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From Red Tape to Efficiency: The Influence of Professional Managers on Audit Report Lag in Chinese State‐owned Enterprises

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
This study examines the impact of professional managers on audit report lag in Chinese state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). Using a novel, manually constructed dataset of A‐share listed SOEs from 2006 to 2020, we find that the presence of professional managers is associated with significantly shorter audit report lag.
Hao Han, Kun Luo, Bo Qin
wiley   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

The Common in Communism [PDF]

open access: yesPraktyka Teoretyczna, 2010
Michael Hardt
doaj  

Beyond health protection: Estimating the impact of public health insurance on home‐based livestock raising in rural China

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
wiley   +1 more source

Few rights, great threats, endless struggles: setbacks and resistance in the last decade of fights for legal abortion in Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesSex Reprod Health Matters
Cardoso NM   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Private Land Ownership: Tax or Socialize?

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study compares the land reform concepts of Henry George and Silvio Gesell, both of whom rejected private appropriation of land rent as unjust. While George proposed to “hollow out” private land ownership through a comprehensive land value tax, Gesell aimed at full socialization of land combined with lease auctions and compensation of ...
Dirk Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

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