How would you explain that welfare programs increase the number of poor people, especially in terms of opportunity cost? Explain socialism and communism and how it affects us in today's world? Suggest some solutions to the problem of poverty and discuss how poverty is related (or not) to the...
Results show that quality of law measured by the World Bank (Doing Business database) and the Corruption Perception Index obtained from Transparency International may have some explanatory abilities regarding the structure of employment.doi:info:doi/10.11118/actaun201563062005Marek Litzman...
While firm digitalization has significantly shaped business conduct and performance, our understanding of how it affects firms’ engagement with socia
We will further explore the mechanism by which the internet affects regional sustainable by investigating the presence of transmission paths, the test results of which are shown in Table8. As indicated in column 2 of Table8, the coefficient representing the effect of the internet on economic growt...
There has been progress on a number of issues under review in the talks includingtelecommunications, environment, labor, digital trade, and anti-corruptionprovisions.8But the way that the origin of automobile content is measured has emerged as a sticking point, as the U.S. fears an influx of...
recently concluded their annual session. Every year this session addresses the issues that the Chinese government has faced in the past year as well as their plans for the upcoming year. Amongst the topics of discussion ...
I say: not so fast! We are still seeing some highly divergent outcomes. Take Denmark versus the UK over the past decade: Denmark = 13.9% real annualised return (GBP) UK = 2.3% real annualised return Those are two highly correlated markets but, even though they normally head in the sa...
In fact, research by the World Bank confirms that public-sector salaries play a large part in anti-corruption measures. Based on country data, the Bank concluded that increasing wages could reduce corruption in certain situations when paired with appropriate policies.5 ...
Corruption has been described as a disease. When corruption infiltrates global health, it can be particularly devastating, threatening hard gained improvements in human and economic development, international security, and population health. Yet, the mul
Abusingguanxithrough aggressive or dishonest business practices can jeopardize one's reputation and present opportunities for corruption. Merely saying thatguanxiconnects to Confucian philosophy doesn't complete the explanation of the term. Confucian thought dates back more than 2,000 years and it continue...