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The Impact of the 2026 US-Iran Energy Crisis on Ethiopia’s Macro-Financial Stability: Evidence from Jimma Zone Gomma Woreda

This study utilizes mixed-methods research from Gomma Woreda, Jimma Zone, to demonstrate that the hypothetical 2026 US-Iran energy crisis severely threatens Ethiopia's macro-financial stability through fuel price hikes and supply disruptions, revealing a critical gap between high public demand for intervention and low community preparedness that necessitates immediate social safety nets and long-term renewable energy diversification.

Tamiru Beshada2026-09-04
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Conglomerate-Financed Entry, Predatory Pricing and Regulatory Interfaces in BRICS Telecommunications Markets: Lessons from the Indian Jio Decisions

This paper argues that traditional dominance-based predatory pricing rules fail to address the risks of conglomerate-financed below-cost entry in BRICS telecommunications markets, as illustrated by India's Jio case, and proposes four operational reforms to better regulate sustained cross-subsidization and prevent rapid market reconcentration.

Hamza Khan, Sheikh Inam Ul Mansoor2026-09-04
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Determinants of Rural Income Diversification and Nonfarm Income Participation among Smallholder Households in Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia

This study of rural households in Ethiopia's Sidama Region reveals that while 83.4% of families participate in nonfarm activities, these contribute only 11.6% to total income, with farm income being the sole statistically significant determinant of nonfarm participation, suggesting a need to boost both agricultural productivity and viable nonfarm employment to enhance livelihood diversification.

Galfato Gabiso, Destaw Akele2026-09-04
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 Flying Solo or Hunting in Packs? Understanding the Divergence between Individual and Collective Decisions in Angel Groups

Using a unique dataset from the Italian Business Angel Network, this study reveals that while individual angel investors prioritize founding teams and solution innovativeness, collective group decisions systematically shift toward defensible, codified criteria like value proposition clarity, often penalizing the most innovative proposals due to the need for peer justifiability.

Andrea Odille Bosio, Vincenzo Capizzi, Francesca Tenca2026-09-04
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Specification, Heterogeneity and Functional Form in the Determinants of Small-Firm Profitability

This paper analyzes 91,756 observations of unlisted Italian firms to demonstrate that while capitalization coefficients are unstable and unidentifiable due to endogeneity, the labor-share coefficient remains robust across diverse estimation methods and functional forms, a stability driven by genuine economic heterogeneity rather than mere accounting identities.

ANGELO LEOGRANDE, Mauro Di Molfetta, Valeria Notarnicola, Maria Giovanna Trotta, Antonio Volpe Plantamura2026-09-04
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The Bank-Financed Margin of Trade Credit: Evidence from Italian Innovative and Ordinary SMEs

This paper reconciles conflicting literature on the relationship between bank and trade credit by demonstrating that bank indebtedness is complementary to the credit firms extend to customers but substitutive for the credit they receive, a duality explained by a unified theoretical model and revealed through a comprehensive analysis of Italian SMEs that highlights how measurement scaling choices can obscure these distinct margins.

ANGELO LEOGRANDE, Mauro di Molfetta, Valeria Notarnicola, Maria Giovanna Trotta, Antonio Volpe Plantamura2026-09-04
📈 economics

Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets Curve in Nepal: Role of Energy Transition in Economic Growth

Using an ARDL framework to analyze Nepal's data, this study finds that while renewable energy adoption, urbanization, and economic growth significantly reduce carbon emissions, trade openness increases them, and the results confirm a stable long-run equilibrium with a specific inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve pattern.

Khem Subedi, Min Bahadur Shahi, Suman Kharel, Shankar Datt Bhatt, Jas Bahadur Gurung2026-09-04