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Brandeis in Brussels? Bureaucratic discretion, social learning, and the development of regulated competition in the European Union (2023)
Journal Article
Foster, C., & Thelen, K. (2024). Brandeis in Brussels? Bureaucratic discretion, social learning, and the development of regulated competition in the European Union. Regulation and Governance, 18(4), 1083-1103. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12570

Neo‐Brandeisian legal scholars have recently revived the ideas of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, who championed state regulation that preserved market competition and economic liberty in the face of concentrated private power. Yet ultimately a... Read More about Brandeis in Brussels? Bureaucratic discretion, social learning, and the development of regulated competition in the European Union.

The dynamic nexus of oil price fluctuations and banking sector in China: A continuous wavelet analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Bilgili, F., Kassouri, Y., Kuşkaya, S., & Majok Garang, A. P. (2023). The dynamic nexus of oil price fluctuations and banking sector in China: A continuous wavelet analysis. Resources Policy, 88, Article 104449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104449

The fluctuations in World and national energy prices and energy policies might affect the financial and real sectors. This paper focuses on the nexus between oil prices and bank credits in China through continuous wavelet analyses in the following di... Read More about The dynamic nexus of oil price fluctuations and banking sector in China: A continuous wavelet analysis.

Trust and employment protection legislation (2023)
Journal Article
Jayakody, S., Morelli, D., Nica, M., & Oberoi, J. (2023). Trust and employment protection legislation. Economics Letters, 234, Article 111441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111441

We examine the role of generalized social trust in substituting for employment protection legislation. Using foreign direct investment from the US to a sample of OECD countries, we find that trust diminishes the importance of formal employment regula... Read More about Trust and employment protection legislation.

Questioning the Appropriateness of Examining Guanxi in a Wasta Environment: Why Context Should Be Front and Center in Informal Network Research – A Commentary on 'De-Linking From Western Epistemologies: Using GuanxiType Relationships to Attract and Retain Hotel Guests in the Middle East’ (2023)
Journal Article
Horak, S., Abosag, I., Hutchings, K., Alsarhan, F., Ali, S., Al-Twal, A., Weir, D., AlHussan, F., & Al-Husan, F. (in press). Questioning the Appropriateness of Examining Guanxi in a Wasta Environment: Why Context Should Be Front and Center in Informal Network Research – A Commentary on 'De-Linking From Western Epistemologies: Using GuanxiType Relationships to Attract and Retain Hotel Guests in the Middle East’. Management and Organization Review, 19(5), 1040-1045. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2023.26

The Public Finance Position of Immigrants in Europe: A Quantile Regression Approach (2023)
Journal Article
Joxhe, M., Scaramozzino, P., & Zanaj, S. (2024). The Public Finance Position of Immigrants in Europe: A Quantile Regression Approach. Public Finance Review, 52(2), 182-221. https://doi.org/10.1177/10911421231197280

This paper contrasts the net fiscal position (NFP) of immigrants versus natives using data from the European Survey on Living Conditions for 2007-2015. By employing a quantile regression approach, we find that European and non-European migrants have... Read More about The Public Finance Position of Immigrants in Europe: A Quantile Regression Approach.

Director reputation and earnings management: evidence from the British Honours System (2023)
Journal Article
Lawal, T. (2023). Director reputation and earnings management: evidence from the British Honours System. International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 13(4), 516-556. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBAAF.2023.10056181

This study introduces a novel and methodological enhancement to the literature on the measurement of director reputation and examines the link between director reputation and earnings management. Using hand-collected British Honours System data for 2... Read More about Director reputation and earnings management: evidence from the British Honours System.

South African Manufacturing: The challenge of growth with jobs (2023)
Journal Article
Driver, C. (2024). South African Manufacturing: The challenge of growth with jobs. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 68, 433-445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2023.10.015

This paper evaluates South African manufacturing performance over 25 years. It reports the evolution of five basic variables: employment, mark-ups, exports, domestic sales, and investment, using an aggregated sample of firms from a reliable business... Read More about South African Manufacturing: The challenge of growth with jobs.

Satellite forecasting of crop harvest can trigger a cross-hemispheric production response and improve global food security (2023)
Journal Article
Tanaka, T., Sun, L., Becker-Reshef, I., Song, X.-P., & Puricelli, E. (2023). Satellite forecasting of crop harvest can trigger a cross-hemispheric production response and improve global food security. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 334. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00992-2

Global food security is increasingly threatened by climate change and regional human conflicts. Abnormal fluctuations in crop production in major exporting countries can cause volatility in food prices and household consumption in importing countries... Read More about Satellite forecasting of crop harvest can trigger a cross-hemispheric production response and improve global food security.

Economic Policy Frameworks Revisited. A Restatement of the Evergreen Instruments (2023)
Book
Imbriani, C., & Scaramozzino, P. (Eds.). (2023). Economic Policy Frameworks Revisited. A Restatement of the Evergreen Instruments. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36518-8

This volume presents state-of-the-art contributions to the theory and practice of economic policy. In light of the 2007/2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, it discusses the relevance and effectiveness of various traditional economic poli... Read More about Economic Policy Frameworks Revisited. A Restatement of the Evergreen Instruments.

Introduction: Time and Economic Policy (2023)
Book Chapter
Imbriani, C., & Scaramozzino, P. (2023). Introduction: Time and Economic Policy. In C. Imbriani, & P. Scaramozzino (Eds.), Economic Policy Frameworks Revisited. A Restatement of the Evergreen Instruments (1-8). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36518-8_1

What is the role today of monetary and fiscal policy? The past few years have seen an intensification of the debate on the scope and rationale of economic policy, stimulated by the responses to the massive economic shocks which affected the global ec... Read More about Introduction: Time and Economic Policy.