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Economic Analysis and Policy before, during and after a Public Debt Crisis, a Pandemic and an Inflationary Outburst submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 30750 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic analysis; economic policy; public debt crisis; Inflationary; macroeconomic economic theory; economic development
Human Capital Development in Africa
edited by Abbi M. Kedir, Lant Pritchett and Tomson Ogwang
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 4571 | Submission Open
Keywords: human capital development; foreign direct investment; household income growth; public investment; migration
European Economic Governance and Integration at a Crossroads
edited by Fabio Masini
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3858 | Submission Open
Keywords: European economic governance; economic and industrial sovereignty; multilayered economy; policy mix; European public goods
Digital Transformation in the Tourism Industry submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open
Keywords: tourism industry  ; digital transformation  ; Tourism 5.0; smart tourism  ; ICT in the tourism industry  ; cybersecurity in the tourism industry  ; social media in tourism  ; open; big and small data in tourism
Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Policy (2nd Edition)
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submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 30168 | Submission Open
Keywords: foreign direct investment; foreign portfolio investment; international finance; international; investment policy; FDI and international trade; FDI spillovers; determinants of FDI
Financial Market Volatility under Uncertainty
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submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 27011 | Submission Open
Keywords: volatility modeling; asset prices; crypto and blockchain; sustainability; ESG; productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
Complex Networks on Macroeconomics and Finance: Models, Methods, Applications
edited by Theophilos Papadimitriou and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11642 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic and financial network models; structural analysis of economic networks; dynamics on economic networks; mathematical analysis of economic networks; economic complex network monitoring; synchronization on economic networks; multilayered complex networks; resilience and robustness of economic networks; crisis dispersion on economics networks
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
The Effects of Uncertainty Shocks in Booms and Busts submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5904 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic uncertainty; political uncertainty; geopolitical uncertainty; news-based uncertainty; financial markets; commodity markets; macroeconomic shocks; systemic risk; investor attention
Dynamic Macroeconomics: Methods, Models and Analysis
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submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2547 | Submission Open
Keywords: macroeconomic theory; empirical macroeconomics; DSGE models; agent-based modeling; identification; estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: The Role of the Digital Economy in the Modernization of Developing Countries
edited by and
submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital economic tools; transformative modernization; CBDC and financial inclusion; economic growth; social welfare; the future of payments; sustainable development; digital economy; economic modernization; developing countries; developing countries; technological progress; social welfare
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Studies on Factors Affecting Economic Growth
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 22798 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic growth; GDP; investments; macroeconomic policy; econometric models; sustainable development; business environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Beyond the Economic Horizon: Delving into the Deep Roots of Economic Development
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18832 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic development; cultural background; institutional frameworks; geographic factors; uncertainty and expectations; economic complexity; innovation and entrepreneurship; holistic approach; societal tapestry; policy initiatives; market dynamics; global trajectories; economic evolution; development catalysts; diverse perspectives
Economics of Migration
edited by Marina-Selini Katsaiti, Maroula Khraiche and Mrittika Shamsuddin
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18405 | Submission Open
Keywords: immigration; international migration; internal migration; forced migration; displacement; labour migration; refugees
(This special issue belongs to the Section Labour and Education)
Industrial Clusters, Agglomeration and Economic Development
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14249 | Submission Open
Keywords: agglomeration; innovation; location theory; sequencing; building process; management; digital; green; case studies
Monetary and Fiscal Economics in the Context of Macroeconomic Stability submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9978 | Submission Open
Keywords: macroeconomic policy; financial stability; monetary policy; fiscal policy; unemployment; GDP growth; inflation; current account
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
From Permacrisis to Technological Breakthrough: Prospects for the Global Economy Post-COVID-19
edited by Francesco Schettino
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7550 | Submission Open
Keywords: capitalist crisis; IA and big data; innovation and new technologies; functional and personal income distribution; global distribution of income and poverty; polarization and the middle class; wealth distribution and concentration; social and class conflicts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Labour and Education)
Economic Growth, Corruption, and Financial Development submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6946 | Submission Open
Keywords: corruption; economic growth; financial development; structural change; digital economies; fiscal policies
