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Social welfare and bank performance: evidence from a stochastic neural hybrid MCDM approach
Andrew Maredza, Peter Wanke, Jorge Antunes, Roberto Pimenta, Yong TanThis paper investigates the endogenous relationships between banking performance and social welfare in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
A non-parametric framework for evaluating governance–efficiency–productivity associations in commercial banking
Navendu Prakash, Shveta Singh, Seema SharmaAgainst the backdrop of an Indian banking sector that finds itself entangled in the triple deadlock of increasing competition, technological changes and strict regulatory…
Governance thresholds and the human capital–growth nexus
Nicholas Apergis, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad KhanThe literature that explores the relationship between human capital and economic growth has produced mixed results. It highlights the puzzle on the correlations between human…
A cross-country analysis of the relationship between human capital and foreign direct investment
Madhvi Sethi, Saina Baby, Aarti Mehta SharmaThe Zhang–Markusen (Z-M) inverse U-shape theory uses education as a human capital variable to investigate the impact of educational attainment on foreign direct investment (FDI…
Real exchange rate synchronization in the NAFTA region
Hamid BaghestaniThe literature mostly investigates the impact of trade and financial integration on business cycle synchronization. The author differs by focusing on the real effective exchange…
Labor supply responses to income tax free and bracket expansions
Panayiota Lyssiotou, Elena SavvaAn important concern of economic policy analysis is how income taxes affect labor supply since this is crucial in assessing the efficiency costs of taxation and designing labor…
The mechanisms linking the finance-growth relationship in view of the financial crisis: an empirical investigation of the EU countries
Dimitrios Asteriou, Konstantinos SpanosThe paper aims to explore the mechanisms linking the impact of financial development on economic growth and focuses on the long-term post-global financial crisis.
An empirical analysis of human trafficking in an era of globalization
Yselle Flora Kuete Malah, Simplice AsonguThe paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization process and human trafficking. Specifically, it is about showing…
Corn trade simulations of China: reduction in tariffs versus expansion in tariff-rate quotas
Kai Liu, Masato Yamazaki, Atsushi Koike, Yueying MuCorn, which has the highest domestic production, planting area and consumption, is the top cereal in relation to demand and supply in China. However, the comparative advantage of…
Tornadoes, poverty and race in the USA: A five-decade analysis
Russ D. Kashian, Tracy Buchman, Robert DragoThe study aims to analyze the roles of poverty and African American status in terms of vulnerability to tornado damages and barriers to recovery afterward.
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