To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

للعقيدة الاسلامية دور مهم في توجيه السلوك الاقتصادي، يتمثل في ربط الحياة الدنيا بالآخرة على مستوى الأفراد والمجتمعات، مما يبرز أهمية البعد الإيماني والأخلاقي في...

To analyze the consumer utility, we use Shibani’s model that is based on three successive layers of earning/spending/utility. Based on the social solidarity, we show that the marginal earning depends on the first difference between the MPC of lower and upper social groups. According to the...

This study evaluates the efficacy of Community-Based Tourism (CBT) as a strategic public administration initiative for sustainable development in Zamboanga City, Philippines. Employing a mixed-methods approach, the research combines quantitative surveys and economic assessments with qualitative...

Many countries badly mismanage their natural resource endowments. We argue that a fundamental change in paradigm is needed. Specifically, we advocate treating non-renewable natural resources as a finite shared inheritance asset, and extraction as the sale of the inherited wealth. We identify...

What determines the share of public employment in countries of similar levels of economic development, at a given size of the State? A standard answer from the public choice literature points to non-benevolent states, emphasizing the importance of constraints on their power. This paper...

In this paper, we examine the determinants of sharing behaviour by envisaging two types of behaviour, namely contribution against free riding. In doing so, we evaluate the theoretical predictions about reciprocity and altruism in the presence of non-rival goods and anonymity. We use a probit...

The paper communicates the essence of the findings of a study influencing participation in May Day demonstrations in Copenhagen 1980-2013. Political factors seem irrelevant for predicting the level of turn-out at May Day demonstrations. The most important factors are the weather conditions.

What determines the share of public employment, at a given size of the State, in countries of similar levels of economic development? While the theoretical and empirical literature on this issue has mostly considered technical dimensions (efficiency and political considerations), this paper...

Growing number of studies accentuated enigmas in PDS system, many of them provided evidences based on National Sample Survey (NSS) and other official statistics, more particularly by major states. Many of them also highlighted theoretical and operational difficulties in existing policy...