Business schools in emerging markets: Why do they matter?
(2021)
Digital Artefact
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Becoming a central bank: The development of the Bank of England's private sector lending policies during the Restriction (2021)
Journal Article
This paper studies in detail the changes that took place in the Bank of England’s Restriction era policies governing private sector lending. We find that the Bank was adapting to novel monetary circumstances, created both by the evolution of the Engl... Read More about Becoming a central bank: The development of the Bank of England's private sector lending policies during the Restriction.
Uncovering investment management performance using SPIVA data (2021)
Journal Article
Which performs better, passive or active funds management, a question that both fund managers and academics fiercely debate. Why does fund size matter? These are a number of typical questions that puzzle practitioners and academics alike. To date, th... Read More about Uncovering investment management performance using SPIVA data.
COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs (2021)
Journal Article
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
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
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
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
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: Post-workshop report (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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.
The present and future of confidential microdata access [draft] (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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.