International Journal of Economics and Finance

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Volume 17, issue 9, 2025

Toward Sustainable Finance and Sustainability: The Imperative of Financial Literacy pp. 1

Johannes Treu

Dirichlet Bayesian Model Averaging for Aggregate Mortgage Default Risk pp. 14

Feng Xu, Jian Hua and Dazhong Wu

Examining the Relationship Between Human Resource Reporting and Tax Performance: Insights from SACCOs in Kenya pp. 25

John Kuria

Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Public Administration: Evolution, Challenges and Global Perspectives pp. 36

José Matias-Pereira

What Effects Does Export Diversification and Sophistication Have on Trade Flows within ECOWAS? pp. 46

Pierre Claver Kouakou and Félix Fofana N’Zué

Volume 17, issue 8, 2025

Credit and Productive Inclusion: An Analysis of the Brazilian Experience with the National Program for Oriented Productive Microcredit pp. 1

Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos, Josué Araujo Dutra Louviz de Azevedo and Tuany Barcellos

The Financial Consequences of Incomplete Higher Education Among Student Loan Borrowers pp. 16

Fan Liu

Analysis of Co-Movements in Ecowas Financial Markets of Oil Importing and Exporting Countries and the Price of Brent: A Wavelet Approach pp. 24

Prao Yao Séraphin, Anzian Kouamé Marcel and Djeban Koffi Mouroufie Emmanuel

Have Agricultural Derivatives and International Trade Boost the Brazilian Agricultural Sector? Empirical Evidence via Long-Run Non-Causality Test pp. 36

Francisco Paulo Filho, Nicolino Trompieri Neto, Ivan Castelar, Cristiano da Costa da Silva and Pablo Urano de Carvalho Castelar

The Effects of Basel III on the Intermediation and Market Activities of WAEMU Banks pp. 58

Kouakou Thiédjé Gaudens-Omer

Impact of Fintech Firms’ Development on Bank Risk Taking: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 75

Hong Hanh Ngo

Enhancing Stock Price Forecasting with LSTM Networks: A Comparative Study of Classic and PSO-Optimized Models on S&P 500 Stocks pp. 87

Imad Talhartit, Sanae Ait Jillali and Mounime El Kabbouri

Macroeconomic Effects of Subsidized Credit pp. 94

Thiago F. R. Abreu and Elcyon C. R. Lima

A Capital Asset Pricing Model with Feedback Effect pp. 114

Marco A. Paganini

Risk Management in Lebanese Banks – Relationship with Financial Performance pp. 147

Ghada Y. Shami, Hasan H. Kanso and Hasan Y. El-Mousawi

The Cost of Debt and Its Economic and Financial Drivers: An Empirical Study of European Companies pp. 160

Anna Maria Calce

Volume 17, issue 7, 2025

Debt Financing and Growth Sustainability of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Moderating Effect of Debt Literacy pp. 1

Apollo Okello, Paul Onyango-Delewa and Godfrey Moses Owot

Rethinking Technological Innovations Strategies: Challenges and Insights in the Performance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya pp. 28

Bwire J. David and Makau S. Muathe

Analysis of the Transport Infrastructure and Economic Performance Nexus in the ECOWAS pp. 40

Bakary Traoré and Felix Fofana N'Zué

Financial Information Systems and SME Performance: The Mediating Role of Digital Technologies pp. 52

Moussa Mahamat Ahmat

1869-1879 United States: Depression or Prosperity pp. 63

Chao Chiung Ting

The Effect of Capital Buffer on Bank Risk-Taking in Vietnam Using Quantile Regression pp. 74

My Tu Thi Le and Phuong Anh Nguyen

Volume 17, issue 6, 2025

Real Wage Rigidity and the Empirical Pertinence of the Hybrid New Keynesian Phillips Curve in Tunisia pp. 14

Mariem Mejri and Moez Labidi

Volume 17, issue 5, 2025

Do Credit and Employment Exhibit Long-Run Convergence? Empirical Evidence from the State of Santa Catarina pp. 1

Thiago Rocha Fabris and Sílvio Parodi Oliveira Camilo

The Nexus Between Fiscal Deficit and Inflation in Mozambique: ARDL Model Approach pp. 13

Khalilahmad Mussa Bahadur

Navigating Economic Growth in Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Investment Over Four Decades pp. 26

Manal M. Alghamdi and Fatimah Alshamry

Crypto Currency – Analysis of Bitcoin Performance pp. 43

Munir Hassan

Reassessing the Role of Institutional Quality in Explaining Capital Inflows from 2000 to 2020 pp. 50

Fatimah Alshamry

The Impact of Financial Literacy on Household Entrepreneurial Decision-Making: Evidence from China pp. 65

Ling Zhou, JunHeng Li and Wei Li

Volume 17, issue 4, 2025

Estimation of the Market Competitiveness of Kelp by Municipality in Hokkaido pp. 1

Kunie Mori and Mototsugu Fukushige

Determinants of Interest Rate Spread: Empirical Evidence from Uganda’s Banking Sector pp. 18

Demas Kutosi Lukoye, Amos Sanday, Victoria Kakooza and Clet Wandui Masiga

Economic and Geopolitical Shocks and Their Influence on the Saudi Stock Market, Saudi Aramco, and Bitcoin: Evidence from ARDL and VAR Models pp. 31

