Ecologies of Indebtedness (2019)
Book Chapter
Featherstone. (2019). Ecologies of Indebtedness. In The sociology of debt

This collection brings together a range of perspectives of key thinkers on debt to provide a sociological analysis focused upon the social, political, economic, and cultural meanings of indebtedness.

Introduction: Towards a Sociology of Debt (2019)
Book Chapter
Featherstone. (2019). Introduction: Towards a Sociology of Debt. In The sociology of debt (1-26)

This collection brings together a range of perspectives of key thinkers on debt to provide a sociological analysis focused upon the social, political, economic, and cultural meanings of indebtedness.

Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy (2019)
Journal Article
Legrenzi. (2019). Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy. Energy Economics, 890-903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.02.007

We put forward the novel concept of energy contagion, i.e. a deepening of energy-finance linkages under crisis conditions in energy markets. Further, we show how to construct tests for energy contagion through correlation, co-skewness, and co-volatil... Read More about Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy.

The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation. International Migration Review,

Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalise their 'permanent' residence or to naturalise in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and... Read More about The return of Citizenship?: An empirical assessment of legal integration in time of radical socio-legal transformation.

Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Perspectives (2018)
Book
(2018). Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Perspectives

This timely volume provides a thorough analysis of current trends in location and relocation of economic activity globally, regionally and locally. Using robust empirical material this book offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive overview, critique... Read More about Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Perspectives.

The Blue Economy approach for sustainability in Seychelles & East Africa. Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 1 (2018)
Book
Moolna. (2018). The Blue Economy approach for sustainability in Seychelles & East Africa. Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 1. https://doi.org/10.21252/b4wm-3598

The Blue Economy approach to ocean and coastal sustainable economic development in Seychelles and across East Africa promises great potential and has emerged to dominate regional attention on sustainability. Yet we contend that a policy consensus pre... Read More about The Blue Economy approach for sustainability in Seychelles & East Africa. Keele University Institute for Sustainable Futures Discussion Paper 1.

Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain. International Journal of Social Economics, 1205 -1226. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-04-2017-0137

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect employed friends have on the probability of exiting unemployment of an unemployed worker according to his/her educational (skill) level.

Design/methodology/approach
In common with studie... Read More about Social Networks and Unemployment Exit in Great Britain.

Qur’anic ethics for environmental responsibility: implications for business practice (2018)
Journal Article
Ekara Helfaya. (2018). Qur’anic ethics for environmental responsibility: implications for business practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 1105-1128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-+016-3195-6

Despite the growing interest in examining the role of religious beliefs as a guide towards environmental conscious actions, there is still a lack of research informed by an analysis of divine messages. This deficiency includes the extent to which eth... Read More about Qur’anic ethics for environmental responsibility: implications for business practice.

Over-claiming the circular economy: the missing dimensions (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). Over-claiming the circular economy: the missing dimensions. Social Business, 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1362/204440818X15208755029618

A new approach to sustainability has been proposed, the 'circular economy', as a pathway for companies - large or small - to engage with the challenges of sustainable business. This paper begins with an overview of the concept of the circular economy... Read More about Over-claiming the circular economy: the missing dimensions.

Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks (2018)
Book Chapter
Bournakis, I., & Tsoukis, C. (2018). Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment (359-382). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_16

This chapter identifies the specialisation pattern of the Greek economy in the years prior to the crisis and analyses the various conceptual dimensions of competitiveness. Although Greece has experienced an increase in Unit Labour Costs (ULC), this c... Read More about Greece’s competitiveness: A survey and concluding remarks.

Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis, C., Bournakis, I., Christopoulos, D. K., & Palivos, T. (2017). Introduction. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_1

The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’ (2017)
Book Chapter
Tsoukis. (2017). The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’. In Political Economy Perspectives on the Greek Crisis: Debt, Austerity and Unemployment. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63706-8_10

We consider the maximum public debt-GDP ratio that is serviceable when one allows for the fiscal effects of the required primary surpluses (the ‘fiscal multiplier’). This simple but novel approach yields a debt Laffer Curve that defines the debt and... Read More about The limits of austerity: The fiscal multiplier and the ‘debt Laffer curve’.

Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment? (2017)
Journal Article
Lapan, H., & Sikdar, S. (2017). Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment?. Environmental and Resource Economics, 500-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0202-z

We analyze the impact of trade in emission permits on environmental policy when countries trade a differentiated good. Pollution is always higher with tradable permits as compared to the case where permits are not internationally tradable. If polluti... Read More about Is Trade in Permits Good for the Environment?.

Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case. Science and Society, 145-172. https://doi.org/10.12681/sas.10779

Young people have been hard hit by the crisis and the austerity measures implemented in Greece since 2010. After six years of significant changes in the Greek employment and social system young people face burgeoning difficulties to find quality and... Read More about Economic Crisis and Youth Unemployment: The Greek case.

Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 486-511. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-09-2016-0085

Purpose
This paper aims to contribute to understandings of the dynamics of marketplace exclusion and explore the benefits of a performative approach to knowledge production.

Design/methodology/approach
Interactive documentary theatre is used to... Read More about Using Performative Knowledge Production to Explore Marketplace Exclusion.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?. International Business Review, 555-565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2016.11.004

This paper examines the impact of sub-national institutions on the performance of foreign firms in China. Building on institutional theory, we envisage that the negative effect of sub-national institutional constraints is moderated by firm size and a... Read More about How Do Sub-national institutional constraints Impact Foreign Firm Performance?.

Hard evidence: does a lower pound boost manufacturing? (2017)
Journal Article
Legrenzi. (2017). Hard evidence: does a lower pound boost manufacturing?

Enter the dragon: the ecological disorganisation of Chinese capital in Africa (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Enter the dragon: the ecological disorganisation of Chinese capital in Africa. European Journal of Development Research, 2082-2096. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2017.1315299

This article draws on the theory and recent research on ‘ecological disorganization’- defined as ‘the ways in which human preferences for organizing economic production consistent with the objectives of capitalism are an inherent contradiction with t... Read More about Enter the dragon: the ecological disorganisation of Chinese capital in Africa.

Transparency, Investment Protection and the Role of the European Parliament (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Transparency, Investment Protection and the Role of the European Parliament. https://doi.org/10.1163/24689017-00201018

This article looks at the role that the European Parliament, as the only democratically elected EU institution, plays in ensuring transparency in the EU's newly concluded free trade and investment agreements (FTIAs). Using the empirically tested find... Read More about Transparency, Investment Protection and the Role of the European Parliament.