Globalisation, Environmental Sustainability, and Green Growth submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4494 | Submission Open
Keywords: international trade; FDI and pollution emissions; globalisation indexes and pollution emissions; economic growth and sustainability development; tourism demand and pollution emissions; agricultural production and climate changes; renewable energy and green growth; carbon taxes and green growth; technology changes and green growth; pollution haven and halo hypothesis
Demand and Price Analysis in Agricultural and Food Economics
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1580 | Submission Open
Keywords: demand; price analysis; food; agricultural products; consumer behavior; market trends; policy intervention; market volatility
Economic Development in the European Union Countries
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submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable development; institutional development; structural change; digital transformation; public choice; fiscal policy; monetary policy; public goods; common goods; dynamic econometric panel analysis
The Economics of Migration: Labour Market Impacts and Migration Policies
edited by Cesar L. Escalante and Tianyuan Luo
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open
Keywords: migrant (foreign) labor; domestic workers; immigration policies; labor productivity; contractual employment; wages and fringe benefits; workers’ welfare; unemployment
International Trade and Economic Development in Latin America
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submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1846 | Submission Open
Keywords: Latin America; international trade; economic integration; economic growth; economic development
(This special issue belongs to the Section International, Regional, and Transportation Economics)
Exchange Rates: Drivers, Dynamics, Impacts, and Policies
edited by Balázs Égert
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17538 | Submission Open
Keywords: exchange rate drivers; dynamics; impacts; policies
(This special issue belongs to the Section International, Regional, and Transportation Economics)
Economic Indicators Relating to Rural Development submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11503 | Submission Open
Keywords: rural development; regional/local economies; socio-economic indicators; resilient communities; sustainable agriculture; rural tourism; smart villages
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Economic Development, Labour Markets, and Education in the Digital Age submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6185 | Submission Open
Keywords: labor markets; education in the digital age; permacrisis; greening economies; AI
The Impact of Corruption on Economic Development
edited by Marie dela Rama and Michael Lester
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: civil society; climate change; corruption; economic development; governance; human rights; sectors; UN SDGs
Monetary Policy and Central Banking: Challenges in the Current Environment
edited by Anthony J. Evans
submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7149 | Submission Open
Keywords: central banks; central bank digital currencies; green central banking; inequality; inflation targets; mission focus; monetary policy; social impact; sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
The Asian Economy: Constraints and Opportunities
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8231 | Submission Open
Keywords: Asian economy; globalization; industrialization; global value chains; global financial crisis; trade conflicts; COVID-19; structural changes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Efficiency and Anomalies in Emerging Stock Markets
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6175 | Submission Open
Keywords: market efficiency; return anomaly; return predictability; events; market integration; information asymmetry; financial liberalization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
Studies on Modeling and Forecasting Macroeconomic Indicators in the European Union
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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 957 | Submission Open
Keywords: macroeconomic forecasts in the EU; macroeconomic modeling in accession countries; forecasting; macroeconomic indicators; machine learning; linear and nonlinear models; economic policy in the EU; eurozone and non-eurozone countries
Preferential Trade Agreements and Migration
edited by and Roger White
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: preferential trade agreements (PTAs); international migration; labor mobility; economic development; social integration; trade liberalization; regional integration; policy frameworks; socio-economic effects; comparative analyses; cross-border flows of goods; cross-border flows of services; immigrants and technology; immigrants and GVCs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Macroeconomics of the Labour Market submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: business cycles and employment; unemployment dynamics; job creation and destruction; technological change and labour; income inequality and labour markets; demographics and employment; macro policies and labour; labour productivity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Labour and Education)
Economic Development in the Digital Economy Era
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 41675 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital economy; economic development; economic policy; economic growth; welfare; digital technology
Demographics and Regional Economic Development
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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16088 | Submission Open
Keywords: population dynamics; demographic transitions; inequalities and imbalances; internal and external migration; demographic characteristics; regional economic development or growth
Artificial Intelligence Technologies and Economic Development
edited by and Jinjing Zhao
submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; green development; technological innovation; supply chain management; digital economy; economic development; environmental policy; carbon reduction; circular economy
Trends and Policies Shaping the Future of Sustainable Industrial Development and Its Role to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
