Innovation is a cornerstone of economic growth, global competitiveness, and sustainable development. This study analyzes the determinants of global innovation performance (GIP) across lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income countries using a dynamic panel-data approach with the two-step...

This paper analyses the relationship between financial inclusion and the economic and social development in Mexico. For this quantitative research, a study sample composed by 448 observations during the 2007-2020 was analyzed using fixed effect estimations with instrumental variables 2SLS....

The Chinese economy is attempting to undergo a critical transition, shifting from a growth model driven by the intensive exploitation of traditional production factors to one centered on high-quality economic development. This new stage prioritizes regional coordination, environmental...

This Policy Brief introduces the Gini Trade Index (GTI) as a new trade synthetic key performance indicator capable of capturing the different distribution of trade values across firm characteristics and across countries. The new indicator replicates the well-known features of the traditional...

The objective of this study is to analyse the correlation between different types of taxation, price, usage, Human-Development-Index (HDI), affordability, and Gross-Domestic-Product(GDP) per capita. In particular, this work hypothesizes that there is a positive relationship between tobacco taxes...

Given the rapid development of China's new urbanization, cities with different locations and varying functional positioning, resource endowments, and development stages have insufficient scientific and applicable technical tools for implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals...