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View article: Clean energy for the Pacific Island countries: Does donor funding promote this transition?
Clean energy for the Pacific Island countries: Does donor funding promote this transition? Open
Donor funding, both grants and concessional loans, on renewable energy projects to Pacific Island countries (PICs) have increased overtime. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of this donor funding on PICs transition to…
View article: Cooperative management of an emission trading system: a private governance and learned auction for a blockchain approach
Cooperative management of an emission trading system: a private governance and learned auction for a blockchain approach Open
Although blockchain technology has received a significant amount of cutting-edge research on constructing a novel carbon trade market in theory, there is little research on using blockchain in carbon emission trading schemes (ETS). This st…
View article: Do price controlled basic food items affect inflation in Fiji?
Do price controlled basic food items affect inflation in Fiji? Open
This note examines the effects of price-controlled perishable food items on inflation in Fiji. We study year-on-year changes in headline inflation and disaggregate measures of inflation in the form of food and non-alcoholic beverages and v…
View article: Price Controlled Petroleum and LPG Prices and COVID-19: Some Evidence From Fiji
Price Controlled Petroleum and LPG Prices and COVID-19: Some Evidence From Fiji Open
This note examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on price-controlled petroleum and LPG prices in Fiji. We develop autoregressive models of price control orders authorised by the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission and find th…
View article: Reexamining the relationship between ESG and firm performance: Evidence from the role of Buddhism
Reexamining the relationship between ESG and firm performance: Evidence from the role of Buddhism Open
This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) and firm performance, with a focus on the impact of Buddhism. Our findings suggest the following: (1) The local Buddhism environment weakens…
View article: Does Local Confucian Culture Affect Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings? Evidence from China
Does Local Confucian Culture Affect Corporate Environmental, Social, and Governance Ratings? Evidence from China Open
We investigate the influence of local Confucian culture on firms’ commitment to environment, social, and governance (ESG). We hypothesize that local Confucian culture will encourage firms to increase their commitment and effort to ESG prac…
View article: Re-Examining the Income–CO2 Emissions Nexus Using the New Kink Regression Model: Does the Kuznets Curve Exist in G7 Countries?
Re-Examining the Income–CO2 Emissions Nexus Using the New Kink Regression Model: Does the Kuznets Curve Exist in G7 Countries? Open
More countries have made carbon neutral or net zero emission commitments since 2019. Within this context, re-examining the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis plays an essential role in sizing up the global economic development si…
View article: WHAT DRIVES PERSISTENTLY HIGH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN VIETNAM? SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE NEW KEYNESIAN CURVE FRAMEWORK
WHAT DRIVES PERSISTENTLY HIGH INFLATIONARY PRESSURES IN VIETNAM? SOME EVIDENCE FROM THE NEW KEYNESIAN CURVE FRAMEWORK Open
In this study, we revisit the inflation process in Vietnam through the New Keynesian Phillips Curve (NKPC) model. We use monthly and quarterly data frequencies to track the forces driving inflationary pressures up to a quarter. Interest ra…
View article: DIVERSIFICATION GAINS FOR A HOME BIASED TRADER IN THE EMERGING AND FRONTIER EQUITY MARKETS
DIVERSIFICATION GAINS FOR A HOME BIASED TRADER IN THE EMERGING AND FRONTIER EQUITY MARKETS Open
We study the case of a home-biased equity trader based in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, or Latin America, who is looking at diversifying his/her investment risks internationally within his/her region a…
View article: Assessing the Financial Implications of COVID-19 Within the SVAR Framework for Some Asian Countries
Assessing the Financial Implications of COVID-19 Within the SVAR Framework for Some Asian Countries Open
This article examines the structural responses of foreign exchange and equity markets to the COVID-19 pandemic in seven Asian countries over its first 4 months (31 December 2019 to 1 May 2020). Marginal effects derived from a structural ve…
View article: DOES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION INCREASE FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION? SOME NEW EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM
DOES ECONOMIC INTEGRATION INCREASE FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION? SOME NEW EVIDENCE FROM VIETNAM Open
While several studies have, directly or indirectly, showed the importance of economic integration in job creation and destruction, direct empirical evidence for Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) is still sparse. We take the case of V…
View article: Estimating the Speed of Adjustment of Leverage in the Presence of Interactive Effects
Estimating the Speed of Adjustment of Leverage in the Presence of Interactive Effects Open
Dynamic panel data regression models with fixed effects to account for unobserved heterogeneity are standard econometric tools. It is not until recently, however, that the problems involved when fitting such regressions to leverage data ha…
View article: Does Economic Integration Increase Female Labour Force Participation? Labour Force Participation?
Does Economic Integration Increase Female Labour Force Participation? Labour Force Participation? Open
While several studies have, directly or indirectly, showed the importance of economic integration in job creation and destruction, direct empirical evidence for Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) is still sparse. We take the case of V…
View article: The dynamics of the current account : the case of the OECD countries
The dynamics of the current account : the case of the OECD countries Open
This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. M…
View article: Are the Current Account Imbalances on a Sustainable Path?
