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How Do Businesses Finance New Investment?
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how UK firms finance new investment and whether their choices follow a financing hierarchy consistent with leading theories of capital structure. Using a survey of 2886 firms conducted by the UK Department for Business and Trade and the Bank of England (2020–2023), we examine six financing sources: retained earnings ...
Marc Cowling +3 more
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Public Debt Dynamics in a Monetary Economy of Production
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the determinants and stability conditions of the public debt‐to‐GDP ratio within a theoretical framework representing the main characteristics of a monetary economy of production. To this end, we develop a dynamic Stock‐Flow Consistent (SFC) model based on the Supermultiplier approach, incorporating both bank and fiat ...
Lorenzo Di Domenico
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Social Equity Practices in Public Financial Management: A Conceptual Review and Proposed Reforms
ABSTRACT Equity has been at the core of public finance going at least as far back as 1776 when Adam Smith included it as one of four canons of a good tax in his classic An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Tax Project Institute 2025).
John R. Bartle +2 more
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ABSTRACT I defend the non‐instrumentalist thesis that every adult member of a political society has a pro tanto fundamental moral right to an equal democratic say in determining the content of the laws to which she is subject. I begin by giving an account of an important kind of servility that has received only glancing notice in philosophical ...
Shruta Swarup
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The nonlinear impact of ESG performance on audit pricing: Evidence from China. [PDF]
Li Y, Meng F.
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ABSTRACT In various regulatory settings, firms receive feedback (i.e., firm‐specific private advice) from authorities on how to improve compliance. Although the literature sheds light on the authorities' decision of when to provide feedback, less is known about firms' decisions on how to respond.
Sanne R. van Duin +3 more
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ABSTRACT How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post‐Fordist, knowledge‐based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different economic models and sectoral specializations? We develop the notion of skill‐biased policy change to answer these questions. Drawing on a distinction
Sebastian Diessner +5 more
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Powers and Practices in Labor Standards Enforcement
ABSTRACT Wage theft remains a pervasive problem internationally and within the United States. In response, worker advocates have sought stronger laws to deter violations and promote compliance. Yet formal authority alone may be insufficient; labor departments often fail to use the full extent of their legal authority to conduct vigorous enforcement ...
Daniel J. Galvin +4 more
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Effectiveness of Regulatory Sandboxes in Financial Services: A Systematic Review
ABSTRACT Regulatory sandboxes have become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. In this paper we systematically review 15 peer‐reviewed studies and 5 gray literature sources (2016–2025) identified through structured searches of Scopus, Web of Science, and regulatory repositories.
Yanqing Wang, Zijian Zhou
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