This study investigates the realized volatility of the Shanghai Agricultural Stock Index (March 2017-May 2021), focusing on predictive accuracy. By incorporating three primary influencing factors, it evaluates the performance of traditional HAR-RV and LSTM models, demonstrating improved...

This paper analyzes convergence of per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Balkan NUTS3 regions to average GDP of the EU27. Employing stochastic and β-convergence approaches, we find strong evidence supporting convergence across the panel, indicating a robust catch-up trend of the Balkans...

Unlike existing studies that concentrate on haze pollution at the provincial and city levels in China, this study utilizes data from 1762 counties from 2009 to 2020. Using a multi-temporal difference-in-differences method, the study investigates the impact of green finance reform and innovation...

This study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to examine the long-term equilibrium effects of digital trade (DT), foreign direct investment (FDI), material footprint (MT), and technological innovation (TI) on green total factor productivity (GTFP) across 52 countries from...

The study examines the impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings on portfolio performance. In addition to using the individual ESG components, we also overcome the shortcomings of an alpha-based performance evaluation by applying a wide range of portfolio performance...

This paper employs difference-in-differences identification strategy to investigate the impact of nationwide rollover restrictions on firm export behavior with the micro-data of China's listed firms, using the exogenous event of China passing the Guideline for Loan Risk Classification in 2007 as...

This study examines the impact of digital transformation on green innovation in manufacturing firms and its underlying transmission mechanisms, using a sample of A-share listed manufacturing companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2011 to 2022. It also explores the external supportive role of...

With dynamic pricing becoming more widespread across various industries, artificial intelligence has made it even more sophisticated and widespread. The authors conducted a systematic literature review and analyzed a dataset of 95 peer-reviewed articles from international journals selected in...

This study investigates the fiscal sustainability hypothesis for a panel of 88 countries from 2000-2020. We applied the cross-sectional panel ARDL methodology to estimate both short- and long-run effects, as well as fiscal reaction functions of government primary surplus in response to increases...

Domestic violence against women is a pervasive public health problem in all countries regardless of cultural, economic, and political background. Yet, the prevalence of domestic violence is very high in sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, I examine the effect of women's employment on domestic...