Inrecent years political scientists and economists have spent considerable efforts investigating the impact of income inequality both on political institutions and social conflict (Boix 2003, 2008; Acemoglu and Robinson 2006; Geddes 2007) and on growth and development (Atkinson andBourguignon 2000). In this article I focus on the latter question: I discuss the extent to which (that is, the cond...

While policy makers widely recognise the fact that education serves as an engine for economic growth through the accumulation of human capital, education is also strongly associated with boosting levels of social capital. Indeed, an important justification for the large expenditures on education within many democratic nations is its social, and not just economic, impact – the benefits an educat...

A key prediction of standard models of economic growth is that the output-capital ratio is constant along the economy’s balanced growth path. Using data for 16 OECD countries over 135 years we examine whether the output-capital ratio reverts to a constant in the long run using univariate and panel stationarity tests with structural breaks. Univariate unit root tests with one and two breaks in t...

the major purpose of this study was to examine the advantages and implications of biogastechnology in the agriculture sector. biogas is one of many biomass energy sources, which includeanything that was once alive and that can generate energy (except for fossil fuels, which are notrenewable). to talk of biogas is to talk of agriculture, since biogas generation starts withagricultural waste prod...

sustainability concept in agriculture is becoming widespread throughout industries in many fields even in crop production, livestock production and etc. sustainable in agriculture is believed can give present and future good benefit to the farmers and society. however, in dairy sector in malaysia, the sustainability concepts and practices seems not fully aware by the farmers which result in low...

Huang [ Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, Vol. 6 (2003), No. 2, pp. 171-180 ] studied the EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) and EPQ (Economic Production Quantity) models with backlogging and defective items using the algebraic approach. He assumed 100% inspection policy and the known proportion of defective items was removed prior to storage or use after the screening process. In this p...