1881 papers
This paper introduces VP-OilEx-STFN, a structural-gated deep learning framework that integrates mixed-frequency data with country-specific economic mechanisms to significantly outperform traditional benchmarks in nowcasting monthly oil exports for both Norway and Thailand.
This study demonstrates that combining machine learning feature importance with fixed-effects regression reveals critical nonlinearities and interaction effects—such as thresholds in board independence and context-dependent CEO duality—that traditional linear models overlook, thereby offering a superior two-step framework for understanding the drivers of CSR-firm value relationships in African financial markets.
This quantitative study of Indonesian banking firms from 2020 to 2023 reveals that while political connections, fixed asset intensity, profitability, and leverage significantly influence tax avoidance, the presence of independent commissioners does not have a statistically significant effect.
This paper argues that repair serves as the critical missing link in the circular economy for electronics by reconnecting fragmented lifecycle stages and enabling higher-value loops, yet it currently faces significant barriers compared to the dominant recycling approach.
Using data from Ghana's 2021 census and instrumental variable methods, this study finds that intergenerational co-residence with a mother or mother-in-law significantly increases married women's labor force participation by 19.1 percentage points, particularly in households with young children and monogamous families.
This systematic review of 156 studies from 2018 to 2025 demonstrates that AI significantly enhances predictive accuracy and automation across six key Fintech domains while highlighting critical challenges like algorithmic bias and explainability, ultimately offering a research agenda and regulatory insights for stakeholders.
This paper demonstrates that while Binance leads Hyperliquid in BTC perpetual futures price discovery on average, a persistent minority of Hyperliquid wallets exhibit anticipatory informed flow that precedes price movements on the dominant centralized venue.
Using an ARDL framework on Malawian data from 2013 to 2017, this study demonstrates that exchange rate depreciation and monetary conditions are critical drivers of food inflation, highlighting the need for integrated policies addressing both currency stability and agricultural transformation to enhance food security.
This study reveals that while energy price volatility does not uniformly deter foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe, its negative impact is significantly mitigated by high levels of digital capability, which acts as a strategic resilience mechanism that allows economies to better internalize energy risks and sustain capital inflows.
This study empirically demonstrates that while digital maturity significantly enhances operational efficiency in Sub-Saharan African SMEs, its transformative impact is amplified by agility and institutional pressures rather than internal competencies, necessitating a synergistic strategy that prioritizes capability development alongside technology deployment.