All Outputs (90)

Digital credit and insurance: Improving economic well-being for rural households (2025)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Chen, S., Goodell, J. W., & Du, A. M. (2025). Digital credit and insurance: Improving economic well-being for rural households. International Review of Economics and Finance, 98, Article 103912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.103912

The integration of digital technologies in credit and insurance services has important implications for the economic well-being of rural households. This paper utilizes cross-sectional data from a 2022 survey conducted with 476 rural households in Ch... Read More about Digital credit and insurance: Improving economic well-being for rural households.

Renaissance of Climate Policy Uncertainty: The Effects of U.S. Presidential Election on Energy Markets Volatility (2025)
Journal Article
Ding, S., Wang, A., Cui, T., & Du, A. M. (2025). Renaissance of Climate Policy Uncertainty: The Effects of U.S. Presidential Election on Energy Markets Volatility. International Review of Economics and Finance, 103866, Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.103866

The global community has witnessed a burgeoning anxiety for accommodating the current climate changes. This heightened awareness has evoked a resurgence in the formulation and implementation of climate policies. Political events like the U.S. preside... Read More about Renaissance of Climate Policy Uncertainty: The Effects of U.S. Presidential Election on Energy Markets Volatility.

Agricultural transformation: Exploring the impact of digitalization, technological innovation and climate change on food production (2025)
Journal Article
Chandio, A. A., Akram, W., Min Du, A., Ahmad, F., & Tang, X. (2025). Agricultural transformation: Exploring the impact of digitalization, technological innovation and climate change on food production. Research in International Business and Finance, 75, Article 102755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2025.102755

Agricultural transformation is crucial for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable food production has become a key driver of this transformation, with China playing a vital role as a major global food producer. We inv... Read More about Agricultural transformation: Exploring the impact of digitalization, technological innovation and climate change on food production.

Analyzing Financial Market Reactions to the Palestine-Israel Conflict: An Event Study Perspective (2025)
Journal Article
Ijaz, M. S., Ali, S., Du, A. M., & Khurram, M. (2025). Analyzing Financial Market Reactions to the Palestine-Israel Conflict: An Event Study Perspective. International Review of Economics and Finance, 98, Article 103864. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.103864

e use event study methodology to examine how the Palestine-Israel Conflict affected equities, metals, energy, fiat, and crypto currencies. The findings highlight the susceptibility of the stock markets in Germany, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, a... Read More about Analyzing Financial Market Reactions to the Palestine-Israel Conflict: An Event Study Perspective.

How do firms respond to climate change? Evidence based on ESG performance (2025)
Journal Article
Xue, M., Lu, M., Du, A. M., & Zheng, B. (2025). How do firms respond to climate change? Evidence based on ESG performance. International Review of Economics and Finance, 98, Article 103863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2025.103863

Climate change has become an unavoidable external force influencing firms’ operations by reshaping policy environments and raising societal expectations. As a result, firms are compelled to adopt measures to address these challenges. This study exami... Read More about How do firms respond to climate change? Evidence based on ESG performance.

ESG stock markets and clean energy prices prediction: Insights from advanced machine learning (2024)
Journal Article
Ghallabi, F., Souissi, B., Du, A. M., & Ali, S. (2025). ESG stock markets and clean energy prices prediction: Insights from advanced machine learning. International Review of Financial Analysis, Article 103889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103889

In the post-Paris agreement, the clean energy market has grown significantly due to its undeniable environmental sustainability. Therefore, this study aims to predict clean energy stock prices by analyzing ESG stock markets in ten countries using a b... Read More about ESG stock markets and clean energy prices prediction: Insights from advanced machine learning.

