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The Entrepreneurial Credit Paradox: Legal Form, Personal Liability, and Credit Risk in Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding

This study challenges the conventional assumption that incorporation reduces borrower risk by demonstrating that, in peer-to-peer crowdfunding markets, sole proprietorships with unlimited personal liability are significantly less likely to be classified as high-risk compared to similar private limited firms, suggesting that personal liability serves as a credible commitment mechanism under information asymmetry.

Joshua Abraham Kizige, Lan Thi Phuong Nguyen, Jing Hui Kwan2026-08-05
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Labour Dynamics and Scarcity in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Non- Mining and Mining-Affected Communities Across GCFRP HIAs

This study reveals that small-scale mining activities in Ghana's cocoa-growing regions exacerbate labour scarcity and increase costs by diverting the workforce away from agriculture, thereby threatening the sustainability of cocoa production and climate-smart initiatives through delayed farm management and reduced capacity for sustainable intensification.

Prince Owusu, Lawrence Damnyag, Michael Ansong, Joana Akua Serwaa Ameyaw, Isaac Nunoo, Mike Sefa Boachie, Leonard Akutu2026-08-05
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Boosting Customer Loyalty: A Cybernetic Perspective of Perceived Value, Trust, and Customer Citizenship Behavior in Saudi Arabia's Telecom Industry

This study empirically demonstrates that in Saudi Arabia's telecommunications industry, perceived value and trust significantly drive customer citizenship behavior both directly and indirectly through customer loyalty, thereby validating a unified theoretical framework that integrates Social Exchange and Commitment-Trust theories to explain proactive customer engagement in a non-Western market.

Abrar Alhomaid, Ahmed Elnagar, Ahmad Herzallah, Walid abou bakr Abouzeid, Hossam El Din Mohamed, Neama El wakeel2026-08-05
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Algorithmic Targeting for Direct Social Assistance: Eliminating Leakage and Calculating the Vulnerability Gap in Emerging Economies

This paper proposes the "Algorithmic Vulnerability Gap" (AVG), a novel microeconomic framework that replaces traditional Proxy Means Testing with a dynamic deficit calculation to accurately identify household vulnerability in emerging economies, thereby eliminating subsidy leakage and precisely determining sovereign budget requirements through large-scale simulations and empirical validation in Nigeria.

Badr Farih2026-08-04
📈 economics

The unused debt capacity channel of financial flexibility in corporate investment decisions in a frontier market

This study of Sri Lankan consumer services firms finds that while financial flexibility generally supports corporate investment, unused debt capacity serves as the primary and statistically significant channel for facilitating investment, whereas cash flexibility and crisis-period interactions show limited or insignificant effects.

Mithila Gowthaman, Narayanage Jayantha Dewasiri2026-08-04