{"title":"Economic Determinants of Financial Service Accessibility","authors":"Md. Jahir Uddin Palas","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).01","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the influence of economic factors in ensuring access to financial services. Financial service accessibility is assessed using metrics such as the number of bank branches and ATMs per 100,000 people, as well as an index derived from these indicators. Drawing from existing literature, a set of economic variables - namely, employment, inflation, gross domestic savings, remittances, bank credit to deposits, and urbanization - are examined using data from 179 countries over eighteen years spanning from 2004 to 2021, with projections extending to 2023. The findings indicate that employment, remittances, bank credit to deposits, and urbanization exert statistically significant effects on access to financial services. These results are robust across alternative definitions of financial access, subsamples categorised by economic development, and exercises addressing endogeneity concerns.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"16 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141393659","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":"Comparative Analysis of Financial Market Volatility and Correlation Risk During the Great Recession and the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Fabio Gobbi","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).02","url":null,"abstract":"This paper offers a starting point for reflection on the similarities and differences of the impact on financial markets of the Great Recession of 2008 and of the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 in terms of volatility and correlation risk among the most significant financial indexes in Europe. More precisely, the dataset employed includes the daily returns of Ftse100, CaC40, Dax30 and FtseMib40, with reference to the two time periods in which the two major crises manifested their effects on the markets. We use two different methodological approaches: the analysis of the daily conditional variance using various families of GARCH models and the study of the weekly realized volatility using HAR models. Furthermore, the estimation of the dependence structure of the GARCH residuals using copula functions is performed.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"132 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141407964","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 Environmental, Social and Governance Have an Impact on Stock Performance? A Panel Study of Indian Companies","authors":"Sachin Singh, Bhanu Pratap Singh Singh","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).05","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigates the impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) on firms' profitability in the Indian setting on a sample of 23 firms. The bootstrap corrected fixed effects estimation and inference in the dynamic panel method is employed to investigate the relationship. The dynamic panel results show that the relationship between ESG score and firms' profitability is inconclusive in the short run. However, governance conditions affect firms' investment decisions and the nexus between ESG and firm financial performance in the long run. Therefore, institutional reforms are warranted to stabilise property rights and check parent-client politics for the long-run effects of sustainable environmental governance on firms' profitability.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141406471","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":"Analysing Economic Convergence Across the America: A Survival Analysis Approach to GDP Per Capita Trajectories","authors":"Diego Vallarino","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v19.2(84).03","url":null,"abstract":"Machine learning algorithms, and economic interpretation, integrated with survival analysis, are used to examine the temporal dynamics associated with achieving a 5% increase in purchasing power parity-adjusted GDP per capita over a period of 120 months (2013-2022). The comparative investigation reveals that DeepSurv effectively captures non-linear interactions, though standard models exhibit comparable performance under certain conditions. The weight matrix evaluates the economic implications of vulnerabilities, risks, and capacities. To meet the GDP per capita objective, the findings emphasize the necessity of a balanced approach to risk-taking, strategic vulnerability reduction, and investment in governmental capacities and social cohesiveness. The policy guidelines advocate for individualized approaches that account for the complex dynamics at play in decision-making processes.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"49 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141416496","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":"Creative Accounting versus Aggressive Accounting – Exploring Specific Dimensions","authors":"Daria MOSKWA-BĘCZKOWSKA, Julia Reczyńska","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.4(82).01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.4(82).01","url":null,"abstract":"In business practice, there is a statement that creative accounting refers to actions within the scope of accounting law that are legally prohibited. In other words, it encompasses all bookkeeping activities that distort the financial and asset situation of an economic entity. This, therefore, contradicts the principle of a true and fair view mandated by the Accounting Act of September 29, 1994, which requires entities to present their financial results in accordance with their actual state. However, in the literature on the subject, these actions are not designated as creative accounting but as aggressive accounting. Furthermore, creative accounting is presented as a positive phenomenon in accounting systems. Hence, the diversity of interpretations of these terms in both the literature and business practice has become a basis for their systematization. The aim of this article is a comparative analysis of creative accounting and aggressive accounting, as well as presenting the results of original survey research regarding the knowledge and correct interpretation of these terms within the accounting community.