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The Asymmetric Effects of Public Support Types: An Empirical Study on the Conditions and Performance of Korean Startups

This empirical study analyzes the asymmetric effects of South Korean public support programs on startup performance by comparing companies backed by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and the Ministry of Science and ICT against non-supported firms, demonstrating that government funding acts as a catalyst for overcoming resource constraints while highlighting the need for sector-specific policy roadmaps based on the timing of performance generation across different core technology fields.

Gyoseong Shin, Seok-ho Jung2026-08-28

📈 economics

A Quantitative Assessment Of Investment Environments And Risk Mitigation Strategies For Clean Energy Investments in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

This study employs a quantitative approach to analyze how macroeconomic, political, and governance risks in emerging markets and developing economies hinder clean energy investment, demonstrating that customized, multi-instrument risk mitigation strategies which leverage non-linear interactions among risk factors can significantly improve financing outcomes.

Sumit Kothari, Nadia Ameli2026-08-28

📈 economics

Accounting State Space as a Foundation for Economic Agent-Based Modeling: An Input–Output Benchmark and Inventory Extension

This paper introduces Accounting-State Agent-Based Modeling (AS-ABM), a framework that enforces double-entry bookkeeping consistency at the transaction level to successfully replicate static Leontief input-output benchmarks while dynamically simulating how inventory constraints and replenishment rules influence economic multipliers and fluctuation patterns.

Kaya Akagi2026-08-28

📈 economics

The Role of Patents in Shaping Turkish University Rankings: National and International Perspectives

This article analyzes the positive correlation between patent activity and Turkish university rankings across national and international frameworks, while highlighting structural challenges like low commercialization rates and offering six policy recommendations to enhance the country's innovation ecosystem.

Mohammed Sayim Khalil, Büşra ŞAHİN2026-08-28

📈 economics

Does organic farming mitigate agricultural emissions? A multi‑dimensional panel analysis of cross‑sectional moderation and dynamic causality in the EU‑25

This study of EU-25 countries from 2014 to 2024 finds that while organic farming appears to reduce emissions sensitivity to fertilizer use in cross-sectional comparisons, this relationship is driven by structural differences between countries rather than a robust causal effect, as the mitigation impact becomes statistically insignificant when dynamic processes and endogeneity are accounted for.

Matheus Koengkan, José Alberto Fuinhas, Irina Georgescu, Feroz Khan, Zakir Khan2026-08-27

📈 economics

From Pixels to Preferences: Visual Salience Shapes Economic Choices Beyond Gaze Alone

By integrating eye-tracking with computer vision and a novel image-computable model, this study demonstrates that visual salience significantly shapes economic choices through a gaze-independent pathway, accounting for over 80% of its effect on risky decision-making beyond mere gaze bias.

Simone D’Ambrogio, Zhiyuan Fei, Michael Platt, Feng Sheng2026-08-27

📈 economics

Income Inequality, Human Capital Aspirations, and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from China

This study on China reveals that income inequality paradoxically increases fertility by lowering educational aspirations, which reduces the perceived costs of childbearing, thereby highlighting the critical role of equitable public education investment in addressing both inequality and low birth rates.

ting meng, e xie2026-08-27

📈 economics

Analysis: The automation of human jobs in the 2030s

This paper challenges mainstream economic models by utilizing new OECD data to argue that AI-driven job displacement will become visible in the 2030s, potentially affecting up to nearly all employment, before the corresponding productivity gains and disinflationary effects materialize.

Stuart Elliott, Margarita Kalamova, Gianluca Risi, Sam Mitchell, Abel Baret, Zina Efchary2026-08-27

📈 economics

International Variation in Inequality of Opportunity: Insights from 72 Countries

This paper presents the first systematic cross-country analysis of inequality of opportunity across 72 nations, revealing that predetermined factors account for an average of 40.9% of total income inequality, with significant variations ranging from 18.9% in Denmark to 76.7% in South Africa.

Paolo Brunori, Francisco Ferreira, Vito Peragine, Pedro Salas-Rojo, Domenico Moramarco, Louis Sirugue, Luis Barajas, Ter (…)2026-08-27

📈 economics

When Value Chains Deepen Trade Agreements: The Role of Services

This paper demonstrates that greater Global Value Chain integration, particularly through backward linkages and services, significantly increases the probability of countries signing deep trade agreements that include comprehensive provisions for both goods and services, with a notable effect on partnerships between countries of different income levels.

Amelie Guillin, Isabelle Rabaud, Chahir Zaki2026-08-27

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