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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.

Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kaltenbrunner, A., Newman, S., & Painceira, J. P. (2011, October). Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach. Paper presented at European Cross Networking Meeting on the Global Crises The financialization of natural resources: Understanding the new dynamics and developing civil society answers to it, Paris, France

The collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1973 unleashed the forces that would drive the capital restructuring that we have seen in the last three decades. This has involved the expansion of markets in general through processes of privatization... Read More about Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach.

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.

Managerial practices of quality costing: An evidence-based framework (2011)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Macroeconomics and violence (2011)
Book Chapter
Brauer, J., & Dunne, J. P. (2011). Macroeconomics and violence. In D. Braddon, & K. Hartley (Eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Conflict. Edward Elgar

This chapter considers macroeconomic aspects of violence. It moves beyond the usual focus on war to argue the economic importance of all forms and aspects of armed and unarmed violence. Violence refers to acts of self-harm, interpersonal violence,... Read More about Macroeconomics and violence.

Low-income countries and commodity price volatility (2011)
Book Chapter
Bargawi, H., Bova, E., Ferrarini, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Low-income countries and commodity price volatility. In T. Cottier, & P. Delimatsis (Eds.), The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (452-482). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Collaborating using a shared service model: Some lessons from practice (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Some lessons from practice. Paper presented at Public Sector Management and Accounting in a time of change, UWE

The prospect of substantial public spending cuts has provided a renewed impetus for public sector managers to search for cost savings and sharing services is increasingly being advocated to achieve efficiencies and improve, or at least maintain, the... Read More about Collaborating using a shared service model: Some lessons from practice.

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