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Economies, Volume 12, Issue 6

2024 June - 32 articles

Cover Story: The recent worldwide inflation has brought attention to economic inequality. Thus, we wanted to examine at what point inflation became a significant issue, particularly economically, for people with low incomes, but also with respect to people’s feelings of unfairness and their urge act against it. Google trends allowed us to make a longitudinal study on inequality issues without having to follow a cohort over a long period of time. Moreover, we also investigated how to formulate meaningful terms related to inequality that Google trends (in the United Kingdom) would respond to. Our results showed that inequality and measures to reduce inequality were associated with parliament elections and, surprisingly, more with unemployment than with recessions and inflation. View this paper
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Articles (32)

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
23,900 Views
16 Pages

Peruvian Agro-Exports’ Competitiveness: An Assessment of the Export Development of Its Main Products

  • Jose Carlos Montes Ninaquispe,
  • Alberto Luis Pantaleón Santa María,
  • Diego Alejandro Ludeña Jugo,
  • William Teófilo Castro Muñoz,
  • Juan Cesar Farias Rodriguez,
  • Billy Heinrich Maco Elera and
  • Kelly Cristina Vasquez Huatay

This study analyzed the competitiveness of Peru’s exports of grapes, blueberries, avocados, and asparagus from 2019 to 2023. Data were obtained from the customs declarations of all exporting companies of the analyzed products, along with data f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economic Development in the Digital Economy Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,294 Views
21 Pages

This study examined the effect of free trade on intra-African bilateral trade balances for Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania to assess the potential implications of the African Continental Free Trade area. The four countries have experienced persis...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Policy (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,870 Views
17 Pages

Examining Monetary Policy Measures and Their Impacts during and after the COVID Era: OECD Perspectives

  • Imalka Wasana Rathnayaka,
  • Rasheda Khanam and
  • Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

Governments worldwide implemented various fiscal and monetary measures to address the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on their economies. The paper aims to examine the changes in the monetary policy measures due to COVID-19 and their impact on macroecono...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economics after the COVID-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,431 Views
17 Pages

This study examines the effects of urbanization on household health expenditure. Using a unique bi-annually household-level dataset from 2012–2016 from Vietnam, we obtain key findings as follows. To mitigate possible endogeneity concerns, we ut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regional Development: Opportunities and Constraints)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,342 Views
19 Pages

The present paper investigates the relationship between stock prices, credit ratings, and ESG scores for banks internationally. First, it describes stock prices and ESG scores at an annual frequency, as well as stock price and credit risk at a daily...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economic Analysis and Policy before, during and after a Public Debt Crisis, a Pandemic and an Inflationary Outburst)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,485 Views
15 Pages

This paper examines how geography matters for the location of industries in East Asia, employing regression analyses on a novel and comprehensive regional GDP dataset. This study examines how geography affects industrial location patterns, particular...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Industrial Clusters, Agglomeration and Economic Development)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,715 Views
19 Pages

The risk of lending money collected from savers is that it leaves banks liable to default with depositors if events (and hence repayment demands) become ‘abnormal’. Even though international and national regulation has been introduced to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,392 Views
20 Pages

Identifying the Frequency and Connectivity Dynamics of the US Economy

  • Mathias Schneid Tessmann,
  • Marcelo De Oliveira Passos,
  • Omar Barroso Khodr,
  • Alexandre Vasconcelos Lima and
  • Pedro Henrique Pontes Fontana

This paper seeks to investigate the connectivity of the US economy through the dynamics of the transmission of volatility in sectoral indices. For this, we use daily asset data and two methodologies. The first creates a spillover index that measures...

(This article belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,464 Views
19 Pages

This study delves into the intricate relationship between corporate innovation and public support, underscoring innovation’s vital role in driving economic growth and competitiveness. Recognizing the multifaceted nature of innovation, from prod...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,088 Views
26 Pages

An Assessment of the Effectiveness and Scale of Tax Expenditures to Support Investments and Priority Sectors in G20 Countries

  • Svetlana Demidova,
  • Yuliya Tyurina,
  • Anastasia Kulachinskaya,
  • Olga Buzdalina,
  • Igor V. Ilin,
  • Victoriya Razletovskaia and
  • Chulpan A. Misbakhova

Tax expenditure management is one of the tools for conducting responsible fiscal policy. Unlike direct expenditures, tax expenditures do not consume resources, but allow the achievement of certain social and economic goals. The purpose of this study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,386 Views
19 Pages

The Opportunity Cost of COVID-19 Deaths in the USA

  • Tuyen Pham,
  • Anirudh V. S. Ruhil and
  • G. Jason Jolley

The U.S. is currently the country with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths. By the second week of October 2021, over 700,000 people in the U.S. had died after contracting the virus. When estimating the cost and benefit of a COVID-19 prevention meas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economics after the COVID-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,784 Views
20 Pages

Recently, several studies have argued about the interactions of the real economy and financial system, as well as the importance of financial cycles in business cycle fluctuations. To date, there exists near consensus among central bankers, economist...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Monetary and Fiscal Economics in the Context of Macroeconomic Stability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,793 Views
17 Pages

This paper assesses how the local institutional environment affects the internationalization of manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam, exploiting a multi-dimensional institutional index and large-scale enterprise data. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Relationship between Macroeconomics and Small and Medium Enterprises)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,491 Views
24 Pages

This study investigates the impact of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on monetary policy flexibility, the effective lower bound (ELB), and negative interest rate policies (NIRPs), specifically in the case of the digital euro (DE). Through a c...

