This article explores the controversial subject of Eurobonds, by analyzing their economic consequences in an asymmetric monetary union like Eurozone, where countries differ size and policy preferences. We thus build a two-country DSGE model to compare three scenarios government debt issuance: i) issue own sovereign bonds (the baseline scenario is given label “National bonds”); ii) common withou...

Background Negotiations surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade and investment agreement have recently concluded. Although trade and investment agreements, part of a broader shift to global economic integration, have been argued to be vital to improved economic growth, health, and general welfare, these agreements have increasingly come under scrutiny for their direct and indirect...

This study aimed to examine the policies in the Iranian English for Academic Purposes (EAP) education and the extent to which objectives match the policies and are materialized in practice. To this end, course descriptions in the syllabi for the EAP programs were evaluated through document analysis and triangulated with the experts’ perspectives through interviews to examine the current status ...

electronic  waste  or  e-waste  is  relatively  a  novel  addition  to  the  ever-growing  hazardous waste stream. it includes discarded electronic and electrical equipment. developing countries face enormous challenges which are related to the generation and management of e-waste which are either internally generated or imported illegally; india is no exception. however, the existing managemen...