Evidence on how energy poverty persistence and vulnerability to key factors are distributed across different population groups remains scarce. This paper seeks to bridge this gap by analyzing the dynamics and determinants of energy poverty within population clusters. The significance of the...

Identifying populations at risk of deprivation is crucial for effective policy design. Yet, much existing research focuses on single aspects, such as income or material deprivation, and often abstracts from deprivation dynamics. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the dynamics and...

The properties of classical panel data estimators including fixed effect, first-differences, random effects, and generalized method of moments-instrumental variables estimators in both static as well as dynamic panel data models are investigated under sample selection. The correlation of the...

Do governments in the emerging Asia and Pacific region independently set corporate tax rates? This paper answers the question and contributes to the growing empirical tax competition literature by (1) generating a predictable tax reaction function considering the ‘lumpy’ nature of economic...