This study examines the dynamic change in the regional e-commerce transactions divides in China from 2013 to 2019 using convergence analysis methods. We use population-adjusted annual e-commerce transaction data from 31 provinces. These provinces are categorized into the three varying levels of...

The unequal treatment of women in the law is one of the most visible forms of gender inequality. Prevalent legal constraints on the basis of gender prevent women, and thereby economies, from reaching their true potential. In this regard, this paper (i) documents the evolution of gender...

The COVID-19 pandemic and especially the Russian war in Ukraine and the economic sanctions imposed by the West against Russia have significantly affected the economic growth in many countries of the world. Of particular interest is economic growth in the 19 G20 countries (with the exception of...

This research employs Mexico’s state level data from 2001-2016 to examine the nexus between debt sustainability and regional growth. There is a need to understand whether increasing debt exerts benign effects on regional GDP growth in centralized fiscal systems prevalent in emerging countries...

The paper extends the work of Deaton (2021) by exploring the period of post-crisis recovery in 2021-2024. The paper documents per-capita income divergence during the period of post-shock recovery, with countries at the bottom of the income distribution falling significantly behind. Findings...

The ambitious EU 2050 decarbonization strategy needs to implement and reconcile several economic, social and technological targets, such as continuous prosperity growth, increase of energy productivity, diffusion of renewable energy sources (RES), dynamic competition in the energy mix toward...

Using high frequency price information and strengthening market intelligence on high-impact food items for nowcasting is an integral part of the inflation forecasting framework at the Reserve Bank of India. Three key vegetables viz., tomatoes, onions and potatoes (TOP), with a combined weight of...

This study aims to investigate possible developments in the Turkish economy, in case Turkey becomes a full member of the European Union (EU), by examining the economic performances of the new members of the EU in the 2000s. Due to the convergence theorem, new member countries have highest growth...

When employers face a trade-off between growing large and paying low wages that is, when they have monopsony power some productive employers will decide to acquire fewer customers, forgo sales, and remain small. These decisions have adverse consequences for aggregate labor productivity. Using...

In this paper, I show that sign and magnitude of the contemporaneous exchange rates-interest rate (ER-IR) correlation are predictable, across countries and through the risk cycle. I discuss the correlation smile, whereby the ER-IR correlation for countries at both extremes of the risk spectrum...