Pub Date : 2025-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101076
Franck Edouard Gnahe
This work employs a stochastic general equilibrium model to examine the theoretical link between the magnitude of government fiscal disaster relief spending and economic growth. This paper employs a dynamic panel threshold model to investigate the optimal magnitude of government fiscal catastrophe relief expenditures. The numerical simulation findings indicate that the magnitude of moderate government financial disaster relief expenditures is strongly correlated with the frequency of natural catastrophes. The extent of government financial catastrophe relief expenditure has an "inverted U-shaped" correlation with economic development. The empirical findings indicate a clear nonlinear correlation between the magnitude of government financial disaster relief expenditures and economic growth. The escalation will foster economic expansion, but when government fiscal disaster relief spending is over the threshold, the correlation between the magnitude of such expenditure and economic growth may invert.
{"title":"The threshold impact of fiscal disaster relief expenditure on economic growth: Evidence from China","authors":"Franck Edouard Gnahe","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work employs a stochastic general equilibrium model to examine the theoretical link between the magnitude of government fiscal disaster relief spending and economic growth. This paper employs a dynamic panel threshold model to investigate the optimal magnitude of government fiscal catastrophe relief expenditures. The numerical simulation findings indicate that the magnitude of moderate government financial disaster relief expenditures is strongly correlated with the frequency of natural catastrophes. The extent of government financial catastrophe relief expenditure has an \"inverted U-shaped\" correlation with economic development. The empirical findings indicate a clear nonlinear correlation between the magnitude of government financial disaster relief expenditures and economic growth. The escalation will foster economic expansion, but when government fiscal disaster relief spending is over the threshold, the correlation between the magnitude of such expenditure and economic growth may invert.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 4","pages":"Article 101076"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144750114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-07-18DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101079
Muhammad Safdar , Ahmad Nawaz
Convergence of economic growth among the global north and south countries has attracted a considerable attention of policymakers and researchers. However, the growth literature lacks the comprehensive empirical evidence on the convergence of institutional quality and its implications for growth convergence particularly in terms of countries’ heterogeneities. This study aims to empirically investigate three types of convergence hypotheses both in economic growth and institutional quality. Moreover, it is examined whether the convergence of institutional quality leads to growth convergence? The empirical analysis is based on sample of 120 countries for 1984–2015 period. The findings reveal striking evidence of disparities in speed of growth and institutional quality convergence. The speed of growth convergence is highest in East Asian, transition, and advanced economies; however, the speed of institutional quality convergence is lowest in these countries. Developing countries show the reverse pattern with highest institutional convergence and lowest growth convergence. Such decoupling empirical dynamics between growth and institutional quality convergence indicate the path dependence and lock-in patterns of developing countries. This study empirically shows that higher speed of institutional convergence alone is unable to foster the growth catch-up process.
{"title":"Convergence in economic growth and institutional quality: Does convergence of institutions matter to catch-up rich economies?","authors":"Muhammad Safdar , Ahmad Nawaz","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101079","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Convergence of economic growth among the global north and south countries has attracted a considerable attention of policymakers and researchers. However, the growth literature lacks the comprehensive empirical evidence on the convergence of institutional quality and its implications for growth convergence particularly in terms of countries’ heterogeneities. This study aims to empirically investigate three types of convergence hypotheses both in economic growth and institutional quality. Moreover, it is examined whether the convergence of institutional quality leads to growth convergence? The empirical analysis is based on sample of 120 countries for 1984–2015 period. The findings reveal striking evidence of disparities in speed of growth and institutional quality convergence. The speed of growth convergence is highest in East Asian, transition, and advanced economies; however, the speed of institutional quality convergence is lowest in these countries. Developing countries show the reverse pattern with highest institutional convergence and lowest growth convergence. Such decoupling empirical dynamics between growth and institutional quality convergence indicate the path dependence and lock-in patterns of developing countries. This study empirically shows that higher speed of institutional convergence alone is unable to foster the growth catch-up process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 3","pages":"Article 101079"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144687230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-07-18DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101078
Maitrayee Das , Biswajit Mandal
This paper develops a theoretical framework to examine trade dynamics across four sectors: services, manufacturing, importable goods and the informal sector. The model investigates the role of distance in shaping trade patterns, outputs, and factor prices, highlighting the key differences between goods and services trade, particularly their sensitivity to distance related marketing cost. The model presents the possibility of ‘Dutch disease’ in the informal sector. Distinguishing between goods and services in terms of marketing and transport costs, the model reveals how resources—especially skilled labour—are allocated between service and manufacturing sectors. Furthermore, it outlines two scenarios for the informal sector, independent and integrated with manufacturing, in exploring how these configurations affect trade and production. Moreover, the empirical results corroborate findings obtained in the theoretical model and deepen our understanding of the complex interactions between time zone and trade.
