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2025 Vol.1 No.1

Open Access Article

Strategic Investment and Inclusive Growth in India: Unpacking the Interlinkages between Capital Formation and Employment Generation

Jitendra Kumar Sinha

June 2025: 1-19 DOI: 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.535

641 (Abstract) 417 (Download) PDF

Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) plays a vital role in economic development by enhancing productive capacity and stimulating growth. However, in India, a paradox persists: despite steady increases in GFCF and GDP, unemployment remains high, highlighting a disconnect between macroeconomic growth and labor market outcomes. This study examines the dynamic interrelationships among capital formatio... more
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From Cognitive Bias to Algorithmic Influence: Theoretical Shifts in Behavioral Finance

Marcello Forcellini, Eva Gracikova

June 2025: 20-27 DOI: 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.766

794 (Abstract) 1345 (Download) PDF

Behavioral finance emerged as a response to the limitations of classical financial theory, revealing that investor behavior is shaped by cognitive biases, heuristics, and emotional influences rather than pure rationality. The rapid diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) across financial systems now challenges this foundation, introducing new dynamics in how decisions are made, information is pr... more
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Mapping India’s Economic Transition: Sectoral Shifts, Labour Productivity, and Regional Inequality in a Policy Framework for Balanced Development

Jitendra Kumar Sinha

June 2025: 28-50 DOI: 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.683

422 (Abstract) 658 (Download) PDF

This study investigates the role of structural transformation in shaping labour-productivity growth across Indian states over the past three decades, applying a decomposition framework that separates within-sector efficiency gains from between-sector labour shifts. Using state-level panel data, the analysis derives a Structural Transformation Index (STI) to quantify the extent to which workers mov... more
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Security or Development: Which Drives the Other? Evidence from African Panels

Mhamed BADRAOUI, Zakaria ELOUAOURTI, Jaoud BENNIS

June 2025: 51-59 DOI: 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.728

210 (Abstract) 170 (Download) PDF

This paper addresses the longstanding “chicken or egg” philosophical dilemma in the development-security field by analyzing the direction of causality between economic development and national security across African countries, with a particular focus on how this relationship varies by income level. To achieve this, we mobilized a dataset covering 33 African countries over the period 2004 to 2019,... more
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The Relationship between Employees’Well-Being and Economic Performance in Serbia

Ljiljana Kontic, Erika Bracun

June 2025: 60-75 DOI: 10.55121/jbep.v1i1.882

453 (Abstract) 517 (Download) PDF

The importance of employees’ well-being has grown because it affects productivity, satisfaction, mental health,company reputation, and legislation in developed economies. Previous studies show that psychological safety is vital for innovative decision-making and entrepreneurial behavior. This paper investigates the relationship between employees’ well-being and economic performance in a transition... more

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