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COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs (2021)
Journal Article
Gardner, M., Webber, D. J., Parry, G., & Bradley, P. (2021). COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs. Local Economy, 36(6), 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211056034

Economic policies tend to downplay social and community considerations in favour of market-led and business-focussed support. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for greater and deeper social cohesion and local social support networks while hi... Read More about COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs.

Drivers of mandatory disclosure in GCC region firms (2021)
Journal Article
Misirlioglu, I. U., Tucker, J., & Boshnak, H. A. (2022). Drivers of mandatory disclosure in GCC region firms. Accounting Research Journal, 35(3), 382-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-12-2020-0366

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate firm-level variations in the extent of mandatory disclosures and address the drivers of mandatory disclosure using data from the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) region. Design/methodology/approach: The extent o... Read More about Drivers of mandatory disclosure in GCC region firms.

Information disclosure and credit card repayments: Evidence from Malaysia (2021)
Journal Article
Sahul Hamid, F., & Loke, Y. J. (2021). Information disclosure and credit card repayments: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 39(7), 1479-1497. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-03-2021-0082

Purpose: This study analyzes the role of information disclosure in influencing credit card repayments by focusing on three intervention methods for improving repayment decisions among credit cardholders. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses t... Read More about Information disclosure and credit card repayments: Evidence from Malaysia.

Do financial markets respond to macroeconomic surprises? Evidence from the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Heinlein, R., & Lepori, G. M. (2022). Do financial markets respond to macroeconomic surprises? Evidence from the UK. Empirical Economics, 62, 2329–2371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02108-1

We investigate the response of UK asset prices to a large set of domestic scheduled macroeconomic announcements using data at a daily frequency from 1998 to 2017. Our results are mostly consistent with economic theory and follow two general patterns:... Read More about Do financial markets respond to macroeconomic surprises? Evidence from the UK.

The behaviour of forex market during the first and second wave of COVID-19: A wavelet analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Arif, A., Saeed, A., & Farooq, U. (2022). The behaviour of forex market during the first and second wave of COVID-19: A wavelet analysis. Applied Economics Letters, 29(19), 1799-1803. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1962508

This study evaluates the behaviour of the forex market during the first and the second wave of COVID-19. We have analysed the behaviour of exchange rates of CNY, JPY, CHF, and GBP in response to daily cases of COVID-19 and daily deaths, using Continu... Read More about The behaviour of forex market during the first and second wave of COVID-19: A wavelet analysis.

The present and future of confidential microdata access [draft] (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Green, E., & Ritchie, F. (2021, July). The present and future of confidential microdata access [draft]. Presented at The Present and Future of Microdata Access

This briefing document was prepared for the DRAGoN conference 'The Present and Future of Microdata Access', 5th-9th July 2021. It provides an introduction to the topics to be covered in the conference.

The present and future of confidential microdata access: Post-workshop report (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Green, E., Ritchie, F., Tava, F., Ashford, W., & Ferrer Breda, P. (2021, July). The present and future of confidential microdata access: Post-workshop report. Presented at The Present and Future of Microdata Access

In the summer of 2021, the University of the West of England, in collaboration with UN Economic Commission for Europe, Eurostat, INXEDA and statistical organisations across the world, hosted a workshop to review lessons learnt in microdata access ove... Read More about The present and future of confidential microdata access: Post-workshop report.

Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects (2021)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., & Nyengani, J. (2021). Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects. Gates Open Research, 5, Article 97. https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1116786.1

The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and the Open Data Institute (ODI) commissioned a team of economists to measure the value of improving data governance and access in the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia (S... Read More about Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects.

Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Haroon, M. (2021, June). Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students. Paper presented at UWE Festival of Learning 2021

Traditional Higher Education providers have been increasingly embracing a more blended learning provisions for last couple of years. The rate of adoption has increased significantly following Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst blended learning is easier to ad... Read More about Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students.