... countries. This study aims to elucidate the mechanisms driving private healthcare expenditure in South Asia. Design/methodology/approach The study employed dynamic econometric methodology, including co-integration tests, non-causality tests, panel ARDL models and static econometric methodology...

... at: nikhil@ewubd.edu 15 11 2024 19 05 2025 09 07 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Convergence Labor productivity Output South Asia Sectoral economy In a study, Bhattarai and Qin (2022) found evidence...

... to identify domestic and global drivers of inflation considering the context of four developing economies of South Asia namely, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The panel data over 30 years from 1991–2020 has been taken from the World Bank, International Financial Statistics (IFS) and Statista...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Renewable energy Carbon emissions Agriculture-induced EKC South Asia In light of the Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable economic growth, low-carbon economies, energy transition, climate-smart agriculture and green technology...

... diversification is insignificantly linked with ROA and ROE. Further, CSR positively impacts the performance of firms in South Asia with both performance measures. Originality/value The study has several policy implications based on the findings, including the need for the manufacturing sector to practice...

... Shabbir Alam can be contacted at: shabbir.alam28@gmail.com 28 02 2022 17 09 2022 17 10 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only South Asia Regional cooperation Foreign trade Economic geography China–Pakistan...

...Rakesh Kumar Purpose The paper presents the facts on the policy challenges and opportunities in the way forward of trade and economic co-operation in South Asia amid the coronavirus disease 2019, which comes to be the least economically integrated region worldwide. Due to tense geopolitics...

... decision-makers of a firm for better cash management under the economic conditions of the country. In the present unstable political situations of South Asia, the most important contribution of the current study is that it emphasizes economic risk and its influence on the cash holdings of the firms...