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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

An inclusive economy dataset for wards in Great Britain using administrative and synthetic data sources. [PDF]

Sci Data
Rice HP, Höhn A, Meier P, Heppenstall A, Lomax N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Under the context of the climate change we assess the impact of EU's legislative initiative on European stock markets. Specifically, we focus on its impact on energy and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) sectors for equity returns and volatility for a representative basket of EU countries (participating also in Eurozone) as well as ...
Theodoros Bratis, Georgios P. Kouretas, Evangelos Salachas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Renting political violence: A political economy of rents, access and violence delegation. [PDF]

J Peace Res
Fubara M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Financial Literacy, Financial Development and Economic Growth

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While significant progress has been made in exploring the importance of financial literacy, its impact on economic growth and financial development from a macroeconomic point of view remains thinly understood. This paper provides fresh evidence on the relationship between financial literacy, financial development and economic growth.
Spyridon Boikos, Theodore Panagiotidis, Georgios Voucharas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion or class? Measuring voting clustering on religious and socioeconomic lines in US presidential elections. [PDF]

PLoS One
Villaseñor-Ibáñez J, Del Castillo-Mussot M, El Deeb O.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Salvatore Mancuso, Shantha Shantha‐Kumari   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working with democratically elected councillors: Reflections on research engagement in local government. [PDF]

Public Health Pract (Oxf)
Passey A, Brown EM, Woodall J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Navigating ESG in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Evidence From AI Pilot Zones in China

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence is reshaping business models, but limited literature explores how ESG evolves in the AI era. This paper regards AI Pilot Zones in China as a quasi‐natural experiment, and adopts the DID approach to investigate its impact on corporate ESG performance. Using the sample of Chinese A‐share listed companies from 2016 to 2022,
Yujie Liu, Xinyi Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of rational emotive behavioral education on electoral violence behaviors. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Ezema LC, Egbule EO, Ome SO, Ugwonna GO, Aroh PN, Onyeanusi CO, Ozioko LA, Obumse NA, Ogbochie AN, Nwaubani OO, Etta AA, Nweze CA, Ede MO, Victor-Aigbodion V, Nyakuwa R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source