Navigating ESG in the Artificial Intelligence Era: Evidence From AI Pilot Zones in China
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
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The impact of banking uncertainty on firm investment: A look into intangible assets. [PDF]
Huynh J, Phan TMH.
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ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi +3 more
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The Global Economic Burden of Tuberculosis: Regional Disparities and Implications. [PDF]
Wang JC +5 more
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Temporary VAT Reduction in Vietnam: Consumer Behavior Analysis
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of temporary VAT rate changes on consumer behavior in Vietnam, particularly concerning the VAT reduction implemented during 2023–2024. The research analyzes annual survey data and household expenditure reports to assess changes in consumer spending on durable goods during the first half of 2024 (2024 H1 ...
Hang Thi Thu Trinh
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The changing impact of the active job openings-to-applicants ratio (AJOAR) on ambulance dispatches during deflation: A longitudinal ecological study. [PDF]
Kamikawa Y, Hanaki N.
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Forecasting Natural Gas Prices in Real Time
ABSTRACT This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the forecastability of the real price of natural gas in the United States at the monthly frequency considering a universe of models that differ in complexity and economic content. We find that considerable reductions in mean‐squared prediction error relative to a no‐change benchmark can be ...
Christiane Baumeister +3 more
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The PCDID Approach to Treatment Effects Estimation: A Further Investigation
ABSTRACT In the present paper, we study the so‐called “PCDID” approach to treatment effects estimation in panels with interactive effects where the factors represent trends whose effect need not be parallel across the cross‐sectional units. Our interest in this step‐wise approach originates with the observation that the interactive effects are ignored ...
Tilman Bretschneider, Joakim Westerlund
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Rupiah exchange rate prediction against the US Dollar using a deep neural network with a multi-output sliding window approach. [PDF]
Amri IF +3 more
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Revisiting the Ancient Origins of Gender Inequality
ABSTRACT This study re‐examines the long‐term effect of traditional plough use on contemporary gender roles, as originally advanced by Alesina, Giuliano and Nunn [Quarterly Journal of Economics (2013) Vol. 128, pp. 469–530]. The findings demonstrate that the reduced‐form relationship between historical plough adoption and female empowerment is robust ...
Trung V. Vu
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