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The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Systemic Risk in the Fintech Industry: Evidence from Crisis Events and the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Aktham Maghyereh  and  Jinxin Cui
Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the systemic risk of the fintech industry. To achieve this goal, we first estimate the evolution of system-wide systemic risk using the CatFin method. We further examine whether EPU significantly affects systemic risk. Our findings demonstrate that the systemic risk of the fintech industry is time-varian [...] Read more

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The impact of digital economy development on local fiscal revenue efficiency
by Haixiang Xiao  and  Jiayi Liu
Abstract
The vigorous development of the digital economy has brought new opportunities and challenges to the construction of local fiscal revenue efficiency. Based on the panel data from 2011 to 2020, this paper uses the fixed effect model, instrumental variable method and other empirical studies to investigate the impact of the development of the digital economy on the efficiency of lo [...] Read more

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Contribution of the Strategic Economic Plan to Singapore’s Long-term Growth: A Synthetic Control Approach
by Júlia Gallego Ziero Uhr , Felipe Weizenmann , Daniel de Abreu Pereira Uhr , Mariana Fialho Ferreira  and  Igor Serpa Moraes
Abstract
We assess the impact of the Strategic Economic Plan on Singapore’s long-term GDP per capita. To our knowledge, we are the first to evaluate the effect of the 1991 plan on Singapore’s successful growth trajectory using methodologies aimed at causal identification. In other words, this article applies the Synthetic Control method and World Bank data from 1970 to 2018. [...] Read more

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Corporate social responsibility and the likelihood of external financing
by Shahbaz Sheikh
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This paper empirically investigates the relation between firm performance in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the need and likelihood of external financing to test the predictions of agency and stakeholder theories. Empirical results from Logit, Linear Probability Model, OLS and Firm fixed effects regressions indicate that CSR is negatively related to the likelihood an [...] Read more

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Student loan debt and U.S. married households’ stock investment decisions
by Thomas Korankye
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This study aims to examine the effects of student loan debt on the decisions of U.S. married households to invest in stocks located in non-retirement accounts. Using longitudinal datasets from the 2011 to 2017 U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics and a fixed effects logit model, the results show mixed findings. The presence of student debt decreases the probability that married [...] Read more

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Optimal Commodity Storage: Privately and Publicly Financed Storage Compared
by Paul Hallwood
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Consideration of optimal commodity storage with different discount rates. Finding that, even with a lower discount rate than private storage, optimal government-financed storage may not narrow price fluctuations compared with optimal privately financed storage because a government has to choose a probability of buffer stock failure greater than zero to economize on storage cost [...] Read more

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The reasons that younger homeowners are less likely to become entrepreneurs: The role of capital constraints
by Mingzhi Hu  and  Xiaoshuang Li
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Considering that housing is the single biggest asset for most households, owning a home may create barriers to entrepreneurship for young people who generally accumulate relatively little wealth due to a short-term career and low income. Using longitudinal data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) survey, our empirical work suggests that homeowners are associated with sig [...] Read more

Review
Application of nanodrugs in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases
by Qiang Xie , Hongmei Yang  and  Wenjie Shi
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Cardiovascular disease is still a disease with high incidence rate and mortality. Although advanced technology continues to increase our understanding of cardiovascular disease, its diagnosis and treatment still have limitations. As an emerging interdisciplinary method, nanotechnology has shown enormous clinical application potential. Nanomaterials have unique physical and chem [...] Read more

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Investigating the Influence of Factors on Attitude Towards Organic Food
by Shen Li
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The purpose of the study is to determine the relationships between the factors, attitude towards food consumption and green purchase intention in organic food markets of Pakistan. A Total of 301 sample data was analyzed by SPSS and PLS-SEM. These statistical techniques were used to test the hypotheses. The study was supported the theories include theory of Reasoned Action, Plan [...] Read more

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Modeling the Potential Impact of Government Regulation on Cryptocurrency Prices
by Kylie LoPiccolo  and  Francis Parisi
Abstract
Cryptocurrencies have gained popularity over the past five to six years. Most recently, events like the FTX bankruptcy fueled the interest in regulation. Moreover, it is possible that the FTX event disrupting the cryptocurrency market was a factor in Silicon Valley Bank's failure. While several countries consider regulation, from soft regulation, like Japan, to more rigid stand [...] Read more

