Category: Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Mexico’s carbon tax reduced emissions; Colombia and Argentina showed no clear effect
Analyze how carbon taxes in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina affected emissions. Mexico’s combined policy package reduced transport emissions 12%, while isolated taxes in other countries showed.
FDI co-moves with long-run growth in Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam
Study examining FDI’s role in economic growth across Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam (2004–2024), analyzing how institutional stability and absorptive capacity mediate investment-growth linkages.
Household production reduces measured inequality, but less over time
Analysis of household production’s role in material living standards inequality in the U.S., 1965–2018, showing extended income measures capture greater inequality than market metrics alone.
Supply chain shocks raise macro-financial downside risk
Study examines how global supply chain shocks increase macro-financial downside risk and whether monetary policy can buffer these transmission channels using quantile models and vector autoregression.
Methodological issues make investment multipliers uninterpretable
Methodological critique of investment shock modeling in input-output frameworks, highlighting inconsistent treatment of purchasing versus supplying industries.
Capital account openness shows an inverted U-shape with growth
Panel analysis of 42 years reveals that moderate capital account openness boosts emerging market growth, but excessive openness reduces it through short-term debt channels.
Stock splits and reverse splits had opposite return effects in Indonesia
Event study analysis shows stock splits boost returns on Indonesian exchanges while reverse splits trigger negative reactions, reflecting divergent investor signals in emerging markets.
Morocco’s bank credit shows short-run inertia, not immediate policy-rate response
ARDL–ECM analysis reveals limited short-run monetary transmission to bank credit in Morocco, with dynamics driven by prudential and balance-sheet channels rather than interest-rate mechanisms.
ICT is widely used in Songea VICOBA operations
Case study of ICT adoption in Village Community Banks (VICOBA) in Songea Urban, Tanzania, examining technology integration patterns, barriers, and member perceptions of digital tools.
Fund holding networks are linked to higher systemic financial risk
Network analysis reveals fund holdings among Chinese financial institutions amplify systemic risk through governance convergence, price synchronicity, and asset homogenization mechanisms.
