Despite its paramount importance in the empirical growth literature, productivity convergence analysis has three problems that have yet to be resolved: (1) little attempt been made explore hierarchical structure of industry-level datasets; (2) technology heterogeneity largely ignored; and (3) cross-sectional dependence rarely allowed for. This paper aims address these within a panel data framew...

This paper considers a panel of 80 countries across all continents, over the period 1999–2019, and uses generalized method moments system estimations with data from World Bank Global Financial Development database, to explain evolution bank non-performing-loans-to-total-loans ratio. The results obtained provide clear evidence that banks high profitability, benefiting market stability located in...

Empirical growth analysis is plagued with three problems – variable selection, parameter heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence which are addressed independently from each other in most studies. This study to propose an integrated framework that allows for error dependence, while simultaneously performing selection. We derive the asymptotic properties of estimator, apply a dataset 89 coun...

in this paper, the non-linear dynamic response of novel steel sandwich panel with hollow i-core subjected to blast loading was studied. special emphasis is placed on the evaluation of midpoint displacements and energy dissipation of the models. several parameters such as boundary conditions, strain rate, mesh dependency and asymmetrical loading are considered in this study. the material and geo...

one of the current challenges and complications in the world is the climate change and global warming, which has numerous and varied effects and consequences in different regions. in this regard, the effects of economic activities on the increase in greenhouse gases and also the effects of greenhouse gases on economic activities have become increasingly controversial. in this study, an investig...