Emerging Economies’ Institutional Quality and International Competitiveness: A PLS-SEM Approach

Macroeconomic, International Linkage and Effects of External Shocks in Southeast Asian Emerging Economies

This study is an attempt to examine the effects of external shocks on macroeconomic variables in selective small open emerging economies in Southeast Asia. A quarterly Global Vector Autoregressive (GVAR) model, including 33 countries, was used throughout 1979–2013. The empirical results showed that the target countries were affected by external shocks, especially the shocks in the U.S, Euro are...

05 Impact of Productivity and Institutional Quality on Environmental Quality (Evidences from Developing Economies)

Examination of the environmental pollution and the factors influencing it by considering the specific characteristics of each country for acheivment to growth and sustainable development and reduse of emission is very important. this study, investigate the effect of productivity and institutional quality on the quality of the environment by using the panel data analysis for 16 developing countr...

E-commerce Readiness Institutional Environment and International Competitiveness

A systematic cross-country analysis of e-commerce activity reveals that although physical infrastructure explains much of the variation in basic Internet use, e-commerce activity also depends significantly on the "rule of law" and, secondarily, on availability of credible payment channels such as credit cards. These results suggest that an institutional environment that facilitates the building...

The international competitiveness of Germany and other European economies : the assessment of the global competitiveness report

FDI and Local Financial Market Development in Oil Exporting and Importing Emerging Economies: VAR Panel Approach

The literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has advanced several explanations of the links between financial market developments and FDI inflows across developing as well as developed countries. Empirical literature show that financial market development reduces informational frictions and improves resource allocation more efficiently. Also, financial systems are important for both produc...