{"title":"Distance related time zone difference, waiting time, trade, and Dutch disease","authors":"Maitrayee Das , Biswajit Mandal","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101078","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper develops a theoretical framework to examine trade dynamics across four sectors: services, manufacturing, importable goods and the informal sector. The model investigates the role of distance in shaping trade patterns, outputs, and factor prices, highlighting the key differences between goods and services trade, particularly their sensitivity to distance related marketing cost. The model presents the possibility of ‘Dutch disease’ in the informal sector. Distinguishing between goods and services in terms of marketing and transport costs, the model reveals how resources—especially skilled labour—are allocated between service and manufacturing sectors. Furthermore, it outlines two scenarios for the informal sector, independent and integrated with manufacturing, in exploring how these configurations affect trade and production. Moreover, the empirical results corroborate findings obtained in the theoretical model and deepen our understanding of the complex interactions between time zone and trade.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 4","pages":"Article 101078"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144779342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-06-21DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101061
Isa Camyar , Bahar Ulupinar
Economic policy uncertainty (EPU) is empirically associated with a variety of economic and financial outcomes. However, its sources remain understudied. In this study, we analyze the long-run and short-run impacts of geopolitical crises on EPU by using evidence from the United States (U.S.) for the period of 1985-2019. We present a time series analysis, specifically the autoregressive distributive lag model, on a monthly dataset with the indicators of EPU and geopolitical crises. We find that the impact of geopolitical crises on EPU is conditional and temporal, meaning that it is significant only if the U.S. is directly involved or an active participant in them and materializes over time.
{"title":"“Geopolitical crises and economic policy uncertainty: Time series analysis from the United States”","authors":"Isa Camyar , Bahar Ulupinar","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101061","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101061","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Economic policy uncertainty (EPU) is empirically associated with a variety of economic and financial outcomes. However, its sources remain understudied. In this study, we analyze the long-run and short-run impacts of geopolitical crises on EPU by using evidence from the United States (U.S.) for the period of 1985-2019. We present a time series analysis, specifically the autoregressive distributive lag model, on a monthly dataset with the indicators of EPU and geopolitical crises. We find that the impact of geopolitical crises on EPU is conditional and temporal, meaning that it is significant only if the U.S. is directly involved or an active participant in them and materializes over time.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 3","pages":"Article 101061"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144335751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-06-13DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101063
Farid Makhlouf , Hammou El Otmany
Illegal migration poses a significant challenge for both sides of the Mediterranean. To understand the motivation behind the intention to migrate illegally from Tunisia, this study, based on a survey conducted by the Arab Barometer in 2021, uses a two-stage Heckman model to control for selection bias and tests different factors such as education levels, social capital, and social networks. The findings show that a lack of education or a low level of education significantly increases the desire to go abroad even without the required documents. This statement is more strongly made by those with relatively low levels of social capital. In addition, social networks were identified as an essential factor in legal migration but do not explain illegal migration.
This study is therefore convinced that investment in education and social capital can be an effective tool in mitigating clandestine migration.
{"title":"Dream killer: Motivations behind illegal migration","authors":"Farid Makhlouf , Hammou El Otmany","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Illegal migration poses a significant challenge for both sides of the Mediterranean. To understand the motivation behind the intention to migrate illegally from Tunisia, this study, based on a survey conducted by the Arab Barometer in 2021, uses a two-stage Heckman model to control for selection bias and tests different factors such as education levels, social capital, and social networks. The findings show that a lack of education or a low level of education significantly increases the desire to go abroad even without the required documents. This statement is more strongly made by those with relatively low levels of social capital. In addition, social networks were identified as an essential factor in legal migration but do not explain illegal migration.</div><div>This study is therefore convinced that investment in education and social capital can be an effective tool in mitigating clandestine migration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 3","pages":"Article 101063"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144314497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-06-08DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101062
Rosa Aísa, Josefina Cabeza
An endogenous economic growth model is developed, where the decisions to use artificial intelligences (AIs) in the workplace and to extend working life are endogenous and interdependent. There are four sources of heterogeneity among workers: differences in initial productivity, variations in the aging process, restricted access to jobs with AI investment, and uneven impact of AIs among those who have access. It is shown that those who do not use AIs in their jobs maintain a traditional pattern of retirement, with the most educated and/or healthy among them extending their working lives. In contrast, the retirement pattern for AI-using workers changes, and it is the users who derive the most benefit from AIs who will extend their working lives. This is because AIs compensate for the skills that tend to deteriorate with age, thus allowing for greater permanence in the labour market.
{"title":"Artificial intelligence: Redefining the retirement pattern","authors":"Rosa Aísa, Josefina Cabeza","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An endogenous economic growth model is developed, where the decisions to use artificial intelligences (AIs) in the workplace and to extend working life are endogenous and interdependent. There are four sources of heterogeneity among workers: differences in initial productivity, variations in the aging process, restricted access to jobs with AI investment, and uneven impact of AIs among those who have access. It is shown that those who do not use AIs in their jobs maintain a traditional pattern of retirement, with the most educated and/or healthy among them extending their working lives. In contrast, the retirement pattern for AI-using workers changes, and it is the users who derive the most benefit from AIs who will extend their working lives. This is because AIs compensate for the skills that tend to deteriorate with age, thus allowing for greater permanence in the labour market.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 3","pages":"Article 101062"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144297690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-06-04DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101066
Aiting Xu , Yujie Dai , Zhiyuan Hu
Using green finance innovative strategies has significantly improved the resilience of firms operating inside China's revamp pilot zones. This research, which is based on a multi-phase difference-in-differences technique and uses enterprise-level data covering the years 2015 through 2025, reveals that the effects are varied across different geographies, sectors, and firm characteristics. Among the primary drivers, the mechanism results indicate that digital conversion, better creative ability, and reduced finance restrictions are all critical factors. The emergence of some outcomes, such as those associated with the use of industrial robots, occurs with a temporal lag. This study's findings provide insights valuable to policymakers on how green financing influences the flexibility of businesses and promotes long-term sustainable growth.
{"title":"Green finance innovation and corporate resilience: Evidence from China's reform pilot zones","authors":"Aiting Xu , Yujie Dai , Zhiyuan Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101066","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101066","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Using green finance innovative strategies has significantly improved the resilience of firms operating inside China's revamp pilot zones. This research, which is based on a multi-phase difference-in-differences technique and uses enterprise-level data covering the years 2015 through 2025, reveals that the effects are varied across different geographies, sectors, and firm characteristics. Among the primary drivers, the mechanism results indicate that digital conversion, better creative ability, and reduced finance restrictions are all critical factors. The emergence of some outcomes, such as those associated with the use of industrial robots, occurs with a temporal lag. This study's findings provide insights valuable to policymakers on how green financing influences the flexibility of businesses and promotes long-term sustainable growth.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 4","pages":"Article 101066"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144842221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101065
Xianxian Xu , Luyao Tan , Jinlong Zhao
This study examines the impact of sustainable finance and investment in renewable energy on economic growth and environmental conservation in 22 EU nations from 2003 to 2025. The primary objective is to comprehend how these factors contribute to sustained economic advancement and environmental stewardship. The report analyses critical variables, including sustainable funding, clean energy investments, economic development, and carbon emissions, utilising secondary data from sources such as Eurostat, IRENA, and the World Bank. The System GMM approach is employed to address any data-related difficulties and guarantee robust outcomes. The results indicate that sustainable finance accelerates the transition to clean energy, reduces detrimental emissions, and enhances economic activity. Similarly, investments in renewable energy enhance GDP development, attract global investment, and ameliorate environmental problems. Moreover, foreign direct investment and liberal trade policies are essential catalysts for sustainability, underscoring the necessity to synchronise sustainable financing with international economic strategies. The report advocates for more robust laws to enhance sustainable financing, support clean energy initiatives, and advance low-emission technologies. These endeavours are essential for sustaining economic stability and environmental integrity throughout time. This study provides critical recommendations for politicians, investors, and international institutions involved in sustainable development.
