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The Nexus between Green Finance, Climate Finance, and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach

Using an ARDL bounds testing approach on Nigerian data from 1990 to 2023, this study confirms that while green and climate finance significantly drive long-term sustainable development, their current scale and structural limitations, alongside transitional costs and institutional inefficiencies, necessitate strengthened policy frameworks and expanded private-sector participation to fully achieve Nigeria's climate and development goals.

Kingsley Success Ikani2026-10-05

📈 economics

The Role of Dominant Banks in the Market: How Does Lending Change During Economic Distress?

Using a 2017–2024 panel dataset from Mongolia, this study finds that banks with dominant market exposure to distressed sectors tend to maintain or increase lending to preserve stability, thereby mitigating the transmission of financial shocks to the broader economy.

Anand Batjargal, Dulamzaya Batjargal2026-10-05

📈 economics

The Quality of Budget Institutions and the Efficiency of Public Spending

This study utilizes advanced machine learning techniques to demonstrate that improving specific budget governance dimensions, particularly predictability and control in budget execution, significantly enhances public spending efficiency in education, health, and infrastructure, with the most substantial gains observed in lower-income and institutionally weaker countries.

Santiago Herrera Aguilera, Hironobu Isaka, Juan Fernando Gomez Lopez2026-10-05

📈 economics

Independent monitoring across board and audit committee layers: Evidence from disclosure violations in Vietnam

This study of Vietnamese firms finds that the effectiveness of independent audit committee members in reducing disclosure violations is most pronounced when board independence is low, suggesting that the distribution of independence across governance layers significantly influences monitoring outcomes.

Thach Ha, Hoang Phi Nam Nguyen2026-10-01

📈 economics

Connectivity is not enough: digital infrastructure, human capital, and regional business dynamism in Türkiye

This study of Türkiye's 81 provinces reveals that while mobile broadband fosters business entry, increased fixed and fibre broadband penetration is unexpectedly associated with lower company formation rates, a negative effect that is most pronounced in low-education regions and underscores the critical role of human capital in realizing the economic benefits of digital infrastructure.

Sinan APAK2026-10-01

📈 economics

Topological characteristics, formation mechanisms and risk propagation simulation of global unmanned aerial vehicle industrial chain trade network

This study employs a "pattern-mechanism-risk" framework combining complex network analysis, ERGM, and cascading failure models to reveal that China's dominant role in the 2023 global UAV trade network drives a multipolar structure where supply disruptions in China trigger widespread global risk propagation, unlike the more contained impact of US disruptions.

Minhao Lu, Chao Zhang, Yingmei Wu, Qi Qin, Songxin He, Yao Xing, Yanzhao Yang2026-10-01

📈 economics

Drought Exposure and Health Expenditure Patterns Among Farming Households in Northwestern Bangladesh

This study analyzes primary and secondary data from northwestern Bangladesh to demonstrate that drought exposure significantly increases healthcare costs and influences service choices for farming households, highlighting the critical need for health insurance policies to mitigate the financial burden of climate-induced health risks.

Farjana Eyasmin, Shoaib Ahamad2026-10-01

📈 economics

Local Preschool Expansion in Southern California Promotes Economic Success and Equitable Outcomes

This mixed-methods study demonstrates that expanding preschool access for low-income working families in San Diego is an economically sound investment that significantly boosts economic output, student achievement, and social equity, aligning with UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.

Michelle Everson-Smith2026-10-01

📈 economics

A Conceptual Framework for the Evolving Role of Accountants from Compliance to Strategic Advisory in Ghana's Banking and Public University Sectors

This conceptual paper proposes a framework explaining how institutional pressures and sector-specific contexts in Ghana's banking and public university sectors moderate the transition of accountants from compliance-focused roles to strategic business partners, while accounting for the risk of symbolic "decoupling" where new titles mask unchanged practices.

Mutala Zubeiru, Osman Issah, Abdulai Mubarik, Mohammed Fuseini Payroll, Richard Kwadzo Doe-Dartey2026-10-01

📈 economics

Baseline Port Structure and Heterogeneous Responses to External Disruptions: Evidence from Major West African Ports

This study analyzes daily data from ten major West African ports to demonstrate that while baseline structural indicators like cargo diversification and trade imbalance characterize a port's functional position, they fail to serve as standalone predictors of resilience against diverse external disruptions such as the pandemic, the Russia–Ukraine war, and Red Sea crises.

Charles Luanga Ayimbila Akpakia, Obed Ayiku Tetteh, Miriam Marteki Laryea, Amewu Attah, Emmanuel Anu Thompson, Emmanuel (…)2026-10-01

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