The goal of this study is to look into the dynamic relationship between stock prices, foreign portfolio investment, and financial development in the South African economy. Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) provided quarterly time series data from 1960 (Q1) to 2024 (Q2). This study uses a...

This study compares the sustainability of financial innovation, development, and economic growth in India and China, considering macro-economic factors like globalization, inflation, and monetary policies. It addresses the impact of financial development on sustainable economic growth by...

The urgent need to address climate change has placed environmental degradation and sustainable development at the centre of policy discussions. This highlights the importance of examining how the financial system directs funds toward green investments or emission-intensive industries. Expanding...

In the early 1980s, Turkey took steps towards financial liberalization. Accordingly, policymakers have implemented policies for the development of the financial system. Since then, developments in the banking sector have driven economic growth and met the private sector's demand for funds. The...

This study rigorously examines the causality between banking development, economic growth, and income inequality using annual panel data for 13 Central Eastern European transition economies from 2000 to 2020. The Granger non-causality test of heterogeneous panels based on the Toda and Yamamoto...

The urgent need to address climate change has placed environmental degradation and sustainable development at the centre of policy discussions. This highlights the importance of examining how the financial system directs funds toward green investments or emission-intensive industries. Expanding...

Using a panel dataset of six emerging economies from 1990 to 2021, the study analyzed the moderating influence of financial institutions and markets on the deployment of Climate Mitigation Innovation (CMI) and its impact on carbon emissions. Our results from BRIICS countries (i.e. Brazil,...

The study reviews key findings on the impact of banking growth and innovation on economic development, particularly focusing on Asian economies where the financial sector is less developed. Using secondary data, it expands the scope of analysis to more specific elements of development. While...

This paper studies the finance-growth nexus in historical perspective. We employ a panel data model with interactive fixed effects and time-varying coefficients for a sample of advanced economies since the late 19th century. The model considers flexible specifications of heterogeneity and...

This study investigates the role of green energy, financial development, and environmental regulations in addressing pollution havens within high-income emerging economies. While these nations benefit from rapid industrialization, they simultaneously face significant environmental challenges due...

This paper studies the finance-growth nexus in historical perspective. We employ a panel data model with interactive fixed effects and time-varying coefficients for a sample of advanced economies since the late 19th century. The model considers flexible specifications of heterogeneity and...

This study adds to the body of literature by investigating the moderating effect of human capital in the association of financial development with macroeconomic volatility in a sample of Asian countries. From 1993 until 2021, annual panel data was collected. For empirical analysis, generalized...

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function - physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology - together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic...

Our study assesses financial development and debt status impact on energy efficiency in Nigeria as a developing economy. We combined the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), FMOLS, and CCR analytical methods to estimate the parameters for energy efficiency policy recommendations. Secondary...

This paper analyzes the green growth (GG) effects of digitalization using panel data from, 164 countries spanning the period from 1990 to 2023. The study uses four measures of, digitalization: internet users, broadband, mobile cellular, and fixed telephone, subscriptions. The empirical results...

Using a panel regression approach across 13 developing Asian economies from 1996Q1 to 2019Q4, this paper examines the extent of financial development as a transmission channel for mediating the "allocation puzzle" in capital flows. This puzzle pertains to why capital seems to flow to economies...

How remittances contribute to the economies of remittance-receiving developing countries is a global issue. Considering Nepal as a highly remittance-receiving country, this paper primarily examines the impact of remittances on economic growth using annual time series data from 1980 to 2021. The...

This paper examines the relationship between political competition and financial development across a global sample of 127 countries, with a particular focus on developed and democratic OECD countries. Building on the theoretical frameworks of Acemoglu and Robinson (2006) and Besley et al....

The improvement of the energy structure and the development of the renewable energy sector play an important and strategic role in Cameroon's responsibilities against climate change. So, the authorities and policy makers have made great efforts to achieve this. But one of the main constraints of...

Although the impact of financial development on renewable energy consumption has been extensively examined in recent years, the study regarding the moderation of governance quality on the financial development on renewable energy consumption nexus is sparse. By filling the gap in the energy...

This paper presents a detailed bibliometric analysis of the interaction between financial development and climate change, with the main aim of elucidating the current state of research in this area, identifying existing gaps, and guiding future researchers interested in this rapidly expanding...

This paper examines the relationship between political competition and financial development across a global sample of 127 countries, with a particular focus on developed and democratic OECD countries. Building on the theoretical frameworks of Acemoglu and Robinson (2006) and Besley et al....