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The effects of audit committee characteristics on its oversight effectiveness: Evidence from Hong Kong (2022)
Journal Article

This study examines the relationships between audit committee (AC) characteristics and its oversight effectiveness primarily measured as accrual and real earnings management in Hong Kong after the Asian financial crisis in 2008 for a sample of Hong K... Read More about The effects of audit committee characteristics on its oversight effectiveness: Evidence from Hong Kong.

Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan (2022)
Book Chapter

By analysing relevant policy documents, official statistics, and primary data from interviews, this chapter tries to explain why higher education remained one of the least reformed areas in Uzbekistan until 2016 and why reforms have accelerated since... Read More about Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan.

The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

Recent research indicates that the percentage of employees in Britain who are low paid – earning below two-thirds median hourly earnings – has been falling in the last 6-7 years. It points to the increased ‘bite’ of the adult National Minimum Wage (N... Read More about The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?.

Circular cumulative causation (2022)
Book Chapter

Three different strands of Circular Cumulative Causation can be distinguished: 1) Veblen’s “Cumulative causation”; 2) Myrdal’s “Circular Cumulative Causation”, 3) and Young-Kaldor “Cumulative causation”. (Berger 2009)

K. William Kapp (2022)
Book Chapter

August Karl Wilhelm Kapp (*1910 in Königsberg – †1976 Dubrovnik) was born in the cultural and economic capital of East Prussia during the epoch of Imperial Germany. His formative years saw post-WW I revolutions of 1918, territorial separation of East... Read More about K. William Kapp.

Social costs (2022)
Book Chapter

The root concern of American institutionalism is, arguably, the social waste of business enterprise. (Rutherford 2015; Gruchy 1976) In this tradition, the most comprehensive account and theory of social costs is “The Social Costs of Business Enterpri... Read More about Social costs.

Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions (2022)
Journal Article

This study examines the effects of firm-level political risk on firm leverage decisions and speed of adjustment. We uncover that firm-level political risk has a negative impact on a firm's total and long-term leverage. We also find that firms facing... Read More about Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions.

Not just arms and legs: Employer perspectives on student workers (2022)
Journal Article

The student workforce plays a substantial part in several low-paying industries such as retail and hospitality, and this has grown over time. However, there has been little recent research. The usual assumption is that students compete successfully w... Read More about Not just arms and legs: Employer perspectives on student workers.

Risk of disclosure when reporting commonly used univariate statistics (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

When basic or descriptive summary statistics are reported, it may be possible that the entire sample of observations is inadvertently disclosed, or that members within a sample will be able to work out responses of others. Three sets of univariate su... Read More about Risk of disclosure when reporting commonly used univariate statistics.

Direct shock experience vs. tangential shock exposure: Indirect effects of flood shocks on well-being and preferences (2022)
Journal Article

With extreme weather events on the rise, the question of how witnessing adverse weather events may affect individuals' perception, and consequently their subjective well-being, gains in relevance. To identify events that have been witnessed, i.e., ta... Read More about Direct shock experience vs. tangential shock exposure: Indirect effects of flood shocks on well-being and preferences.