All decisions are practically made within a chainwise social setup named a decision-making chain (DMC). This paper considers some cases of an idea (a project proposal) propagating through an organizational DMC. Survival of a proposal through successive links of the DMC depends on the relative...

Mediterranean was, Mediterranean is and Mediterranean will be. With its undeniably rich history, colorful geography and wide spectrum of humanity, Mediterranean is an important entity. Nevertheless, a long and rich background may not always yield a stable and secure future. In the absence of a...

In this paper, we examine a series of questions about bilateral trade flows in the light of a rich and up-to-date panel data set. The analyses performed reveal that (1) globalization process has been functioning in a number of ways, (2) functioning of economic regions display alternative results...

This note is intended to share some observations regarding a non-exhaustive collection of the early warning literature from 1971 to 2011. Evolution of the interest in early warning models, methodological spectrum of studies and coverage of economic variables are briefly discussed in addition to...

Exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) in the Turkish economy appeared again, especially after mid-2018 when policies to re-balance and soft-land the economy failed to a wide extent. Such re-appearance of the feedback from exchange rates to domestic prices deserves investigative efforts, having...

This paper investigates the economic patterns related to independent cinema, which seems to be an understudied perspective in the literature. Using the classification in The Movie Database, we delve into basic features of movies and make comparisons of mainstream and independent cinema. Applying...

Exchange rate pass-through, which is the degree of reflection of exchange rate movements on domestic inflation, is a crucial phenomenon especially for the developing economies. In this paper we study the exchange rate pass-through for the Pakistani economy from 2008 to 2019. Using quarterly data...

In this study, economic policy is treated as a design problem and is discussed in its multiple dimensions.

In this article, we propose a new empirical screen for detecting cartels, using the cointegration as our basis of modeling. The proposed screen is capable of identifying potential cartel behavior, indicating the strength of price adjustment among firms, and providing a basis for assessing...

This study presents a simple microeconomic model of micromanagement and develops a framework and survey to measure/quantify micromanagement tendencies in the workplace. The presented model of micromanagement suggests that micromanagement stems mainly from the discrepancies between the...