during recent years, a debate has been taking place on the relationship between economic growth and trade policies. the present article explores the impact of trade liberalization on economic growth in islamic countries. we chose a sample of 26 islamic countries and using the gmm method, estimated the correlation between trade liberalization and economic growth for the period 1990-2003. the emp...

the aim of this paper is examining and criticizing a new concept in moral education named moral literacy. recent years, moral literacy approach attempts to redefine morality in the framework of literacy and via that, return moral education to the school. logical-conceptual analysis of “moral literacy” indicated us some constructive elements of this combination like competency, knowledge, acquis...

this study aims to investigate the relationship between information literacy, computer self-efficacy and academic performance in a population of 1054 of ba and ma students of psychology and educational sciences faculty of tehran university. the data are collected in a sample of 283 students (103 ba and 180 ma); selected using cochran's sampling formula. these students answered mittermeyer ...

Objectives: The present study investigated the role of psychoeducation in improving mental health literacy and adaptation in patients with type 2 diabetes.  Methods: The present study was an interventional study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with a control group. The study population included patients with type 2 diabetes who referred to Iran Hospital. Based on the research met...

People are living in a fast changing world today in both their business and personal lives. With the rate of change in technology continuing at Gordon Moore’s 1965 predictions [1], what competencies are needed to take full advantage of today’s Knowledge Society? The EU has recognised the need for digital literacy and has included this in the definition of eInclusion [2]. This paper defines digi...

This article presents a review of the literature that focuses on the role played by information asymmetry in the management of innovation. Results are organised in two categories. On the one hand, information asymmetry is considered as a major source of market failures because it affects the quality of innovative goods and services available on the market and disturbs the process of allocating ...

Exponential Growth Bias and Financial Literacy The tendency to underestimate the future value of a variable growing at a constant rate, an example of exponential growth bias, has been linked to household financial decision making. We show that exponential growth bias and standard measures of financial literacy are negatively correlated in a representative sample of Swedish adults. Since financi...