Search Results - "Journal of economic issues"

Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of Economic Literature by Vivarelli, Marco

“…I discuss the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change. I also compare the relative…”
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What Are Institutions? by Hodgson, Geoffrey M.

“…Endless disputes over the definitions of key terms such as institution and organization have led some writers to give up matters of definition and to propose…”
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The Nexus Between Conspicuous Consumption and Credit Cards: Evidence from Turkish Households by Acet Dönmez, Gizem, Güneş, Hurşit

“…Overconsumption and overborrowing are prevailing problems in many countries nowadays. The conspicuous consumption phenomenon, first asserted by Thorstein…”
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Analysis of Society's Perception of Fair Price and its Influence on Firms' Actions in Times of Pandemic by Coelho, Fabiano Simões, Macagnan, Clea Beatriz, Decourt, Roberto Frota

“…Using two questionnaires, the first applied in Brazil in March 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the second applied in August 2020, when the…”
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Veblen on the Crossroad: Global Pharmaceuticals and Financialization of Vaccine Production in the Pandemic Period by Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal

“…In the present study, I explore the link between COVID-19 vaccine patents and their financialization within the institutional economics framework. Thorstein…”
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Monetary Contestation as a Driving Force of Institutional Change: The Case of the Eusko, a Local Currency in France by Laurence, Nicolas

“…This article strives to find out how monetary contestation, when brought before the courts, can generate institutional change. The goal is to show if the…”
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Do Relative Concerns Matter? Testing Consumption Categories by Tamgac Tezcan, Unay, Caner, Asena

“…Relative concerns influence many economic choices, including household consumption decisions. In this study, we test the conspicuous consumption hypothesis. In…”
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Planning for Fund Seekers' Deception in Peer-to-Peer Lending by Mesly, Olivier, Ivanaj, Silvester

“…This article examines the likelihood of deception on the part of borrowers wishing to obtain credit from institutional or private lenders in Peer-to-Peer…”
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Empirical Models of JGB Yields Using Daily Data by Akram, Tanweer, Li, Huiqing

“…This article models, from a Keynesian perspective, the dynamics of Japanese government bond (JGB) nominal yields using daily data. Models of government bond…”
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Surplus Approach and Institutions: Where Sraffa Meets Polanyi by Cesaratto, Sergio

“…Relying on anthropological and archaeological research based on the notion of social surplus, and on the lessons of Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, Piero Sraffa and…”
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How to Improve Utility Performance: Understanding Structural, Governance and Regulatory Incentives in Kenya Power and Kenya by Twesigye, Peter

“…The power sectors in most African countries face an enduring problem of poor utility performance. Empirical findings show that the structural, governance, and…”
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New Label, Same Vintage? Reassessing Participatory Islamic Banking in Pakistan by Khan, Feisal

“…Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF) advocates relentlessly promote it as a more inclusive and less rapacious (i.e., "participatory") alternative to conventional…”
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Neoliberalism and the Drift to Proto-Fascism: Political and Economic Causes of the Crisis of Liberal Democracy by Palley, Thomas I.

“…Neoliberalism is a political economic philosophy consisting of two claims, one economic and the other political. The economic claim is laissez-faire is the…”
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Detecting Light Amid Dark: A Veblenian Refinement of Dark-Light Entrepreneurship Theory by Stanfield, Kellin Chandler, Talmage, Craig A.

“…Among the critical perspectives emerging in the entrepreneurship literature, dark-light theory presents as consistent with the normative principles of original…”
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Industries and Financial Fragility by Schroeder, Susan K.

“…The interaction of climate change and financial fragility is set to challenge States' abilities to manage their economies. This article examines the…”
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Corruption in Pakistan: An Institutional Economics Perspective by Kırşanlı, Fatih

“…Pakistan has suffered from pervasive corruption since its foundation. It deals with an unstable political atmosphere and unsustainable economic development due…”
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Infrastructural Development, Dispossession, and Land-Use: Localized 'Socio-Institutional' Analysis of Agrarian Transformation in Punjab, Pakistan by Khan, Danish, Azhar, Shahram

“…The article underscores the role of the localized socio-economic hierarchies and power asymmetries in mediating advantages and disadvantages associated with…”
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The "Triumph of Imbecile Institutions Over Life": Death Cults as an Enabling Myth of Late Neoliberalism by Gil-Vasquez, Karol, Elsner, Wolfram

“…This article links late Neoliberal Financialized Capitalism (NFC) with biopolitics, identity crises, and emerging death cults. It is argued that late NFC…”
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Gender Equality and Countries' Financial and Economic Well-Being: New Evidence from Emerging Economies by Girón, Alicia, Cicchiello, Antonella Francesca, Ferilli, Greta Benedetta, Kazemikhasragh, Amirreza, Kazemi, Zeinab

“…This article empirically examines whether and to what extent gender equality in education, economic activity, and employment affects the financial and economic…”
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Incentives, Institutions, and Other Motivations by Dequech, David

“…The general purpose of this article is to examine incentives and their relations with institutions and with other motivations. The article proposes a concept…”
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