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Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
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The Sector Liquidity Timing Ability of Bond Mutual Funds

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate whether bond mutual fund managers exhibit market liquidity timing skills in the U.S. corporate bond market. At the portfolio level, we find only weak evidence that bond funds adjust their overall market exposure in anticipation of changes in corporate bond market liquidity.
Zhengnan Yin, Niall O'Sullivan, Meadhbh Sherman, Yuting Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An image encryption method based on modified elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange protocol and Hill Cipher

Open Engineering
Digital image protection is crucial since images often contain private and sensitive information in business, medical, and military. One of the best techniques for securing the content of these images is encryption. This article introduces a cryptosystem
Hadi Hiba Hilal, Neamah Ammar Ali
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
wiley   +1 more source

Turning Water to Wine: An Analysis of Texas Wine Industry Water Management

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Texas wine industry is expanding in scale and reputation during a period when sustainability concerns are increasingly visible and valuable to grape growers and wine producers in Texas. Most vineyard hectarage in Texas is in the High Plains and Hill Country American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), which rely on regional aquifers for water. With
Brock Burford, Colleen C. Myles, Justin Scheiner, Michael Cook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Aspects of Protecting Trade Secrets in the Circular Economy

Izzivi Prihodnosti
Research Question (RQ): This article discusses aspects of trade secret protection from a circular economy perspective. It focuses on three research questions: (1) how firms manage the tensions between information sharing and the protection of key ...
Magda Lužar
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Daily Associations Between Perceived Maternal Privacy Invasion and Youth Information Management: How Do Cultural Factors Matter?

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Perceptions of parental privacy invasion can predict increased youth concealment across monthly and yearly timescales. However, daily associations between parental privacy invasion and youth information management may differ from patterns widely examined at broader measurement intervals, with cultural values potentially shaping ...
Dan Gao, Yue Wang, Skyler T. Hawk
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Online Support Groups in the Management of Trichotillomania Symptoms

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Many individuals with trichotillomania find themselves unable to access effective treatment and are forced to manage symptoms independently. Support groups play an important role in symptom management. Aims This qualitative study aimed to explore experiences with online support groups among hair‐pulling individuals (N = 20; 10 women,
Dan Jenkins, Rizwana Roomaney
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies and Process of Trade Secret Misappropriation Mitigation: The Case of UK

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trade Secrets (TS) are vital for innovation‐driven companies, and their loss can inflict significant financial and reputational damage, particularly in the absence of established policies to mitigate misappropriation in the UK. The current academic literature lacks detailed strategies for firms to effectively address these threats.
Oleksandra Ozcan, David Pickernell
wiley   +1 more source

Shadow Learning and Knowledge Redistribution: How Workers Appropriate Generative AI Outside Formal Organisational Systems

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organisations are ceding visibility over how their employees develop knowledge. As generative AI tools become widely accessible, workers are steadily building capabilities and co‐producing knowledge through informal AI engagements that operate entirely outside sanctioned training systems.
Eduardo Carlos Dittmar, Martin Sposato
wiley   +1 more source