Business cycles and economic growth have long been studied separately, hindering understanding of the nature and causes of economic fluctuations and growth. Here, we present an economic model that incorporates both deterministic trends and persistent fluctuations, derived from a general economic...

Purpose This paper aims to study the motivations for purchasing protective products. Design/methodology/approach Empirical microeconomic research. Findings The results show that comparing with ordinary families, families vulnerable to environmental conditions, including prepregnant, pregnant and...

Comparing the priority order of different agricultural science and technology services adopted by cotton farmers and exploring the influencing factors of agricultural science and technology service adoption by cotton farmers from the perspective of farmer differentiation is significantly...

With the aging of Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) of electric vehicles in the near future, research on the second use of retired LIBs is becoming more and more critical. The classification method of the retired LIBs is challenging before the second use due to large cell variations. This paper...

Previous studies indicate that individuals’ default behaviors on online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms greatly influence other borrowers’ default intentions. However, the mechanism of this impact is not clear. Moreover, there is scarce research in regard to which factors influence the...

Using creditor litigation data from China, we investigate whether creditors can participate in corporate governance when agency conflict between shareholders and creditors is severe. By comparing firms that have experienced creditor lawsuits (litigation firms) with those that have not...

Reducing energy intensity and coping with climate change are important policy issues that face all countries. This study examines the impact of business cycles (recessions and expansions) on energy intensity in sixteen emerging countries in 1990-2014. We find that during periods of economic...

Aim/purpose - Cultural differences play an influential role in driving tourism development and varying outcomes of technology acceptance. The impact of ChatGPT on tourism is yet to be explored. Therefore, this study discussed how ChatGPT may influence tourism development and management in...

We introduce evolutionary game method to analyze low-price collusion in inquiry market of Sci-Tech Innovation Board of China (SIBC) from the perspective of strategic interaction between large institutional investors (LIIs), small and medium-sized institutional investors (SMIIs), and supervision...

The rapid development of digital finance has transformed traditional financial institutions. We investigate the effect and economic consequences of bank digital transformation on corporate financial constraints using data from China. The results show that bank digital transformation alleviates...