Azerbaijan University

Rights-Based Recovery and Cultural Worth Orientations in Psychiatric Services

Personal recovery and rights-based approaches have become central to psychiatric services, but assumptions about individuals being entitled to support may not be culturally neutral. This column introduces worth orientations as a cultural dimension that shapes how service users in...

Determinants of CO2 Emissions in Azerbaijan’s Manufacturing and Construction Sectors: The Roles of Energy Intensity, Output, and Investment (ARDL–ECM with Structural Breaks)

This study investigates the determinants of CO2 emissions in Azerbaijan’s manufacturing and construction sector (MC), focusing on the roles of energy intensity, output scale, and investment. Using annual time-series data for the period 2007–2023, we apply the ARDL-ECM model, whic...

Investigation of the Semiconductor Properties and Chronoamperometry of BI2SE3 Thin Films Obtained by Electrochemical Deposition

Thin Bi2Se3 films were successfully electrodeposited from a non-aqueous ethylene glycol-based electrolyte and subsequently underwent thermal treatment in an Ar atmosphere to improve crystallinity. The phase and compositional properties of the films were characterized by X-ray dif...

Does Government Environmental Spending Crowd in Green Investment? The Role of Carbon Pricing and the Limits of Fiscal Policy Alone

Governments around the world are spending more on environmental protection, but it is far from obvious that this spending pulls private capital into green assets. This paper asks whether government environmental expenditure crowds in green investment at the country level, whether...