This paper evaluates drivers of personal overindebtedness among the member-states of the European Union (EU). Personal overindebtedness gives rise to poverty, social exclusion, and other serious private and social problems. The EU, however, has neither adopted a common definition of...

Uncertainty affects all aspects of economics. A principle this vital demands a mathematically precise definition. The distinction between risk and uncertainty, as made by Frank Knight (1921) and John Maynard Keynes (1937), invites the following definition (Anderson, Ghysels & Juergens 2009): An...

Successive crises in the early twenty-first century prompted regulators around the world to ask financial institutions to implement a series of regulations. These measures aimed to increase transparency, improve consumer and investor protection, restructure financial capital, stabilize insurance...

Background This study analyzes education, training, and the youth labor market in central and eastern Europe. Objectives This study aims to evaluate similarities and differences in youth labor markets among eleven central and eastern European countries from 2008 to 2021. It specifically examines...

Platforms facilitate transactions between service providers, consumers, and advertisers by providing information, and matching supply and demand. Taking into account the platform's cross-network externalities, we developed two three-stage game-theoretic pricing models under single and dual...

Background This study analyzes education, training, and the youth labor market in central and eastern Europe. Objectives This study aims to evaluate similarities and differences in youth labor markets among eleven central and eastern European countries from 2008 to 2021. It specifically examines...