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Sustainability in Interaction of Traditional and Mechanical Financial Systems

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 19036

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Dr. Nikolaos A. Kyriazis

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Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, 28th October 78 Street, 38333 Volos, Greece
Interests: financial economics; monetary economics; unconventional monetary policies; digital currencies
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Dear Colleagues,

Sustainability in the nexus between human and mechanical interconnectedness has been of primordial importance for progress in advanced and emerging countries. The era of rapid digitalization of transactions and services has fetched the linkage between human and technological resources to the forefront of academic debate. Digitalization in companies threatens the traditional form of commerce and weakens employment. Moreover, reduction in speed and the pseudonymous character of interactions has raised important regulatory issues. Threatening of sustainability of financial health in microeconomic and macroeconomic level ocurs by the need of cost-reducing measures. Policymakers, agents, legislators and the press have focused interest in the steps towards evolution of human actions and its substitutability or complementarity with technological progress. This special issue welcomes original academic contributions that conduct in-depth analysis on the sustainability of the nexus between the human and mechanical or digital character of financial activity. The authors should pay emphasis to sustainability in human-mechanical cooperation in payment systems. Light should be casted on whether the intertemporal connectedness between humans and technology has managed to preserve high levels of efficiency and prosperity. The sustainability of potential benefits generated by this nexus is of special interest in this breakpoint era of financial modernization.

Dr. Nikolaos A. Kyriazis
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • sustainable payment systems
  • depositor-lender sustainable nexus
  • digitalization-led sustainable perils
  • growth-enforcing sustainable technology advancements
  • sustainable human-mechanics interactions

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Research Advances on Financial Inclusion: A Bibliometric Analysis
by Francisco Jesús Gálvez-Sánchez, Juan Lara-Rubio, Antonio José Verdú-Jóver and Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez
Sustainability 2021, 13(6), 3156; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063156 - 13 Mar 2021
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With intensifying competition in the financial system, new strategic applications are constantly being devised in the search for greater efficiency. In consequence, decisions are commonly based on locating and retaining market segments with high added value, and those which fail to supply the [...] Read more.
With intensifying competition in the financial system, new strategic applications are constantly being devised in the search for greater efficiency. In consequence, decisions are commonly based on locating and retaining market segments with high added value, and those which fail to supply the profitability required by the market are “excluded”. The aim of this study is to analyse the research advances made in the field of financial inclusion and the main lines of investigation currently being addressed by means of a bibliometric analysis. Among the scientific community, there is growing interest in this study area. The most assiduous in this respect are SA Asongu (the most productive author), Enterprise Development and Microfinance (the journal that has published the most articles in this field), Makerere University, Uganda (the most productive institution) and India (the country where most recent studies have taken place). Foreseeably inspiring future research, there is currently great interest in developing a more accessible financial system, especially through the use of digital money (Fintech) as an instrument to promote financial inclusion. For all this, a line of research is proposed that also includes the proposals from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Full article
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Achieving Sustainable Financial Transactions under Regimes without a Central Bank—An Intertemporal Comparison
by Emmanouil M. L. Economou and Nikolaos A. Kyriazis
Sustainability 2021, 13(3), 1071; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031071 - 21 Jan 2021
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In this paper, by performing an intertemporal comparison, we investigate two monetary policy regimes where a central bank is absent, and we further refer on the mechanisms they developed so as to ensure the reliability of transactions between the parties involved. In particular, [...] Read more.
In this paper, by performing an intertemporal comparison, we investigate two monetary policy regimes where a central bank is absent, and we further refer on the mechanisms they developed so as to ensure the reliability of transactions between the parties involved. In particular, we mainly focus on the economic–monetary institutions of Athens during the Classical period (508–322 BCE) and we argue that (in principle) there are inter-temporal similarities between the Athenian and the current digital currencies regimes regarding the auditing principles with which the reliability of financial transactions is ensured. We found that in both cases, what is crucial for the success of the system is to achieve trust on the currency. By focusing on Classical Athens, we analyze the nature of the mechanisms and the auditing techniques used to ensure reliable commercial transactions. We also briefly analyze the modern cryptocurrency techniques. We found that the success of both financial regimes was based on achieving: low transactional costs, speed in commercial transactions, and what we characterize as security regarding the commercial transactions. Full article
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The Customer Orientation Service of Spanish Brokers in the Insurance Industry: The Advisory Service of the Insurance Distribution Channel Bancassurance
by Miguel Angel Latorre Guillem
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2970; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072970 - 8 Apr 2020
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This research focuses on the customer orientation of insurance brokers, whose activity is regulated by the Law on the mediation of private insurances and reinsurances. The goal is to ascertain whether the intermediation inherent in the insurance broker’s activity, which implies a customer-oriented [...] Read more.
This research focuses on the customer orientation of insurance brokers, whose activity is regulated by the Law on the mediation of private insurances and reinsurances. The goal is to ascertain whether the intermediation inherent in the insurance broker’s activity, which implies a customer-oriented service, entails a positive behaviour that transcends the immediate environment, reaching society. This study presents a comparative analysis between the insurance brokerage society, characterised by a personalised customer service, and banks’ advisory services on insurance. To this end, the study uses a sample of insurance brokerage firms in Spain. The results presented in this study suggest that the customer values the advisory service provided by the broker. However, for a particular business segment in standardized insurance products and products related to banking assets, customers are more likely to resort to the bank’s services. In addition, the results indicate that the commission percentages applied by the entities operating in the banking insurance channel exceed those perceived by the insurance broker. With all this, intermediation in the development of the insurer’s activity can entail social behaviour that involves customer-orientation and, possibly, social service and environmental performance. Full article
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The Nexus of Sophisticated Digital Assets with Economic Policy Uncertainty: A Survey of Empirical Findings and an Empirical Investigation
by Nikolaos A. Kyriazis
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5383; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105383 - 12 May 2021
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This paper sets out to explore the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and digital currencies. An integrated survey takes place based on eleven primary studies. Furthermore, an econometric analysis is conducted by the threshold ARCH, simple asymmetric ARCH and non-linear ARCH specifications [...] Read more.
This paper sets out to explore the nexus between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and digital currencies. An integrated survey takes place based on eleven primary studies. Furthermore, an econometric analysis is conducted by the threshold ARCH, simple asymmetric ARCH and non-linear ARCH specifications covering the bull and the bear markets as well as the highly volatile period up to the present. Threshold ARCH is found to provide the best fit for estimations. Outcomes reveal that Bitcoin is strongly connected with EPU while Ethereum and Litecoin are not but are strongly linked with Bitcoin performance. Moreover, weak negative effects of the VIX on both cryptocurrencies are detected while oil exerts weak positive impacts on Ethereum. Overall, Ethereum and Litecoin could serve for diversifiers against Bitcoin or hedgers against traditional assets during highly stressed periods with the advantage of not being affected by economic policy uncertainty news. Full article
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