In a policy context established by the European Union's 2050 net-zero aim, we explore the relevance of low-carbon and alternative renewable energy sources to carbon dioxide emissions in EU-27 countries. Renewable energy, particularly hydro and wind, reduces CO2 emissions, making it the best...

This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and rural unemployment in Brazil and Mexico, incorporating the effects of climate variability and spatial interactions. Okun's Law serves as the theoretical framework, and a dynamic spatial panel model is applied to estimate short-term...

The importance of assessing and estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial markets and economic activity has attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in recent years. The proposed study aims to explore the pandemic's impact on the economic activity of six Euro...

Public development banks are mission-oriented financial institutions whose purpose is to finance investments on behalf of the policymakers. After the last global financial crisis and the changes in the regulatory framework, the lending activities of commercial banks have declined, and their...

This paper examines the relationship between insurance development, population, economic growth, and health expenditures for a panel of 31 OECD countries over the period 1995-2021. A dynamic panel data analysis based on cointegration, FMOLS, DOLS, VECM, and Granger causality tests is employed to...

This study examines the impact of financial integration on economic growth in the case of 31 European countries over the period from 2000 to 2021 using dynamic panel data models. The estimation results provide evidence of significant positive effects of financial integration on economic growth....

This study examines the impact of financial integration on economic growth in the case of 31 European countries over the period from 2000 to 2021 using dynamic panel data models. The estimation results provide evidence of significant positive effects of financial integration on economic growth....