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econ

386 papers

📈 economics

Direct and Indirect Cost Impacts of Construction Safety and Risk Management During Civil Unrest on Infrastructure Project Delivery

This study utilizes quantitative analysis of 211 respondents to identify economic, political, and social drivers of civil unrest in Nigeria, revealing a significant negative correlation between such instability and infrastructure project delivery while advocating for enhanced risk management strategies to mitigate substantial economic and operational losses.

Ezekiel Nnadi Ejiofor, Boniface Nancy Amarachi, Deji Rufus Ogunsemi2026-07-06
📈 economics

The Conditional Role of Financial Constraints in the Relationship Between CEO Characteristics and Corporate Sustainable Growth

This study of 94 technology firms in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore finds that while CEO busyness and nationality do not directly impact corporate sustainable growth, financial constraints significantly weaken the relationship between these executive characteristics and long-term sustainable development outcomes.

Abdillah Arif Nasution, Syahyunan Syahyunan, Nisrul Irawati, Muhammad Rijal Balatif, Devana Anisha Indra Putri, Hashfi S (…)2026-07-06
📈 economics

Global Green Knowledge Flows: Analysis Based on Green Patent Network

Analyzing 6.65 million global green patents from 1990 to 2019, this study reveals that the inherent instability and shifting centrality of green patent networks—from end-of-pipe to preventive technologies—render standard prediction models ineffective, necessitating a newly developed dynamic rolling prediction approach to accurately forecast green innovation.

Meiling Kang, Mengru Wang, Yechi Wu, Zhongkuang Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhou2026-07-06
📈 economics

The Impact of Data Element Allocation on Regional Green Innovation Performance: The Mediating Role of New Quality Productive Forces

Using panel data from 30 Chinese provinces (2015–2024), this study empirically demonstrates that data element allocation significantly enhances regional green innovation performance, a relationship that is partially mediated by new quality productive forces and exhibits a threshold effect where the positive impact strengthens once new quality productive forces exceed a specific level.

Yang Yu, Qiyue Wang, Ende Feng, Erda Wang2026-07-06
📈 economics

Fintech adoption and its impact on climate smart agriculture technology adoption and agricultural productivity in rice and maize farming in Gazipur Bangladesh

This study analyzes data from 240 households in Gazipur, Bangladesh, to demonstrate that Fintech adoption, alongside factors like education and remittances, significantly drives the uptake of climate-smart agricultural technologies and enhances rice and maize productivity, thereby supporting sustainable development goals.

Md Mizanur Rahman Sarker, Farhana Afroz Joty, Maruf Khan, Iqramul Haq, Farah Hossain Jury, Sumaia Jannat2026-07-06
📈 economics

Testing the Existence of Inflation Inequality and Measuring Its Redistributive Effects:Evidence from a Distributional CPI Framework

Using a Distributional CPI framework and advanced spatial modeling on Chinese micro-data, this paper demonstrates that heterogeneous price exposures create a regressive inflation effect where lower-income households face systematically higher inflation and purchasing power erosion, driven by rigid pricing in essential sectors that amplifies existing income inequality.

Jing Wang, Qinzhu Wang, Liangqing Luo2026-07-06
📈 economics

Mechanisms by which the development of the digital economy has impacted the cultural and tourism industry in the Chengdu-Chongqing region

Using panel data from 16 cities in the Chengdu–Chongqing region (2011–2019), this study demonstrates that the digital economy significantly drives cultural and tourism industry growth primarily through enhancing market attractiveness, upgrading industrial structures, and fostering technological progress, with effects varying across city types and infrastructure levels.

chengjun he, zhe zhang, chuan zhao2026-07-06
📈 economics

The effects of cash transfers, subsidized childcare, and life skills training on adolescent mothers' participation in school or vocational training in Malawi: evidence from the PROMOTE project pilot randomized controlled trial

This randomized controlled trial in Malawi demonstrates that a layered intervention combining life skills training, subsidized childcare, and conditional cash transfers significantly increases school or vocational training participation among adolescent mothers compared to life skills training alone.

Emmanuel Otukpa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Alister Munthali, Witness Alfonso, Patrick G. Ilboudo, Ramatou (…)2026-07-05