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What's the worth of a promise? Evaluating the long‐term effects of a programme to reduce early marriage in India

Economica, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of ‘Apni Beti Apna Dhan’ (ABAD), a unique conditional cash transfer programme implemented in the north Indian state of Haryana from 1994 to 1998. The programme provided bonds to female beneficiaries at birth, redeemable on attaining 18 years of age, if they remained unmarried. In particular, we examine
Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das
wiley   +1 more source

Does corporate governance mechanism deter earnings management and enhance readability of annual reports? [PDF]

PLoS One
Zheng D, Ali R, Feifei Z, Shaique M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Philanthropy, audit firms culture and auditor independence. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Zhang Y, Wei L.
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

Can IFRS adoption mitigate earnings management in an emerging market? [PDF]

Heliyon
Mohamed Amer AM, Azimli A, Wole Adedokun M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The IFRS adoption, accounting quality, and banking performance: An evaluation of susceptibilities and financial stability in developing economies. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Ma C, Awan RU, Ren D, Alharthi M, Haider J, Kouser R.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The slow emergence of the rational investor: Grain markets and grain storage of rural estates in western Germany, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop new datasets of monthly grain prices in 14 urban markets and of the storage and marketing of grain by 5 rural estates located in western Germany between the late seventeenth century and c. 1860. We explore whether observed patterns of monthly prices, sales, and storage of grain are consistent with the rational competitive storage ...
Matthias Hartermann, Ulrich Pfister, Friederike Scholten‐Buschhoff   +2 more
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Corporate carbon emissions and market value. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang J.
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Does an optimistic tone in annual reports predict better financial and non‐financial performance?

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In the current paper, we investigate whether management adopts an optimistic disclosure tone to impress the corporate audience or to provide incremental information (II) by anticipating positive corporate performance. Specifically, we test whether an optimistic tone in annual reports (ARs) is a positive predictor of better financial and non ...
Francesco Gangi, Daniele Angelo Previati, Lucia Michela Daniele, Giuseppe Galloppo   +3 more
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on accrual-based earnings management: Evidence from four most affected European countries. [PDF]

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Yaşar A, Yalçın N.
europepmc   +1 more source