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Human capital disclosures in developing countries: Figureheads and value creators (2013)
Journal Article
Haniffa, R., Huang, C. C., Huang, C., Luther, R., Tayles, M., & Haniffa, R. (2013). Human capital disclosures in developing countries: Figureheads and value creators. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 14(2), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/09675421311291919

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore if any disparity exists between human capital information desired by financial analysts and fund managers and actual disclosure of such information in company annual reports, in the context of develop... Read More about Human capital disclosures in developing countries: Figureheads and value creators.

Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance? (2013)
Journal Article
Yükseltürk, O., Misirlioǧlu, I. U., Misirlioglu, I. U., Tucker, J., & Yukselturk, O. (2013). Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance?. International Journal of Accounting, 48(3), 327-363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2013.07.002

In this study, we examine whether the mandatory adoption of IFRS by Turkish listed companies in 2005 was successful in practice and what role firm and country level factors played in the adoption. We determine the firm-specific factors that affect th... Read More about Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance?.

Influence at work and the desire for more influence (2013)
Journal Article
Markey, R., Ravenswood, K., Webber, D. J., & Knudsen, H. (2013). Influence at work and the desire for more influence. Journal of Industrial Relations, 55(4), 507-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185613489393

What determines whether workers want more influence in their workplace? Much of the literature on employee voice assumes that employees desire a say in how they do their work, and that where they lack influence they are more likely to desire a greate... Read More about Influence at work and the desire for more influence.

Implementing the new science of risk management to tanker freight markets (2013)
Thesis
tanker freight markets. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/929221

Studies in the area of shipping freight risk measurement and management are limited and the understandings of the impact of freight volatility dynamics on the freight market remain insufficient and under-researched. The few studies that explore diffe... Read More about Implementing the new science of risk management to tanker freight markets.

A note on the volatility of the tradeable and nontradeable sectors (2013)
Journal Article
Povoledo, L. (2013). A note on the volatility of the tradeable and nontradeable sectors. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 17(5), 1158-1168. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100511000782

This note evaluates whether a New Open Economy model can reproduce qualitatively the observed fluctuations of the tradeable and nontradeable sectors of the U.S. economy. The answer is positive: both in the model and in the data, the standard deviatio... Read More about A note on the volatility of the tradeable and nontradeable sectors.

Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan (2013)
Journal Article
Ruziev, K., & Majidov, T. (2013). Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan. Europe-Asia Studies, 65(4), 682-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2013.766044

Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan are neighbouring countries in post-Soviet Central Asia which share similar culture and language. Their economic structures were similar under central planning: they provided the agricultural basis to the... Read More about Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan.

Systems of accumulation and the evolving South African MEC (2013)
Book Chapter
Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Newman, S. (2013). Systems of accumulation and the evolving South African MEC. In D. Tavasci, B. Fine, & J. Saraswati (Eds.), Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the Twenty-First Century (245-267). London: Pluto Press

A Comment on Tobias Kronenberg's "Construction of Regional Input-Output Tables Using Nonsurvey Methods: The Role of Cross-Hauling" (2013)
Journal Article
Flegg, A. T., & Tohmo, T. (2013). A Comment on Tobias Kronenberg's "Construction of Regional Input-Output Tables Using Nonsurvey Methods: The Role of Cross-Hauling". International Regional Science Review, 36(2), 235-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017612446371

This article examines the effectiveness of a new non-survey regionalization method: Kronenberg's Cross-Hauling Adjusted Regionalization Method (CHARM). This aims to take into account the fact that regions typically both import and export most commodi... Read More about A Comment on Tobias Kronenberg's "Construction of Regional Input-Output Tables Using Nonsurvey Methods: The Role of Cross-Hauling".

Australasian money demand stability: Application of structural break tests (2013)
Journal Article
Webber, D. J., & Kumar, S. (2013). Australasian money demand stability: Application of structural break tests. Applied Economics, 45(8), 1011-1025. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.613788

Estimates of the demand for money provide important foundations for monetary policy setting but if the estimation technique does not explicitly account for structural changes then such estimates will be biased. This article presents an investigation... Read More about Australasian money demand stability: Application of structural break tests.

