{"title":"Local housing strategies in Poland as a tool to develop social and affordable housing: barriers for development","authors":"Agnieszka Cieśla","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.2.1080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.2.1080","url":null,"abstract":"Polish municipalities need to align with the trend of social housing development, expanding beyond public housing providers. The paper seeks to diagnose the barriers to developing well-defined housing strategies at the local level in Poland. Based on existing housing strategies of some Polish municipalities and the experience gained during work on a housing strategy for a medium-sized city in Poland, the following impediments were identified: a lack of robust demographic data, insufficient housing inventories, and a need for skilled experts and guidance for structured strategies. Given the impending EU investments in housing, local strategies gain significance, particularly in crisis-affected cities. The forthcoming financial aid for social housing amplifies the necessity for well-crafted housing strategies in Poland.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"46 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139528181","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 role of rules and norms in conditional cash transfer programs – Latin American experience","authors":"Marta Sordyl","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.2.947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.2.947","url":null,"abstract":"The most important element of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs is conditioning the social transfer on some pre-defined requirements concerning healthcare and education. The conditioning (co-responsibility) is justified by the belief that higher accumulation of human capital will allow the beneficiaries to permanently lift out of poverty. The literature on the subject is ample, focused mostly on the cost effectiveness of CCTs and their impact on poverty rates and income inequalities. Usually ignored are the rules and norms – important from the institutional perspective – that affect the behavior of participants as well as non-participants and influence their attitudes towards work, childcare, social responsibility, etc. \u0000The aim of the paper is twofold. First, to identify rules and norms that matter for the effects and efficiency of CCTs. Second, to define the channels through which they impact the behavior of economic agents. The research hypothesis assumes that conditionality of transfers increases the efficiency of public social spending and can be applied broadly, in many contexts. To verify the hypothesis, an extensive meta-analyses of available studies was performed. The initial conclusions suggest that CCTs could be successfully used in developed countries as well as in poorer regions.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"60 31","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139535107","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":"SOCIETY’S CONSUMPTION OF LIFETIME IN THE FACE OF DIGITALISATION","authors":"Joanna Staniszewska","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.2.984","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.2.984","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is to present the concept of Consumption of Lifetime developed by the author and to show the impact of the phenomenon of digitalisation of society on decisions related to this concept. The author conducts an analysis in the context of consumption of lifetime to show the phenomenon of digitalisation and society’s consumption decisions. The process of digitalisation was particularly visible during the pandemic and the restrictions related to it, when education, work and interpersonal contacts were made possible with the use of devices connected to the Internet. These devices were also often used to make remote purchases. The implementation of the article made it possible to formulate research questions and conclusions that confirm the importance of considering decisions related to the consumption of lifetime in the period of ongoing digitalisation of society. Another interesting issue is the post-pandemic period, in which it is possible to observe whether consumption returns to the pre-pandemic state and previous purchasing behaviour. Currently, there is a noticeable tendency to return to the permanent consumption habits observed prior to the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"92 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138957765","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 public transport in New Economy – contemporary mobility trends","authors":"Marcin Jurczak","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.2.843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.2.843","url":null,"abstract":"Public transport is treated as a nerve of all city systems. Changing cities need proper transport – contemporary trends play important role in the development of public transport in a requiring environment. In particular, the development of public transport means today phenomena such as IT systems, big data, alternative energy sources, autonomous mobility, transport effectiveness, sharing economy and personal mobility (micromobility). Author presents contemporary trends that affect cities mobility. The macroeconomic context was also taken into account – the COVID-19 pandemia, inflation, migration trends. Changes in the demand and supply of transport services have become one of the challenges for cities in the new, digital, post-pandemic perspective. The purpose of this article is to review current trends in public transport development and mobility changes. The article is an attempt to answer the questions: what is the impact of digitization and technology development on the development of public transport? How are contemporary social, economic and political problems and are they strongly changing public transport? Article is based at critical analysis of literature and selected case studies. The result of research work is the indication of the most important directions for the development of public transport and the related risks and opportunities.