All Outputs (599)

Financial accountability and religious sentiments: The case of Sukuk Bond (2021)
Journal Article
Adelopo, I., Ibrahim, R., & Bello, M. (2023). Financial accountability and religious sentiments: The case of Sukuk Bond. Journal of Business Ethics, 182, 397–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04972-4

This study bridged the gap in the literature by exploring the overlaps between public financial accountability and religious sentiments. Previous studies have considered accountability in specific religions and religious organisations through the exp... Read More about Financial accountability and religious sentiments: The case of Sukuk Bond.

Crude oil and stock markets in the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from oil exporters and importers (2021)
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Heinlein, R., Legrenzi, G., & Mahadeo, S. (2021). Crude oil and stock markets in the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from oil exporters and importers. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 82, 223-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2021.09.007

Financial assets tend to immediately react to the developments of a global crisis. We investigate how the relationship between crude oil and stock market returns for a heterogeneous selection of oil exporters and importers has been affected in the on... Read More about Crude oil and stock markets in the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from oil exporters and importers.

Automatic Checking of Research Outputs (ACRO): A tool for dynamic disclosure checks (2021)
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Green, E., Ritchie, F., & Smith, J. (2021). Automatic Checking of Research Outputs (ACRO): A tool for dynamic disclosure checks. ESS Statistical Working Papers, 2021 Edition, https://doi.org/10.2785/75954

This paper discusses the issues surrounding the creation of an automatic tool to reduce the burden of output checking in research environments. It describes ACRO (Automatic Checking of Research Outputs), a Stata tool written as a proof-of-concept, an... Read More about Automatic Checking of Research Outputs (ACRO): A tool for dynamic disclosure checks.

Impact of foreign ownership on market power: Do regional banks behave differently in ASEAN countries? (2021)
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Yildirim, C., Kasman, A., & Hamid, F. S. (2021). Impact of foreign ownership on market power: Do regional banks behave differently in ASEAN countries?. Economic Modelling, 105, 105654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105654

The change in crossborder financial intermediation and rise in regional banking have consequences for competitive conduct in emerging countries' banking markets. Using data from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries' banks during 2011–... Read More about Impact of foreign ownership on market power: Do regional banks behave differently in ASEAN countries?.

Becoming a central bank: The development of the Bank of England's private sector lending policies during the Restriction (2021)
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Sissoko, C. (2022). Becoming a central bank: The development of the Bank of England's private sector lending policies during the Restriction. Economic History Review, 75(2), 601-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13110

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)
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Shah, I. H., Wanovits, H. M., & Hatfield, R. (2022). Uncovering investment management performance using SPIVA data. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 26(3), 3676-3695. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1981

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)
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Gardner, M., Webber, D. J., Parry, G., & Bradley, P. (2021). COVID-19: How community businesses in England struggled to respond to their communities’ needs. Local Economy, 36(6), 524-540. https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211056034

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)
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Misirlioglu, I. U., Tucker, J., & Boshnak, H. A. (2022). Drivers of mandatory disclosure in GCC region firms. Accounting Research Journal, 35(3), 382-407. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARJ-12-2020-0366

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)
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Sahul Hamid, F., & Loke, Y. J. (2021). Information disclosure and credit card repayments: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 39(7), 1479-1497. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-03-2021-0082

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)
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Heinlein, R., & Lepori, G. M. (2022). Do financial markets respond to macroeconomic surprises? Evidence from the UK. Empirical Economics, 62, 2329–2371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02108-1

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)
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Arif, A., Saeed, A., & Farooq, U. (2022). The behaviour of forex market during the first and second wave of COVID-19: A wavelet analysis. Applied Economics Letters, 29(19), 1799-1803. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1962508

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.

Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects (2021)
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Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., & Nyengani, J. (2021). Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects. Gates Open Research, 5, Article 97. https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1116786.1

The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and the Open Data Institute (ODI) commissioned a team of economists to measure the value of improving data governance and access in the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia (S... Read More about Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects.

