|2| Concern for man himself and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Albert Einstein

Although Europeans are favourable towards the idea of being governed by ‘independent experts’, and despite burgeoning literature on technocratic ministers, we still miss important information about profiles technocrats in government. This article provides new insights into characteristics non-partisan, non-elected ministers roles they perform once government based a Technocratic Ministers’ Data...

Two years after signing the Bologna Declaration and three years after the Sorbonne Declaration, European Ministers in charge of higher education, representing 32 signatories, met in Prague in order to review the progress achieved and to set directions and priorities for the coming years of the process. Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to the objective of establishing the European Higher Ed...

This paper examines whether there exists the effect of party alternative on Nikkei 225 stock behavior by the asymmetric GARCH model. The empirical work finds that the transition of ruling party effect is not a crucial variable to Nikkei 225 returns and volatility. Japanese feel apathy and alienation about political environment result in the succession of prime ministers does not influence the J...

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