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Welfare Effects of Commodity Taxation
by Fritz Helmedag
Abstract
In reality firms most often face negatively sloped demand curves. Then, for a given level of consumers’ surplus, levies on prices yield higher fiscal revenues than specific duties. Therefore, according to the prevailing view, the switch from unit to ad valorem taxation is supposed to generate more welfare; some even speak of an associated Pareto-improvement. However, this [...] Read more

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The Golden Ratio Applied to Financial Gravity Models: Fees, Taxes and Commerce
by Guillermo Peña
Abstract
Recently, some authors have found derivations and applications of the golden ratio in economics science. Based on previous models of Financial Gravity (FG) and generalizing them, this paper proposes the maximization of pure flows after charges as a way for applying the golden ratio in the sales-costs of production ratio in competitive equilibrium, leading to an optimal unitary [...] Read more

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The Impact of Fiscal Policy on the U.S. Stock Market Return
by Ilhami Gunduz
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In this study, I analyze the impact of the aggregate, income, corporate and social security tax revenues on both the U.S. output and the stock market return in a structural vector autoregression (SVAR) framework between 1960:Q1 and 2015:Q4. Unlike some of the other studies, I use aggregate and disaggregated tax revenue variables to examine the impact of scal policy. Results sho [...] Read more

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Testing the Convergence Hypothesis in Primary Energy Consumption in Turkey: The Case of High-Income Countries
by Taleh Mammadov
Abstract
This study investigates whether Turkey's per capita primary energy consumption converges to that of high-income countries using linear unit root tests over the period 1965-2023. The analysis applies a variety of methods, including the Lee and Strazicich (2003) test, Narayan and Popp (2010) test, Lumsdaine and Papell (1997) test, and the conventional ADF test. According to the r [...] Read more

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State intervention in land pricing and endogenous risk aversion
by Yong He
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This study explores the cause and effect of endogenous risk aversion in land pricing, where state intervention through taxation remains a general practice. Using a consumption-based asset pricing model incorporating taxation, it is shown that high taxation, due to the indexation effect, supporting land prices and reducing individuals' risk expectations, could lead to an endogen [...] Read more

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Dilemma for fiscal policies: supporting economic activity, or ensuring public debt sustainability?
by Séverine Menguy
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We study analytically the conflict of goals between stabilizing economic activity and public debt sustainability, for the fiscal authorities. In the short run, an active and expansionary fiscal policy, increasing public investment or reducing the labor taxation rate, is growth enhancing. However, as these short term fiscal policies also decrease government revenue and increase [...] Read more

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In search of an optimal public policy in a pandemic: The question of lives versus livelihood
by Gopal K. Basak , Chandramauli Chakraborty  and  Pranab Kumar Das
Abstract
The paper addresses the alternative policy options available to address the question of lives versus livelihood in an SIRD model augmented with a macroeconomic structure. An important contribution of the paper lies in designing the policy of lockdown dependent on the extent of the constraint on the health facilities. The paper supplements the literature with a less stringent ve [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India

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The Moderating Role of Organizational Structure Between Quality Management Systems and Organizational Resilience
by Mohammed Al Balushi
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Purpose: To realize the benefits a Quality Management System (QMS), an organization needs to effectively implement its principles. This includes embracing these principles within an enabling environment. Hence, organizational structure is a critical success factor for adopting quality management systems. This paper aims at understanding how the organizational structure impacts [...] Read more

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Nexus between information technology and economic growth: new insights from India
by Asif Raihan
Abstract
The objective of this research is to investigate, using time series data ranging from 1992 to 2021, the effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth (GDP) in India. The stationarity of the data was examined by employing unit root tests, and an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) technique was used to inves [...] Read more

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The Impact of Climate Change on Actual Output in Some Selected Countries in Africa: A Specific Focus on Greenhouse Gas Emission
by Richard Umeokwobi , John Owusu-Afriye  and  John Abu
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This study seeks to investigate how climate change affects actual output in African countries, using greenhouse gas emission as a case study. This paper uses the actual output of Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, The Gambia, Cabo Verde, and Sierra Leone for the analysis. Climate change is proxied by greenhouse gas emission, which are extracted from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...] Read more

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Economic Growth and Carbon Emission Nexus: the Function of Tourism in Brazil
by Asif Raihan
Abstract
The impact of international tourism on emerging markets has been overwhelmingly beneficial. Despite the obvious benefits of tourism, it comes at a high price for the environment in the form of pollution. Brazil's annual tourist influx has the potential to boost economic development and damage the country's ecosystems. The objective of this investigation is to analyze, using tim [...] Read more

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Follow Suit: Imitative governance, resource inclination, and regional innovation efficiency
by Shutter Zor , Jingru Chen , Jietie Ailimujiang  and  Fayao Wang
Abstract
Influenced by traditional notions of solidarity, when a province’s planning can be highly aligned with that of the central government, the province is perceived to be more collective and thus able to receive financial or resource favors from the central government. This consistency, as is often the case, reflected in doing the same thing as the central government. This si [...] Read more

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LTBP1 promotes the progression of triple negative breast cancer via activating the RhoA/ROCK signaling pathway
by Jingcheng Zhang , Hong Deng  and  Jun Wang
Abstract
The latent transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) binding protein 1 (LTBP1) has been implicated in various cellular processes, but its role in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the impact of LTBP1 on TNBC progression and its underlying mechanisms. Analysis of online datasets revealed elevated LTBP1 mRNA expression in brea [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
Research Unit Analytical Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

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The high price of green energy: Adjustments in general equilibrium
by Henry Thompson
Abstract
The high price of energy due to green energy policy will cause adjustments across the US economy predicted in the present general equilibrium model that includes energy Btu input with capital and labor to produce manufactures and services. This same model in trade theory examines the effects of a tariff on an imported factor of production such as a natural resource or capital.& [...] Read more

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On the Role of the Digital Industry in Reshaping Urban Economic Structure: the Case of Hangzhou, China
by Xuliang Zhang , Chenxiang Elaine Ji , Haixia Zhang , Yuchen Wei  and  Jianwei Jin
Abstract
The digital economy industry plays a transformative role in reshaping the global production networks, the local division of production, and the integration and innovation of business forms. However, to what extent the industry enables the high-quality development and upgrading of urban economies is unclear. Based on the census data of digital economy enterprises in Hangzhou in [...] Read more
Hit Affiliation:
School of Public Finance and Taxation, Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics, Hangzhou, China

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Credit risk and Tunisian bank stability in the Covid-19 wave
by Emna Trabelsi  and  Malek Ben Mansour
Abstract
Banks are at the core of economic functioning in various countries and are the cause of their development in various fields. In a changing environment, they must deal with certain risks and maintain financial stability as the ultimate objective. The primary objective of this study is to examine the correlation between credit risk and bank stability within the Tunisian banking s [...] Read more