Purpose - The study has endeavored to assay the nexus between the converged version of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the performance of the Indian-listed manufacturing firms. Design/methodology/approach - The study has randomly accessed the data of the Bombay Stock...

Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) accord a special attention to the integration of the least developed countries (LDCs) into the global trading system. A major Decision in favour of LDCs adopted by WTO Trade Ministers was the one concerning the Duty-Free-Quota-Free (DFQF) market...

In the course of the ongoing process of climate change, natural disasters like storms, floods and droughts become more likely and/or more severe. While there is a growing macroeconomic literature on the growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels...

Die Auswirkungen eines Mindestlohns auf Löhne und Beschäftigung hängen von einer Vielzahl von Faktoren ab und lassen sich theoretisch keineswegs eindeutig bestimmen. Hierzu bedarf es einer empirischen Analyse. Deutsche Untersuchungen über Mindestlohneffekte entsprachen in der Vergangenheit...