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Is there a nonlinear relationship between financial development and poverty in Africa?
Segun Thompson Bolarinwa, Abiodun Adewale Adegboye, Xuan Vinh VoThe paper examines whether there is a threshold between financial development and poverty in African economies.
Internal audit as an antecedent of economic growth
Abdulaziz AlzebanThis paper reports a study that examines the role of the internal audit function as a cornerstone of corporate governance, on economic growth.
Asymmetric transport costs and welfare implications through a firm-delocation effect
Dionysios KaravidasWith the use of a two-region monopolistically competitive model, the paper primarly studies how unilateral changes in a country's intra-regional and/or inter-national transport…
Distributional effects of distinct aid types on local economic development in Malawi: new evidence
Nixon Shingai Chekenya, Canicio DzingiraiThe anecdote of this paper is to bring the aid effectiveness debate to the sub-national level using the change in night lights as an alternative measure of economic activity. We…
The impact of ethnic diversity on the quality of exports: evidence from China
Tuan Anh LuongThe quality of exports is an important indicator of the economic development of a country. It is, therefore, important to understand its determinants. Existing literature reveals…
Evaluation of changes in alcohol consumption: evidence from Russia
Tatiana Kossova, Elena Kossova, Arina Sitnikova, Maria SheluntcovaThe paper investigates changes in consumption of pure alcohol, vodka, beer, wine and fortified wine by neighboring age classes of Russians.
Does infrastructure promote exports and foreign direct investment in selected Southeast Asian economies? An application of global infrastructure index
Faheem Ur Rehman, Abul Ala NomanInfrastructure deficiency in Southeast Asian countries is ever growing and touched to a level where it harms the local economy as well as the international sector of the country…
Transboundary air pollution and respiratory disease mortality: evidence from European countries
Jonathan Spiteri, Philip von BrockdorffThe aim of this paper is to quantify the impact of transboundary air pollutants, particularly those related to urban traffic, on health outcomes. The importance of focusing on the…
Inbound Australian tourism demand from Asia: a panel gravity model
Sudeshna GhoshThis study attempts to explore the determinants of tourism demand that impact tourist arrivals in Australia from Asia using an augmented panel gravity model.
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- Prof Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee