Mohsin Showkat, Razia Nagina, Usha Nori, Muzamil Ahmad Baba, Mohd Asif Shah
{"title":"Empowering women in the digital age: can digital financial services fulfil the promise of financial autonomy and gender equality in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal 5?","authors":"Mohsin Showkat, Razia Nagina, Usha Nori, Muzamil Ahmad Baba, Mohd Asif Shah","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2342459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2342459","url":null,"abstract":"Digital financial services play a crucial role in breaking down traditional barriers to financial access, promoting greater financial inclusion, and providing marginalized groups with equal access....","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health capital and economic performance in selected Southern African development Community (SADC) countries","authors":"Alungile Qoko, Kin Sibanda, Phakama Senzangakhona","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2337479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2337479","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the relationship between health capital and economic performance is crucial for policymakers in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. This study explores this relat...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140616835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norhamiza Ishak, Nazliatul Aniza Abdul Aziz, Fithriah Ab Rahim
{"title":"Green policy effect on firm sustainability: examining the stock performance of ESG adopters in heavy-polluter industry in Malaysia","authors":"Norhamiza Ishak, Nazliatul Aniza Abdul Aziz, Fithriah Ab Rahim","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2334102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2334102","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to investigate the effect of the green policy announcement on heavy-polluter stock returns in Malaysian industries. The study adopted a market-model event study methodology to measu...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140595618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dodzi K. Dunyo, Ellis Kofi Akwaa-Sekyi, Joseph Magnus Frimpong, Akua Peprah-Yeboah
{"title":"An investigation into aggregation bias: the case of stocks and treasury bill returns in Ghana","authors":"Dodzi K. Dunyo, Ellis Kofi Akwaa-Sekyi, Joseph Magnus Frimpong, Akua Peprah-Yeboah","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2330845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2330845","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates aggregation bias by comparing the risk and returns characteristics of stock exchange-traded shares and Treasury bills (T’bills) in Ghana. The study uses end of period annuali...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140595619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital financial services and livelihood diversification in rural Ghana","authors":"Richmond Atta-Ankomah, Kwame Adjei-Mantey, Akuffo Amankwah","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2330434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2330434","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of digital financial systems, especially mobile money, has significantly changed the financial services space in sub-Saharan Africa in ways that promote financial inclusion among the ...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140595713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Wamalwa Wanzala, Nyankomo Marwa, Elizabeth Nanziri Lwanga
{"title":"Impact of exchange rate volatility on coffee export in Kenya","authors":"Richard Wamalwa Wanzala, Nyankomo Marwa, Elizabeth Nanziri Lwanga","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2330447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2330447","url":null,"abstract":"Ninety-five percent of Kenyan coffee is exported as green coffee in the international market in Europe. As a spot market, this presents a problem in that the currency of the foreign market differs ...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140595710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The value of intellectual capital in improving MSMEs’ competitiveness, financial performance, and business sustainability","authors":"Anwar Hariyono, I. Made Narsa","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2325834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2325834","url":null,"abstract":"Intellectual capital is now recognized as a factor influencing organizational progress. However, many Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) in Indonesia still need to understand the importan...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140596550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intellectual capital and economic growth: evidence from some selected countries","authors":"Kalalto Gashe, Zerayehu Sime, Melkamu Mada","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2330429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2330429","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to explain the output growth across countries as an effect of intellectual capital growth. Defining intellectual capital as an integral of all the various intangibles, it a...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140595827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health and economic growth: new evidence from a panel threshold model","authors":"Mohamed Chakroun","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2331010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2331010","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines the relationship between health and economic growth using a dynamic panel with threshold effect and endogeneity. The study uses a sample of 136 countries over the period of 1965–...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140323416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution of government residential utility stimulus in Ghana: evidence from the COVID-19 intervention","authors":"Benjamin Amoah, Anthony Amoah","doi":"10.1080/23322039.2024.2331012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2331012","url":null,"abstract":"In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries resorted to various levels of lockdown as a panacea for the rampant spread of the virus. However, the imposed lockdown was not without econom...","PeriodicalId":10379,"journal":{"name":"Cogent Economics & Finance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140322338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}