Shaping triumph from within: an investigation into employee-based brand co-creation, motivation drivers and enhanced job-related organisational performance (2024)
Journal Article
Yuan, R., Chen, R., Huang, B., & Du, A. M. (online). Shaping triumph from within: an investigation into employee-based brand co-creation, motivation drivers and enhanced job-related organisational performance. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-04-2024-0165

Purpose
Drawing on the co-creation literature and self-determination theory, this study takes a broader organisational perspective linking employees’ motivational antecedents (corporate brand socialization, employee brand identification and impress... Read More about Shaping triumph from within: an investigation into employee-based brand co-creation, motivation drivers and enhanced job-related organisational performance.

The Value of Being Greener: Untangling the Relationship between Environmental Investment and Firms’ Access to Trade Credit (2024)
Journal Article
Li, W., Hua, X., Boateng, A., Wang, Y., & Du, M. (online). The Value of Being Greener: Untangling the Relationship between Environmental Investment and Firms’ Access to Trade Credit. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12883

This study investigates the relationship between corporate environmental performance, as captured by environmental investment, and firms’ access to trade credit. Using data from Chinese listed firms in heavy pollution industries, we find that corpora... Read More about The Value of Being Greener: Untangling the Relationship between Environmental Investment and Firms’ Access to Trade Credit.

Fueling financial development: The crucial role of generative AI financing across nations (2024)
Journal Article
Siddik, A. B., Li, Y., Du, A. M., & Migliavacca, M. (2025). Fueling financial development: The crucial role of generative AI financing across nations. Finance Research Letters, 72, Article 106519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106519

This study examines the impact of Generative AI (GAI) financing on financial development (FD) across 21 countries using cross-sectional data from 2020 to 2022. Employing both simple linear regression and two-stage least squares (2SLS) to address endo... Read More about Fueling financial development: The crucial role of generative AI financing across nations.

Digital financial inclusion, the belt and road initiative, and the Paris agreement: Impacts on energy transition grid costs (2024)
Journal Article
Chishti, M. Z., Xia, X., Du, A. M., & Özkan, O. (2025). Digital financial inclusion, the belt and road initiative, and the Paris agreement: Impacts on energy transition grid costs. Finance Research Letters, 72, Article 106517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106517

We investigate how digital financial inclusion, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the Paris Agreement influence the energy transition grid cost. We propose two new Kendall and Spearman wavelet cross-quantile correlation methods and utilize data from... Read More about Digital financial inclusion, the belt and road initiative, and the Paris agreement: Impacts on energy transition grid costs.

Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles (2024)
Journal Article
Siddik, A. B., Forid, M. S., Yong, L., Du, A. M., & Goodell, J. W. (2025). Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, Article 123875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123875

We investigate the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in promoting sustainable tourism growth and its implications for the next technological and economic cycle. Focusing on the top ten global tourist destinations from 2010 to 2022, we investigate... Read More about Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth and economic cycles.

“Volatility in a Mug Cup”: Spillovers Among Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar Futures and the Role of Climate Policy Risk (2024)
Journal Article
Ge, J., Min Du, A., & Lin, B. (2025). “Volatility in a Mug Cup”: Spillovers Among Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar Futures and the Role of Climate Policy Risk. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), 102634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102634

Hot beverages have surged in popularity due to the increasing emphasis on healthy living among consumers. This trend extends upstream to prosper futures markets for essential raw materials within the supply chain. However, there is... Read More about “Volatility in a Mug Cup”: Spillovers Among Cocoa, Coffee, Sugar Futures and the Role of Climate Policy Risk.

Micro-mechanisms of digitalization-driven financing for renewable energy: Growing capital pools and shifting flows (2024)
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Wang, S., Du, A. M., & Lin, B. (2025). Micro-mechanisms of digitalization-driven financing for renewable energy: Growing capital pools and shifting flows. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102633

Recent facts from China suggest that the advancement of digitalization is altering the market expectations regarding renewable energy. Limited studies have offered evidence encompassing the stock effect of digitalization that enhanced corporate finan... Read More about Micro-mechanisms of digitalization-driven financing for renewable energy: Growing capital pools and shifting flows.

