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Mechanisms by which the development of the digital economy has impacted the cultural and tourism industry in the Chengdu-Chongqing region

Using panel data from 16 cities in the Chengdu–Chongqing region (2011–2019), this study demonstrates that the digital economy significantly drives cultural and tourism industry growth primarily through enhancing market attractiveness, upgrading industrial structures, and fostering technological progress, with effects varying across city types and infrastructure levels.

chengjun he, zhe zhang, chuan zhao2026-07-06

📈 economics

The effects of cash transfers, subsidized childcare, and life skills training on adolescent mothers' participation in school or vocational training in Malawi: evidence from the PROMOTE project pilot randomized controlled trial

This randomized controlled trial in Malawi demonstrates that a layered intervention combining life skills training, subsidized childcare, and conditional cash transfers significantly increases school or vocational training participation among adolescent mothers compared to life skills training alone.

Emmanuel Otukpa, Caroline W. Kabiru, Anthony Idowu Ajayi, Alister Munthali, Witness Alfonso, Patrick G. Ilboudo, Ramatou (…)2026-07-05

📈 economics

Virtual Customer Experience and Participation in SME-Managed Online Brand Communities: Engagement and Shopping Frequency

This study analyzes data from 470 Indonesian online shoppers to demonstrate that virtual customer experience drives participation in SME-managed online brand communities by fostering customer engagement, with online shopping frequency further influencing the intensity of these interactions.

Tatik Suryani, Abu Amar Fauzi, Mochamad Nurhadi, Larasati Ayu Sekarsari2026-07-04

📈 economics

Innovation and Uncertainty in Middle Eastern Entrepreneurship: A Structured Narrative Review

This structured narrative review of literature from 2020 to 2026 characterizes Middle Eastern entrepreneurship not as a guaranteed path to growth, but as a context-dependent adaptive process where innovation strategies vary by region and are often constrained by institutional, financial, and social disparities despite emerging opportunities in digitalization and alternative finance.

Guy Jaber2026-07-04

📈 economics

Dining Opportunities in Transition: Restaurant Spending-Tier Recomposition in Beijing, 2019-2025

This study analyzes Dianping data from Beijing's central districts between 2019 and 2025 to reveal that while aggregate restaurant spending has shifted toward lower tiers due to cautious consumption, local dining opportunities have evolved through gradual structural continuity and middle-tier recomposition rather than direct substitution, with distinct spatial patterns emerging between everyday low-tier provision and high-tier experiential nodes.

Jinyuan Gu, Yue Sun, Tianyue Wan, Dongfeng Yang2026-07-04

📈 economics

Constrained Public Portfolio Allocation Decisions Across Transport and Non-Transport Sectors

This paper utilizes a latent class multiple discrete-continuous extreme value (LC-MDCEV) model to analyze how individuals allocate constrained public budgets across competing transport and non-transport sectors in New South Wales, revealing that distinct behavioral segments with varying levels of expenditure diversification drive funding priorities more significantly than moderate changes in project benefit framing.

John M. Rose, Andrea Pellegrini, Matthew J. Beck2026-07-04

📈 economics

Sustainable practices and eco efficiency in polluting and non-polluting manufacturing firms

This study utilizes PLS-SEM to demonstrate that while eco-design enhances eco-efficiency across all manufacturing firms, sustainable materials management yields significantly greater benefits in polluting industries, highlighting the need for sector-specific sustainability strategies.

LAURA AVELLANEDA RIVERA, FRANCISCO MARTINEZ SAEZ, JOSE MARIA GÓMEZ-GRAS2026-07-03

📈 economics

Predicting Financial Sustainability through ESG Integration: A Stacked Gradient Boosting Ensemble Approach

This study demonstrates that a stacked gradient boosting ensemble framework effectively predicts corporate financial sustainability by capturing the nonlinear and interactive effects of ESG factors, which linear models fail to detect despite their weak direct correlation with profitability.

RANA MUKHERJI, Manishita Mukherji2026-07-03

📈 economics

When Frictions Disappear: Computational Accessibility and Decentralized Adjustment

This paper demonstrates that in decentralized economic systems with discrete actions and shared constraints, the computational difficulty of identifying welfare-maximizing equilibria—even when they exist and are easily verifiable—creates a gap between equilibrium existence and accessibility, leading to path-dependent outcomes and suboptimal welfare despite rapid convergence.

Stephen Lewarne, Anton Kamenov2026-07-03

📈 economics

Digitalization, Renewable Energy Transition, and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Evidence from a Robust Panel Analysis of GCC Economies

This study analyzes GCC economies from 2005 to 2024 and finds that while urbanization and energy intensity drive carbon emissions, strategic policy interventions leveraging digitalization and renewable energy are essential to actively construct the descending limb of the Environmental Kuznets Curve, with their effectiveness varying across different emission levels.

Mousse Abdi Mohamoud, Ibraahim Adem Aw-Cali, Abdiasis Ali Mohamoud2026-07-03

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