Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Empirical evidence

  1. Chinese steel exporters show lagged responses to expected carbon costs
    Analysis of Chinese steel exporters' responses to anticipated EU carbon border policies, showing pricing serves as primary adjustment mechanism with significant lagged effects.
  2. Empirical expectations shaped intentions to adopt double surnames in Italy
    Study reveals how social norms influence Italian parents' double surname adoption decisions. Empirical expectations about prevalence prove more influential than normative approval in shaping.
  3. The Wetland Quest: Fostering Empathy and Literacy for Urban Herpetofauna Through VR Wetland Exploration
    Virtual reality study demonstrates how immersive wetland exploration significantly improves empathy and ecological literacy for neglected reptile and amphibian species in urban environments.
  4. Environmental taxes show no robust link to sectoral eco-investments
    Analysis of seven EU countries reveals environmental taxes do not significantly drive sectoral eco-investments when controlling for economic scale, suggesting need for complementary policy mechanisms.
  5. Digital transformation and FinTech were linked to better environmental performance
    Empirical study showing digital transformation and FinTech adoption enhance green innovation and environmental performance in Jordanian manufacturing firms using structural equation modelling.
  6. Guideline evidence on self-harm risk tools is described as uncertain
    Critical analysis of NICE self-harm guidelines' methodological limitations, examining evidence gaps in risk assessment tool recommendations and the role of committee judgment versus empirical data.
  7. Noncompete clauses are linked to lower mobility and wages
    Economic analysis of noncompete clauses, examining whether they protect firm investments or reduce worker mobility, wages, and innovation through widespread use.
  8. FDI co-moves with long-run growth in Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam
    Study examining FDI's role in economic growth across Poland, Ukraine, and Vietnam (2004–2024), analyzing how institutional stability and absorptive capacity mediate investment-growth linkages.
  9. Religion often reinforces traditional gender roles
    Literature review examining why women show higher religiosity than men and how religion influences gender norms, education, labor markets, fertility, and inequality across societies.
  10. KfW lending scheme revealed incentive risks in crisis lending
    Incentive alignment mechanisms for public lending in economic crises, with empirical analysis of KfW COVID-19 program and theoretical contract design proposals.
  11. Trade and migration frictions affect unemployment in opposite ways
    Study comparing how international trade and sectoral allocation frictions differentially affect employment reallocation and unemployment, emphasizing firm productivity sorting mechanisms.
  12. Review finds little research on environmental provisions in peace agreements
    Systematic review of environmental provisions in formal peace agreements, identifying research gaps and the limited implementation of environmental clauses in conflict resolution frameworks.
  13. Political connections are linked to lower corporate innovation
    Study reveals how political connections paradoxically inhibit innovation in Chinese firms, with governance structures and dynamic capabilities serving as critical mitigating factors.
  14. Green finance is linked to stronger bank sustainability in Pakistan
    Empirical analysis of green finance dimensions and sustainable performance in Pakistani banking sector using structural equation modeling 2018-2022.
  15. Urbanization and growth raise Morocco’s ecological footprints
    STIRPAT analysis of Morocco's ecological footprints (1970-2023) reveals urbanization, economic growth, technology, and trade openness as key drivers of environmental degradation using four.