Corporate social responsibility and climate change mitigation: Discovering the interaction role of green audit and sustainability committee (2024)
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Mohy‐ud‐Din, K., Shahbaz, M., & Du, A. M. (2025). Corporate social responsibility and climate change mitigation: Discovering the interaction role of green audit and sustainability committee. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 32(1), 1198-1212. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.3011

This study explores the role of corporate social responsibility in bolstering firm resilience amid the escalating threats of climate change and climate policy uncertainties. Specifically, it assesses whether corporate social responsibility initiative... Read More about Corporate social responsibility and climate change mitigation: Discovering the interaction role of green audit and sustainability committee.

Towards sustainable agricultural development and food security in East Asia: The role of broad money and banking credits (2024)
Journal Article
Chandio, A. A., Ozdemir, D., Vigne, S. A., & Du, A. M. (2024). Towards sustainable agricultural development and food security in East Asia: The role of broad money and banking credits. International Review of Economics and Finance, 96(Part B), Article 103677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.103677

The existing literature has extensively explored the role of financial development in boosting agricultural output. However, there is a lack of empirical research on the effects of broad money and banking credits on food production in East Asian coun... Read More about Towards sustainable agricultural development and food security in East Asia: The role of broad money and banking credits.

Influence of green ICT and socioeconomic factors on sustainable development: Evidence from Chinese provinces (2024)
Journal Article
Chishti, M. Z., Salam, M., Xaisongkham, S., & Du, A. M. (2025). Influence of green ICT and socioeconomic factors on sustainable development: Evidence from Chinese provinces. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102624

We examine the impact of green information communication technology, while considering the conditioning role of other seminal factors. Using panel quantile-quantile granger causality testing and method of moments quantile regression for Chinese provi... Read More about Influence of green ICT and socioeconomic factors on sustainable development: Evidence from Chinese provinces.

Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence (2024)
Journal Article
Siddik, A. B., Li, Y., & Du, A. M. (2024). Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence. Finance Research Letters, 69(Part B), Article 106203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106203

Generative AI (GAI) is transforming industries by enabling autonomous content creation. This study explores the impact of investor and technological influences on the funding of 556 GAI startups from 2010 to July 2024. Using princip... Read More about Unlocking Funding Success for Generative AI Startups: The Crucial Role of Investor Influence.

The mechanism of supply chain efficiency in enterprise digital transformation and total factor productivity (2024)
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Teng, Y., Du, A. M., & Lin, B. (2024). The mechanism of supply chain efficiency in enterprise digital transformation and total factor productivity. International Review of Financial Analysis, 96(Part A), Article 103583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103583

Digital transformation (DT) represents a crucial measure for enterprises to enhance production efficiency. Supply chain construction has become a key strategic focus, and its efficient operation serves as a vital safeguard for elevating overall produ... Read More about The mechanism of supply chain efficiency in enterprise digital transformation and total factor productivity.

Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises (2024)
Journal Article
Younis, I., Du, A. M., Gupta, H., & Ullah Shah, W. (2024). Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises. International Review of Financial Analysis, 96(Part A), Article 103563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103563

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) assets, commodities, and Islamic stock market cointegration are affected by technological innovations, market dynamics, investor behavior, and crises. This study investigates the dynamics of returns and volatility for thr... Read More about Dynamic spillover effects and interconnectedness of DeFi assets, commodities, and Islamic stock markets during crises.

Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia (2024)
Journal Article
Min Du, A., Lu, M., Zhang, Y., & Li, Z. (2025). Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia. Research in International Business and Finance, 73(Part A), Article 102585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102585

This paper explores the impact of Confucian culture on the environmental management practices of firms, utilizing data from A-share listed companies in China from 2009 to 2022. The study reveals several significant findings: (1) Firms in regions with... Read More about Confucian Culture and Corporate Environmental Management: The Role of Innovation, Financing Constraints and Managerial Myopia.