This Brief examines the dynamics between the informal economy and unemployment rates, the causes of informality, its consequences and potential reduction measures at both the theoretical and empirical level. Using Lithuania as a case study, this book tests the assumption that participation in...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Survey design and summary statistics -- Chapter 3. Innovation output -- Chapter 4. R&D organizational structure -- Chapter 5. Staged R&D project management -- Chapter 6. Incentive schemes -- Chapter 7. Risk preference, time preference, and corporate culture...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Preface -- Chapter 1. A Preliminary Introduction -- Chapter 2. Puzzles of the Monetary Regime in Premodern China -- Chapter 3. The Divergence between China and Japan -- Chapter 4. The Worst Currency or The Best Arrangement? -- Chapter 5. An Epilogue -- Index.

Chapter 1. Introduction,- Chapter 2. Expansion of FFV export -- Chapter3. From Preserved to Fresh Export -- Chapter 4. Diversification of export crops -- Chapter 5. Joint actions -- Chapter 6. Conclusion. .

This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture. It considers the rational choices of all actors in the system (just as agricultural economists do) and their cultural preferences and constraints (just as rural...

The historical significance of Friedrich List -- The American exile of Friedrich List from 1825 to 1832 -- Unspoiled wilderness and rugged nature in the Blue Mountain range of Pennsylvania in the first half of the 19th Century -- The extensive extermination of the Indians by white settlers and...

This book provides a critical perspective on several interconnected themes that relate to the implementation of both domestic and international environmental standards. What are the direct and indirect costs and benefits of these standards? What is the political economy structure that governs...

"This book discusses the concepts, types, models, and patterns of Japan's Hometown Tax Donation Payment system, to provide a clear picture of this newly developed unique and innovative fund-raising tool used by municipalities. It also sheds light on the influences that reciprocal gifts provided...