Modeling human behavior in economics and social science

M Dolfin, L Leonida, N Outada - Physics of life reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The complex interactions between human behaviors and social economic sciences is
critically analyzed in this paper in view of possible applications of mathematical modeling as …

What can explain catering of dividend? Environment information and investor sentiment

H Bilel, K Mondher - Journal of Economics and Finance, 2021 - Springer
This paper offers a new evidence of the catering theory of dividend explained by three
proxies proposed by Baker and Wurgler in the emerging market. Even although the result …

The effects of elections on macroprudential policy

C Sever, E Yücel - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We provide evidence for a specific challenge in the design of macroprudential policy,
namely political interference. Using panel data from 80 countries over the period of 1990 …

Does economic liberalization foster corporate investment? Theory and evidence from US and Canadian firms

A Iona, L Leonida, M Limosani, DMA Patti… - Socio-Economic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prior studies have largely debated and demonstrated the positive effect of economic
liberalization on economic growth, but they have not clarified how and to which extent …

The interactions of corporate sales growth and diversification strategy: Cross-country evidence

TH Kwon, SC Bae, SH Park - Journal of International Financial Markets …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper highlights the interactions of sales growth with diversification strategies and their
joint effects on firm value. Employing firm-level data for 39 countries, we confirm a …

Escaping the trap of'blocking': a kinetic model linking economic development and political competition

M Dolfin, D Knopoff, L Leonida, DMA Patti - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2015 - arxiv.org
In this paper we present a kinetic model with stochastic game-type interactions, analyzing
the relationship between the level of political competition in a society and the degree of …

Does persistence in internationalization and innovation influence firms' performance?

S Iandolo, AM Ferragina - Journal of Economic Studies, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the joint effect of persistency in innovation
and export on firms' total factor productivity. In particular, the aim is to determine if exporting …

Political competition and economic growth: A test of two tales

L Leonida, DMA Patti, A Marini, P Navarra - Economics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
We empirically compare the thesis of Acemoglu and Robinson (2006) that the impact of
political competition on economic growth is non-monotonic with that of Besley et al.(2010) …

Inequality, transaction costs and voter turnout: evidence from Canadian provinces and Indian states

BB Dash, JS Ferris, MC Voia - Public Choice, 2023 - Springer
This article tests for the presence of a regularity in the relationship between income
inequality and voter turnout in two countries with common Westminster parliamentary …

The non-monotonic impact of bank size on their default swap spreads: Cross-country evidence

N Benbouzid, L Leonida, SK Mallick - International Review of Financial …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper studies the drivers of bank's credit default swap (CDS) spread, taken as a
measure of credit risk, by considering the impact of housing market along with a number of …