(This article belongs to the Section Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Financial Markets)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,928 Views
23 Pages

Economic theory argues that foreign direct investment (FDI) and external debt are expected to enhance economic growth in any given economy. Consequently, this study (i) investigated the relationship between foreign direct investment, external debt se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,887 Views
23 Pages

This paper underlines the significance of free trade agreements in attracting foreign direct investment and their impact on the operational capacities of local firms in host countries. It argues that free trade agreements do not only eliminate barrie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,162 Views
24 Pages

This study utilized both single-regime GARCH and double-regime GARCH models to investigate oil price volatility, Spanish macroeconomic factors, and stock prices during major crises such as geopolitical conflicts, the global financial crisis (GFC), an...

(This article belongs to the Section Growth, and Natural Resources (Environment + Agriculture))
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
16,278 Views
40 Pages

Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greek economy seems to have overcome the turmoil of the pandemic crisis as well as that of the following energy crisis. Nevertheless, it would be wrong to assume that the Greek economy has returned to a soun...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economic Analysis and Policy before, during and after a Public Debt Crisis, a Pandemic and an Inflationary Outburst)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,666 Views
16 Pages

Businesses investing in production digitalization equipment are supposed to benefit from increased productivity, enhanced efficiency, and revenue growth. Despite the increasing use of digital technologies in business, many companies still struggle to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,760 Views
15 Pages

Unlocking Local and Regional Development through Nature-Based Tourism: Exploring the Potential of Agroforestry and Regenerative Livestock Farming in Mexico

  • Daniel Alfredo Revollo-Fernández,
  • Debora Lithgow,
  • Juan José Von Thaden,
  • María del Pilar Salazar-Vargas and
  • Aram Rodríguez de los Santos

Nature-based tourism offers several positive effects, including bringing tourists closer to nature and increasing environmental awareness among them, creating new sources of employment, diversifying local and regional economies, promoting the conserv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,486 Views
21 Pages

The travel and tourism industry plays a crucial role in economies around the world. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry has been very pronounced. This paper aims to study the relationship between the country’s T&T in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,635 Views
17 Pages

Inequality among people has several unwanted effects, in humanistic, social and economic contexts. Several studies address distributional preferences among groups, but little is known about when inequality issues are focused and when and why inequali...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Income Distribution, Inequality and Poverty: Evidence, Explanations and Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,697 Views
16 Pages

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is often regarded as a preferred employment location for Indian migrant workers seeking improved financial stability and enhanced career opportunities. The spread of COVID-19 has led to a decline in international migrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5,960 Views
12 Pages

Japan exports sophisticated capital goods. Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Japanese companies have offshored the production of lower-end goods and parts and components to Asian countries. Because of this, several researchers argued that a we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exchange Rates: Drivers, Dynamics, Impacts, and Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,966 Views
18 Pages

This study delves into the impact of intangible and tangible investments on future earnings volatility within the European financial market context. Drawing from International Accounting Standards (IAS) 16 and 38, we examine the intricate relationshi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,041 Views
15 Pages

Modeling Tax Revenue Determinants: The Case of Visegrad Group Countries

  • Jadranka Đurović Todorović,
  • Marina Đorđević,
  • Vera Mirović,
  • Branimir Kalaš and
  • Nataša Pavlović

This article provides panel data estimations of the tax revenue determinants in VG (Visegrad Group) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) for the period 1994–2023. The aim of this research was to determine how the macroe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,683 Views
20 Pages

Brazil, after signing several traditional Bilateral Investment Treaties without ratifying them, recently shifted towards a different type of bilateral investment agreement, i.e., Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Agreements. Two claims have bee...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Policy (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,930 Views
19 Pages

This paper examines the interaction between health expenditure and health outcomes with due consideration for government effectiveness across developing African economies. The rich data for this study draw from forty-five Sub-Saharan African (SSA) co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,785 Views
20 Pages

Insurance companies play a pivotal role in the financial systems of developing countries, wielding substantial influence on systemic financial stability. Thus, understanding their efficiency, performance, and sustainability is paramount for policymak...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Financial Market Volatility under Uncertainty)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,152 Views
16 Pages

This study examines the effect of international financial flows, including investments and development assistance, on the expansion of renewable energy technologies. It also seeks to investigate the impact of the sectoral economy on the proportion of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,162 Views
13 Pages

Intergenerational education mobility is a key dimension of social mobility and explores the extent to which educational attainment is transmitted across generations within a society. The implications of low education mobility concern both equity (eve...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Income Distribution, Inequality and Poverty: Evidence, Explanations and Policies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,110 Views
15 Pages

Servicification in global value chains (GVCs) in emerging and developing Asian economies has become a trend recently. However, there have been no scientific studies to elucidate the mechanism of servicification in GVCs. To fill this gap, this study a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Asian Economy: Constraints and Opportunities)
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