“...Taking as a reference the new human development index introduced by the UN in 2010, we study inequality in the world with respect to achievements in human...”

“...In this article, we investigate the role of US macroeconomic variables as leading indicators of regime shifts in the VIX index using a regime-switching...”

“...The aim of this article is to evaluate whether there is an association between decentralization and corruption. In order to do so we analyse Brazilian...”

“...This study builds on earlier work by Kanioura and Turner (2005) in generating response surfaces for critical values for an F-test for cointegration based on an...”

“...Using the Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) model due to Engle ( 2002 ), we estimate time-varying correlations of quarterly real GDP growth among the G7...”

“...This article aims to analyse the relationship between deforestation, corruption and economic growth. We focused our analysis on the Brazilian municipalities...”

“...This article evaluates the dynamic relationship between sovereign Credit Default Swap (CDS) and bond markets over the period 2001 to 2007 across 30 emerging...”

“...This article analyses the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labour adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is...”

“...This article presents a simple Monte Carlo (MC) procedure to improve sensitivity analysis in Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modelling. MC experiments...”

“...It is common for charitable organizations to allow donors to place material restrictions on their gifts. Nonprofit firms and fundraisers generally believe that...”