Letter
The Driving Force of CO2 Reduction in China’s Industries
by Lu Liu  and  Chengzhao You
Abstract
We employ the joint production decomposition model to conduct a full decomposition of CO2 emission among 36 industrial sectors in China from 1998 to 2011, under the framework of growth accounting. The results show that: (1) the average CO2 emission increases at an annual rate of 3.01%, and production technology progression is the main driving force, while the transformation tow [...] Read more

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Digital economy drives the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry in Hebei Province
by Shi Yin , Jianfang Li , Jiayi Yin  and  Tahir Mahmood
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In the context of digital economy, Hebei Province, as an important province in central China, has a huge manufacturing base and potential, and the development of digital economy has driven the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing industry to a certain extent. In order to better play the driving role of digital economy in the transformation and upgrading of manufacturin [...] Read more

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An analysis of how digital technology impacts trade costs—Based on the empirical data of RCEP member countries
by Juan Meng , Hao Lu  and  Shenxiang She
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This paper explores how digital technology reduces trade costs using bilateral trade data from RCEP member countries and a panel fixed effects model. The findings show that digital technology significantly lowers trade costs, a conclusion that holds even after accounting for lag effects and various robustness checks. The impact of digital technology on trade costs follows an in [...] Read more

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Targeted intracellular delivery of BH3 mimetic peptide inhibits BCL-2 activity and prevents breast cancer development
by Zhengdong Yuan , Yiwen Zhang , Xuena Yang  and  Hai Qin
Abstract
Breast cancer, as a malignant tumor with easy metastasis and poor prognosis, threatens the health of women around the world. Increasing studies have shown that the Bcl-2 family of apoptosis-related proteins is often expressed abnormally in breast cancer. The Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3) mimetic peptide can bind and neutralize Bcl-2, preventing its binding to the apoptosis "effector" [...] Read more

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Impact of Industrialization on Household Income in Rural China, 1988-2018
by Yulu Chen , Qingjie Xia  and  Shi Li
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This paper uses China Household Income Project rural household survey data spanning 30 years (1988-2018) to study the impact of China’s industrialization on rural household income. In the semiparametric regression model, we use the rural households’ distance to the manufacturing hub to analyze the spillover effect of industrialization on their income and the spatial [...] Read more

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Pakistan’s Energy Dilemma and Its Consequences on Economic Growth
by Tooba Rehan Haqqi  and  Muhammad Farhan Fiaz
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Technological advancements in the last few decades have created energy and cost-efficient power plants, but it is not a prominent feature in the electricity supply-chain. While many long-term and short-term energy alternatives are available, Pakistan still has a significant number of people who do not have access to electricity; as there are many areas that are neither connecte [...] Read more

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Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Asia and the Pacific –It’s Matter for Economic Performance with the 4th Industrial Revolution
by G.L.D. Wickramasinghe  and  Vathsala Wickramasinghe
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The very nature of work, labor market composition, and skill requirements are severely affected by technology-driven transformations currently underway with the 4th industrial revolution (4IR). The effect of 4IR technologies on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and the contribution of TVET to the labor market is explicit. The paper presents the findings of [...] Read more

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Welfare fragmented information effects: The cost-benefit analysis and Trade-offs
by Emna Trabelsi
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We offer an extensive analysis of the significance of information within the realm of Gaussian quadratic economies. We build upon the seminal papers of Morris and Shin (2002, 2007) and consider a signal game of incomplete information. Particularly, we question the suitability of partial transparency portrayed by fragmented information in addition to the private signal in terms [...] Read more

Review
Advances in the use of cell-membrane encapsulated nanoparticles to target tumor drugs
by Mengdie Feng  and  Yonghua Zheng
Abstract
Cancer treatment faces multiple challenges, including tumor heterogeneity, drug resistance, microenvironment influence, treatment side effects, and treatment cost. The heterogeneity of the tumor makes the effect of the same treatment vary in different patients, so the development of personalized treatment strategies is crucial. In addition, resistance of tumor cells to therapeu [...] Read more

Journal Article
Trust in Government and COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors
by Yenny Guzman-Ruiz , Joshua Choe , Gerard F. Anderson  and  Antonio J. Trujillo
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High levels of trust are positively correlated with increased collaboration, prosocial actions, and heightened adherence to preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies on trust during the pandemic have primarily focused on either cross-sectional data or its impact in conjunction with other related variables, such as political party affiliations or vaccin [...] Read more