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Technopolitical Energy Governance as Administrative Closure: Digitalisation and the Depoliticisation of Energy Politics in Iran and Saudi Arabia

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digitalisation is widely framed as a route to more efficient and participatory public administration. In authoritarian settings, however, digital governance often works less as administrative improvement than as a technopolitical instrument for managing dissent and insulating policy from contestation.
Arash Beidollahkhani
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Bitcoin Volatility during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination Using ARCH and GARCH Models

Ekonomi, Politika & Finans Araştırmaları Dergisi
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the global economy and financial markets, including a significant impact on the cryptocurrency markets. This study analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 process on bitcoin price movements.
Vildan Bayram, Ulaş Ünlü
doaj   +1 more source

FinTech and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From Brazil

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability from a FinTech perspective, using Brazil as a case study. While FinTech's contribution to green transformation, sustainable finance, and resource efficiency has gained increasing attention, a notable lack of empirical research remains to assess ...
Kemal Eyuboglu, Umut Uzar
wiley   +1 more source

Return and volatility spillover between cryptocurrencies, oil price and stock market in GCC countries

Cogent Economics & Finance
This study examines the news impact, persistence and asymmetric effects of stock, oil and cryptocurrency markets in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The diagonal BEKK method is applied to the daily trading prices of three major cryptocurrencies,
Hanan Haider Ali, Sumathi Kumaraswamy, Sara Al Balooshi, Yomna Abdulla   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a Sustainable Future: The Role of Technological Innovation and Digitalization in European Union Climate Change Mitigation

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological innovation and digitalization are widely viewed as key drivers of sustainable development, yet their effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions remains uncertain. This study examines how technological innovation, digitalization, energy structure, and economic activity shape both CO2 emissions and total factor productivity in 22 ...
Muhammad Waqas Khalid, Fatima Lambarraa‐Lehnhardt, Lea Nicita   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental attention in cryptocurrency markets: A catalyst for clean energy investments

International Review of Economics & Finance
The energy-intensive nature of cryptocurrency mining, largely reliant on fossil fuels in its early development, has raised growing environmental concern. Consequently, the Index of Cryptocurrency Environmental Attention (ICEA) has emerged, gauging public
Lingli Qing, Ibrahim Alnafrah, Abd Alwahed Dagestani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga, Ayyoob Sharifi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Cryptocurrency Returns: A Quantitative Study on Factor-Based Investing

Mathematics
This study explores cryptocurrency investment strategies by adapting the robust framework of factor investing, traditionally applied in equity markets, to the distinctive landscape of cryptocurrency assets.
Phumudzo Lloyd Seabe, Claude Rodrigue Bambe Moutsinga, Edson Pindza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do technical trading rules outperform the simple buy-and-hold strategy in the cryptocurrency market? [PDF]

Seonmul yeongu
The authors test the weak-form efficiency in cryptocurrency markets using the most recent and comprehensive data as of 2021. The authors apply various technical indicators to take a long or short position on 99 cryptocurrencies and compare the 10-day ...
JunHyeong Jin, JiHoon Jung, Kyojik Song
doaj   +1 more source

Unnatural Causes: Cryptocurrencies, Carbon Credits, and the rise of Neoliberalism from Below

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Klima is a carbon‐backed cryptocurrency running as a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). In 2021, it had accumulated 9 million metric tons of digital carbon credits and reached a market value of more than US$1 billion. In 2023, its treasury stored twice as many carbon credits, but its spot price was a tiny fraction compared to 2021 ...
Riccardo De Cristano, Alexander Paulsson
wiley   +1 more source