📈 economics

Oil Price Shocks and Energy Sector Resilience under Different Institutional Designs in Kuwait and Kazakhstan

This study compares Kuwait and Kazakhstan to demonstrate that while Kuwait's institutional design offers greater nominal insulation from oil price shocks, Kazakhstan exhibits stronger post-shock fiscal and macroeconomic adjustment capabilities, highlighting that true energy-sector resilience requires both revenue stabilization and adaptive institutional mechanisms.

Obby Phiri2026-09-16
📈 economics

Consumption Weighting and Inflation Inequality across Household Groups: Evidence from Malawi

Using Malawi household survey data, this paper demonstrates that while the socioeconomic pattern of inflation inequality remains robust across different periods, the magnitude of gaps and specific demographic conclusions vary significantly depending on whether inflation is aggregated using democratic (household-weighted) or plutocratic (expenditure-weighted) measures, with food and housing costs driving most disparities.

Angela Seyama, Shih-Yang Lin, Chia-Yu Hung2026-09-16
📈 economics

Commercial Optionality in LNG Trade and Shipping: Contract Flexibility, Portfolio Reallocation and Resilience under Systemic Disruption

This study proposes an actor-level framework defining commercial optionality as the set of exercisable, value-positive actions available during disruptions, demonstrating through analysis of three global crises that while LNG trade possesses inherent flexibility, its actual resilience depends on the concurrent availability of rights, assets, and decision authority to execute adjustments like non-lifting, portfolio reallocation, or route changes.

Ilidio Cagiza, Aderito Pereira2026-09-16
📈 economics

Trust, Capability and Risk in Cashless Payment Adoption: An Integrated Framework for University Students in India

This study integrates Technology Acceptance Model, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology, Trust, Perceived Risk, and Financial Capability theories to demonstrate that a comprehensive framework significantly outperforms isolated models in explaining cashless payment adoption among 618 Indian university students, revealing trust as the primary driver and uncovering critical gender-based differences in adoption mechanisms.

ANURAG Tripathi2026-09-16
📈 economics

Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance of Non-Banking Financial Companies in India: An Empirical Analysis

This empirical study analyzes 15 Indian housing Non-Banking Financial Companies from 2015 to 2024 using the MVAIC model and panel data techniques to demonstrate that while intellectual capital significantly influences financial performance, its specific dimensions (Human, Capital Employed, Relational, and Structural) exert varying effects on short-term asset profitability versus long-term shareholder value.

Monika Barak, Rakesh Kumar Sharma2026-09-16