Modelling for Positive Change: Economics and Finance
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Economics and Finance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Finance, College of Management, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
Interests: applied econometrics; financial econometrics; energy finance; time series analysis; forecasting; empirical industrial organisation; risk management
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Interests: applied statistics; data science; econometrics; environmental modelling; financial econometrics; genetic algorithms; intellectual property; machine learning; risk management and modelling; statistical inference; time series analysis; tourism research
Interests: green finance; FinTech; sustainable investment; AI adoption in firms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM), developed in collaboration with Stream D: Economics and Finance at the 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2025).
In a time shaped by profound uncertainty and complex global challenges, modelling and simulation have become indispensable tools in guiding economic and financial decisions. This Special Issue, titled “Modelling for Positive Change: Economics and Finance”, invites submissions that explore how advanced modelling techniques, empirical tools, and innovative technologies can contribute to sustainable development, financial stability, and policy effectiveness.
We welcome high-quality research papers that contribute to theoretical, empirical, or applied aspects of topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Machine learning in economics and finance: Applications of AI and machine learning in forecasting, algorithmic trading, computational finance, and economic decision-making.
- Risk management and ESG modelling: Modelling climate finance, ESG integration, sustainability strategies, financial resilience, and risk assessment in economic policy.
- Policy evaluation and socioeconomic interventions: Simulation-based analyses of policies addressing gender wage gaps, housing affordability, healthcare reform, and education innovation.
- International trade and supply chain modelling: Investigations into digital trade, tariff structures, global logistics, and resilience in global supply chains under geopolitical uncertainty.
- Decision-making under uncertainty: Addressing challenges of economic volatility, climate shocks, and systemic risks through predictive models and simulations.
- Emerging technologies and methodological innovation: Contributions using novel data sources, textual analysis, financial market models, FinTech applications, and empirical approaches to innovation and sustainability.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the transformative potential of economic and financial modelling in shaping resilient and adaptive systems for a rapidly evolving world.
We look forward to your contributions and to advancing the dialogue on how modelling can foster positive and sustainable economic change.
Prof. Dr. Chia-Lin Chang
Prof. Dr. Felix Chan
Dr. Linh Ho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- machine learning
- computational finance
- risk prediction
- ESG strategies
- climate finance
- FinTech
- sustainability
- economic policy modelling
- tourism economics
- digital trade
- supply chain
- resilience
- innovation
- textual analysis
- uncertainty
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