This paper revisits the so-called ‘ICT-productivity paradox' from a long-run perspective by using annual Australian data for about five decades. It provides estimates of long-run and short-run elasticities of labour productivity with respect to ICT capital deepening, explores the nature of...

Do an acquirer’s CSR scores impact its post-merger performance in the short and long run? How do relationships among individual CSR pillars affect merger performance? Analysing a global sample of cross-border merger data from 2002 to 2018, we find positive and significant effects of overall...

Non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) represent one of the most important parts of a financial system. In Bangladesh, NBFIs are new in the financial system as compared to banking financial institutions (BFIs). Starting from the IPDC in 1981, a total of 25 NBFIs are now working in the country....

Do an acquirer’s CSR scores impact its post-merger performance in the short and long run? How do relationships among individual CSR pillars affect merger performance? Analysing a global sample of cross-border merger data from 2002 to 2018, we find positive and significant effects of overall...

Agriculture is one of the most important contributors to Bangladesh’s GDP. Having a large number of wetlands ( 50 percent) and their susceptibility to a climate change impacts, however, presents a case for modification of traditional agricultural systems. Many communities have already...

The study documented in this paper utilises a probit regression analysis to empirically investigate the key macroeconomic factors that influence credit risk in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market. By aggregating the United States (US) state-level data with LendingClub’s loan book covering...