Modern economic growth is viewed through the prism of paradigm sustainable development. This work presents reasons for difficulties transition to development an economy with a high share extractive industry and shows that effective implementation Sustainable Development Goals it necessary change model reducing role this industry. The analysis contribution gross regional product Russia’s regions...

The geographical location of Ukraine provides a multitude possibilities for successful investment activity. There are rich natural resources, fertile soil and qualified low-cost labour force. On the other hand, investors have to deal with historical ties Soviet Union, corruption, and political instability exacerbated by occupation part territory Russia. This paper deals possibility identifyi...

Market power refers to conditions where the providers of a service can consistently charge prices above those that would be established by a competitive market. There are many well known definitions of market power, including indices intended to quantify the degree of market concentration of energy supplies. Unfortunately, market power considerations within electric power markets require the co...

This paper challenges recent research (Evans, 2008) reporting that the concentration of cited scientific literature increases with the online availability of articles and journals. Using Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, the present paper analyses changes in the concentration of citations received (twoand five-year citation windows) by papers published between 1900 and 2005. Three measures of co...

This article challenges recent research (Evans, 2008) reporting that the concentration of cited scientific literature increases with the online availability of articles and journals. Using Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, the present article analyses changes in the concentration of citations received (2and 5-year citation windows) by papers published between 1900 and 2005.Three measures of conc...

This article provides data-driven analyses of Lithuanian foreign trade activities. We combine Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) and Lauraéus-Kaivo-oja (LKI) measures to identify key changes trends in export import structures the economy. The findings suggest that portfolios economy have been successfully diversified Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) successful implemented years 2015 through 202...

In the Western world, consumers complain about the soaring of non-interest bank fees during the recent years, the post global financial crisis in particular. Commercial banks charge a variety of non-interest fees for their transactions. This paper empirically tests whether the free charges are significantly different between conventional commercial banks and interest free Islamic banks. The ave...

In this article, we examine the market structure for real estate brokerage services across six large metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to see whether low-income neighborhoods, or neighborhoods where house prices are low, are as well served by real estate professionals as higher income or higher priced neighborhoods. We collect more than 300,000 real estate listings and compute the Herfindah...

In 1992, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission created a secondary market for natural gas transportation whereby shippers holding firm transportation capacity on interstate natural gas pipelines can compete with the pipeline in the provision of transportation services. However, if a shipper does not use some of its contracted firm transportation capacity, the pipeline can resell that ca...