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Unequal Gains from Circular Economy Adoption: Firm-Size Heterogeneity in Cost Effects across Europe

This study utilizes firm-level data from 27 European countries to demonstrate that while Circular Economy adoption generally reduces production costs, the specific benefits vary by firm size, with large firms achieving the highest overall probability of cost reduction and micro firms gaining the most from each additional practice, all following a concave dose-response pattern where early, low-cost actions yield the largest returns.

Francesco Aiello, Laura Piluso, Valeria Pupo2026-09-02
📈 economics

Cultivating Resilience: The Impact of High-Standard Farmland Construction on Agricultural Economic Adaptability in China

This study demonstrates that China's high-standard farmland construction policy significantly enhances agricultural economic resilience by facilitating land scale economies, promoting technological progress, and deepening labor division, with particularly strong effects in non-major grain-producing, less developed, and low-marketization regions.

Cong Liu, Long Qian, Min Xu2026-09-02
📈 economics

Digital Dividend or Digital Divide? The U-Shaped Effect of Artificial Intelligence on the Urban-Rural Income Gap

This paper combines a theoretical general-equilibrium model with empirical evidence from Chinese cities to demonstrate that artificial intelligence's impact on the urban-rural income gap follows a U-shaped trajectory, initially narrowing the gap through innovation-mediated convergence before eventually widening it, with the turning point influenced by government spending and absent in resource-dependent regions.

Weiping Wang, Jianping Jing, Jingjing Ma2026-09-02
📈 economics

Inferential Analysis and Predictive Modeling of Wages in Brazil: Empirical Evidence from RAIS Administrative Records (2010–2023)

Using Brazilian RAIS administrative data from 2010 to 2023, this study combines inferential statistics and predictive modeling to reveal persistent structural wage inequalities, demonstrating that gender and racial disparities widen significantly at higher wage percentiles and are driven largely by unexplained differentials, while ensemble methods outperform traditional regression in predicting earnings.

Walter Soares Antonio Junior, Murilo Couto de Oliveira, Raphael Franco Chaves, Edfram Rodrigues Pereira, Paulo Henrique (…)2026-09-02
📈 economics

AI-Augmented Predictive Business Intelligence Capabilities and Sustainable Supply Chain Performance Through the Serial Mediating Roles of Data-Driven Decision-Making and Inventory and Demand Visibility in Community Pharmacies

This study demonstrates that in community pharmacies, AI-augmented predictive business intelligence capabilities enhance sustainable supply chain performance not directly, but through a serial mediation pathway where they first foster data-driven decision-making, which subsequently improves inventory and demand visibility.

Khalid Thaher Amayreh, Zaid Megdad, Yousef Ahmad Yousef Alarabiat, Younes Megdadi2026-09-02
📈 economics

A Strategic Pathway Framework for Industry 5.0-Enabled Net-Zero Manufacturing toward Sustainable Industrial Transition

This study proposes a hierarchical framework identifying 12 critical success factors for Industry 5.0-enabled net-zero manufacturing, utilizing FISM and MICMAC analyses to reveal that government support serves as a foundational catalyst while the integration of digital technology and green commitments functions as a dependent outcome, thereby outlining a strategic pathway for sustainable industrial transition.

ShuJin Chen, Chih-Hung Hsu, Lin Tan2026-09-02
📈 economics

Virtuous cycles in knowledge transfers: Portals to more persistent and beneficial relations

Using Swiss firm-level data from 1999 to 2017, this study reveals that while financial constraints and limited absorptive capacity often lead to discontinuous knowledge transfer, specific forms like research consortia can serve as accessible entry points for resource-constrained firms to build organizational capital and establish virtuous cycles toward persistent, beneficial university-industry relationships.

Florian Hulfeld, Dominique Foray, Martin Woerter2026-09-02
📈 economics

Infrastructure Investments and Banking Stability: Does Regulatory Quality Matter in Developing Countries?

This study of 43 developing countries from 2000 to 2022 reveals that while transport infrastructure investment enhances banking stability and energy investment undermines it, high regulatory quality (specifically above a threshold of 0.295) not only amplifies the benefits of transport and ICT investments but also reverses the negative impact of energy investments on banking stability.

Eric Obama OBAMA OBAMA2026-09-02