📈 economics

The Influence of MADANI Values on Economic Policies and Green Industry Practices in Malaysia

This quantitative study employing PLS-SEM analysis demonstrates that all six dimensions of Malaysia's MADANI sustainable governance framework significantly and positively influence both green industry practices and domestic economic policies, thereby validating the framework's effectiveness and contextual adaptability.

Murad AL-ZAQEBA, Ahmad Nader Aloqaily, Suhaila Abdul Hamid, Hartini Binti Mohammad, Nurul Nazlia Jamil, Izlawanie Muhamm (…)2026-10-07
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From Circular Awareness to Purchase Intention: A Risk-Ease-Value-Emotion Process among Chinese Consumers in Digital Circular Fashion

This study utilizes survey data from 435 Chinese consumers to demonstrate that in digital circular fashion, purchase intention is driven by a risk-ease-value-emotion process where product awareness reduces perceived risk and enhances ease of use, ultimately converging through emotional value to influence buying behavior.

Xiaofan Suo, Mingtao Ma2026-10-07
📈 economics

Structural Absorptive Capacity and the Conditional Effectiveness of International Climate Finance: Evidence from Agricultural Labour Composition and Productivity

This study demonstrates that the effectiveness of international climate finance in reducing carbon emissions is contingent on a country's agricultural structural absorptive capacity, as evidenced by a reversal in the finance-emissions relationship between agriculture-dependent economies and those with higher agricultural productivity.

Quoc Lap Nguyen2026-10-07
📈 economics

Capital Deepening, Energy Use, and Labour-Productivity Growth in African OIC Economies

This study analyzes 12 African OIC economies from 1991 to 2023 and finds that while capital deepening significantly drives labour-productivity growth with an elasticity between 0.401 and 0.632, the relationship is less than proportional and energy consumption per worker shows no robust independent short-run association with productivity.

Abdirashid Mohamud Mohamedᵃ, Abdirashid Ahmed Mohamed, Bashiir Mohamed Abdulleᵃ, Abdullahi Dahir Ibrahimᵃ2026-10-07