – the natural disasters vulnerability evaluation (NDVE) model – to evaluate the impact...

Researchers from different fields have attempted to explain regional integration using different theories and analytical tools. These theories and analytical tools typically visualize the regional integration process from the perspective of a single discipline, usually economics but also...

This paper is interested to make a serial of simulations in case of a possible high or low intensity war between Japan and China. The main reason to write this paper is based on the recent maritime border dispute between Japan and China in the year 2013. The maritime border conflict is...

We propose a group of indicators for the analysis of wine industry performance. We present a new model that analyzes the direct impact of wine industry productivity rate (Π*), the wine industry performance rate (ΔΠ), the wine cargo expansion rate (Δϛ), and the wine industry technological...

This paper formulates a comprehensive pension fund framework for enhancing system capacity to manage economic and social risks. The National Social Protection Fund (NSPF) attempts to quantify informal sector, incorporated under a unified national protection scheme. The new protection mechanism...

This paper proposes the uses of the global economic crisis smash effect simulator as a theoretical framework to evaluate the final effects of any global financial crisis on the world economy. We present different scenarios and results according to different levels of devastation that the global...

This paper formulates an analytical framework to analyze whether pension growth can be a determinant of economic growth. The Pension Scheme Performance Evaluation Model (PSPE-Model) intends to study the performance of pension schemes from a macroeconomic perspective. The PSPE-Model tests whether...

The phenomenon of violence is rooted in the very origins of mankind. According to the research of this book, violence is intrinsically linked to the demand for domination, the search for resources in order to survive (i.e. scarcity of resources), exploitation, power, culture, conflict of...

This paper intends to establish conceptual foundations for analyzing the economic dimensions of a post-war-conflict. The Post-Conflict Economic Damage Simulator (PED-Simulator) attempts to estimate the heterogeneous macroeconomic effects of a military post-conflict. The model suggests nine...

The rationale of hybrid economic models revolves around the efficacy of multidimensional mathematical modeling and graphs as the most effective tools to understand any economic problem from a multidimensional view. The main motivation behind the creation of hybrid economic models is to evaluate...