Are the Current Account Imbalances on a Sustainable Path? Open
This paper examines the current accounts of 16 developed and developing countries over the period 1970 to 2018. We test whether these nations satisfy their intertemporal solvency condition for external imbalances. The solvency condition in…
View article: ASIAN CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES AND SPILLOVERS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A REGION AND THE UNITED STATES
ASIAN CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES AND SPILLOVERS FROM A FOREIGN COUNTRY, A REGION AND THE UNITED STATES Open
This paper provides an overall picture on the influence of domestic and foreign shockson the current account of selected Asian countries over the period 1978 to 2012. Thepresent value model of the current account theory states that forward…
View article: DOES FINTECH MATTER FOR INDONESIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH?
DOES FINTECH MATTER FOR INDONESIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH? Open
This paper investigates the role of financial technology (FinTech) in propelling economic growth in Indonesia from 1998 to 2018. The FinTech industry employs a technology-based business model to provide financial services, including lendin…
View article: The Influence of Domestic and Foreign Shocks on Portfolio Diversification Gains and the Associated Risks
The Influence of Domestic and Foreign Shocks on Portfolio Diversification Gains and the Associated Risks Open
This paper evaluates the influence of foreign or domestic stock market return and return of volatility shocks on dynamic conditional correlations (DCCs) between international stock markets and correlation volatility, respectively. The corr…
View article: Are Exports More Responsive to Clean or Dirty Energy? The Case of Vietnam’s Exports to 54 Countries
Are Exports More Responsive to Clean or Dirty Energy? The Case of Vietnam’s Exports to 54 Countries Open
In this paper we examine the influence of clean (hydropower) or dirty (fossil fuel generated) energy on bilateral exports. We focus on bilateral exports from Vietnam, a developing nation with a fast-growing economy propelled by internation…
View article: THE INFLUENCE OF OIL PRICES ON INDONESIA’S EXCHANGE RATE
THE INFLUENCE OF OIL PRICES ON INDONESIA’S EXCHANGE RATE Open
This study tests for a long-run relation between oil prices and the rupiah–US dollarexchange rate. We discover, first, that the long-run cointegration relation between oilprices and the real exchange rate (RER) is sensitive to different ex…
View article: The influence of oil prices on Indonesias exchange rate
The influence of oil prices on Indonesias exchange rate Open
This study tests for a long-run relation between oil prices and the rupiah–US dollarexchange rate. We discover, first, that the long-run cointegration relation between oilprices and the real exchange rate (RER) is sensitive to different ex…
View article: HAS FINTECH INFLUENCED INDONESIA’S EXCHANGE RATE AND INFLATION?
HAS FINTECH INFLUENCED INDONESIA’S EXCHANGE RATE AND INFLATION? Open
The digital financial services industry or financial technology (FinTech) has emerged in Indonesia in recent years. The FinTech industry, although disruptive, promises among other things to reduce costs of, and improve access to, financial…
View article: PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EMERGING AND FRONTIER STOCK MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM TEN ASIAN COUNTRIES
PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EMERGING AND FRONTIER STOCK MARKETS: EVIDENCE FROM TEN ASIAN COUNTRIES Open
In this paper, we take the case of Asian investors in any one out of ten emerging and frontier Asian (EFA) nations with an investment portfolio comprising of the MSCI of the home country, MSCIs of nine other Asian countries and stock marke…
View article: Are Oil Price News Headlines Statistically and Economically Significant for Investors?
Are Oil Price News Headlines Statistically and Economically Significant for Investors? Open
While much has been written about the effects of oil price on stock returns, surprisingly nothing is known about the effect of oil price news on stock returns. This article is a response to this research gap. For a large number of stocks o…
View article: The J-Curve: Evidence from Fiji
The J-Curve: Evidence from Fiji Open
This article provides new evidence on both long-run and short-run determinants of trade balance for Fiji and investigates evidence of J-curve adjustment behaviour in the aftermath of a devaluation. We adopt the partial reduced form model o…
View article: Does democracy facilitate economic growth or does economic growth facilitate democracy? An empirical study of sub-Saharan Africa
Does democracy facilitate economic growth or does economic growth facilitate democracy? An empirical study of sub-Saharan Africa Open
This paper examines the relationship between democracy and economic growth in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries. As our proxy for democracy we first use the democracy index constructed by Freedom House and then check the sensitivity of our …
View article: Savings Behaviour in Fiji: An Empirical Assessment Using the ARDL Approach to Cointegration
Savings Behaviour in Fiji: An Empirical Assessment Using the ARDL Approach to Cointegration Open
National savings play an important role in the economic development of many developing countries, especially if capital markets are weak. In this paper we investigate the determinants of national savings for Fiji. We use the recently devel…