Boss-babes and predatory optimism: Neoliberalism, gender, and multi-level marketing (2021)
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Wrenn, M., & Waller, W. (2021). Boss-babes and predatory optimism: Neoliberalism, gender, and multi-level marketing. Journal of Economic Issues, 55(2), 423-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2021.1908805

Abstract: Capitalism always depends on relentless sales efforts to battle against its endemic tendency toward a lack of effective demand. Multi-level marketing schemes (MLMs), which offer individuals the “opportunity” to earn income by becoming indep... Read More about Boss-babes and predatory optimism: Neoliberalism, gender, and multi-level marketing.

Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK (2021)
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El-Gebeily, E., Guermat, C., & Vendrame, V. (2021). Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 31, Article 100519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100519

We investigate the impact of managerial optimism on investment decision sensitivity to cash flow. Optimists tend to overestimate returns and make overly optimistic cash flow forecasts, which leads to increased investment levels, as well as increased... Read More about Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK.

Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research (2021)
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Youngman, T., & Barrio, L. (2021). Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research. Radical Housing Journal, 3(1), 207-228. https://doi.org/10.54825/ohkx8319

Since the financial crisis the rate of squatting in Madrid has increased eightfold, a structural response to waves of evictions affecting upwards of 75 000 households in the region and the proliferation of vacant housing. But – predictably – squatter... Read More about Housing is not a crime: Madrid’s post-crisis squatters’ movement tell our story through activist research.

Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter? (2021)
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Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Acheampong, S., & Akwei, C. (2021). Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 29(3), 392-409. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJAIM-09-2020-0141

Purpose: This study aims to examine the impact of executive bonus compensation on a firm’s financial leverage policy and the extent to which this compensation–leverage relation is moderated by firm growth and executive ownership. Design/methodology/a... Read More about Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter?.

Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy (2021)
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Ruziev, K. (2021). Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy. Europe-Asia Studies, 73(7), 1303-1329. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1919602

Uzbekistan’s unique post-independence experiment with development was led by Islam Karimov until his sudden death in September 2016. Despite defying international advice on structural reforms, under Karimov’s rule, Uzbekistan achieved an average annu... Read More about Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy.

Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China (2021)
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Jiang, H., Hu, Y., Su, K., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 17(2), Article 100259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2021.100259

Against the backdrop of a series of regulations issued by the Chinese Government in an effort to rein in top executives’ compensation in state-owned enterprises, this study investigates whether the exogenous shock resulting from restricting top execu... Read More about Do government say-on-pay policies distort managers’ engagement in corporate social responsibility? Quasi-experimental evidence from China.

Board composition and voluntary risk disclosure during uncertainty (2021)
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Adelopo, I., Yekini, K., Maina, R., & Wang, Y. (2021). Board composition and voluntary risk disclosure during uncertainty. International Journal of Accounting, 56(2), Article 2150005. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1094406021500050

This study examines the relationship between board composition and voluntary risk disclosure during uncertainty for a sample of United Kingdom-listed companies. A strand of the disclosure literature focusing on the impact of the board on corporate di... Read More about Board composition and voluntary risk disclosure during uncertainty.

Investigación PAHrticipativa. Los desafíos éticos de la investigación militante en la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (2021)
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Barrio, L., D'Adda, G., Youngman, T., Ramón, E., Sala, E., & Sanmartin, L. (2021). Investigación PAHrticipativa. Los desafíos éticos de la investigación militante en la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH). Encrucijadas: Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales, 21(1), Article a210

This article is a comparative analysis of four activist research projects carried out in the Plataforma de Afectadas por la Hipoteca (PAH – Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), a network of more than 220 housing mutual aid groups set up across... Read More about Investigación PAHrticipativa. Los desafíos éticos de la investigación militante en la Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH).