Tashkent State University of Economics

Climate-risk narrative attention and carbon emissions: internal governance and coal efficiency as moderators, green innovation as a mitigating channel

Global decarbonization hinges on corporate behavior, yet principal–agent conflicts often undermine firms’ responses to climate change. Despite growing regulatory and stakeholder pressure, managers may prioritize short-term performance over long-term environmental goals when they...

ENHANCING FISCAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN UZBEKISTAN: COMPETITION, PRICE BENCHMARKING, AND DIGITAL FINANCIAL CONTROL

Public procurement is a key mechanism through which public financial resources are converted into goods, works, and services. Its efficiency directly influences budget expenditure, fiscal discipline, and the quality of public financial management. This study examines Uzbekistan's...

SMART GOVERNANCE AS INTEGRATIVE CAPACITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

The concept of smart governance has been applied across research on public administration, health policy, e-government, and smart cities, but remains fragmented. This conceptual review proposes four analytical trajectories and interprets smart governance as an integrative capacit...

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT GROWTH AND REPORTED SAVINGS FROM COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES IN UZBEKISTAN, 2021–2025: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS

Public procurement constitutes an important mechanism through which governments allocate financial resources, deliver public services, support businesses, and influence market competition. In Uzbekistan, the rapid expansion of electronic public procurement and the increasing part...

WAYS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF HUMAN CAPITAL

This article analyses theoretical and practical pathways for supporting sustainable development through improvements in human capital quality. Human capital is considered a multidimensional resource encompassing education, health, professional skills, experience, digital literacy...

Critical Markov Branching-Immigration Systems: Complete Classification of the State Space and Exact Rates of Convergence

We study a critical homogeneous continuous-time Markov branching-immigration system whose offspring and immigration generating functions regularly vary at point 1 of orders 1+ν and δ with ν,δ∈(0,1]. The slowly varying factors are controlled through their index functions, which ca...

ECONOMIC SHOCKS: THEIR NATURE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF INCORPORATING THEM INTO ECONOMIC GROWTH ANALYSIS

This article examines the nature and essence of economic shocks, their underlying causes, and the mechanisms through which they influence economic growth. The effects of economic shocks on economic growth are comprehensively analysed in relation to key macroeconomic indicators, e...

NEW HORIZONS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN UZBEKISTAN IN THE CONTEXT OF WTO ACCESSION

This article examines the potential implications of Uzbekistan's prospective accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the sources, structure, and quality of economic growth. Drawing on official data covering 2016–2026 and model-based estimates, the study highlights the...

THE ECONOMIC MECHANISM OF STATE REGULATION OF THE RAILWAY TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN UZBEKISTAN

This article examines the economic mechanism of state regulation of the transport system of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It considers legal, tax, licensing, financial, and tariff instruments, with particular attention to regional specificities and the meso-level of the economy. Th...

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF TAX POLICY REFORMS IN THE CONTEXT OF WTO ACCESSION: THE EXPERIENCES OF KYRGYZSTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, AND TAJIKISTAN

This article provides a comprehensive historical and comparative analysis of tax policy reforms implemented in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan in the context of their accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The study examines the evolution of tariff liberalisation...

Governing artificial intelligence in science: Evidence from a bibliometric analysis of research integrity

The increasing integration of artificial intelligence into scientific research has raised worries about scientific ethics and research integrity. This research offers a thorough bibliometric analysis. Of 2969 publications Scopus index from 2015 until 2025 to examine the field's e...

Diminished Ovarian Reserve in Advanced Endometriosis: Prevalence, Clinical Predictors, and Patient Awareness of Fertility Preservation

Background & Objective: Advanced endometriosis is recognized as a potential cause of Diminished Ovarian Reserve (DOR), yet data on its prevalence, predictors, and patient awareness in Central Asia are scarce. The present study was conducted with aim to determine the prevalence of...

ANSWERING BUYER CARBON-DATA REQUESTS: A MINIMUM ACCOUNTING CONTOUR FOR SECOND-TIER EXPORTERS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES

Exporters in emerging economies increasingly receive greenhouse-gas data requests not from regulators but from their customers, who need supplier figures to complete their own value-chain inventories. Two instruments adopted in 2026 reshape this pressure in opposite directions. D...

PROSPECTS FOR PROMOTING UZBEKISTAN'S TOURISM BRAND IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET THROUGH ELEMENTS OF NATIONAL FASHION

This study employs a documentary and analytical approach that combines published tourism statistics, international experience with dress-based tourism instruments, and evidence on how fashion-related attributes influence destination brand perceptions. The sources are classified a...

CAPITAL DIGITALIZATION AND INNOVATION AS DRIVERS OF SMALL BUSINESS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY IN UZBEKISTAN

This article investigates the determinants of labor productivity in Uzbekistan's small business sector using a balanced regional panel for 14 territorial units over the period 2015–2024. The dataset contains 140 region-year observations and combines data on labor productivity, fi...

STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFICIENCY IN UZBEKISTAN: EVIDENCE FROM SECTORAL DYNAMICS AND PANEL DATA

This study investigates the relationship between structural transformation and regional entrepreneurial efficiency in Uzbekistan by combining sectoral dynamics with panel-data evidence. The research addresses an important gap in the entrepreneurship literature: while studies incr...

TRANSPARENCY, SINGLE BIDDING, AND BUDGET SAVINGS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: EVIDENCE FROM UZBEKISTAN

This study examines which institutional and market factors are associated with budget savings in public procurement across the regions of Uzbekistan. A balanced regional framework was constructed for 14 territorial units over 2019–2024, yielding 84 region-year observations. The d...

ISLAMIC FINANCE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY: GREEN SUKUK OPPORTUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONAL READINESS IN UZBEKISTAN

This article evaluates green sukuk as an instrument for financing the green economy and assesses Uzbekistan's institutional readiness for their introduction in the context of the 2026 legislative reforms establishing a legal framework for Islamic banking and the further developme...

IMPROVING THE MECHANISMS FOR RAISING THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL AUDIT IN BUDGET ORGANIZATIONS

The article examines the mechanisms for raising the quality and effectiveness of internal audit in budget organizations. Quality assurance requirements established by the IIA Global Internal Audit Standards and INTOSAI pronouncements are analysed, and the reasons why compliance-b...

THE ECONOMIC ESSENCE OF MANAGEMENT IN FOOD INDUSTRY ENTERPRISES: AN INTEGRATED VALUE-CREATION, SUPPLY-CHAIN AND DIGITAL MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

This study reconceptualises management in food industry enterprises as an integrated economic mechanism that transforms material, financial, human, technological and informational resources into sustainable value under conditions of perishability, seasonality, strict food-safety...