Despite an increasing focus on the nexus between finance and growth, little is known about the growth effect of financial development in emerging markets. Financial development is generally considered a multifaceted phenomenon. Unlike previous studies, which use a static panel model or focus on...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in online shopping and e-commerce activities as governments imposed social isolation orders and consumers were advised to avoid large crowds and limit physical interactions. Building upon the notion of trust and digital safety in online...

Automatic License Plate Recognition systems (ALPR) have been adopted in many areas, including smart cities and road traffic monitoring. Most deep learning-based ALPR systems, which have academic and commercial uses and achieve high levels of accuracy, require large centralized computation power...