Outputs (21)
To confiscate or not to confiscate? A comparative analysis of the confiscation of the proceeds of crime legislation in the United States of America and the United Kingdom (2013)
Journal Article
The origins of the international community’s policy and legislative measures towards confiscating the proceeds of crime can be traced back to the instigation of the ‘War on Drugs’. The scope and remit of these confiscation powers were extended follo... Read More about To confiscate or not to confiscate? A comparative analysis of the confiscation of the proceeds of crime legislation in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
The interaction between equity and credit risks (2013)
Thesis
Equity and debt are two distinct classes of securities in terms of investing risks and potential return, but their value depends on the same underlying assets of the firm and therefore the risk-return tradeoff of each security should be systematicall... Read More about The interaction between equity and credit risks.
The efficacy of high performance work practices in the Middle East: evidence from Algerian firms (2013)
Journal Article
Although there is developing evidence on the effectiveness of global HRM best practices in emerging and developing economies, little is known about the efficacy of those practices in the Middle East. This study examines the impact of high performance... Read More about The efficacy of high performance work practices in the Middle East: evidence from Algerian firms.
The new criminal offence of reckless misconduct for bankers (2013)
Journal Article
Does mandatory adoption of IFRS guarantee compliance? (2013)
Journal Article
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?.
Short run reaction to news announcements: UK evidence (2013)
Journal Article
In this paper we aim to investigate the behaviour of returns around corporate news announcements. The motivation of the paper is that neither the broad classification of news into “good” and “bad” in many previous studies, nor the focus on only one n... Read More about Short run reaction to news announcements: UK evidence.
Implementing the new science of risk management to tanker freight markets (2013)
Thesis
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.
White collar crime and the global financial crisis; How long will we have to wait for the ‘day of reckoning’? (2013)
Journal Article
During the height of the Global Financial Crisis, and whilst leader of the Conservative party, David Cameron boldly proclaimed that the City of London faced a ‘Day of Reckoning’ and that severe penalties would be imposed for those bankers whose reckl... Read More about White collar crime and the global financial crisis; How long will we have to wait for the ‘day of reckoning’?.
A note on the volatility of the tradeable and nontradeable sectors (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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.
Federation of law societies of Canada v Canada (attorney general) (2013)
Journal Article
Case comment on money laundering reporting obligations.
Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders views on auditor independence (2013)
Journal Article
The role of auditors is to add credibility to financial information and to reduce the risk of management manipulation or concealment. It is vital that auditors be independent of company management. In practice, however, various circumstances may pose... Read More about Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders views on auditor independence.
Differing Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on the Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan (2013)
Journal Article
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.
The Return of Political Risk: Foreign-Owned Banks in Emerging Europe (2013)
Journal Article
Political risk-risk that investments are damaged by policy action of authorities-increased during the financial crisis due to controversies about the distribution of accumulated losses among stakeholders. Authorities interconnected by cross-border ba... Read More about The Return of Political Risk: Foreign-Owned Banks in Emerging Europe.
The return of political risk: Foreign-owned banks in Eastern Europe (2013)
Journal Article
Political risk—risk that investments are damaged by policy action of authorities—increased during the financial crisis due to controversies about the distribution of accumulated losses among stakeholders. Authorities interconnected by cross-border ba... Read More about The return of political risk: Foreign-owned banks in Eastern Europe.
The Law Relating to Financial Crime in the United Kingdom (2013)
Book
Outlining the different types of financial crime and its impact, this book is a user-friendly, up-to-date guide to the regulatory processes, systems and legislation which exist in the UK. Each chapter has a similar structure and covers individual fin... Read More about The Law Relating to Financial Crime in the United Kingdom.
A review of banking sector reforms in transition economies (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
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.
Client employment of previous auditors: Shareholders’ views on auditor independence (2013)
Journal Article