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Gubernatorial Re‐Election Incentives, Local Investment Bias, and Pension Fund Performance
Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of gubernatorial re‐election incentive and political factors on US public pension funds from 1990 to 2022. Our empirical analysis finds no significant overall relationship between gubernatorial re‐election incentives and local bias in the full sample.
Hongxian Zhang +3 more
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International Evidence on the Relationship Between Financial Literacy and Corporate Cash Holdings
Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study is the first investigation of the relationship between corporate cash holdings and financial literacy (FL). We find that a one‐standard‐deviation increase in FL is associated with an 8%–27% reduction in corporate cash holdings, depending on the measure of FL used.
Kenneth Yung +3 more
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Determinants of corruption control in public sectors in Northwestern Ethiopia
Discover Global SocietyCorruption undermines governance, equitable service delivery, and sustainable development in developing economies. This study investigates the determinants of corruption control effectiveness in the public sector, focusing on institutional, cultural ...
Haile Dereje Gerbi +4 more
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The Role of Incentive Design in Parliamentarian Anti-Corruption Programmes [PDF]
The “first wave” of donor sponsored anti-corruption programmes usefully focused on elaborating recommendations for parliamentarians or tried to train them (develop human capital) in anti-corruption.
Bryane Michael
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Failure in Motion: A Framework for Capability Erosion and Institutional Dysfunction
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on the literature on capability erosion and institutional dysfunction (ID), this study develops a conceptual framework that sheds new light on how the interaction between capability erosion and ID creates conditions for business failure across borders. By articulating two dimensions of heterogeneous capability and resource erosion (i.e.
Joseph Amankwah‐Amoah +1 more
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Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose To evaluate a third‐order motion‐compensated spin echo (M3‐MCSE) sequence at multiple cardiac phases on a clinical 3 T MRI scanner with ultra‐high performance (UHP) gradients (200 mT/m), compared with stimulated echo acquisition mode (STEAM) and second‐order MCSE (M2‐MCSE) for cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI).
Ke Wen +8 more
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Corruption challenges and anti-corruption in the petroleum sector
, 2011 Presentations on corruption (concepts, couses and consequences) and anti-corruption (tools and strategies) in the petroleum sector, Petrad , Stavanger, 3rd November ...
Amundsen, Inge
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A Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Localization: The Case of HelpAge International
Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many transnational non‐governmental organizations (TNGOs) are reevaluating their organizational forms and norms as they pursue localization. Localization itself is a contested and multifaceted concept, however, complicating the design, implementation, and evaluation of localization efforts.
Hans Peter Schmitz, George E. Mitchell
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Anti-Corruption Working Group Minutes 2009-02-03
, 2009 Meeting Minutes for the Anti-Corruption Working Group February 2 ...
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The origins and development of the world bank’s anti-corruption programme [PDF]
, 2002 This thesis is an evaluation of the World Bank's policies and strategies on anti-corruption work in the context of the global aid regime. In 1997, the Bank announced a four-pronged strategy to help its borrowers combat corruption, despite claiming in the
Marquette, Heather Anne
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