This article investigates the impact of Government’s response measures to new COVID-19 cases. This is proxied by a stringency index of 50 countries from April 2020 to March 2022. Our World in Data COVID-19 dataset was utilised employing several…
AbstractThe primary fuel carrier of energy in the Polish economy is hard coal. Due to such a high share in the energy balance, it is important to guarantee stable and predictable prices for this raw material and to ensure the possibility of its…
AbstractOrientation: The South African Tourism Act of 2014 on improving the level of tourist attraction for sustainable development in South Africa has been promulgated to ensure quality tourism products and improve the growth and…
AbstractSouth Africa is already faced with macro-challenges of suppressed economic growth, increasing unemployment, and inequality levels on one end. On the other end, the unavoidable pressures and priorities of regionalism and globalization, such…
AbstractWhile general trade theory points towards the stylised hypothesis of a positive correlation between trade openness and economic growth, theorists such as Jacob Viner questioned this hypothesis due to the presence of trade creation and…