Tag: Empirical research

E-commerce is linked to lower urban electricity intensity
E-commerce reduces electricity intensity in Chinese cities through population and economic agglomeration plus innovation. Government coordination and market efficiency strengthen effects.

Noncompete clauses are linked to lower mobility and wages
Economic analysis of noncompete clauses, examining whether they protect firm investments or reduce worker mobility, wages, and innovation through widespread use.

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.

Grouping similar age subgroups improved mortality forecasts
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in DemographyFramework that borrows mortality patterns across similar population subgroups to improve accuracy of long-term mortality rate forecasts using hierarchical clustering methods.

Linked environmental regulation outperformed unlinked and untargeted regulation in Texas
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Study examines dynamic linked environmental regulation in Texas, showing violations at one facility increase enforcement scrutiny across a firm’s portfolio, improving enforcement efficiency.

Chefs’ beliefs shape use of plant-based meat dishes
Sequential study identifies seven barriers preventing restaurant chefs from offering plant-based meat dishes, with chef education highlighted as the most effective strategy for menu adoption.

Government effectiveness is linked to higher logistics performance
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in EconometricsCross-country panel analysis demonstrates government effectiveness as a stable predictor of national logistics performance, independent of income and trade levels, across 138 countries 2007-2018.

Oil shock responses changed after Russia’s 2014 structural shift
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Subsample analysis reveals structural breaks in Russia’s oil revenue shock transmission mechanisms post-2014, showing reversed fiscal policy effects and strengthened monetary policy inflation.

Trade and migration frictions affect unemployment in opposite ways
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Study comparing how international trade and sectoral allocation frictions differentially affect employment reallocation and unemployment, emphasizing firm productivity sorting mechanisms.

Climate governance strengthens biodiversity disclosure in European firms
Study examines how climate governance quality strengthens the relationship between environmental performance and biodiversity disclosure in European firms, revealing governance as key to.










