Geography of finance
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Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion and stability Open
This article provides a discussion on some issues associated with digital finance – an area which has not been critically addressed in the literature. Digital finance and financial inclusion has several benefits to financial services users…
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Financial literacy and responsible finance in the FinTech era: capabilities and challenges Open
A growing body of evidence suggests that financial literacy plays an important role in financial well-being, and that differences in financial knowledge acquired early in life can explain a significant part of financial and more general we…
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Factors Affecting the Sustainability Performance of Financial Institutions in Bangladesh: The Role of Green Finance Open
Despite the increasing popularity of green finance and sustainable investment in the field of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), very few studies have investigated the effect of green finance dimensions on the sustainable performance of…
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COVID‐19 and Finance: Market Developments So Far and Potential Impacts on the Financial Sector and Centres Open
This paper offers an informed commentary on the actual and potential impacts of the pandemic on financial markets, sector and centres, grounded in literature on financial centres, the state‐finance nexus, and trends affecting the landscape…
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Challenges for the Islamic Finance and banking in post COVID era and the role of Fintech Open
Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic has created a huge disruption in the finance world and it poses another challenge to Islamic finance after the global financial crisis to provide an alternative and sustainable finance. Islamic financ…
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Examining the relationship between finance, institutions and economic growth: evidence from the ASEAN economies Open
This study investigates the role of financial and institutional development on economic growth in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies from 1995 to 2017 using a dynamic panel estimator. Financial development is inst…
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Regional Development of China’s Inclusive Finance Through Financial Technology Open
Financial technology, commonly used the term as FinTech, is a key emerging driver of inclusive finance. This is also one of the emerging issues of finance as well as financial research. This research is done with the purpose of showing the…
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Strategic coupling between finance, technology and the state: Cultivating a Fintech ecosystem for incumbent finance Open
The rise of Fintech challenges established financial centres and incumbent financial institutions to rethink their strategies to remain obligatory passage points in the age of digitizing finance. To appreciate these changes, it is importan…
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Financial literacy and financial planning: Implication for financial well-being of retirees Open
This study examines how financial literacy, financial behaviour, family support (as another source of income), number of dependents, and retirement planning influence on the financial well-being of retirees in Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghan…
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Cash cows? Assembling low-carbon agriculture through green finance Open
‘Green’ forms of finance are deemed increasingly important in mitigating climate change. Despite growing calls to make financial flows consistent with Paris Agreement goals, to date little is known about the impact of ‘green finance’. Draw…
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When Things Don't Fall Apart Open
An account of the significant though gradual, uneven, disconnected, ad hoc, and pragmatic innovations in global financial governance and developmental finance induced by the global financial crisis. In When Things Don't Fall Apart, Ilene G…
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Improving financial capability: the mediating role of financial behaviour Open
This paper investigates the collective impact of financial literacy and inclusion on individuals’ financial capability focusing on the mediating role of financial behaviour. The research is conducted on an individual-level survey. The rela…
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Financial geography II: The impacts of FinTech – Financial sector and centres, regulation and stability, inclusion and governance Open
In this report, I review interdisciplinary research on the actual and potential consequences of FinTech, with emphasis on ideas from and for geographers, and three areas: financial sector and centres, financial regulation and stability, an…
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Strengthening the Foundations? Alternative Institutions for Finance and Development Open
The 21st century has ushered in the emergence of alternative institutions for liquidity provision and development finance, many of which are Southern‐led. The special issue that follows this Introduction assesses the extent to which existi…
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Rethinking international financial centres through the politics of territory: renminbi internationalisation in London's financial district Open
This paper revisits canonical thinking on international financial centres ( IFC s) that understands them as being primarily sustained through market liquidity, economies of competition and cooperation between financial and related professi…
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Economic Geography, Politics, and Policy Open
Globalization has reduced the importance of distance between countries. Yet, within countries, geography matters now more than ever. Economic activities, including production and employment, occur unevenly across space within countries, an…
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Relationship between financial inclusion, monetary policy and financial stability: An analysis in high financial development and low financial development countries Open
This article studies the linkage between financial inclusion, monetary policy and financial stability in 58 countries including 31 high financial development countries (HFDCs) and 27 low financial development countries (LFDCs) from 2004 to…
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Digital Finance, Green Finance and Social Finance: Is there a Link? Open
Identifying the intersection between digital finance, green finance and social finance is important for promoting sustainable financial, social and environmental development. This paper suggests a link between digital finance, green financ…
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Internet Finance, Green Finance, and Sustainability Open
This special issue, “Internet Finance, Green Finance, and Sustainability”, is focused on the prosperous financial industry and the relationship between finance and sustainability. It especially gathers papers pertaining to the hot topic of…
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Consumer financial education and risky financial asset holding in China Open
Risky financial asset holding is arguably a desirable financial behaviour that contributes to consumer financial well‐being. However, studies about associations between consumer financial education and risky financial asset holding in Chin…
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The Missing-Link between Financial Development and Economic Growth: Financial Innovation Open
The paper investigates the relationship between financial development, financial innovation, and economic growth using a panel data analysis. The sample covers fifteen countries for the period of 2003-2016. Financial development has been c…
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Impact of Financial Technology on Regional Green Finance Open
Finance is the core of modern economy, and a strong country cannot do without the support of financial system. With the rapid development of economy and society, the traditional financial services can not support the increasi... | Find, re…
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The role of financial technology and entrepreneurial finance practices in funding small and medium-sized enterprises Open
PURPOSE: The traditional sources of financing (bank loans) cannot be treated as an essential source of financing for SMEs in developing countries. For this reason, this group of entities uses many alternative sources, from bootstrapping to…
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New financial geographies of Asia Open
This special issue examines the recent trends and impacts of financial development in Asia and its implications for regional studies in this rapidly growing region. This editorial introduces the dynamics of the financial landscape in Asia …
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FINANCIAL CAPABILITY AS A FUNCTION OF FINANCIAL LITERACY, FINANCIAL ADVICE, AND FINANCIAL SATISFACTION Open
There is no substantial evidence that exists in the literature to establish the link between financial advice and financial capability fully establishes, even though ‘getting help’ is identified as an important aspect of financial capabili…
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Economic Geography: A Critical Introduction Open
Acknowledgments vi List of Figures vii 1 Why Economic Geography Is Good For You 1 Part I Thinking Critically about Economic Geography 23 2 What Is Economic Geography? 25 3 Inventing Economic Geography: Histories of a Discipline 50 4 Econom…
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Proposals for Effectively Regulating the U.S. Financial System to Avoid Yet Another Meltdown Open
It is now clear that we are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. This crisis is the latest phase of the evolution of financial markets under the radical financial deregulation process that began in the lat…
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THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL FINANCIAL SOCIALISATION TECHNIQUES ON STUDENT FINANCIAL BEHAVIOUR Open
This study investigated which financial socialisation techniques parents used to\ninfluence students’ financial behaviour. Few students possess satisfactory levels\nof knowledge regarding financial concepts and, as a result, often struggle…
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Effects of green finance and financial innovation on environmental quality: new empirical evidence from China Open
Sustainable development pursues equilibrium between the environment, economic growth, and quality of life. Currently, in many economies, environmental pollution has become a critical issue. The financial sector development has played a cru…
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Financial geography I: The state-finance nexus Open
In the first of my reports on financial geography, I focus on a growing body of work that engages with the state as a vital and strategic actor in financial markets and in the global economy. After the 2008 global financial crisis, austeri…