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Ecological Compensation, Long-Term Mechanisms, and Industrial Structure Upgrading:Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in National Key Ecological Function Zones

Using a difference-in-differences approach on Chinese county-level data from 2000 to 2019, this study demonstrates that ecological compensation policies within National Key Ecological Function Zones significantly boost per capita GDP and employment while promoting industrial upgrading through mechanisms like marketization and alternative industry development, though their impact on foreign investment and tertiary sector growth remains limited.

Wubin Yuan2026-06-29

📈 economics

Signal Quality and the Silence Trap in Collaborative Cybersecurity Governance

This study integrates signal verification into an evolutionary game model of collaborative cybersecurity governance to reveal that without sufficient verification precision, the system falls into a "Silence Trap" where monetary incentives fail and penalties risk suppressing valid reports, thereby arguing that governance sustainability depends on capacity-building rather than reward tuning alone.

Jiguang Wang, Yi Ren2026-06-29

📈 economics

Competitive Advantage as a Pathway from Intellectual Capital and Innovation Capability to Corporate Sustainable Growth

This study of 94 technology firms in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore reveals that while Relational Capital Efficiency and Innovation Capability drive Corporate Sustainable Growth through Competitive Advantage, Human Capital Efficiency unexpectedly exerts a negative influence on both competitive standing and sustainable growth in the region.

Syahyunan -, Nisrul Irawati, Abdillah Arif Nasution, Muhammad Rijal Balatif2026-06-29

📈 economics

When Disclosure Reveals and Conceals: Differential Effects of Environmental, Social, and Governance Pillars on Earnings Management in Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Era

This study of Saudi Arabian firms reveals that ESG pillars exert divergent effects on earnings management—where governance constrains, environmental disclosure acts as camouflage for unprofitable firms but constrains profitable ones, and social disclosure remains neutral—highlighting how firm profitability and mandatory regulation critically reshape these relationships beyond aggregate ESG measures.

Fawwaz Alrwabdah, Ahmad Alomari, Awatif Alsheikh, Warda Alsheikh2026-06-29

📈 economics

Endogenous Spatial Deformation and Agglomeration Shadows: A One-Dimensional Model with Infrastructure-Induced Metric Change

This paper develops a continuous-space New Economic Geography model on a unit circle to demonstrate how endogenous infrastructure-induced metric deformation creates "agglomeration shadows" and establishes a critical trade-cost threshold beyond which concentrated, low-frequency investment strictly outperforms uniform investment in maximizing welfare.

Luoluo Gu, Qi Xiao2026-06-29✓ Author reviewed ⓘ

📈 economics

Explanation Depth and Trust Calibration in AI-Driven Financial Advice: A Behavioural Experiment

This behavioural experiment reveals that while increasing explanation depth in AI financial advice initially boosts overtrust, it does not guarantee calibrated trust and may unexpectedly increase overreliance among finance-educated users due to fluency-induced credulity.

Shivanshu Kashyap, Nikita Srivastava2026-06-29

📈 economics

Model Risk Unmasked: An Empirical Reckoning with IRB Capital Requirements

This study demonstrates that incorporating parameter uncertainty and the strong correlation between probability of default and loss given default into Internal Rating-Based regulatory capital calculations is essential for creating a more accurate, robust, and stable financial system.

Naveen Kumar V, Praveen Gujjar2026-06-29

📈 economics

AI Adoption as Technology Transfer: A Framework for Governance, Validation and Knowledge Preservation

This paper proposes the AI Technology Transfer Framework (AITTF), a seven-stage governance model that reframes AI adoption as a technology-transfer challenge—drawing on principles from regulated industries to ensure reproducibility, traceability, and knowledge preservation—thereby addressing the critical gap in capturing organizational expertise and maintaining accountability during the transition to AI-enabled systems.

Musarat Kabir-Chisty2026-06-28

📈 economics

Dates losses and Its Impact on Economic Resources in Saudi: Present and Prospect

This study utilizes time-series data from 1992 to 2023 to analyze the economic and spatial impacts of date production losses in Saudi Arabia, revealing a unidirectional causal link from harvested area to losses and projecting a future decline in losses that underscores the need for improved post-harvest management to support sustainable agricultural goals.

Abda Emam, Asmaa Alhujaili2026-06-26

📈 economics

AI-driven Technological Innovation and Climate Finance as Catalysts for Green Growth in Africa’s Carbon-Intensive Economies

This study demonstrates that in five major carbon-intensive African economies, climate finance and AI-driven technological innovation act as complementary catalysts for inclusive green growth, with climate finance showing immediate robust effects and AI innovation contributing cumulatively over time to support the transition away from fossil fuel dependence.

Kingsley Imandojemu, Samson Alika, Romanus Osabohien, Michael Oyedele Oyenuga, Beatrice Desiree Simo-Kengne, Nnaemeka V. (…)2026-06-26

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