📈 economics

The economic impact of the arts on the health and wellbeing of children and young people: A systematic review

This systematic review of 14 studies demonstrates that arts engagement for children and young people yields substantial economic benefits, including significant cost savings and high returns on investment, thereby supporting increased investment in arts programmes to improve health and wellbeing, though the evidence is currently limited to high-income countries.

Greg Flynn, Pui Sze Cheung, Zoe Moula, Daisy Fancourt, Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, Vicky Karkou2026-10-20
📈 economics

The Brexit Tuition Shock and the Price Elasticity of International Students: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

This paper utilizes the post-Brexit tuition shock as a natural experiment to demonstrate that the price elasticity of EU demand for UK higher education is significantly higher than conventional estimates when ignoring income-contingent loans, revealing that the UK's student-loan system previously acted as an equalizing institution for cross-border educational mobility.

Stoycho Rusinov, James Rafiki Aketch2026-10-20
📈 economics

When Computational Fairness Is Not Enough: Explaining the Gap Between Algorithmic Fairness and Organizational Justice from a Business Ethics Perspective

This conceptual study proposes a business ethics framework to explain why technically fair AI systems may fail to foster perceptions of organizational justice, arguing that factors like transparency, human oversight, and ethical governance are essential for bridging the gap between algorithmic fairness and employee trust.

seyed jalalaldin hosseini2026-10-20
📈 economics

Unravelling the Trade- Environment Nexus in Emerging Economies: A Composite Index Approach within an Extended STIRPAT Framework

This study employs an extended STIRPAT framework and a newly constructed Composite Environmental Sustainability Index (CESI) to analyze 1990–2023 data from emerging economies, revealing that while trade openness and institutional quality significantly enhance environmental sustainability, innovation and globalization currently exert adverse effects, thereby highlighting the need for integrated policies that combine trade with strong institutions and green innovation.

Neha Jain, Manobal Kumar, Geetilaxmi Mohapatra2026-10-20
📈 economics

Financial Integration and Trade Performance in a Fragmented Global Economy: Evidence from Palestine

This study utilizes time-series analysis from 2013 to 2025 to demonstrate that in Palestine's fragmented and politically constrained economy, financial integration proxies such as foreign aid and banking exposure significantly influence trade balance and openness, though they do not drive export growth, thereby highlighting the unique dynamics of trade resilience in fragile states.

Salem Salem, Saeid Zabayna2026-10-20
📈 economics

Beyond Demographic Profiling: Cross-Economy Variation in Payment Responses to Unsolicited Money Requests

Using Global Findex 2025 data across 75 economies, this study demonstrates that standardizing for demographic characteristics explains only a negligible portion of the cross-economy variation in payment responses to unsolicited money requests, suggesting that consumer-protection strategies should prioritize contextual and solicitation-specific factors over demographic profiling.

Phan Duong, Le Huyen, Le Minh, Vu Duyen2026-10-20