"The struggle for world leadership between China and the United States, resulting in Russia's war with Ukraine, among other things, underscore the reality of structural changes in the global economy and the global system. A new era of egocentrism and polycrisis in a multipolar system has emerged...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an up-to-date estimation of the tax gaps (TGs) of 35 countries (28 EU member states and 7 additional countries – Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Turkey, Switzerland and the USA, both as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP)...

This book draws on financial, economic, and management theory in its exploration of the theory underlying risk and risk management at both micro- and macroeconomic levels. It has a particular reference to the public financial sector. Chapters investigate the elimination of currency risk in the...

A theory of financial instability, positively verified through adverse consequences of the global financial crisis that started in 2007, demonstrates the significance put on adequate decision making in present age. Thus, optimization of operations in this respect applies to providing suitable...

Public management is undoubtedly an acknowledged area of management science, but with meager empirical research. This book takes this challenge and presents a rare analysis of public management from the perspective of 12 Prime Ministers of Poland who governed between 1989 and 2014. The author...