Emerging markets
(2012)
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All Outputs (59)
To observe or not to observe: Complementary pluralism in physics and economics (2012)
Journal Article
This quotation from Einstein expresses the essence of what this paper hopes to say. "Whether you can observe a thing or not depends on the theory which you use. It is theory which decides what can be observed."
There exists in economics a malaise... Read More about To observe or not to observe: Complementary pluralism in physics and economics.
Measures of human capital - Consultation (2012)
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The concept of human capital and its importance for economic development has been discussed in economic literature for centuries. Human capital is a driver of economic growth and therefore, in order to better understand the dynamics of an economy, it... Read More about Measures of human capital - Consultation.
'Heterodox economics' and the problems of classification (2012)
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This paper discusses classification in Economics via the case of 'heterodox economics (HE)'. It argues that the debate over HE reflects several important methodological issues: the need and motives for classification, and its consequences; dualism; a... Read More about 'Heterodox economics' and the problems of classification.
Fractionalization and well-being: Evidence from a new South African data set (2012)
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This paper aims to test whether a number of fractionalization variables that capture cultural and economic diversity have any impact on reported life satisfaction as well as happiness. Controlling for standard economic and non-economic variables, we... Read More about Fractionalization and well-being: Evidence from a new South African data set.
How useful are the concepts green growth and green jobs? (2012)
Journal Article
From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia (2012)
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© 2012, Ivļevs and King; licensee Springer. We study the determinants of the willingness to acquire citizenship of Latvia by ‘non-citizens’ – the former Soviet migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serv... Read More about From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia.
Quality of life research in economics: An introduction to the special issue (2012)
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This special issue highlights the growing trend in applied economics research of the use and analysis of subjective concepts, such as quality of life. It contains five studies that highlight the broad range of research currently in vogue, including t... Read More about Quality of life research in economics: An introduction to the special issue.
'Heterodox economics' and the problem of classification (2012)
Journal Article
Measuring national well-being, The economy (2012)
Journal Article
This article is published as part of the ONS Measuring National Well-being Programme. The programme aims to produce accepted and trusted measures of the well-being of the nation - how the UK as a whole is doing. This article focuses on one aspect of... Read More about Measuring national well-being, The economy.
Determinants of audit committees' activity: Evidence from the UK (2012)
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to revisit the determinants of audit committee activity in UK listed companies after over a decade since the last investigation of this matter and with numerous significant changes in the regulatory and corporat... Read More about Determinants of audit committees' activity: Evidence from the UK.
Something will turn up? Financial over-optimism and mortgage arrears (2012)
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This paper investigates the association between unrealised financial expectations (over-optimism) and subsequent mortgage repayment difficulties, using British longitudinal data. Evidence is provided that an increased probability of mortgage payment... Read More about Something will turn up? Financial over-optimism and mortgage arrears.
Intellectual capital information gaps (2012)
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This paper explores the internal intellectual capital (IC) information gaps by examining the extent to which IC information is made available by the internal accounting system as well as how important IC information is to managers in carrying out the... Read More about Intellectual capital information gaps.
Determinants of web‐accessibility of corporate social responsibility communications (2012)
Journal Article
Purpose: The corporate social responsibility (CSR) debate has developed tremendously over decades. However, while CSR communication has developed significantly, web‐accessibility of CSR communications is under researched. The purpose of this paper is... Read More about Determinants of web‐accessibility of corporate social responsibility communications.
Criticality and strong intermittency in the lorentz channel (2012)
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We demonstrate the emergence of criticality due to power-law cross correlations in an ensemble of noninteracting particles propagating in an infinite Lorentz channel. The origin of these interparticle long-range correlations is the intermittent dynam... Read More about Criticality and strong intermittency in the lorentz channel.
Multiple large ownership structure, audit committee activity and audit fees: Evidence from the UK (2012)
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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of multiple large ownership structure (MLS) and audit committee activity (ACA) on audit pricing for a sample of UK listed companies. One way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and cross sectional multiple... Read More about Multiple large ownership structure, audit committee activity and audit fees: Evidence from the UK.
Handbook of critical issues in finance (2012)
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Can producer currency pricing models generate volatile real exchange rates? (2012)
Journal Article
If the elasticities of substitution between traded and nontraded and between Home and Foreign traded goods are sufficiently low, then the real exchange rate generated by a model with full producer currency pricing is as volatile as in the data. © 201... Read More about Can producer currency pricing models generate volatile real exchange rates?.
Rating or no rating? That is the question: An empirical examination of UK companies (2012)
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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.
Prospects for a heterodox economics of the environment and sustainability (2012)
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