3 results for “Climate Change”
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Open Access Forecasting Banking Desert Risk Using Branch Level and Merger Signals
Malavika Polanki, Polanki M
Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Finance (ICOF 2026) 2026 https://doi.org/10.36287/setsci.25.5.001
In the United States, banking desert status is classified annually from that same year’s branch data, producing a contemporaneous snapshot of current access rather than a forecast of which communities are likely to change status next. This study tests whether …
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Open Access Comparative Political and Economic Vulnerability: A Composite-Index Approach
Madhu Thota, Thota M, Sri Ram Uppugalla, Uppugalla S, Chaitanya Basava, Basava C
Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Finance (ICOF 2026) 2026 https://doi.org/10.36287/setsci.25.6.001
This study develops the Political and Economic Vulnerability Score (PAVS), a composite index for assessing cross-country differences in macro-financial and institutional vulnerability. Drawing on publicly available World Bank data, the index combines 13 indica…
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Open Access Quantum-Ready Intelligent Digital Systems for Open Finance: Integrating Post-Quantum Security and Evidence-Gated Quantum Computing
Ashwini Kumar Rath, Rath A
Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Finance (ICOF 2026) 2026 https://doi.org/10.36287/setsci.25.8.001
Open-finance services must prepare for cryptographic transitions while evaluating quantum-computing opportunities against classical alternatives. These decisions require different evidence but concern shared data, software, suppliers, and owners. This paper de…