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The prominent role of financial inclusion in every economy-as it has been widely acknowledged as an enabler to achieving eight out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be overemphasized as far as the welfare of individuals is concerned. This study estimates the effects of...
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The notable contribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the development of socio-economics has been very encouraging in terms of its GDP contribution and employment creation. Both developed and developing countries are living testimonies of the contributions by SMEs. The primary aim...
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entrepreneurs' utilization of digital platforms for payment, financing loans, and asset management. The outcome carries academic … women entrepreneurs leverage digital platforms for financial transactions, loan management, and asset optimization, despite …
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This study investigates the individual impact of credit information sharing and corruption as well as their interaction on financial development, using a sample of 120 countries for the period 2004-2017. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for the...
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Financial development and human capital’s crucial roles in economic growth have been widely recognized in the literature. However, a direct link between financial development and human capital, in the long run, has not been investigated, in particular in emerging markets in Asia. This study...
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The objective of this study is to examine and synthesize the existing literature on financial disclosure by financial institutions. It presents a systematic literature review of 204 studies on this topic published from 1990 to 2022. The studies were retrieved from Scopus database. In addition,...
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The research aims to test the impact of financial development on the bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission for the case study of an emerging market characterized by a multiple-tool regime, which has been ignored in previous studies. Given the two-step system generalized moments of...
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This study seeks to examine the role of regulation in the relationship between financial development and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Based on available data, the study used 30 SSA economies from 2008 to 2020, employing a generalized method of moments. The study found that as...
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This study investigates the effects of digital finance technology, i.e., mobile phones and internet usage on financial … economies to examine the link between digital finance technology and financial stability. According to the empirical results … from the quantile regression, mobile phone subscriptions as a proxy for digital finance technology has a negative impact on …
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This study aims to investigate the pattern and level of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of listed companies in the alternative capital market of Thailand, and (2) to test for the relationship between ESG performance and corporate financial risk. The population and sample...
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