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Family influences on migration intentions: The role of past experience of involuntary immobility (2022)
Journal Article
Brunarska, Z., & Ivlevs, A. (2023). Family influences on migration intentions: The role of past experience of involuntary immobility. Sociology, 57(5), 1060-1077. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385221136060

The article examines the relationship between past experience of involuntary immobility in a family and the current migration intentions of its members. While family migration experience has been shown to be positively related to migration intentions... Read More about Family influences on migration intentions: The role of past experience of involuntary immobility.

Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War (2022)
Working Paper
Sissoko, C., & Palma, N. Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War

We present a detailed study of the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763) using a new dataset based on the Bank of England minutes. We argue that the war and associated Bank of England actions led to a transformation of the financial system. Additionally, whil... Read More about Crowding in during the Seven Years’ War.

Money in the early years of the Soviet Union: Barter and back again - A short-lived experiment of transformation (2022)
Book Chapter
Ruziev, K. (2022). Money in the early years of the Soviet Union: Barter and back again - A short-lived experiment of transformation. In P. Hawkins, & I. Negru (Eds.), Monetary Economics, Banking and Policy: Expanding Economic Thought to Meet Contemporary Challenges (187-200). Abingdon: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

In the earlier drafts of the General Theory, Keynes explicitly argued that the classical tradition of distinguishing between real and monetary variables was not helpful in analysing capitalist economies. While developing his ideas about a monetary ec... Read More about Money in the early years of the Soviet Union: Barter and back again - A short-lived experiment of transformation.

Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles (2022)
Journal Article
Dulal, M., Afroj, S., Ahn, J., Cho, Y., Carr, C., Kim, I. D., & Karim, N. (2023). Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles. ACS Nano, 16(12), 19755–19788. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.2c07723

Smart wearable electronic textiles (e-textiles) that can detect and differentiate multiple stimuli, while also collecting and storing the diverse array of data signals using highly innovative, multifunctional, and intelligent garments, are of great v... Read More about Toward sustainable wearable electronic textiles.

Frameworks, principles, and accreditation: Making data governance work (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Ritchie, F. (2022, November). Frameworks, principles, and accreditation: Making data governance work. Presented at RSS Data Ethics and Governance – origins, progress and priorities, London

Presentation to the Royal Statistical Society Data Ethics Section, covering the origins and development of the Five Safes, the EDRU approach to problems-solving, principles-based regulation, and how these all need to work together to achieve effectiv... Read More about Frameworks, principles, and accreditation: Making data governance work.

A near-real-time analysis of societal responses to Ukrainian refugee migration in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Weisser, R. A. (2023). A near-real-time analysis of societal responses to Ukrainian refugee migration in Europe. International Migration, 61(4), 17-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13071

Recent events in Ukraine led to a surge in refugee migration originating from within Europe not seen since WWII. Using global data on daily news coverage, this research highlights that during the 8 weeks before the outbreak of open hostilities, there... Read More about A near-real-time analysis of societal responses to Ukrainian refugee migration in Europe.

The dangerous fiction of the "fiscal black hole" (2022)
Report
Michell, J., & Calvert Jump, R. (2022). The dangerous fiction of the "fiscal black hole". Progressive Economy Forum

Media reporting of the economy and choices facing the new Prime Minister and Chancellor has focused on a supposed ‘black hole’ in the public finances, typically given as being around £50bn in five years’ time. This has been presented as an urgent pri... Read More about The dangerous fiction of the "fiscal black hole".

Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction (2022)
Journal Article
Oyedele, A. A., Ajayi, A., Oyedele, A., Bello, S., & Oyedele, L. (2023). Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction. Expert Systems with Applications, 213(Part C), Article 119233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.119233

The emergence of cryptocurrencies has drawn significant investment capital in recent years with an exponential increase in market capitalization and trade volume. However, the cryptocurrency market is highly volatile and burdened with substantial het... Read More about Performance evaluation of deep learning and boosted trees for cryptocurrency closing price prediction.

Do international tourist arrivals change residents’ attitudes towards immigration? A longitudinal study of 28 European countries (2022)
Journal Article
Ivlevs, A., & Smith, I. (2024). Do international tourist arrivals change residents’ attitudes towards immigration? A longitudinal study of 28 European countries. Tourism Economics, 30(1), 104-131. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548166221137950

Can international tourist arrivals change residents’ attitudes towards immigrants and immigration? We discuss possible underlying mechanisms and provide the first evidence on this question using data from the European Social Survey (2002–2019; n=333,... Read More about Do international tourist arrivals change residents’ attitudes towards immigration? A longitudinal study of 28 European countries.

Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities (2022)
Journal Article
Adu-Ameyaw, E., Danso, A., Uddin, M., & Acheampong, S. (2024). Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 29(2), 1179-1204. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2730

In this study, we examine whether investments in fixed (identifiable) intangible assets and tangible assets are sensitive to cash flow and the extent to which this sensitivity differs for firms with different levels of financial constraints. Using bo... Read More about Investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from investment in identifiable intangible and tangible assets activities.

Global politico-economic dynamics during a local conflict: Reciprocal patterns of cooperation and sanctions (2022)
Journal Article
Weisser, R. A. (2022). Global politico-economic dynamics during a local conflict: Reciprocal patterns of cooperation and sanctions. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 23(1), 213-242. https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2022-0167

Employing global daily news coverage on interactions between stakeholders in G20 countries, this research offers a near-real-time analysis of changing interaction patterns between Russia and other G20 economies after the onset of open military confli... Read More about Global politico-economic dynamics during a local conflict: Reciprocal patterns of cooperation and sanctions.

FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint (2022)
Journal Article
Dafermos, Y., Gabor, D., & Michell, J. (2023). FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint. Environment and Planning A, 55(4), 949-968. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X221128302

The era of dollar-based financial globalisation has seen a steady rise in the use of foreign exchange (FX) swaps. We provide a macrofinancial political economy perspective on the geography of FX swaps, and the spatial effects of central bank policies... Read More about FX swaps, shadow banks and the global dollar footprint.

The effects of audit committee characteristics on its oversight effectiveness: Evidence from Hong Kong (2022)
Journal Article
Cheung, K. Y., & Adelopo, I. (2022). The effects of audit committee characteristics on its oversight effectiveness: Evidence from Hong Kong. Corporate Ownership and Control, 20(1), 8-18. https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv20i1art1

This study examines the relationships between audit committee (AC) characteristics and its oversight effectiveness primarily measured as accrual and real earnings management in Hong Kong after the Asian financial crisis in 2008 for a sample of Hong K... Read More about The effects of audit committee characteristics on its oversight effectiveness: Evidence from Hong Kong.

Can we identify students in ASHE? (2022)
Working Paper
Phan, V., Ritchie, F., Whittard, D., Stokes, L., Forth, J., & Bryson, A. Can we identify students in ASHE?

ASHE is a key dataset in the UK, the only one which allows long-term analysis of flows in labour market status and earnings, and hence vitally important in the understanding of low pay and wage progression. Separating out students from non-student wo... Read More about Can we identify students in ASHE?.

Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan (2022)
Book Chapter
Ruziev, K., & Mamasolieva, M. (2022). Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan. In M. Chankseliani, I. Fedyukin, & I. Frumin (Eds.), Building Research Capacity at Universities: Insights from Post-Soviet Countries (285-303). (1). Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12141-8_15

By analysing relevant policy documents, official statistics, and primary data from interviews, this chapter tries to explain why higher education remained one of the least reformed areas in Uzbekistan until 2016 and why reforms have accelerated since... Read More about Building university research capacity in Uzbekistan.

The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures? (2022)
Working Paper
Whittard, D., Phan, V., Stokes, L., Forth, J., Bryson, A., Singleton, C., & Ritchie, F. The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?

Recent research indicates that the percentage of employees in Britain who are low paid – earning below two-thirds median hourly earnings – has been falling in the last 6-7 years. It points to the increased ‘bite’ of the adult National Minimum Wage (N... Read More about The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?.

Social costs (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). Social costs. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

The root concern of American institutionalism is, arguably, the social waste of business enterprise. (Rutherford 2015; Gruchy 1976) In this tradition, the most comprehensive account and theory of social costs is “The Social Costs of Business Enterpri... Read More about Social costs.

K. William Kapp (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). K. William Kapp. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

August Karl Wilhelm Kapp (*1910 in Königsberg – †1976 Dubrovnik) was born in the cultural and economic capital of East Prussia during the epoch of Imperial Germany. His formative years saw post-WW I revolutions of 1918, territorial separation of East... Read More about K. William Kapp.

Circular cumulative causation (2022)
Book Chapter
Berger, S. (in press). Circular cumulative causation. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing

Three different strands of Circular Cumulative Causation can be distinguished: 1) Veblen’s “Cumulative causation”; 2) Myrdal’s “Circular Cumulative Causation”, 3) and Young-Kaldor “Cumulative causation”. (Berger 2009)

Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions (2022)
Journal Article
Gyimah, D., Danso, A., Adu-Ameyaw, E., & Boateng, A. (2022). Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions. International Review of Financial Analysis, 84, 102354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102354

This study examines the effects of firm-level political risk on firm leverage decisions and speed of adjustment. We uncover that firm-level political risk has a negative impact on a firm's total and long-term leverage. We also find that firms facing... Read More about Firm-level political risk and corporate leverage decisions.