Studies in Economics and Finance: Volume 38 Issue 2

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Table of contents - Special Issue: Applied Financial Modelling

Guest Editors: Paresh Kumar Narayan, Jonathan Batten

Construction of infrastructure index for Indonesia

Sahminan Sahminan, Oki Hermansyah, Robbi Nur Rakhman

The purpose of this paper is to construct indices on Indonesia’s economic infrastructure. The components of infrastructure include transportation, communications and electricity…

Understanding Indonesia’s exchange rate behavior

R. Eki Rahman

The main aim of this paper is to examine the mechanism of determining the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Indonesian rupiah (USD/IDR) by market players to manage the…

Non-core deposit of Indonesian banking

Cicilia A. Harun, Raquela Renanda Nattan

This paper aims to examine non-core deposit (NCD), or the fraction of deposit most likely to be withdrawn, based on bank liquidity behavior. NCD is an analytical component of bank…

Fiscal sustainability in India: evidence from Markov switching and threshold regression models

Vaseem Akram, Badri Narayan Rath

The purpose of this study is to examine the fiscal sustainability issue by dividing the fiscal deficit into high and low regimes using the quarterly data from 1997: Q1 to 2013…

Crude palm oil prices and default risk: an analysis of Indonesia’s listed agricultural firms

Arlyana Abubakar, Agung Bayu Purwoko, Hesti Werdaningtyas, Sulistiyo Kadam Ardiyono, Frida Yunita Sinurat

This study aims to examine how crude palm oil (CPO) price impacts corporate default risk (CDR) of agricultural firms in Indonesia’s palm oil industry.

Digital trade facilitation and bilateral trade in selected Asian countries

Normaz Wana Ismail

Digital technology is gaining attention among many scholars as a way to facilitate trade. This study aims to investigate three important digital dimensions (DD), namely, digital…

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Does bank regulation and supervision impedes the efficiency of microfinance institutions to eradicate poverty? Evidence from ASEAN-5 countries

Nurazilah Zainal, Annuar Md Nassir, Fakarudin Kamarudin, Siong Hook Law

The purpose of this study is to examine how banking regulation and supervision affect the performance of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It proposes performance of the MFIs from…

Do foreign banks in India respond to global monetary policy shocks? A SVAR analysis

Ameen Omar Shareef, K.P. Prabheesh

This paper aims to examine the role of foreign banks in transmitting global monetary policy shocks to India. Further, the authors try to explore the international bank lending…

Do surges in foreign direct investment inflows lead to surges in economic growth? Evidence from developing countries

Jagadish Prasad Sahu

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether surge in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows leads to surge in economic growth in 52 developing countries for the period…

Global value chain embeddedness, labour productivity and employment in the Asia-Pacific countries

Bhushan Praveen Jangam

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of the global value chain (GVC) participation and the associated improvements in labour productivity and employment among 16…

Institutions, human capital and economic growth in developing countries

Md Akther Uddin, Md Hakim Ali, Mansur Masih

This paper aims to study institutions, human capital and economic growth in developing countries.

Testing deviations from PPP and UIP: evidence from BRICS economies

K.P. Prabheesh, Bhavesh Garg

This paper aims to investigate the interrelations between purchasing power parity (PPP) and uncovered interest parity (UIP) in BRICS economies, namely, Brazil, Russia, India…

Do government expenditures and institutions drive growth? Evidence from developed and developing economies

Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek, Mehmet Asutay

Most empirical studies on the government expenditure-economic growth nexus suggest a negative relationship between the size of the government expenditures and economic growth…

Stability versus fragility: new evidence from 84 banks

Mohsin Ali, Omair Haroon, Syed Aun R. Rizvi, Wajahat Azmi

This paper aims to examine whether competition from Islamic banks add to the financial stability and profitability of financial sector and to assess the sources of such…

Do government expenditure reduce income inequality: evidence from developing and developed countries

Noor Zahirah Mohd Sidek

This paper aims to re-examine the impact of government expenditure on income inequality. Existing studies provide mixed results on whether government expenditure reduces or…

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COVID-19 pandemic and cryptocurrency markets: an empirical analysis from a linear and nonlinear causal relationship

Pradipta Kumar Sahoo

This paper aims to empirically examine the effect of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on cryptocurrency market returns with particular attention to top five…

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The nexus between the exchange rates and interest rates: evidence from BRIICS economies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bhavesh Garg, K.P. Prabheesh

This paper aims to investigate whether the interest rate differentials Granger cause expected change in the exchange rate during the COVID-19 period. The study examines if the…

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Impact of digital financial inclusion on ASEAN banking stability: implications for the post-Covid-19 era

Hasanul Banna, Md Rabiul Alam

This paper aims to investigate how digital financial inclusion (DFI) can be a potential factor to maintain banking stability in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN…

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Cover of Studies in Economics and Finance

ISSN:

1086-7376

Online date, start – end:

1977

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Niklas Wagner