econometrics

This record contains a preprint manuscript presenting a calibrated Bourdieu-inspired agent-based model of scientific fields and co-authorship networks. The model investigates how symbolic capital, legitimacy, bounded collaboration, and institutional inertia can generate discipline-like collaboration regimes resembling the canonical co-authorship profiles reported by Newman.

Abstract This paper discusses how the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) affect logistics infrastructure and supply chain performance in China and some of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and specifically how the quality of governance moderate these effects. The analysis utilizes a balanced panel dataset between 1996 and 2023 that employs a fixed effect panel regression model, which comp…

This study aims to analyze the effect of the Coretax System and tax awareness on MSME taxpayer compliance in Pekanbaru, with tax sanctions as a moderating variable. This research uses a quantitative approach with a survey method. The sample consists of 200 MSME respondents registered at KPP Pratama Pekanbaru Senapelan who have implemented the Coretax System. Data analysis was conducted using mult…

Heterodox economics differs from orthodox or mainstream economics. It draws on a multiplicity of ideas, disciplines, methods and voices to present a more radical alternative to the dominant paradigm of neoclassical economics, which is viewed as overly narrow and blind-sided to how economies actually work. Andrew Trigg traces the heterodox tradition from its origins in the anti-capitalism ideas of…

Abstract Technology, finance, and energy are the key drivers to sustained growth and enhanced living standards in economies. This research adopts a framework that is built around the innovation-driven growth, finance-led growth, and energy-leg growth hypotheses to capture the various financial and technological mechanisms, and energy resources that drives economic growth. Therefore, the analysis …

Abstract This study examines the factors influencing gold prices within a comprehensive framework encompassing macroeconomic, financial, real, and geopolitical factors. By utilizing the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and the Unrestricted Error Correction Model (UECM), the analysis captures both short-term dynamics and long-term equilibrium relationships. Robustness of the findings is…

Meta-analysts frequently encounter missing covariate values, which can complicate valid estimation of meta-regression models. In practice, missing data are managed often through ad hoc deletion approaches, which can reduce the validity of statistical inferences. More advanced missing data handling approaches such as multiple imputation (MI) remain underutilized, particularly in meta-analyses with…

Abstract Cities have very different sizes and form an urban system that is hierarchical in nature. In this chapter, we study the basic frameworks that aim to explain this urban hierarchy. We study the formation of cities where workers are free to choose where to live and work. Self-organization leads to cities that do not maximize the well-being of its inhabitants. When land developers or local g…

Abstract This chapter explains how China has adopted an instrumentalist approach to the global economy and technology. Xi sees economic strength, derived mainly from technological innovation, as the foundation of China’s comprehensive national strength. Xi wishes to use China’s technological innovation and strength to overtake the West, woo the Global South, and establish global pre-eminence. Whi…

Abstract Jody’s chapter takes a broad look at how religion is represented on film and TV, and what these representations might tell us about how far we have come and how far we still have to go. She considers the nature of caricatures and stereotypes of religion, and how people interpret these. She draws these interpretations from cultural commentaries and from direct interviews with people in th…