Monia Ferchichi, Mariem Talbi, Fatma Ismaalia and Samia Samil

Does Business Model Risk Affect Corporate Labor Policy? pp. 63

Lobna Bouslimi

Recovering Anchor Currencies and Decomposing Exchange Rate Behaviour into Component Regimes pp. 81

Emmanuel Erem

Cryptocurrencies and Economic Community of West African States Stock Markets: An Analysis by the DCC-GARCH Model pp. 111

Kouakou Thiédjé Gaudens-Omer

Volume 17, issue 3, 2025

Is High-Tech Trade a Threat to Employment in Brazil? pp. 1

Rhemanuérick Silva Queirós, Elano Ferreira Arruda and Felipe de Sousa Bastos

The Economics of ‘Spontaneous’ Plan Coordinated Growth under the Decentralised Money and Banking Alternative pp. 17

Robert Wutscher

Determinants of Price Dynamics in African Countries pp. 40

Thomas Niyonzima Gahamanyi and Gérard Tchouassi

Exploring the Roots of Small and Medium Enterprise Financing Issues in Myanmar pp. 58

Ei Ei Thein, Atsushi Niigata and Kazuo Inaba

Conditions, Possibilities, and Limitations for Macroeconomic Degrowth Policies in Peripheral Countries: An Introduction pp. 71

Linnit Pessoa and Vinicius Martinez

The Influence of Job Alienation on Financial Performance, the Mediating Effect of Governance: A Study on the Lebanese Banking Sector pp. 82

Hussein Salloukh, Joumana Younis, Hasan Al-Mousawi and Nader Abou Zeid

The Impact of Governance on Economic Growth in Middle East and North Africa: An Econometric Analysis Using Panel Data pp. 95

Hamid Nounou and Mohamed Karim

Influence of Risk Management Practices on the Financial Performance of Investment Firms Trading at the NSE pp. 106

Norris Kibe Muhia, Agnes Ogada and Jane Muriithi

Brief Survey on Selected Authors on the Impact of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on USA Economy During Covid Pandemic pp. 114

Munir Hassan and Ali Alkazemi

Impact Mechanism in Circular Public Procurement: Empirical Insights from Traditional Public Procurement and Public Private Partnership in China pp. 122

Feng Guo

Volume 17, issue 2, 2025

Assessing the Creditworthiness of Lebanese Banks Using Bayesian Networks pp. 1

Georges Chlela and Hasan Mousawi

Analysis of the Influence Mechanism of Digital Transformation on the New Quality Productivity of Enterprises --The Mediating Role of Financing Constraints and ESG Ratings pp. 15

Yichun Zhang and Xinyi Zhang

Minimum Wage and Effects on Unemployment: The Case of Spain and Its Implications on Simpson’s Paradox and Geographical Mobility pp. 26

Jorge Monray and Juan Morillo

Expectation Shocks: Structural VAR Insights and the Case of Brazil pp. 45

Thiago Drummond de Mendonca Giudici

Bank Specific, Banking Sector, Macroeconomic and Democratic Determinants of Bank Efficiency in CEMAC and WAEMU Countries pp. 55

Mvono Essono Bertrand and Zomo Yebe Gabriel

Development of MENA SMEs: Constraints and Success Factors pp. 74

Ali H. Mohammad

Persistence and Pervasiveness of Tax Evasion: An Evolutionary Analytical Framework pp. 87

Jaylson Silveira, Gilberto Lima and Leonardo Barros Torres

Money as Information: Economical and Philosophical Implications for the Quantity Theory of Money pp. 99

André Rehbein-Sathler

Volume 17, issue 1, 2025

Exchange Rate and Gross Domestic Saving Is There a Relation? Empirical Evidence from Egypt pp. 1

Emad Omar Elhendawy

The Impacts of TV News, Interest Rate, and Exchange Rate on Depositors: The Effects of Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Belarus pp. 10

Kiryl V. Rudy and Eugenia E. Sharilova

Beyond Profit: Ethical Imperatives and the Role of Duty of Care in Sustainable Investment Strategies pp. 22

Emmanuel K Nartey

The Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics and Improvement Paths of China’s Green Finance Level——Empirical Study on Panel Data Based on Dynamic QCA and NCA Methods pp. 48

Xin Tong, Ke Li and Xuesen Li

Determinants of Corporate Tax Evasion in Latin America pp. 66

Luis Rene Caceres

Constructing a Multidimensional Index for Financial Well-Being pp. 84

Jared Martin U. Desello

Theoretical Approaches to the Quality of Public Expenditure: Public Choice, Transparency and Management by Results pp. 98

Jeremias Pereira da Silva Arraes, Antonio Marcio Lopes Bezerra, Yara Carvalho Barros, Lucas Teles De Alcantara, Guilherme Luis Da Costa and Fábio Lúcio Lopes de Mendonça

What Made People Take to the Streets? A Study on the Determinants of Protests in Brazil Based on Google Trends Data pp. 105

Maria Luiza Dias Campos, Márcio da Silva Alves and Andrea Felippe Cabello

An Action Research on the Introduction and Legitimization of Toilet Cleaning Activities in One Japanese Company pp. 117

Shin Ohmori