Achieving climate-neutrality is a global imperative that demands coordinated efforts from both science and robust policies supporting a smooth transition across multiple sectors. However, the interdisciplinary and complex science-to-policy nature of this effort makes it particularly challenging...

As global commitments to decarbonization intensify, energy-emission models are becoming increasingly vital for policymaking, offering data-driven insights to evaluate the feasibility and impact of climate strategies. These models help governments design evidence-based policies, assess mitigation...

This paper explores the dynamic effects of labor unions on economic growth and income inequality in a Schumpeterian growth model with heterogeneous households and endogenous market structure. A representative labor union bargains with a representative employer to determine the labor income share...

In a context of sustained price decline and heightened volatility in the global cobalt market, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—the world’s leading producer—suspended its cobalt exports in February 2025. This decision aimed to recalibrate international prices, reinforce mineral...

The US Inflation Reduction Act 2022, was signed into law in August 2022. It aims amongst other objectives, “to lower energy costs for families and small businesses, accelerate private investment in clean energy solutions in every sector of the economy – as well as nationally, strengthen...

Important lessons which were drawn from the most recent GFC - notably, the growing need for accommodative policies (unconventional and conventional) to facilitate appropriate responses - given limited monetary policy spaces, the emergence, rise and evolution of private actors and their...

Elections play an essential role in shaping domestic and global economies. This review paper examines the effect of election cycles on economic outcomes, mainly focusing on the United States while analysing other countries, including China, India, and other developing countries. The paper...

This paper describes the features of the type of capitalism that will emerge if in the next five to ten years the ruling classes of today’s major superpowers - the USA, China, and Russia - unite and form a global exploitative ruling class. The essential properties of this unification process...

Predictive analytics, possessing the potential to forecast future outcomes utilizing analysis of past data, is an emerging popular tool in financial trading. Stock trading often involves high uncertainty due to unpredictability arising from various unpredictable market conditions. Therefore,...

Leadership generosity and responsibility are crucial elements in organizational management, particularly when leaders allocate rewards among team members. Through theoretical modeling and experimental validation, we examine leaders' allocation decisions before the project begins and after its...