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Financial Inclusion And Human Development: A Comparative Analysis Of Mena And Brics, Mohammad Eid Jun 2024

Financial Inclusion And Human Development: A Comparative Analysis Of Mena And Brics, Mohammad Eid

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Various efforts to enhance human development in several countries has been underway for years now, but the level of human development attained by countries in BRICS and MENA regions vary. This study empirically examines the role of financial inclusion and its impacts on human development; it investigates whether financial inclusion can be used to drive human development by examining and comparing its results in MENA and BRICS countries. The dependent variable is the score of Human Development index HDI. This study provides a unique comparative analysis of the role of financial inclusion and its effects on human development in MENA …


On The Effects Of Information Asymmetry In Digital Currency Trading, Kwansoo Kim, Robert John Kauffman Mar 2024

On The Effects Of Information Asymmetry In Digital Currency Trading, Kwansoo Kim, Robert John Kauffman

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We report on two studies that examine how social sentiment influences information asymmetry in digital currency markets. We also assess whether cryptocurrency can be an investment vehicle, as opposed to only an instrument for asset speculation. Using a dataset on transactions from an exchange in South Korea and sentiment from Korean social media in 2018, we conducted a study of different trading behavior under two cryptocurrency trading market microstructures: a bid-ask spread dealer's market and a continuous trading buy-sell, immediate trade execution market. Our results highlight the impacts of positive and negative trader social sentiment valences on the effects of …