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Becoming a central bank: The development of the Bank of England's private sector lending policies during the Restriction (2021)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

The present and future of confidential microdata access [draft] (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This briefing document was prepared for the DRAGoN conference 'The Present and Future of Microdata Access', 5th-9th July 2021. It provides an introduction to the topics to be covered in the conference.

The present and future of confidential microdata access: Post-workshop report (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the summer of 2021, the University of the West of England, in collaboration with UN Economic Commission for Europe, Eurostat, INXEDA and statistical organisations across the world, hosted a workshop to review lessons learnt in microdata access ove... Read More about The present and future of confidential microdata access: Post-workshop report.

Oil and US stock market shocks: Implications for Canadian equities (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper

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)
Journal Article

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.

Sequential mixed methods research: Non-compliance in apprentice pay with owls (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Within mixed methods literature, the relationship between qualitative and quantitative data collection is ubiquitously presented as sequential. Thus, the most followed approach is for the first stage of data collection to follow the second, or to run... Read More about Sequential mixed methods research: Non-compliance in apprentice pay with owls.

Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Traditional Higher Education providers have been increasingly embracing a more blended learning provisions for last couple of years. The rate of adoption has increased significantly following Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst blended learning is easier to ad... Read More about Use of blended learning to teach mathematics to first year economics students.

Boss-babes and predatory optimism: Neoliberalism, gender, and multi-level marketing (2021)
Journal Article

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.

Pension funds and domestic bond markets in emerging economies (2021)
Book Chapter

This chapter reviews the terms of engagement of foreign and domestic pension funds in the domestic financial markets of emerging economies. Given their longer-time horizon, pension funds are expected to contribute positively to the development of lar... Read More about Pension funds and domestic bond markets in emerging economies.

Managerial optimism and investment decision in the UK (2021)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses (2021)
Report

This study arose out of a three-year longitudinal study exploring the values held by community business leaders and how these values impact on the financial and social sustainability of their businesses. The final wave of interviews with leaders took... Read More about Helping ensure survival: Digitally enhanced advanced services in community businesses.

Uzbekistan’s development experiment: An assessment of Karimov’s peculiar economic legacy (2021)
Journal Article

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.

Executive bonus compensation and financial leverage: Do growth and executive ownership matter? (2021)
Journal Article

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?.