This volume includes eight chapters, each of which detail recent developments in economics research. Chapter One presents the results of a large-scale study on the governance, efficiency, and development of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System in Bulgaria. Chapter Two assesses how efficiently educational resources or inputs are being used by Spanish public universities to maximize their teaching outputs. Chapter Three contextualizes, summarizes and integrates research on novice stock investors’ risk management. Chapter Four analyzes the economic impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on inflation in Trinidad and Tobago. Chapter Five looks at the spatial distribution and determinants of segregation of the Moroccan labor market. Chapter Six draws on the results of an empirical study to critically evaluate the strategic implications, challenges and opportunities of adopting a sharing economy-based framework for developing remote rural communities in Indonesia into international tourism destinations. Chapter Seven analyzes ten years of Data Envelopment Analysis models published in journals, books and papers. Lastly, Chapter Eight introduces preferences a la Greenwood, Hercowitz and Huffman into a real-business-cycle setup augmented with government.
