Progress in Economics Research. Volume 29

This series spans the globe presenting leading research in economics. International applications and examples of economic progress are invaluable in a troubled world with economic booms bursting like so many penny balloons. The topics discussed include an assessment of the econometric methods for program evaluation and a proposal to extend the difference-in-differences estimator to dynamic treatment; bank market power and economic volatility; mineral resources governance, the UK petroleum fiscal regime; enhancing GDP growth and employment: from unproductive public expenditures towards human capital investment; environmental taxes for efficient waste management; the use of distance-based logistic regression in credit risk; and foreign human capital and integration in a city-state.