There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. This introduction has highlighted the importance of the entry/exit decision of firms in response to changes in trade barriers. However, it is typical in many of these models to use iceberg transport costs as a general form of trade barriers that can be interchangeable wi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the social & cultural factors affecting social responsibility of managers of service & Business institutions in Gilan Province. The research method used in this study is based on the applied purpose, quantitative data, the method of collecting descriptive data and correlation method. The statistical population of this study consists of all managers a...

The paper aims at the investigation of free word order. It concentrates on the relationship between (formal) dependencies and word order. The investigation is performed by means of a semi-automatic application of a method of analysis by reduction to Czech syntactically annotated data. The paper also presents the analysis of introspectively created Czech sentences demonstrating complex phenomena...

In this article, the set of institutions which embody the form and contents of the economic system of Islam is introduced. By institutions, it is meant the economic freedoms, the government, ownership, motivation, the mechanism for coordinating economic activities, power, organization and bureaucracy. After explaining Islam’s outlook regarding these institutions, the form and the contents of th...

Introduction A t the conclusion of World War II, several international institutions were created to manage the world economy and prevent another Great Depression. These institutions include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (now called the World Bank), and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was expanded and ins...