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Jun 13, 2025Open Access
This study examines the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors on sovereign credit ratings in Sub-Saharan African countries using LASSO and Random Forest models. Sovereign credit ratings, issued by major rating agencies, play a crucial role in determining a country’s borrowing costs and investment attractiveness. Traditionally, these ratings have been influenced by macroeconomic factors; however, recent trends suggest that ESG considerations are becoming increasingly relev...
Apr 28, 2025Open Access
The host country of the FIFA World Cup receives substantial economic benefits that have become recognized worldwide. This paper examines both immediate and sustained economic influences brought by the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar. Econometric models together with input-output analysis along with cost-benefit analysis allow the study to evaluate its effects on GDP growth as well as employment shifts with analysis of infrastructure investment sustainability. The FIFA World Cup gene...
Jan 26, 2025Open Access
This paper aims to investigate the influence of skill selection on productivity gains. To do this, using the productivity of intermediate goods and the average level of technology models, we construct a model in which we show that the implementation of policy based on investment in large technological projects and the selection of the right workers for high-skill tasks left back by automation in technologically advanced firms are the key for the productivity growth. Our model indicates that the ...
Jul 29, 2024Open Access
This study assesses the effects of migrant remittances on inclusive growth in Africa. We applied the ordinary least squares method on a sample of 48 countries in Africa with daily data from 1996 to 2021. The results show that remittances from migrants contribute negatively to inclusive growth. In addition, the results show that an interaction between migrants’ remittances and ease of doing business contributes to improving inclusive growth in African countries. From a policy perspective, we sugg...
Dec 01, 2023Open Access
This study provides a detailed analysis of the differences in consumer insights and purchasing patterns among different generational groups: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z in the city of Loja, Ecuador. The research objective was to demonstrate that these consumption patterns and perceptions are not uniform across different generations, which can have a significant impact on marketing and sales strategies. A probabilistic sampling design with simple random sampling was ...
Dec 01, 2023Open Access
The objective research is to know the environmental service the bat subspecies, Mexican Tadarida brasiliensis, offer as a natural plague controller in the state of Nuevo León and to approximate the economic value of this service. It begins by studying the eating habits of the population living in the cave Cueva de la Boca, located in Santiago, Nuevo León. The insects identified on their diet represent potential agricultural plagues in the region. According to primary and secondary ...
Dec 12, 2022Open Access
Is it possible for the government’s public investment sector to have a venture capital subsidiary? This paper is meant to explore the feasibility of this policy idea. The intent of this research is to explore possible options to make it feasible for the government to have a venture capital subsidiary. This is a particularly potent policy for low GDP economies to stimulate their growth. This paper also explores the interconnectedness between financial policies dealing with governmental investment...
Jan 28, 2022Open Access
Better inventory and material handling could lead to reduction of raw material solid waste. Reducing waste under inventory control entails purchasing only the amount of raw materials needed for a production run or a set period of time, purchasing the material in the proper amount and the proper size container, approaching the suppliers to see if they can take back the excess materials, and developing review procedures for all materials purchased, to minimize the chances of storing them beyond th...
Aug 21, 2020Open Access
Estimated benefits are necessary for a cost benefit analysis of Covid-19 suppression. We propose a stock-market-based approach to estimate the benefits of incremental suppression of Covid-19’s spread that will last till no new cases are recorded for 14 days, the projected incubation period of Covid-19. This approach’s empirical implementation uses a) total capitalization of 14 market indices for large cap stocks; and b) an index’s estimated elasticity of cumulative confirmed cases (CCC) obtained...
Aug 12, 2020Open Access
The aim of the paper is to identify the obstacles of the application of electronic management in the strategic planning of the National Commercial Bank NCB, the extent to which the bank employees are familiar with e-management and the extent to which e-management contributes to achieving quality requirements. The study society is limited to bank employee in NCB 10 members of the employees, the tool used is a quantitative method, and the results indicate the weakness of the application of electro...
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