Economic policy uncertainty and international corporate leasing
Abstract We examine the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the corporate lease decision using an international sample of 19 countries. The use of operating leases increases when EPU is heightened. The documented leasing increase is more pronounced for financially constrained firms, firms facing greater operating volatility, or those that ...
Goutham Abotula +2 more
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Reflections on 10 years of research capacity building. [PDF]
Davies GA +3 more
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Historical Perspectives on Deglobalization's Drivers, Outcomes, and Managerial Responses
Abstract The deglobalization process experienced in the early 2020s is not without precedent. This Special Issue leverages business history as a lens to generate new insights and to uncover previously hidden complexities and nuances. Studying previous periods of deglobalization and their varying drivers, outcomes, and responses, the papers in this ...
Andrew Smith +3 more
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Estimating National and Foreign Trade Elasticities Using Generalized Transport Costs
ABSTRACT We introduce the definition of two distinct trade elasticities corresponding to imports from regions located in the same country (national elasticities) and foreign regions located in other countries (foreign elasticities). We resort to a three‐tier nested CES utility structure to derive the corresponding demand gravity equations.
José L. Zofío +3 more
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As bleak as it sounds? Analysing trends in oncology clinical trial initiation in the UK from 2010 to 2022. [PDF]
VanHelene AD +4 more
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ABSTRACT While the relationship between public infrastructure and crime location choices is well‐studied in criminology, the impact of crime as a spillover externality on public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure financing remains unexplored. Leveraging a data set of 542 Private Finance Initiative (PFI)‐funded infrastructures in England and Wales
King Yoong Lim +3 more
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The impact of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) to address shortages of human and veterinary medicines across Europe. [PDF]
Abed I +11 more
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Voting Red Again: How Social Capital and Local Change Drove the Trump Swing
ABSTRACT Social capital has long been regarded as a bulwark of democratic life. Yet in the United States—as across much of the democratic world—some of the communities with the densest social ties have proved the most receptive to antisystem politics.
Pedro Fierro +3 more
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Signatures of Extreme Events in Cumulative Entropic Spectrum. [PDF]
Drzazga-Szczȩśniak EA +8 more
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Innovation in Family Firms: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Collaboration
ABSTRACT While prior research suggests that family ownership can significantly facilitate sales and innovation, empirical findings often overlook the nuanced differences in innovation inputs between family and non‐family firms. We address this gap by examining the extent to which family firms are able to use absorptive capacity by creating knowledge ...
David Bruce Audretsch +3 more
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