This study examines dynamic connectedness linkages between pairs and among different commodities, including precious metals, manufacturing metals, oil, natural gas, and Bitcoin, since the emergence of the cryptocurrency market. The Quantile-VAR methodology is utilised to identify causal...

This study examines dynamic connectedness linkages between pairs and among different commodities, including precious metals, manufacturing metals, oil, natural gas, and Bitcoin, since the emergence of the cryptocurrency market. The Quantile-VAR methodology is utilised to identify causal...

This paper surveys the academic literature concerning the formation of pricing bubbles in digital currency markets. Studies indicate that several bubble phases have taken place in Bitcoin prices, mostly during the years 2013 and 2017. Other digital currencies of primary importance, such as...

Purpose - The study aims to investigate the nexus between total factor productivity and tourism growth in Latin American countries for time series data from 1995 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach - Using the extension of the Granger noncausality test in the nonlinear time-varying of Ajmiet...

This paper examines the economic effects of public spending onGreek economic growth over the period 1842-1938. In less devel-oped countries, such as late-19th- and early-20th-century Greece, pub-lic spending played an important role in the construction of keyinfrastructures and the provision of...

Purpose - The study aims to investigate the nexus between total factor productivity and tourism growth in Latin American countries for time series data from 1995 to 2017. Design/methodology/approach - Using the extension of the Granger noncausality test in the nonlinear time-varying of Ajmiet...

Using SIPRI's new consistent database on military expenditures, the paper examines the economic effects of such spending in the case of the 13 Latin American countries. Employing both linear and nonlinear tests, the nexus between defence spending, economic growth, and investment is investigated...

The allocation of resources to defence and national security is influenced by several factors, both domestic and external. Empirical findings suggest that military spending is determined by economic, strategic, political, and security factors. Studies that estimate demand functions for such...

The paper examines Latin American countries' productivity growth levels and their convergence patterns utilizing nonparametric frontier approaches. Utilizing a sample of 17 Latin American countries for the period 1970-2014 it estimates various productivity indexes alongside with their main...