Academic Articles & Research Papers

Propagating shocks and transitions across networked food systems: Insights from multiplayer microeconomic modeling.

Contrasting the Local and National Demographic Incidence of Local Labour Demand Shocks.

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy

360-Degree Performance Appraisal Systems. Accounting and Reporting for Private Nonprofit Organizations-Balancing Economic Efficiency with Social Mission. Acquiring Resources Through Price Negotiation: A Public Sector Approach. Administrativ...

Total factor productivity growth and spatial–temporal evolution of China’s health system: a three-stage DEA-Malmquist approach

In recent years, the deepening of healthcare reform in China has raised high demands for the accurate measurement of hospital total factor productivity (TFP), where existing systems often overstate performance by neglecting social welfare. ...

Artificial intelligence and clean/dirty energy markets: tail-based pairwise connectedness and portfolio implications

Abstract This study investigates the return and volatility connectedness between artificial intelligence (AI) stock ETF and each segment of the energy markets, namely clean energy, dirty energy, and WTI oil. Using a quantile-on-quantile con...

Exploring Asymmetric Nexus Between CO2 Emissions, Environmental Pollution, and Household Health Expenditure in China

Muhammad Zeeshan,1 Jiabin Han,1 Alam Rehman,2 Irfan Ullah,3 Fakhr E Alam Afridi4 1College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Xingcheng, Liaoning Province, 125105, People’s Republic of China; 2Faculty of Managem...

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Macroeconomic Conditions in Pakistan: Insights from a Structural Vector Autoregression Analysis

This article explores the relationship between fiscal policy and macroeconomic conditions in Pakistan using a robust Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model. Since fiscal shock has the tendency to put a constraint on the future path o...

Effects of Background Solar Wind and Drag Force on the Propagation of Coronal-mass-ejection-driven Shocks

The propagation of interplanetary shocks, particularly those driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is still an outstanding question in heliophysics and space weather forecasting. Here, we address the effects of the ambient solar wind on ...

Astrophysics with Intense and Ultra-Intense Lasers “Laser Astrophysics”

I review the present status of laser astrophysics research in which the intense and ultra-intense lasers are used to study basic data of hot-dense plasmas, violent phenomena such as explosion scaled down in laboratory with appropriate simil...

Machine learning-based dynamic risk measurement for white sugar futures under geopolitical risks

Futures, as significant financial derivatives, play a crucial role in financial markets by fulfilling price discovery functions and providing efficient risk hedging tools. Against the backdrop of geopolitical conflicts, market risk emerges ...

Research on scientific research system resilience based on WoS data

In recent years, research systems have faced increasingly complex sustainability challenges, and improving system resilience has become the key to ensuring their continuous and efficient operation. Based on the data of Web of Science co-aut...

Green Finance’s Impact on Economic Resilience – The Moderating Role of Market Integration

This study examines whether and how green finance enhances economic resilience in emerging economies and evaluates the moderating role of market integration in this relationship. Using the System Generalized Method of Moments (SGMM) estimat...

Robustness analysis of a Continuous-Time Markov Jump Process model for herd behaviour under stochastic shocks

Herd behaviour in socio-economic systems is characterised by asynchronous, stochastic decision-making that traditional models capture imperfectly. Discrete-time DTMCs impose fixed-tick synchrony and require binning, which distorts event tim...

New dynamics in producer-to-consumer price transmission in Spain’s tomato supply chain

Pricing is an essential element that significantly impacts the supply chain mechanisms. The primary objective of this study is to explore the transmission of producer-to-consumer prices in the Spanish fresh tomato industry. Employing the Th...

How working capital management affects financial sustainability in airline groups centered in the European market

Abstract Air transport has become the dominant mode of passenger mobility worldwide, yet airline groups remain highly vulnerable to financial distress because of volatile demand, high fixed costs, and exposure to systemic shocks. This study...

Formation of China’s Capital Market

The article presents an in-depth analysis of the formation and development of the capital market (stocks and bonds segment) in China. The factors determining the valuation of shares that are in circulation are highlighted. While the first f...

Diffuse hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy complicated by apical ventricular aneurysm and excessive left ventricular trabeculation: a case report

This article reports a rare case of diffuse hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy complicated with left ventricular apical aneurysm and excessive trabeculation. Genetic testing of the patient revealed a heterozygous variant of the MYBPC3 ...

Social Security and Fighting Poverty in Tunisia

The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using survey data collected between July 2012 and January 2014, covering 200 poor households. We used questionnaire data, which...

Human capital and the informal economy as asymmetric drivers of the ecological footprint in Bangladesh

Abstract This article assesses the impact of the shadow economy on Bangladesh’s ecological footprint and how this association is influenced by the country’s level of human capital. Using annual data from 1994 to 2020, it employs both the Li...

Long-term relationship of crude palm oil commodity pricing under structural break

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the pricing efficiency of the Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) market before and after the structural break. This study uses the daily closing price of CPO and CPO futures (CPO-F) for the peri...