This paper investigates whether business cycles cause financial cycles or vice versa. We also assess whether the US plays a leading role in causing the domestic business and financial cycles of other countries. The literature has established that business and financial cycles are linked through...

The carbon based microwave absorption materials are considered as new generation absorbers owing to their lightweight, thin-thickness and good electronic conductivity. The challenge to develop excellent carbon absorbers is to decrease its skin effect and improve its impedance matching behavior....

The traditional political economy account of global climate change governance directs our attention to fundamental collective action problems associated with global public goods provision, resulting from positive or negative externalities as well as freeriding. The governance architecture of the...