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Determinants of capital structure: An age wise analysis from non-financial sector of Pakistan (2014)
Journal Article
Arif, A., & Aslam, B. (2014). Determinants of capital structure: An age wise analysis from non-financial sector of Pakistan. International Journal of Empirical Finance, 3(2), 76-89

This study examines various determinants of capital structure in non-financial sector of Pakistan. Data are retrieved from the balance sheets, income statements and notes of 214 companies from non-financial sector in Pakistan. These companies were se... Read More about Determinants of capital structure: An age wise analysis from non-financial sector of Pakistan.

Critical observations on financialization and the financial process (2014)
Journal Article
Michell, J., & Toporowski, J. (2014). Critical observations on financialization and the financial process. International Journal of Political Economy, 42(4), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.2753/IJP0891-1916420404

© 2013, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The term "financialization" is a recognition that finance has come to play a key role on the modern capitalist economy. But users of the term do not agree on its meaning and recognition of the growing... Read More about Critical observations on financialization and the financial process.

Local culture and resistance to shocks in economic forecasts: A case study of Greece (2014)
Journal Article
Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Angelis, V. (2014). Local culture and resistance to shocks in economic forecasts: A case study of Greece. https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.3.4.2014.298-308

This paper offers an analysis of errors in stochastic forecasts in case of economic shocks, on the basis of local intangible investments and historic cultural persistence in Greece. The main objective of the paper is to demonstrate that local culture... Read More about Local culture and resistance to shocks in economic forecasts: A case study of Greece.

Speculation, financial fragility and stock-flow consistency (2014)
Book Chapter
Michell, J. (2014). Speculation, financial fragility and stock-flow consistency. In R. Bellofiore, & G. Vertova (Eds.), The Great Recession And The Contradictions Of Contemporary Capitalism. Edward Elgar

This paper uses a simple stock-flow consistent accounting framework as the basis for an analysis of the speculative financial behaviour of firms and households during a period of rising asset prices. Some shortcomings of Minsky’s theory of the busine... Read More about Speculation, financial fragility and stock-flow consistency.

Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century (2014)
Journal Article
Sissoko, C. (2015). Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century. Capital Markets Law Journal, 10(1), 80-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmu034

© The Author(s) (2014). Key points • In the early years of the twentieth century the London Stock Exchange (LSE) had a unique structure that, this article argues, was well-designed to promote efficient and liquid securities markets because it strictl... Read More about Taking asymmetric information seriously: What modern regulators can learn from the structure of the London Stock Exchange in the early twentieth century.

Global economic crisis and corruption (2014)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A., & Hinks, T. (2015). Global economic crisis and corruption. Public Choice, 162(3-4), 425-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-014-0213-z

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. We study the effects of the 2008–2009 global economic crisis on the household experience of bribing public officials. The data come from the Life in Transition-2 survey, conducted in 2010 in 30 post-s... Read More about Global economic crisis and corruption.

Knowledge creating capabilities and academic entrepreneurship (2014)
Journal Article
Noor, S., Ismail, K., Ali, S., & Arif, A. (2014). Knowledge creating capabilities and academic entrepreneurship. World Applied Sciences Journal, 32(7), 1192-1203. https://doi.org/10.5829/idosi.wasj.2014.32.07.964

Knowledge management (KM) needs a systematic approach to develop capabilities that accelerate the evolution of knowledge as a key organizational resource. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of knowledge creating capabilities on a... Read More about Knowledge creating capabilities and academic entrepreneurship.

Inconvenient glow: Cliometrics and the "golden age" of capitalism (2014)
Journal Article
Rugitsky, F. (2014). Inconvenient glow: Cliometrics and the "golden age" of capitalism. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 34(4), 587-607. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-31572014000400005

This paper aims to criticize the recent cliometrics literature on the so-called "golden age" of capitalism. The works of Nicholas Crafts, Gianni Toniolo, and Barry Eichengreen are reconstructed in order to reveal the main characteristics of this rese... Read More about Inconvenient glow: Cliometrics and the "golden age" of capitalism.

Culture-based development in the USA: culture as a factor for economic welfare and social well-being at a county level (2014)
Journal Article
Osoba, B. J., Tubadji, A., Nijkamp, P., & Osoba, B. (2015). Culture-based development in the USA: culture as a factor for economic welfare and social well-being at a county level. Journal of Cultural Economics, 39(3), 277-303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10824-014-9232-3

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This paper explores the link between culture and regional development in USA counties by explicitly including an arts variable in an attitudes-driven culture-based development (CBD) production functio... Read More about Culture-based development in the USA: culture as a factor for economic welfare and social well-being at a county level.

Understanding student attendance in business schools: An exploratory study (2014)
Journal Article
Mearman, A., Pacheco, G., Webber, D. J., Ivlevs, A., & Rahman, T. (2014). Understanding student attendance in business schools: An exploratory study. International Review of Economics Education, 17, 120-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2014.10.002

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. There is considerable literature indicating that class attendance is positively related to academic performance. However, the narrative on what influences students' decisions to attend class is scant. This article examines why st... Read More about Understanding student attendance in business schools: An exploratory study.

Some extensions of the conditional CAPM (2014)
Thesis
Vendrame, V. Some extensions of the conditional CAPM. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/813701

The objective of this thesis is to consider some extensions of the CAPM and to investigate whether such extensions can offer a better explanation for the US average equity returns. This thesis focuses on four main extensions: (i) time-varying factor... Read More about Some extensions of the conditional CAPM.

Information disclosure and depositor discipline: Evidence based on the East Asian crisis (2014)
Journal Article
Sahul Hamid, F. (2014). Information disclosure and depositor discipline: Evidence based on the East Asian crisis. Journal of Asian Development Studies, 3(2),

This paper analyses the dynamic relationship between banks' information disclosure and depositor discipline. Signalling theory posits that the amount of information that banks disclose depends on their risk. In line with this, we model the relationsh... Read More about Information disclosure and depositor discipline: Evidence based on the East Asian crisis.

A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector (2014)
Thesis
Gori, S. A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/815898

This thesis is an original and innovative contribution to the debate on the efficiency assessment of the mail business, which is the core business of postal operators. Postal services are an important economic sector for two reasons. First, due to th... Read More about A cross-country study of the cost efficiency of the postal sector.