• Do oil prices and exchange rates account for agricultural commodity market spillovers? Evidence from the Diebold and Yilmaz Index 

  Balcılar, Mehmet; Bekun, Festus Victor (AGRICULTURAL ECON ASSOC SOUTH AFRICA, DEPT AGRICULTURAL ECON, PRIVATE BAG X1, MATIELAND, 7602, SOUTH AFRICA, 2020)

  This paper examines the nature of interconnectedness between the returns of the price of oil and foreign exchange on selected agricultural commodity prices. To do this, the authors leverage the novel methodology of a ...

• Anxiety and hopelessness levels in COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative study of healthcare professionals and other community sample in Turkey 

  Hacımusalar, Yunus; Kahve, Aybeniz Civan; Yaşar, Alişan Burak; Aydın, Mehmet Sinan (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2020)

  COVID-19 affected our mental health as well as our physical health. In this study, the anxiety and hopelessness levels of healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers and the factors affecting them were evaluated in Turkey. ...

• The association between temperament features and childhood traumas in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy 

  Yaşar, Alişan Burak; Sayman, Ceyhun; Erdoğan Taycan, Serap; Çetinkaya, Yılmaz; Gündüz, Anıl; Tireli, Hülya (TUBITAK SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL TURKEY, ATATURK BULVARI NO 221, KAVAKLIDERE, ANKARA, 00000, TURKEY, 2020)

  Background/aim: Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological problem that impairs daily activities, functionality, and quality of life. Childhood traumas (CTs) are known to be critical factors in the onset or development of ...

• Energy-Climate-Economy-Population Nexus: An Empirical Analysis in Kenya, Senegal, and Eswatini 

  Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu; Ackom, Emmanuel; Bekun, Festus Victor; Owusu, Phebe Asantewaa (MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2020)

  Motivated by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its impact by 2030, this study examines the relationship between energy consumption (SDG 7), climate (SDG 13), economic growth and population in Kenya, Senegal and ...

• Pollutant emission effect of tourism, real income, energy utilization, and urbanization in OECD countries: a panel quantile approach 

  Alola, Andrew Adewale; Lasisi, Taiwo Temitope; Eluwole, Kayode Kolawole; Alola, Uju Violet (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  Although the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries are largely regarded as a high human development index and high-income economies, evidence has continued to reveal the existential ...

• Growth impact of transition from non-renewable to renewable energy in the EU: The role of research and development expenditure 

  Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Bekun, Festus Victor; Alola, Andrew Adewale (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2020)

  In recent times, physical-capital investment has been outweighed by research and development expenditure in terms of their growth impact. However, how such expenditure affect economic expansion in the presence of energy ...

• Bank Efficiency and Stock Returns in the Turkish Stock Market: A Two-stage Analysis Approach 

  Kale, Süleyman; Eken, Mehmet Hasan; Kaya, İ. Gökçe (ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIV, FAC EDUCATION, ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIV, FAC EDUCATION, ESKISEHIR, 26480, TURKEY, 2020)

  This study researches the effects of bank efficiency changes of returns in Turkish stock markets using a two-stage model for the period of 2002-2017. First, Malmquist Productive Index is employed to measure the different ...

• The (Un)sticky role of exchange and inflation rate in tourism development: insight from the low and high political risk destinations 

  Athari, Seyed Alireza; Alola, Uju Violet; Ghasemi, Matina; Alola, Andrew Adewale (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2-4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND, 2020)

  Although the tourism industry has continued to exert a significant impact on economies of most destinations, the impacts of political (in) security, socioeconomic and financial dynamics in the destination countries are ...

• Consequences of COVID-19 on the social isolation of the Chinese economy: accounting for the role of reduction in carbon emissions 

  Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel; Driha, Oana M.; Bekun, Festus Victor; Sinha, Avik; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai (SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 2020)

  The main contribution of the present study to the energy literature is to explore the relationship between economic growth and pollution emission amidst globalization. In contrast to the existing studies, this research ...

• Integrated analysis of energy-economic development-environmental sustainability nexus: Case study of MENA countries 

  Ibrahim, Mustapha D.; Alola, Andrew Adewale (ELSEVIER, RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2020)

  The new industrialization necessitates the integration of energy efficiency, economic development, and environmental sustainability. However, quantifying the efficiency of renewable energy towards economic development is ...

• Investigating the factors that trigger airline industry purchase intention 

  Tarkang Mary, Magdaline Enow Mbi; Alola, Uju Violet; Nange, Ruth Yunji; Öztüren, Ali (SPRINGER, ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, 2020)

  As the main communication platforms for today's competitive air transportation market expands, airline websites need to be user friendly to trigger positive electronic word of mouth. Website quality constitutes an influencing ...

• Pathway to achieving sustainable food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: The role of agricultural mechanization 

  Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Bekun, Festus Victor (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2020)

  According to the World Health Organization (2020), many parts of the world have demonstrated potentials for acute hunger and famine. Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) actively feature in this category due to ...

• Evidence of speculative bubbles and regime switch in real estate market and crude oil price: Insight from Saudi Arabia 

  Alola, Andrew Adewale (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2020)

  The sector performances of many economies especially the oil-producing ones, are consistently linked with the volatility of the international crude oil prices. Considering the significance of the international crude oil ...

• Renewed evidence of environmental sustainability from globalization and energy consumption over economic growth in China 

  Bekun, Festus Victor; Yalçiner, Kürşat; Etokakpan, Mfonobong Udom; Alola, Andrew Adewale (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  This study is primarily motivated by exploring the role of globalization, energy intensity over economic expansion, and its impact on environmental sustainability in China. To this end, a sequence of econometrics tests ...

• The nexus of workplace incivility and emotional exhaustion in hotel industry 

  Alola, Uju Violet; Avcı, Turgay; Öztüren, Ali (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2020)

  Workplace incivility is continuously seen as a stressor for the employee and the organization. No organization prospers in an uncivil environment. The high level of turnover intention that results from an uncivil working ...

• Tourist arrivals in four major economies: another side of economic policy uncertainty and fear 

  Uzuner, Gizem; Saint Akadiri, Seyi; Alola, Andrew Adewale (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  In this paper, we examine the direction of causal relationships among migration-related fear, economic policy uncertainty, tourism, and economic growth in the panel economies of France, Germany, the UK, and the USA. To the ...

• Revisiting the causal nexus between coal energy consumption, economic growth, and pollutant emission: sorting out the causality 

  Joshua, Udi; Uzuner, Gizem; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  Anthropogenic activities in search of livelihood come with its environmental implications. This is in line with the current crusade of the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) target 7 and 13 for effective ...

• The dynamics of crude oil price and the real estate market in Saudi Arabia: A Markov-switching approach 

  Alola, Andrew Adewale (WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2020)

  The volatility evidence of the International crude oil prices has overtime been linked to the dynamics and sector performances of states' economies. By employing the Markov switching regression model over daily time series ...

• Does globalization in Turkey induce increased energy consumption: insights into its environmental pros and cons 

  Etokakpan, Mfonobong Udom; Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Yorucu, Vedat; Bekun, Festus Victor (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  Globalization is the paradigm shift to a more integrated world economy broadly shaping economies and societies around the globe. The wave of globalization is much more eminent on its impact on increased energy demand, ...

• Does sustainable growth, energy consumption and environment challenges matter for Belt and Road Initiative feat? A novel empirical investigation 

  Rauf, Abdul; Liu, Xiaoxing; Amin, Waqas; Rehman, Obaid Ur; Li, Jinkai; Ahmad, Fayyaz; Bekun, Festus Victor (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLAND, 2020)

  The concept of modernization and globalization urges a tendency of bilateral cooperation and strategical relationships among the nations. Recently, China has taken the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 to articulate ...

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