Assessing the Macroeconomic Determinants of International Tourist Arrival in India: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach. [PDF]
Singh AK +7 more
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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
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Macroeconomic-aware forecasting of construction costs in developing countries: Using gated recurrent unit and long short-term memory deep learning framework. [PDF]
Alzara M +6 more
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Climate Change Laws and European Stock Markets: An Event Analysis
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 +2 more
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Financial Literacy, Financial Development and Economic Growth
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 +2 more
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The economic consequences of oral disorders at global, regional, and national levels. [PDF]
Yang J, Zhang Q, Zheng D, Hou F.
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Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
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The effect of macroeconomic shocks on non-performing loans and credit risk in the iranian banking system using time-varying parameter vector autoregressions. [PDF]
Peykani P +4 more
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Assessing the impact of government healthcare expenditure and life expectancy on economic growth in Saudi Arabia: an econometric time-series study (2000-2023). [PDF]
Alghannam R, Alharbi A.
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The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
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