VOLUME 10(2) • 2015
THE GROWTH OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE CONSUMERISM
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the link between consumer specialization and the predisposition of consumers to alter features of the consumption activity, mechanisms that may diminish the positive effect of environmental consumerism on the natural world, a..
THE ECONOMICS OF CORRUPTION IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT
ABSTRACT. The analysis presented in this paper contributes to research on the culture of corruption in sport, kinds of corrupt undertakings identified in worldwide sport, expenses of corruption in global sports, and important barriers in reacting to corruption in sport. The material gathered in this..
THE ECONOMIC RATIONALE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of the economic relevance of the most ordinary sources of renewable energy (RE), the positive consequences of RE on growth and hiring, and the shift from fossil energy to RE to diminish CO2 releases. My paper contributes to the li..
LABOR MANAGEMENT AND DRESS CULTURE IN THE VICTORIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of literacy in dress culture in Victorian women’s fiction, the relationship between textile industry and dress culture in the Victorian society, and the representations of textile culture in Victorian women’s literature. pp. 96–..
UNUTILIZED PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY, BINARY ECONOMICS AND THE CASE FOR BROADENING CAPITAL OWNERSHIP
ABSTRACT. Binary economics holds that a broader distribution of capital acquisition with the earnings of capital promises more consumer demand in future years and therefore greater incentive to employ labor and capital in earlier years. Therefore broadening individual participation in capital acquis..
THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY ON PRESIDENTIAL RHETORICAL OPTIMISM ABOUT THE ECONOMY IN THE UNITED STATES
ABSTRACT. Recent research by Baker et al. (2013) has created a historical indicator of economic policy uncertainty in the United States, based on an index score derived from content analyses of major U.S. newspapers. Empirical work using this measure has primarily focused on the economic consequence..
EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A REVIEW OF PAST AND PRESENT REGIMES
ABSTRACT. In this paper, we evaluate the exchange rate episodes in South Africa during the period 1920–2012. We examine the various exchange rate reforms and exchange rate regimes that have been implemented in the country – over the years, and in a chronological order. We find that, like many other ..