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submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: industrial development; structural change; industrial policies; premature deindustrialization; sustainable development goals; 2030 agenda for sustainable development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Advances in Financial Market Phenomenology submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open
Keywords: tendencies in financial market organizing; the role of the financial market in financial bubbles arising and crises being triggered; types of competition in the financial market; evolutionary paradigm in the financial market; financial market signals: analysis and evaluation; fractal/fractional modelling of the financial market; entropy in financial market transactions; natural and artificial experiments on financial market working; fuzzy modelling of the financial market; chaotic modelling of the financial market: orbits; attractors; saddle-points; topological modelling of the financial market; semiotic/linguistic modelling of the financial market; self-regulation in the financial market
(This special issue belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
Emerging Economies and Sustainable Growth (2nd Edition)
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7636 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging economies; sustainable growth; cryptocurrencies; blockchain; sustainability; financial markets; energy; innovation; sustainable development goals
Innovation, Reallocation and Economy Growth
edited by Tsutomu Harada
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3766 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; reallocation; economy growth; economic development
(This special issue belongs to the Section Economic Development)
Public Health Emergencies and Economic Development
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3468 | Submission Open
Keywords: public health emergencies; healthcare; healthcare workforce; healthcare employment; economic development; community development; integrated development; health and human capital; health and human resources; medical technology and economic growth; global health and trade; COVID-19; low-income; minority health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Economics)
Digital Transformation in Europe: Economic and Policy Implications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1409 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic impact of smart city technologies; blockchain applications in trade agreements; future of digital currency in Europe; E-commerce and cross-border policies; role of fintech in economic policy; digital transformation in public services; EU regulations of cryptocurrency markets; sustainable practices in digital economies; centralized and decentralized finance; artificial intelligence in economic policy; Central Bank Digital Currencies (CDCs); digital twin technology in economics; economic growth through digital transformation; digital finance and green economy goals; digital infrastructure for economic resilience
The Impact of Macroeconomic and Financial Factors on Real Estate Markets
edited by Mustapha Bangura
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open
Keywords: real estate market; monetary and fiscal policies; homeownership; build-to-rent; capital flows; REITs; real estate financing and investment
The Impact of Green Fiscal Policies on Green Investment, Innovation and Green Productivity
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open
Keywords: green fiscal policies; green investment; sustainable innovation; green productivity; climate change; carbon pricing; renewable energy; policy evaluation; environmental economics
Impact of Transportation Industry on the Economic Globalization and International Trade
edited by Bijan Vasigh
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open
Keywords: airline consolidation; ancillary revenue; financial forecasting; fleet planning; global alliances; open skies agreements; sustainable aviation fuel (SAF); unmanned aircraft systems
Innovation, Productivity, and Economic Growth: New Insights—2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovation; productivity; economic growth; public policies; social capital; digital transformation
The Agri-Food Sector and the Development of Local Markets
edited by Aleksandra Figurek
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open
Keywords: agri-food systems; development of the domestic market; farming sustainably; rural empowerment; food safety; optimization of the value chain; comprehensive policies; the capacity to adapt to climate change; small-scale agriculture; digital innovation in the field of agriculture
International Finance and Macroeconomics: Methods, Models and Analysis
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: international finance; international macroeconomic issues; international trade dynamics; global financial and economic integration; financial and economic forecasting; financial markets empirical macroeconomic analysis
Emerging Market Economies: Globalization, Monetary Policy, and Asset Prices
edited by Hui Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open
Keywords: globalization; emerging markets; monetary policy; asset prices; capital flows; financial integration; exchange rates; inflation; economic stability; policy analysis
The Economic Impact of Natural Resources submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: economic growth; sustainability of economic activities; labour market; international trade; dependence on natural resources; energy sources; circular economy; alternative water sources; investment in natural resources; pollution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Growth, and Natural Resources (Environment + Agriculture))
Labour Market Dynamics in European Countries
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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open
Keywords: labour market processes; labour market policy; labour market interventions; labour market forecasts; youth unemployment; sectoral restructuring; atypical employment; green jobs; job creations; labour mobility; international migration; foreign guest workers; European Union
(This special issue belongs to the Section Labour and Education)
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