{"title":"Sustainable finance and renewable energy investment as dual drivers of economic growth and environmental sustainability in the European Union","authors":"Xianxian Xu , Luyao Tan , Jinlong Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the impact of sustainable finance and investment in renewable energy on economic growth and environmental conservation in 22 EU nations from 2003 to 2025. The primary objective is to comprehend how these factors contribute to sustained economic advancement and environmental stewardship. The report analyses critical variables, including sustainable funding, clean energy investments, economic development, and carbon emissions, utilising secondary data from sources such as Eurostat, IRENA, and the World Bank. The System GMM approach is employed to address any data-related difficulties and guarantee robust outcomes. The results indicate that sustainable finance accelerates the transition to clean energy, reduces detrimental emissions, and enhances economic activity. Similarly, investments in renewable energy enhance GDP development, attract global investment, and ameliorate environmental problems. Moreover, foreign direct investment and liberal trade policies are essential catalysts for sustainability, underscoring the necessity to synchronise sustainable financing with international economic strategies. The report advocates for more robust laws to enhance sustainable financing, support clean energy initiatives, and advance low-emission technologies. These endeavours are essential for sustaining economic stability and environmental integrity throughout time. This study provides critical recommendations for politicians, investors, and international institutions involved in sustainable development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 4","pages":"Article 101065"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-05-26DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101064
Olatunji A. Shobande
Marriage endures as a cornerstone of social life, but its modern practice reveals a fraught entanglement of romantic ideals, financial burdens, and entrenched cultural norms. Notably, the escalating cost of weddings imposes a disproportionate economic strain, often at odds with more substantive long-term aims such as child welfare, financial resilience, and domestic stability. This study explores how the rising cost of weddings intersects with emotional, economic, and sociocultural constraints to shape marital decisions and long-term household outcomes. It introduces a constrained intertemporal utility model that conceptualizes marriage as an optimization problem. The model incorporates an objective function focused on long-term household and child well-being, constrained by factors such as income, education, wealth, emotional attachment, divorce costs, child support obligations, family norms, and cultural pressures. The analysis yields eight key propositions. The analyses suggest that financial stress from lavish weddings, delayed educational investments, and external social pressures negatively affect marital satisfaction and child outcomes. Conversely, balanced financial planning and cultural alignment are associated with greater household stability. The model highlights how economic and social trade-offs at the point of marriage formation can have enduring consequences. Policy implications include the need for broader social awareness around the economic burden of weddings and more supportive frameworks for long-term family welfare.
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Pub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2025.101053
Denis Anne, Florian Moussi-Beylie
This study employs the correspondence test method to investigate discrimination in access to sports clubs in France. This involves sending requests for information to sports clubs. Eight fictitious candidate profiles were created to assess three discrimination criteria: gender, ethnic origin, and income level. The profiles sent emails to 1,200 sports clubs, requesting information on access to training for four different sports, chosen for their highly gendered practices. The results demonstrate the absence of quantitative discrimination in three of the four sports tested. Nevertheless, there is a considerable disadvantage for the three criteria in horseback riding, a sport with considerably higher practice costs than the other disciplines under investigation. Furthermore, the content of the emails received suggests a preference for the reference candidate over the North African and opposite-sex candidates.
{"title":"Discrimination in access to sports associations: the effects of gender, origin and income","authors":"Denis Anne, Florian Moussi-Beylie","doi":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101053","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rie.2025.101053","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study employs the correspondence test method to investigate discrimination in access to sports clubs in France. This involves sending requests for information to sports clubs. Eight fictitious candidate profiles were created to assess three discrimination criteria: gender, ethnic origin, and income level. The profiles sent emails to 1,200 sports clubs, requesting information on access to training for four different sports, chosen for their highly gendered practices. The results demonstrate the absence of quantitative discrimination in three of the four sports tested. Nevertheless, there is a considerable disadvantage for the three criteria in horseback riding, a sport with considerably higher practice costs than the other disciplines under investigation. Furthermore, the content of the emails received suggests a preference for the reference candidate over the North African and opposite-sex candidates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46094,"journal":{"name":"Research in Economics","volume":"79 2","pages":"Article 101053"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143881825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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