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"21 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139168465","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":"CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA AND GHANA","authors":"Joel Obayagbona","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.2.771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.2.771","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigates the relationship between carbon footprint and economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana over the period 1990 to 2020 (31 years). The carbon footprint related variables used in the study include greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy consumption, electricity consumption and trade openness; these were regressed against GDP per capita (a proxy for economic growth). The fully modified least square and panel dynamic least square were employed for the main analysis of the study. The findings revealed that greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy consumption have significant negative effect on economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana; while electricity consumption and trade openness have insignificant positive and negative relationship with economic growth respectively. The study recommends among others that, the governments should initiate carbon pricing law which should be implemented through a tax policy specifically on the emissions from burning of biomass which consist of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from the combustion of biomass in forest areas and carbon dioxide gas from the combustion of organic soils. High taxes will scare and deter indiscriminate bush burning among others resulting in serious environmental pollution and degradations. This measure will help reduce adverse GHG emissions and positively impact economic growth.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"69 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138957049","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":"Does stock market take into consideration football players’ injuries?","authors":"El Mehdi Mrhari, Mohammed Hasssouni","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.1.476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.1.476","url":null,"abstract":"Injuries are a frequent risk in sports. This article analyses the repercussions of football players’ injuries on the market returns of six European clubs: Ajax, Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United, Olympique Lyonnais, Benfica and Juventus over a period of three years. The originality of this study comes from the absence of scientific articles in this field. Based on the event study methodology, the results indicate that the sensitivity of stock prices to injuries is very low. Furthermore, the results show that the date of injury is a significant variable causing the effect on returns (Borussia Dortmund). However, injury severity, player status and COVID do not influence the price share.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136358881","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":"Market beta coefficient and enterprise risk management: A literature review","authors":"Mike Skorupski","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.1.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.1.194","url":null,"abstract":"One of the significant factors in the valuation of publicly listed firms is their market beta coefficient, commonly utilised in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) as a proxy for stock volatility directly affecting market value. This article’s primary purpose is to explore the theoretical basis for future empirical research into the relationship between the market beta coefficient and enterprise risk management (ERM). The author explores academic literature about various researched variables affecting the market beta coefficient in the context of the neoclassical capital asset pricing model, which was founded on the premise of an efficient market hypothesis.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136255090","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":"Currency rate and the Cycle of Money theory","authors":"Constantinos Challoumis","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.1.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.1.195","url":null,"abstract":"The current paper explains the fundamental concepts of CM theory (Cycle of Money Theory or otherwise known as Cycle Money Theory). The theory of the Money Cycle examines an economy as a whole, therefore the structure of the economy and the distribution of money in the economy is evaluated in terms of how they interact. An economy with a high index of the money cycle indicates prosperity. The current paper demonstrates that tax evasion causes a delay in tax revenue. Tax evasion, on the other hand, has caused economic harm to the economy because money is stored for tax havens rather than the local banking system. Inflation is the economic disease of the inadequate structure of the economy, because of the not appropriate distribution and reuse of money. Functionality (economic activity) and structure of the economy are connected through the way that money moves in an economy or is lost from it. The currency rate in this paper is analyzed based on the theory of the Cycle of Money.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136255092","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 definition and taxonomy of collaborative housing as bottom-up and community-based forms of meeting housing needs in Poland","authors":"Zuzanna Rataj","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.1.477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.1.477","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of collaborative housing emerged in Poland less than a decade ago. From the historical perspective, living in a community has a long tradition. In Poland, the first projects operating similarly to collaborative housing initiatives emerged right after World War I, when destroyed cities experienced scarcity of flats and houses. Currently, the form and conditions to be met by pro- jects in order to be classified into collaborative housing as under- stood nowadays are changing. The concept is based on collaborative housing projects successfully operating in the countries of Western Europe. In Poland, only few such investments have been established (Nowe Żerniki, Kooperatywa Mieszkaniowa Pomorze and Kooperatywa Mieszkaniowa Konstancin – this project is constructed with support of Habitat for Humanity Poland). In the face of the ongoing socioeconomic changes, however, they might become an interesting alternative to commercial housing construction.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136255100","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":"Smart public goods: A smart bench does not necessarily make smart city in the Czech Republic","authors":"Kamila Turečková, Jan Nevima","doi":"10.18559/ref.2023.1.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18559/ref.2023.1.189","url":null,"abstract":"Our paper summarises the results of a study conducted at the turn of 2021 and 2022 on the awareness of the existence of smart benches in the public space of Czech cities and municipalities. Smart benches represent one of a number of smart features that are implemented as part of the practical application of the smart city concept into the real environment of these municipalities. As our research has shown, the experience and awareness of smart public goods, specifically Smart benches, is currently at a rather low level among the public in the Czech Republic. This finding may trigger a discussion on their public justification in the context of their acquisition costs, but also, on the other hand, accentuate the need for their greater promotion.","PeriodicalId":290683,"journal":{"name":"Research Papers in Economics and Finance","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136255091","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}