Together or apart? Attitudes towards multi-ethnic state and ethnically mixed communities in post-independence Kosovo (2013)
Book Chapter
Ivlevs, A., & King, R. M. (2013). Together or apart? Attitudes towards multi-ethnic state and ethnically mixed communities in post-independence Kosovo. In C. Ruggeri Laderchi, & S. Savastano (Eds.), Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans: new directions in measurement and policy (203-220). Springer

A growing body of literature has explored the impact of ethnic fractionalisation on long-term development outcomes. This chapter explores the way ethnic identities relate to the dynamics of exclusion by focusing on attitudes towards a multi-ethnic st... Read More about Together or apart? Attitudes towards multi-ethnic state and ethnically mixed communities in post-independence Kosovo.

Culture-based development: Culture and institutions – economic development in the regions of Europe (2013)
Journal Article
Tubadji, A. (2013). Culture-based development: Culture and institutions – economic development in the regions of Europe. International Journal of Society Systems Science, 5(4), 355-391. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSS.2013.058466

This inquiry seeks to provide a comprehensive conceptual framework for understanding the role of culture in economic growth. Economic growth theory has recognised labour and physical capital as primary economic inputs; plugging in additional variable... Read More about Culture-based development: Culture and institutions – economic development in the regions of Europe.

The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications (2013)
Journal Article
Bradley, P., Druckman, A., & Jackson, T. (2013). The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications. Journal of Cleaner Production, 42, 241-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.009

Meeting near future UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets will require all parts of the UK economy to contribute, and in particular significant changes in business practices are required at the local level. From review it was found that there is... Read More about The development of commercial local area resource and emissions modelling-navigating towards new perspectives and applications.

Developing a capacity to engage in critical reflection: Students' 'ways of knowing' within an undergraduate business and accounting programme (2013)
Journal Article
Lucas, U., & Tan, P. L. (2013). Developing a capacity to engage in critical reflection: Students' 'ways of knowing' within an undergraduate business and accounting programme. Studies in Higher Education, 38(1), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2011.569706

The development of a capacity to engage in critical reflection is central to higher education. However, students vary in this capacity and its development requires students to move from an absolute towards a contextual way of knowing. Using 32 semi-s... Read More about Developing a capacity to engage in critical reflection: Students' 'ways of knowing' within an undergraduate business and accounting programme.

The effect of reliance on international funding on banking fragility: Evidence from East Asia (2013)
Journal Article
Hamid, F. S. (2013). The effect of reliance on international funding on banking fragility: Evidence from East Asia. Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 7(1), 29-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/0973801012466102

The East Asian crisis highlights the importance of liquidity for smooth functioning of the banking system. It also shows the vulnerabilities that arise as a result of high dependence on international liquidity. This article empirically analyses the i... Read More about The effect of reliance on international funding on banking fragility: Evidence from East Asia.

Minorities on the move? Assessing post-enlargement emigration intentions of Latvia's Russian speaking minority (2013)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A. (2013). Minorities on the move? Assessing post-enlargement emigration intentions of Latvia's Russian speaking minority. Annals of Regional Science, 51(1), 33-52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-012-0534-0

Are ethnic minorities more likely to emigrate from the new EU Member States? Who are the potential minority and majority migrants? This paper studies emigration intentions of the Russian speaking minority in Latvia after the 2004 EU enlargement. Usin... Read More about Minorities on the move? Assessing post-enlargement emigration intentions of Latvia's Russian speaking minority.

A review of banking sector reforms in transition economies (2013)
Working Paper
Ruziev, K., & Dow, S. A review of banking sector reforms in transition economies. UWE Bristol

This study critically analyses the intended and unintended consequences of financial sector policy implemented in transition economies (TEs) of Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Following the policy recommendations of interna... Read More about A review of banking sector reforms in transition economies.