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Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria (2011)
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Adelopo, I. (2011). Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria. Advances in Accounting, 27(2), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2011.08.009

This study examines voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria. Results from univariate and multivariate analyses of 52 listed companies suggest an average voluntary disclosure of 44% based on modified Meek, Roberts and Gray (... Read More about Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria.

Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis (2011)
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Argitis, G., & Dafermos, Y. (2011). Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 35(6), 1015-1033. https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/ber002

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the post-Keynesian/Kaleckian macroeconomic literature. We develop a macroeconomic model that explicitly integrates the role of borrowing and cash payment commitments on outstanding debt (interest plus pri... Read More about Finance, inflation and employment: A post-Keynesian/Kaleckian analysis.

Explaining the human resource management preferences of employees: A study of Chinese workers (2011)
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Caia, Z., Morris, J. L., & Chen, J. (2011). Explaining the human resource management preferences of employees: A study of Chinese workers. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(16), 3245-3269. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.560863

This study explores the human resource management (HRM) preferences of Chinese employees, based on a sample of 2852 questionnaires from organizations in China. The research findings show a strong 'group orientation' and a great emphasis on 'soft fact... Read More about Explaining the human resource management preferences of employees: A study of Chinese workers.

Managerial power theory, tournament theory, and executive pay in China (2011)
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Chen, J., Ezzamel, M., & Cai, Z. (2011). Managerial power theory, tournament theory, and executive pay in China. Journal of Corporate Finance, 17(4), 1176-1199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.04.008

In this paper, we test two models of executive pay that have not received much attention in research on Chinese listed companies: managerial power theory and tournament theory. We find that structural power (executive share ownership) and prestige po... Read More about Managerial power theory, tournament theory, and executive pay in China.

UK investors' perceptions of auditor independence (2011)
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Dart, E. (2011). UK investors' perceptions of auditor independence. British Accounting Review, 43(3), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2011.06.003

The auditor's role in society is that of validating the truth and fairness of financial statements. If owners of organisations doubt the auditor's independence, financial statements will lack credibility. This questionnaire-based study investigated h... Read More about UK investors' perceptions of auditor independence.

Dividend policy and earnings management: An empirical study of Pakistani listed companies (2011)
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Arif, A., Khan, M. A., Kayani, F., & Ali Shah, S. Z. (2011). Dividend policy and earnings management: An empirical study of Pakistani listed companies. Information Management and Business Review, 3(2), 68-77. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v3i2.919

Dividend policy is one of the widely addressed topics in financial management. It is an important duty of a financial manager to formulate the company's dividend policy that is in the best interest of the company. Many a time financial managers are i... Read More about Dividend policy and earnings management: An empirical study of Pakistani listed companies.

Managerial practices of quality costing: An evidence-based framework (2011)
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Sartawi, I. I., Mustafa, I., & Luther, R. (2011). Managerial practices of quality costing: An evidence-based framework. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 28(7), 758-772. https://doi.org/10.1108/02656711111150832

Purpose: This paper aims to use empirical data to classify and contextualize the various practices of quality costing. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses 23 "best practices" of quality costing extracted from the literature to survey quality... Read More about Managerial practices of quality costing: An evidence-based framework.

Towards a 'scholarship of teaching and learning': The individual and the communal journey (2011)
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Lucas, U. (2011). Towards a 'scholarship of teaching and learning': The individual and the communal journey. Accounting Education, 20(3), 239-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2011.581047

This paper is a summary of a presentation made at the 2010 Annual Conference of the British Accounting Association's Special Interest Group on Accounting Education, held at Dublin City University. This presentation set out a case for a communal schol... Read More about Towards a 'scholarship of teaching and learning': The individual and the communal journey.

Which exhibition attributes create repeat visitation? (2011)
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Whitfield, J., & Webber, D. J. (2011). Which exhibition attributes create repeat visitation?. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 30(2), 439-447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2010.07.010

This study identifies exhibition attributes deemed important by attendees' in determining their attendance at the UK biennial MICROSCIENCE 2008 exhibition using a self-administered internet-based questionnaire. Perceived performance of attributes by... Read More about Which exhibition attributes create repeat visitation?.

Optimal military spending in the US: A time series analysis (2011)
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Dunne, J. P., d'Agostino, G., & Pieroni, L. (2011). Optimal military spending in the US: A time series analysis. Economic Modelling, 28(3), 1068-1077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2010.11.021

This paper extends previous work on the optimal size of government spending by including nested functional decompositions of military spending into consumption and investment. Post World War II US data are then used to estimate nested non-linear grow... Read More about Optimal military spending in the US: A time series analysis.

Millennium development goals: A concern over sub-national variations (2011)
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Rossouw, S., & Webber, D. J. (2011). Millennium development goals: A concern over sub-national variations. International Business and Economics Research Journal, 10(3), 127-136

Millennium development goals (MDGs) were agreed upon by 192 countries in the year 2000 and are due to be achieved by 2015. This paper highlights that MDGs deal with national averages and their achievement may hide sub-national variation. Sub-national... Read More about Millennium development goals: A concern over sub-national variations.

The economic surplus as a fund for social change and post-neoliberal governance (2011)
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Wrenn, M. (2011). The economic surplus as a fund for social change and post-neoliberal governance. Forum for Social Economics, 40(1), 99-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12143-010-9071-8

The central problem in capitalism today is not one of scarce resources clashing against innate, insatiable wants. Rather, the modern problem of monopoly capitalism is one of abundance of production clashing against scarcity of consumers. Indeed, su... Read More about The economic surplus as a fund for social change and post-neoliberal governance.

Interest rate pass-through and risk (2011)
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Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal, I., & Howells, P. (2011). Interest rate pass-through and risk. Economic Issues, 16(2), 93-114

The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development (2011)
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Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Newman, S. (2011). The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development. Socialist Register, 47, 174-195

South Africa is now, ‘officially’, the most unequal society in the world – though there seems to be a macabre rivalry with Brazil for this status. The poorest 20 per cent of South Africans receive 1.6 per cent of total income while the richest 20 per... Read More about The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development.

Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa (2011)
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Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 37(1), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2011.555155

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced in July 2010 its intention to introduce a new amnesty for illegal capital flight. For a flat rate fee of 10 per cent of the value of the assets, corporations and individuals disclosing their illegal exp... Read More about Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa.

Recent developments in monetary policy (2011)
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Howells, P., & Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal, I. (2011). Recent developments in monetary policy. Informacion Comercial Espanola -Monthly Edition-, 858, 7-22