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139294306","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":"Examining the Dynamics Between Gross Domestic Product Fluctuations and Consumer Sentiment Shifts","authors":"Dorota Slowik","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.4(82).02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.4(82).02","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents how changes in the economic climate have affected consumer sentiment. Changes in the volume of GDP, industrial production, total consumption, consumption in the household sector and capital accumulation between 2018 and 2022 were analysed on a quarterly basis. The values of the main indicators reflecting consumer sentiment are also presented: the current consumer confidence index and the leading consumer confidence index. The consumer confidence indicators are also presented at the end of the individual quarters from 2018 to 2022. The results show that consumers observe the changing economic reality and do not always assess these changes positively, even if the effect of these changes indicate an increase in GDP.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139296961","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":"Analyzing the Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on the Current Account Balance in Developing Economies: A Panel Data Approach","authors":"Amjad Ali, Marc Audi","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).04","url":null,"abstract":"This research has explored the effects of foreign capital inflows on the current account deficit in developing countries from 1995 to 2020. The study considers various factors such as import demand, export demand, foreign direct investment, foreign debt, economic growth, foreign remittances, and foreign reserves as independent variables. The analysis utilizes the panel autoregressive distributed lag approach to examine both the long-run and short-run relationships between the dependent and independent variables. Moreover, the study employs the Panel Granger causality test to evaluate the causal connections among the selected variables. The results indicate that import demand, foreign debt, and remittance inflows positively affect the current account deficit in developing countries. Conversely, export demand, foreign direct investment, economic growth, and foreign reserves have a negative impact on the current account deficit. Consequently, it is recommended that developing countries prioritize the augmentation of stable and substantial foreign reserves as a strategy to alleviate the level of the current account deficit.”","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114891320","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":"How Strategic Organizational Competency Contributes to the Development of Organizational Intelligence?","authors":"S. Chatterjee","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).06","url":null,"abstract":"The knowledge that organizations possess, produce, and acquire adds to their strategic competency and intelligence. Organizations develop intelligence from practice and learning by doing. There is a definite relationship that exists between organizational learning and productivity that contributes to the development of organizational intelligence. Organizational intelligence is of difference kinds, but almost all of them develop from organizational actions and learning that includes but are not restricted to gaining market information, consumer interactions, business communications, creating new products and services, managing actions, solving emerging problems, etc. Intelligence is the ability to comprehend things or immediate situations and act rationally and according to what the situation demands. In this paper, we examine on what respect organizational intelligence positively relates to organizational competency, and how intelligence help develop strategic competency which adds to their advantage and makes them more robust. We find using a theoretical model that the development of organizational intelligence confers competitive strength to an organization, and contributes to the overall development of higher productivity and organizational competence. ","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124704532","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}
Stanisław Wieteska, A. Szydlik-Leszczyńska, Kinga Stęplewska
{"title":"Deterioration in Trade Value of Passenger Cars","authors":"Stanisław Wieteska, A. Szydlik-Leszczyńska, Kinga Stęplewska","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.2(80).02","url":null,"abstract":"The main aim of the article is to investigate the issues of deterioration in market value of motor vehicles, to determine its volume, measuring method and its consequences. The following article analyses the decline in trade value of vehicles that are currently in use. The study has been conducted into the loss of trade value of motor vehicles that have never taken part in road accidents. The case under analysis focuses on the decline in trade value of a motor vehicle generated by the operating automotive industry. The article draws upon information from trade magazines, and with regard to insurance products, from the general terms of insurance from a selection of insurance companies.","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129905763","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":"Financial Literacy, Financial Behaviors, and Financial Crises: The Case of Lebanon","authors":"Robert Mesrob K DerMesrobian","doi":"10.57017/jaes.v18.1(79).05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v18.1(79).05","url":null,"abstract":"The years-long academic discussion on financial literacy confirms that it promotes sound financial behaviors and increases financial inclusion. In this research work, I check if the latter still holds true during times of financial crises. I take the case of Lebanon, a country going through multiscale crises. By running two sets of surveys and using previous research data to answer my three research questions by using different statistical techniques, I find that regardless of people’s claims, only males acquire financial knowledge from the crises. I also find that people’s behaviors change throughout the financial crises in which previously advocated behaviors become redundant. I conclude my research by providing scholars and researchers with some opportunities for future research as on-topic discussion is scarce and vital to be done during such times. ","PeriodicalId":385824,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Economic Sciences (JAES)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116477610","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}