A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...

A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...

The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely due to the government policies of the two countries, which affect business in conflicting ways. Despite the differences in economic growth, there are a number of similarities...

Evaluations of China's stock market range from extremely favourable assessments that emphasise GDP growth rates, financial depth or the rapid growth of privatisation to extremely negative assessments that favour market efficiency or short-term profitability to the exclusion of alternative...

George Zis, David Cobham and Athanasios Papadopoulos. The cost of political intervention in monetary policy. International Finance, 2004, vol. 7, no. 3, pages 471-493. Published by and copyright Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. The definitive version of this article is available from...

The world has entered a global recession that is causing widespread business contraction, increases in unemployment, and shrinking government revenues. The process for coping with the crisis by countries across the globe has been manifest in four basic phases. The first has been intervention to...

Business improvement districts (BIDs) are usually established by the legislature as an innovative approach to deliver public services, and funds to support their operations come from taxation on business premises or special property assessment fees levied on property owners for various...

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