📈 economics

Integrating Economic Contribution and Tourist Satisfaction: A New National Park Management Effectiveness Evaluation Framework

This study proposes a novel framework for evaluating national park management effectiveness by integrating economic contribution and visitor satisfaction, which was validated through a case study of Huangguoshu National Park in China showing significant economic benefits and generally high visitor satisfaction.

Zeli Hu, Jeetesh Kumar, Jinfeng Wang, Suresh kannan, Qu Qin2026-07-31
📈 economics

The Manpower Multiplier: Industrial Policy as a Catalyst for Human Capital in China

Using data from 1997 to 2020, this paper demonstrates that China's industrial policies significantly enhance regional human capital—particularly in urban, eastern, and central areas with higher marketization—by driving structural upgrading, R&D innovation, and economic agglomeration, with resource allocation efficiency playing a key moderating role in these mechanisms.

Li Sun, Yingge Ma, Min Bai2026-07-31
📈 economics

Platform Maturity and the NIH–Patent Nexus: Evidence from Polymer Drug-Delivery Research (2015–2025)

This study analyzes NIH-funded polymer drug-delivery research from 2015 to 2025 to reveal that while public investment correlates with patenting, the temporal alignment and translational efficiency vary significantly by polymer class, suggesting that material maturity and platform characteristics are stronger predictors of innovation outcomes than funding magnitude alone.

Motahareh Hashemidehaghi, Zahra Omidi, Jeffrey M. Toth, Meisam Omidi2026-07-31
📈 economics

Determinants of Dividend Payout Policy in Ethiopian Private Banks and Insurance Companies: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

This systematic review synthesizes empirical evidence from 2015 to 2024 to identify profitability, firm size, liquidity, and past payouts as key determinants of dividend policies in Ethiopian private banks and insurance companies, while highlighting critical research gaps in regulatory capital, corporate governance, and insurance-sector analysis.

Petros Degefa Mulu2026-07-30
📈 economics

Impact of National Sports Industry Demonstration Bases on Regional Sports Development: Empirical Difference-in-Differences

Using a multi-period difference-in-differences approach on panel data from 208 Chinese cities, this study finds that while National Sports Industry Demonstration Bases significantly boost the regional sports industry's economic value, they have no significant impact on resident sports consumption or employment absorption, prompting recommendations for policy optimization in evaluation, employment transformation, and product supply.

Wenxuan Gan, Qiulin Chen, Ying Liu2026-07-30
📈 economics

A Study on Strategies for Enhancing the Resilience of Manufacturing Industrial Chains Based on Three-Party Evolutionary Games

This paper employs a three-party evolutionary game model and numerical simulations to demonstrate that optimizing government regulation, reducing participation costs, and leveraging digital empowerment are critical strategies for overcoming coordination failures and achieving a stable, resilient equilibrium among government, chain-leading enterprises, and other manufacturing entities.

Yong Jiao, Ruxue Xu2026-07-30
📈 economics

Financial Development, Foreign Direct Investment, and Private Sector Development in Sierra Leone: Evidence from ARDL and Granger Causality Analysis (1996–2024)

This study utilizes ARDL and Granger causality analyses of data from 1996 to 2024 to demonstrate that financial development, institutional quality, and foreign direct investment collectively drive private sector development in Sierra Leone, with institutional effectiveness significantly moderating the impact of FDI.

Peter Makieu, Saffa Mohamed Massaquoi, Abdulai Sillah, Edison D. Dartue2026-07-30
📈 economics

Certification, Not Transformation: The Performance Signature of Italy's Innovative-Firm Status and Its Regional Contingency

Using a decade of data and propensity-score matching, this study reveals that Italy's "innovative" SME status primarily functions as a certification mechanism for already-dynamic firms—evidenced by a robust revenue-growth premium that predates registration and is most pronounced in the South—rather than acting as a causal driver of firm transformation.

Angelo Leogrande, Mauro Di Molfetta, Valeria Notarnicola, Maria Giovanna Trotta, Nicola Magaletti2026-07-30
📈 economics

Can Remittances Drive Economic Growth? Evidence of Weak Spillovers and Strong Heterogeneity in South and Southeast Asia

This study of South and Southeast Asian economies from 2006 to 2023 finds that while remittances lack significant cross-border spillover effects, their impact on GDP per capita is highly heterogeneous and non-linear, turning negative in highly dependent countries and underscoring the greater importance of domestic structural conditions and regional trade and investment over remittance flows for economic growth.

Tennyson Pangambam2026-07-30
📈 economics

Composite Evaluation of High-Speed Rail Station Infrastructure in China: An AHP–Entropy Weighting and Sensitivity Analysis

This study evaluates eighteen Chinese high-speed rail stations using a hybrid AHP–Entropy weighting framework to rank infrastructure performance based on economic, spatial, and operational indicators, demonstrating high ranking stability through sensitivity analysis while emphasizing the need for further validation before policy application.

Renjie Jin2026-07-30