Westminster International University in Tashkent

Deposit insurance and bank risk-taking: the moderating role of Islamic banking in the MENA region

Purpose This study investigates the impact of deposit insurance on bank risk-taking and examines how Islamic banking architectures moderate this relationship in the MENA region's dual banking system. Design/methodology/approach We apply panel quantile regressions to an unbalanced...

Explainable Multi-Objective Quantum-Inspired Fuzzy Optimization of Rule Bases for Scalable Load Balancing in Multi-Factor Computing Environments

The rapid growth of cloud and distributed computing systems has increased the complexity of real-time request distribution under dynamic and multi-factor conditions. In such environments, load-balancing decisions must simultaneously consider uncertain and interdependent parameter...

Health expenditure and economic growth in post-Soviet Uzbekistan: ARDL evidence from a transition economy (2000–2022)

This study provides the first econometric examination of the health expenditure–economic growth nexus in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous economy, over 2000–2022. Using ARDL bounds testing, Granger and Toda–Yamamoto causality analysis, and endogenous structural-break test...

Socio-Economic Inequality, Social Infrastructure, and Quality of Life in Central Asia: The Roles of Digital Infrastructure and Structural Transformation

This study investigates the long-run relationship between socio-economic inequality, public service provision, infrastructure development, structural transformation, and quality of life in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan over the 2000–...