Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (599)

Family migration capital and migration intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2012). Family migration capital and migration intentions. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 33(1), 118-129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-011-9269-9

Does a history of migration in the family influence one's decision to move abroad? This paper argues that intergenerational transmission of 'migration capital' accumulated in the family is a significant determinant of current decisions to migrate. Us... Read More about Family migration capital and migration intentions.

Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study (2012)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Mearman, A. (2012). Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study. Applied Economics, 44(9), 1121-1132. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.537640

Most university departments aspire to increase their quantity of students. The objective of this empirical study is to ascertain whether it is possible to identify students who would demand more economics study. Using data on student perceptions of e... Read More about Students' perceptions of economics: Identifying demand for further study.

Economic performance in rural England (2012)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Curry, N. (2012). Economic performance in rural England. Regional Studies, 46(3), 279-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2010.505914

Curry N. and Webber D.J. Economic performance in rural England, Regional Studies. Measuring rural economic performance is obscured by the simultaneous use of two spatial platforms: the 'city-region' and the 'rural definition'. The characteristics of... Read More about Economic performance in rural England.

Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system (2012)
Journal Article
Arif, A., & ., M. A. (2012). Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 4(2), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v4i2.306

The present study examines the role of credit risk in value creation process in banking system of Pakistan. This study here develops a conceptual model with three antecedents to credit risk. These antecedents are loan loss provision, advances, and ca... Read More about Credit risk and shareholders' value in a developing economy: Evidence from Pakistani banking system.

Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies (2012)
Journal Article
Gonis, E., Tucker, J., & Paul, S. (2012). Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies. European Journal of Finance, 18(8), 709-735

The aim of this paper is to examine the main determinants of the rating likelihood of UK companies. We use a binary probit specification to model the main drivers of a firm’s propensity to be rated. Using a sample of 245 non-financial UK companies ov... Read More about Rating or no rating: That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies.

Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia (2012)
Journal Article
Kumar, S., Webber, D. J., & Fargher, S. (2012). Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia. Applied Economics, 44(5), 599-605. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.511993

This article presents the details of an investigation into the relationship between investment and savings in Australia over the period 1960 to 2007. Using five time series techniques our results reveal that the Feldstein- Horioka puzzle exists in a... Read More about Testing the validity of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Australia.

Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand (2012)
Journal Article
Kumar, S., Webber, D. J., & Fargher, S. (2012). Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand. Applied Economics, 44(5), 607-616. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2010.511994

Wagner's Law states that the share of government expenditure in Gross National Product (GNP) will increase with economic development; many associated empirical studies substitute GNP with Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This article presents an empiric... Read More about Wagner's law revisited: Cointegration and causality tests for New Zealand.

Income velocity and non-GDP transactions in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
Biefang-Frisancho Mariscal, I., & Howells, P. (2012). Income velocity and non-GDP transactions in the UK. International Review of Applied Economics, 26(1), 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2011.580270

It is widely reported for many countries, including the UK, that income velocity has been highly variable around a declining trend in recent years. This paper advances the following hypothesis. The demand for credit and hence the broad money stock ar... Read More about Income velocity and non-GDP transactions in the UK.

Adopters and non-adopters of internet banking: A segmentation study (2012)
Journal Article
Patsiotis, A. G., Hughes, T., & Webber, D. J. (2012). Adopters and non-adopters of internet banking: A segmentation study. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 30(1), 20-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/02652321211195686

Purpose: This study examines internet banking adoption and resistance behaviour in Greece in order to develop profiles of adopters and non-adopters of the service. The aim is to illustrate customers' resistance behaviour towards internet banking. The... Read More about Adopters and non-adopters of internet banking: A segmentation study.

Measuring poverty/health: A cautionary note (2012)
Journal Article
Shamsan, Y., White, P., & Webber, D. J. (2012). Measuring poverty/health: A cautionary note. Empirical Economics Letters, 11(12),

Economists use various measures to account for the effect of poverty, welfare or health on economic growth but there is a lack of understanding of the movement of such variables over time and whether countries experiences similar trends. This paper p... Read More about Measuring poverty/health: A cautionary note.

Convergence across Spanish provinces: Cross-section and pairwise evidence (2012)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., White, P., Minondo, A., & Allen, D. O. (2012). Convergence across Spanish provinces: Cross-section and pairwise evidence. Empirical Economics Letters, 11(6), 611-622

Distribution free statistics are employed to investigate biennial income per capita convergence across 52 Spanish provinces over the period 1955-1997. Based upon ideas of concordance and discordance that capture convergence and divergence properties,... Read More about Convergence across Spanish provinces: Cross-section and pairwise evidence.

Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria (2011)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.