International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020

  • The Dynamics of Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth of Ethiopia: A Vector Error Correction (VEC) Model Approach

    Teshome Hailemeskel Abebe

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 81-91
    Received: 27 October 2020
    Accepted: 21 November 2020
    Published: 8 December 2020
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    Abstract: Economic growth is one of the primary goals of developing countries like Ethiopia. Hence, investigating the causes of economic growth in such country is of great importance. Thus, in this study, the impact of trade openness on economic growth of Ethiopia from 1982 to 2019 on data obtained from World Bank (WB) database were investigated. The methodo... Show More
  • Research on the Characteristics of Officials Corruption in Prefecture-level Cities of China

    Liu Yang

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 92-100
    Received: 15 November 2020
    Accepted: 1 December 2020
    Published: 11 December 2020
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    Abstract: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, while continuously strengthening the institutional system construction of corruption governance and promoting institutional reform, China has also unswervingly carried out the continuous high-pressure anti-corruption practice of "fighting tigers", "shooting flies" and "hunting foxes"... Show More
  • Measuring the Tax Incidence of Social Security Taxes in China: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment of Tax Collection Entity Shift

    Fei Han

    Issue: Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020
    Pages: 101-106
    Received: 23 December 2020
    Accepted: 5 January 2021
    Published: 12 January 2021
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    Abstract: Measuring the tax incidence is a classical yet on-going debate in public economics and public finance. It is also an important issue for policymaking because it provides information of the impact of labour costs on firm decisions. However, the incidence varies across different environments, but the existing literature mostly draws on the experience... Show More