Amidst the prevalence of certification and pursuit of global markets, there is a dearth of studies on compliance with EU certification standards and market outlet preference among mango farmers in Ghana. Therefore, this study sought to determine factors influencing mango farmers to produce to...

The paper examines the impact of central bank regulatory policies on market power in Africa. The study presents a representative sample of 52 African economies over the period 2006-2020. The study shows that the individual regulatory policies of the central bank (i.e. monetary and...

Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the European real economy, European banks are likely expected to be confronted by a wave of non-performing loans. Focusing on a sample of large banks in the EU area over the pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the analysis shows an extended...

This article begins with an analysis of banking flows in the euro zone, through a complex network, from 2006 to 2020. This analysis allows us to observe the topology of the network through different phases of the business cycle. It is obtained that there is greater fragmentation in the network...

Based on the advance-retreat course model, a growth model under environmental pressure, this paper builds an economic growth model that focuses on the aggregation of capital and innovation with environmental pressure. Importantly, the paper presents methods for computing the optimal quantity of...

This paper examines the extent of misalignment of the real effective exchange rate (REER) of South African rand. With South Africa being an open emerging market economy closely linked with global markets, the country’s economy is susceptible to external shocks and changes in global trade...

This paper examines the relationship between insurance and economic growth in 20 countries for the period 2006–2015. Insurance activity is measured through three distinctive proxies such as net written premiums, penetration and density. The Hausman statistics confirmed that fixed effect model...