📈 economics

The silver economy as a complex adaptive system: a three-chain integration framework and its application to China

This paper proposes a complex adaptive system framework for the silver economy that integrates health, finance, and technology chains, applying it to China to diagnose how institutional, financial, and technological blockages reinforce one another to create a low-level equilibrium, thereby advocating for an integrated restructuring strategy combining chain-specific repairs with interface bridging and meta-governance.

Qianyue Su, Xinbin Xia2026-10-12
📈 economics

Stakeholder priorities in model selection for managing basis risk in soybean index insurance in Paraná Brazil

This study proposes a stakeholder-weighted framework for evaluating soybean index insurance models in Paraná, Brazil, demonstrating that the optimal yield model depends on the relative priorities of farmers and insurers regarding negative versus positive basis risk, rather than on universal predictive superiority.

Batsirai Mazviona, Simon Sølvsten, Reinaldo Marques, Carolina Cabo Piazzarolo2026-10-12
📈 economics

Supervised Practice Time and the AI-Code Workflow: Evidence from Finance Undergraduates at a Regional Chinese University

This study of finance undergraduates at a regional Chinese university demonstrates that increased supervised practice time significantly enhances students' ability to command the AI-code workflow, primarily by compensating for weak self-initiative and shifting the primary learning challenge from code generation to answer verification.

Yichao Mo, Kexin Ouyang2026-10-12
📈 economics

Regulatory Factors Marketing Innovation Fintech Adoption and Responsible Entrepreneurship among Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana

This study of Ghanaian MSMEs reveals that while regulatory factors foster responsible entrepreneurship through marketing innovation, the adoption of fintech unexpectedly weakens this positive relationship, likely due to inadequate technological capabilities or strategic alignment.

Isaac Tornyi, Opuni, Akosua Unity Amoabeng, Rhoda Saan, Joshua Owusu2026-10-12
📈 economics

Comparative Volatility Dynamics of Indian SME and ESG Indices: Persistence, Asymmetry, and Investment Implications

This study compares the risk-return profiles and volatility dynamics of India's NSE ESG and SME Emerge indices across pre-, during, and post-Covid periods, finding that while both exhibit persistent volatility, the SME index shows asymmetric responses and higher post-pandemic returns, whereas the ESG index's lack of asymmetry positions it as a robust investment alternative during high volatility.

Chehak Chawla, Ritika Sharma, Nandini Agarwal, Rakesh Shahani2026-10-12