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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the Oil Release and Insect Repellent Activity of Spray-Dried Gum Arabic/Citronella Oil Microcapsules. [PDF]

open access: yesPolymers (Basel)
Kanmaz D   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Changes in symptoms and fibroid characteristics in women treated with ultrasound‐guided high intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The main objective was to describe women with fibroids who were treated with ultrasound‐guided high intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) and to evaluate the outcomes at least 6 months after treatment.
Raphaela Setzen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do CEOs matter? [PDF]

open access: yes
Estimating the value of top managerial talent is a central topic of research that has attracted widespread attention from academics and practitioners.
Bennedsen, Morten   +2 more
core  

Sleep disturbance as a transdiagnostic marker of children's mental health difficulties: A network analysis of item‐level associations between different types of sleep problems and different behavioural and emotional symptoms

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Sleep disturbances are widely considered to be a transdiagnostic feature of common behavioural and emotional difficulties in childhood, yet most studies treat sleep as a single construct. Where studies have explored specific sleep problems to psychopathology in children, these tend to only include behavioural or emotional ...
Alina A. Marinca   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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