Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 50 Issue 4

Managing the job guarantee public policy schemes: a strategic approach

Dipankar Das

To run a job guarantee public policy scheme, it is important to know the aspiration level or the reference point of labor, and accordingly, the labor hour and the wage sequence…

High-tech gazelle firms at various stages of evolution: performance and distinctive features

Vladislav Spitsin, Darko Vukovic, Alexander Mikhalchuk, Lubov Spitsina, Daria Novoseltseva

The purpose of this study is the detection and comparison of distinctive features of Gazelle firms (GFs) at three stages evolution outside the typical boundaries.

Equity market integration in emerging economies: a network visualization approach

Aswini Kumar Mishra, Anand Theertha, Isha Mahesh Amoncar, Manogna R L

The authors examine network features such as connectivity, centrality, adjacency matrices, closeness and betweenness measures through a variety of indicators. The results of the…

Does hiring a manager improve efficiency – owner vs. non-owner management control of rice mills

Eucabeth Majiwa, Boon Lee, Jonas Månsson, Clevo Wilson

In this study, the impact of owner-operator and non-owner operator rice mills on productive efficiency is investigated.

Gold, crude oil, bitcoin and Indian stock market: recent confirmation from nonlinear ARDL analysis

Suresh Kumar, Ankit Kumar, Gurcharan Singh

This paper investigates the causality among gold prices, crude oil prices, bitcoin and stock prices by using daily data from January 2014 to December 2021. The study also examines…

Spillover effects of corruption: evidence from China's anti-corruption campaign

Daniel Sungyeon Kim, Lizhe Luo, Domenico Tarzia, Giovanni Vittorino, Andros Gregoriou

The authors study the effectiveness of the anti-corruption campaign in all of mainland China's provinces in terms of risk and volatility spillovers.

Investigating the impact of ICT-trade nexus on competitiveness in Eastern and Western European countries

Özgür Bayram Soylu, Bosede Ngozi Adeleye, Murat Ergül, Fatih Okur, Daniel Balsalobre Lorente

Since competitiveness is crucial in international trade, this paper contributes to the literature by interrogating the information and communication technology (ICT)-trade nexus…

Portfolio diversification impact of oil and asymmetric interaction between oil, equity and bonds in the global market: fresh evidence from alternative approaches

Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Eduardo Roca, Alan Mustafa

In addition to the seminal approach of Markowitz (1952) that is based on finding the optimal budget shares for minimizing risk, the authors also make use of the approach developed…

Social capital, poverty alleviation and complexity in Africa. Evidence from rural areas

Raffaele Scuderi, Giuseppe Tesoriere, Vincenzo Fasone, Giulio Pedrini

The aim is to discuss the role of social capital in alleviating poverty in the rural setting of Africa by viewing it as an individual and collective asset.

The impact of influential shareholders on corporate dividend policy: evidence from Russia

Tatiana Ershova, Marina Zavertiaeva, Dmitry Kirpishchikov

This study examines the impact of influential shareholders, namely, state and influential businessmen, on the dividend policies of firms. A special focus is made on the causal…

The dynamic relationship of cryptocurrencies with supply chain and logistics stocks – the impact of COVID-19

Theodoros Daglis

The COVID-19 pandemic is known to have affected the logistics and supply chains; however, there is no adequate empirical evidence to prove in which way it has affected the…

Financial services and firm performance, are there any differences by size? Worldwide evidence using firm-level data

Zakaria Elouaourti, Elhadj Ezzahid

Do financial services needs depend on the firm size? To highlight the impact of different categories of financial services on firm performance, we establish a correspondence…