Purpose This study aims to explore potential paradigm shift in how “global economies” react to adverse macroeconomic conditions from key dominant economies such as the US and the Chinese economies. This is done by examining how economic activities within key economies around the world react...

Purpose This paper aims to augment existing literature by examining how specific macroeconomic conditions (economic policy uncertainty and inflation expectations) influence micro-level (instead of macro-level) behavioral dynamics exhibited by the average consumer. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose This study aims to examine short- and long-run effects of specific macroeconomic conditions on risk premium estimates on lending. Design/methodology/approach Empirical estimates are based on error correction and autoregressive distributed lag models. Findings The results suggest that, in...