📈 economics

AI Adoption as a Stage-Contingent Capability: A Multi-Group Analysis of Women Entrepreneurs

This study utilizes a multi-group analysis of 194 Indian women entrepreneurs to demonstrate that AI adoption functions as a stage-contingent capability, where AI attitude drives entrepreneurial intention and behavior in new ventures, while strategic AI perspective and behavioral engagement become critical for performance in established businesses.

Sumita Srivastava, Awantika Tomar, Tanzila Parvez, Jaspreet Kaur2026-08-27
📈 economics

Beyond Recycling Volumes: A Life-Cycle Material-Flow Model of Circular Economy Policy Mixes

This paper develops a life-cycle-oriented dynamic general-equilibrium model to demonstrate that while recycling subsidies primarily boost downstream recycling volumes, extended producer responsibility more effectively drives upstream design improvements and waste reduction, with their combined policy mix yielding positive welfare outcomes contingent on the valuation of waste-stock damages.

Di Wang, Ming Sun2026-08-27
📈 economics

Beyond Direct Savings: Administrative Productivity, Dual Workflows and Risk-Adjusted Assessment of Healthcare Digitalization in Kazakhstan

This study of a Kazakhstani university hospital reveals that while healthcare digitalization significantly boosted administrative productivity, it failed to generate immediate direct budgetary savings due to a dual-workflow effect where digital and paper-based processes coexisted, resulting in a conditional ROI that turns negative under risk-adjusted scenarios.

Aigerim Rakhmetulina, Gulmira Dyussupova, Altay Dyussupov, Zhibek Rakhmetulina, Daniyar Baitenizov, Tana Abylaikhanova (…)2026-08-27
📈 economics

Molybdenum Scarcity in Copper-Main-Product Mines: Continuous-Time Theory and Evidence from Chile

This paper develops a continuous-time theoretical framework and a Relative Scarcity Index (RSI-MY) to analyze molybdenum scarcity in copper-dominant mines by separating domain-specific rents from common-capacity rents, demonstrating its application through Chilean production data which reveals a 10.6% decline in Los Pelambres' relative molybdenum scarcity between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025.

Juan Ignacio Guzmán2026-08-27