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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Mediating Roles of Political Ideology, Dominion Belief, and Stewardship Belief in the Relationship Between Christianity and Environmentalism: Evaluating Lynn White's Thesis in the Netherlands

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous studies provide mixed empirical support for White's thesis that Christianity has contributed to the ecological crisis. This study aims to add nuance to White's thesis by examining different aspects of Christianity within the secularized context of the Netherlands.
Nienke P. M. Fortuin, Carl Sterkens
wiley   +1 more source

The Accuracy Smoothness Dilemma in Prediction: A Novel Multivariate M‐SSA Forecast Approach

Journal of Time Series Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forecasting presents a complex estimation challenge, as it involves balancing multiple, often conflicting, priorities and objectives. Conventional forecast optimization methods typically emphasize a single metric, such as minimizing the mean squared error (MSE), which may neglect other crucial aspects of predictive performance. To address this
Marc Wildi
wiley   +1 more source

Reinforcement Learning for Jump‐Diffusions, With Financial Applications

Mathematical Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study continuous‐time reinforcement learning (RL) for stochastic control in which system dynamics are governed by jump‐diffusion processes. We formulate an entropy‐regularized exploratory control problem with stochastic policies to capture the exploration–exploitation balance essential for RL.
Xuefeng Gao, Lingfei Li, Xun Yu Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

A robust strategy for FE model updating of composite panels using a combined ANN-SMA surrogate-assisted optimization framework. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kouhi M, Mojtahedi A, Lotfollahi-Yaghin MA.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Fully Modified GLS Estimation for Seemingly Unrelated Cointegrating Polynomial Regressions

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A new feasible generalized least squares estimator is proposed. Our estimator incorporates (1) the inverse autocovariance matrix of multidimensional errors, and (2) second‐order bias corrections. The resulting estimator has the intuitive interpretation of applying a weighted least squares objective function to filtered data series.
Yicong Lin, Hanno Reuvers
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Heteroclinic Cycles in Pluridimensions. [PDF]

J Nonlinear Sci
Castro SBSD, Rucklidge AM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nowcasting Swiss GDP Growth From Public Lead Texts: Simple Methods Are Sufficient

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public lead texts from Swiss newspapers contain most of the signal needed to nowcast Swiss GDP growth in real time. I build an indicator from daily topic‐specific sentiment and recession measures extracted from three Swiss newspapers and evaluate it in pseudo‐real time.
Marc Burri
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting instabilities in transient landforms and interconnected ecosystems. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Smith T, Morr A, Bookhagen B, Boers N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unconventional Fiscal Policies in Response to Inflation: The Iberian Exception in Portugal

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The surge in Eurozone inflation in 2022 compelled European governments to implement unconventional fiscal policies. One initiative, the Iberian Exception, imposed a cap on the cost of natural gas used for electricity generation in Portugal and Spain.
Lourenço Cerdeira, Sofia Vale, Luís Clemente‐Casinhas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source