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Global politico-economic dynamics during a local conflict: Reciprocal patterns of cooperation and sanctions (2022)
Journal Article

Employing global daily news coverage on interactions between stakeholders in G20 countries, this research offers a near-real-time analysis of changing interaction patterns between Russia and other G20 economies after the onset of open military confli... Read More about Global politico-economic dynamics during a local conflict: Reciprocal patterns of cooperation and sanctions.

FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint (2022)
Journal Article

The era of dollar-based financial globalisation has seen a steady rise in the use of foreign exchange (FX) swaps. We provide a macrofinancial political economy perspective on the geography of FX swaps, and the spatial effects of central bank policies... Read More about FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint.

Can we identify students in ASHE? (2022)
Preprint / Working Paper

ASHE is a key dataset in the UK, the only one which allows long-term analysis of flows in labour market status and earnings, and hence vitally important in the understanding of low pay and wage progression. Separating out students from non-student wo... Read More about Can we identify students in ASHE?.

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?.

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.

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)

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.