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Financial globalization and income inequality nexus: panel quantile regression approach
Jeleta Gezahegne Kebede, Vincent TawiahThe general purpose of the paper is to examine the effect of financial globalization on income inequality. The specific purposes are: 1) To examine the effect of overall financial…
Layoffs and stock market performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the US
Christos Floros, Maria Psillaki, Efstathios KarpouzisThe authors examine the short-term stock market reaction surrounding US layoffs during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) period. The authors’ specific interest is on any…
Commodity hedging benefits: analyses among different financial assets
Dony Abdul Chalid, Rangga HandikaThis study aims to investigate the benefits of commodity hedging in the global stock index, bond and foreign currency (FX) portfolios.
Self-employment: a means to reduce poverty in developing countries?
Sridevi YerrabatiWith self-employment providing earning opportunities to many working poor in developing countries, the study examines its role in alleviating poverty.
Quadruple wavelet coherence and pairwise cointegration: comparative time-frequency analysis of bank deposit rate
Alper Kirik, Tunc Oygur, Yaman Omer ErzurumluThis study aims to attempt to understand the joint co-movement of bank deposit rate and its main underlying determinants (foreign exchange rate (FX) rate, cross-currency swap rate…
News-based uncertainty measures and returns on prices of precious metals: evidence from regime switching and time-varying causality approach
Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun, Olumide Adeola Adeosun, Mosab I. Tabash, Suhaib AnagrehThe study aims to examine the relationship among economic policy uncertainty (EPU), geopolitical-risks (GPR), the interaction (EPGR) of EPU and GPR and the returns of gold…
Benchmarking analysis in the health sector: the case of the Community of Madrid 2016–2018
Justo De Jorge-Moreno, Fernando Martín MeanaThis study provides new results on the efficiency on health centers in Madrid (Spain).
The impact of demographic structure, human capital, migration and environmental degradation on economic growth in Asia
Yot Amornkitvikai, Charles Harvie, Rukchanok KarcharnubarnThis study investigates the impact of demographic structural changes on economic growth using data for Asian economies covering the period 1960–2020. Other factors affecting…
Understanding the choice of human resource and the artificial intelligence: “strategic behavior” and the existence of industry equilibrium
Dipankar DasArtificial intelligence (AI) has become an input to the production of goods and services. Therefore, a general question is there that “How the labor hour/human resource will be…
Competition, concentration and default-risk in the Indian banking industry
Mohammad Azeem Khan, Wasim AhmadThe study investigates the impact of bank market competition and concentration on the bank default-risk using the data for 36 Indian scheduled commercial banks from 1999 to 2017.
Patterns of export shipments
Xuebing YangThis paper studies the frequency and the average size of export shipments at the firm–product–destination level.
Job loss and food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Stefani Milovanska-FarringtonLiving a nutritious lifestyle requires that people get a sufficient amount of nutrients, vitamins and minerals every day. Healthy dietary practices are related to a stronger…
The role of wages, skills development and R&D on productivity: evidence from Thai manufacturing firms
Yot Amornkitvikai, Charles Harvie, Piyapong SangkaewThe objectives of this study are to investigate the role of wages, skills development and R&D on the productivity of Thai manufacturing firms, using data from the 2017 Industrial…
Cash holdings and bank profits in periods of uncertainty
Van Dan DangThe paper explores the effect of cash holdings on bank profitability in the context of uncertainty.
Good looks and better outlooks: does satisfaction with physical appearance associate with future expectations?
Maryam DilmaghaniThe present paper examines how satisfaction with one's physical appearance associates with hopeful feelings, as well as optimism.
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- Prof Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee