In the next 20 years, substantial increases are predicted for cancer incidence, mortality, and morbidity— particularly in countries such as China, India, and Nigeria—precipitating a potential global epidemic of cancer. The trajectory of cancer in Europe is also increasing substantially, fuelled in part by changes in population structure that will lead to an unparalleled increase in the over-65 ...

This paper investigates causal relations between economic growth, income inequality, and transmission channels during the period 1972 to 2016. These channels include saving rate, investment rate, redistribution policies, human capital, and conspicuous consumption. There is no strong evidence that supports uni-directional or bi-directional causality. In addition, some of the transmission channel...

The venture capital industry is characterized by strong inter-organizational networks that have been shown to affect VC firm performance and the competitive supply of capital for entrepreneurs. We examine how VC firms’ observable resources are related to tie formation, and thus how networks facilitate the distribution and combination of resources across organizations. Unlike the social networks...

Empirical and theoretical investigations of chaotic phenomena in macroeconomic systems are presented. Basic issues and techniques in testing economic aggregate movements are discussed. Evidence of low dimensional strange attractors is found in several empirical monetary aggregates. A continuous time deterministic model with delayed feedback is proposed to describe the monetary growth. Phase tra...

This paper reviews and appraises the body of empirical research on the association between financial markets and economic growth that has accumulated over the past quarter-century. The bulk of the historical evidence suggests that financial development affects economic growth in a positive, monotonic way, yet recent research endeavors have provided useful and important qualifications of this co...

Prevailing economic theories and preliminary empirical evidence suggest that growing world market integration unleashes centrifugal forces among subnational territorial units and undermines domestic central political authority. Reversing the conventional demand-side bottom-up approach, this paper turns to the supply side by examining the incentives of and resources available for national-level ...