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Distributional dynamics of child mortality in Africa: quantile evidence from economic, environmental, and demographic transitions. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Ridwan M, Ko J, Antor ZA, Fakher HA, Akther A, Leung CK, Kelly AM, Ming WK.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Local Networks and New Business Formation

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New business formation is a key driver of regional transformation and development. While we know that a region's attractiveness for new businesses depends on its resources, infrastructure, and human capital, we know little about the role of local business networks in promoting or impeding the birth of new firms.
Lena Füner, Marius Berger, Johannes Bersch, Hanna Hottenrott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Seasonality in Japan Using Financial Time Series Analysis Method: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Ito H, Oshida J, Fujita M, Kobayashi D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Somebody Knows Something: Managerial Ability, Product Development, and Return‐on‐Investment in a Hit‐Driven Industry

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In hit‐driven industries, product development is associated with a right‐skewed unconditional distribution of performance, and products in the right tail have outsized impacts. Understanding how exceptional performance is generated can improve resource allocation, but the literature advances two different narratives: one emphasizes postrelease
Darren Filson
wiley   +1 more source

Climate modeling for South Asia: statistical and deep learning for rainfall and temperature prediction. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mishra P, Ray S, Lal P, Nair SB, Matuka A, Tashkandy Y, Emam W.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Import competition and stock price crash risk

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how globalization‐induced import competition affects stock price crash risk. Import competition increases price pressure and reduces profit margins, prompting managers to withhold negative information, resulting in higher crash risk. Based on a sample of US manufacturing firms from 1974 to 2019, we find that firms whose products
Mansoor Afzali, Gonul Colak, Khalela Francis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mixed methods evaluation of a clinical decision support system to reduce variation in healthcare. [PDF]

NPJ Digit Med
Pak A, Robertson ST, Nguyen BH, Hodgson T, Sullivan C, Burton-Jones A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Selling to buy: Asset sales, acquisition financing, and value creation

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In line with increased liquidity offered by asset sales, our findings show that firms selling large assets prior to acquisitions are more likely to use cash as payment method. Additionally, we find that in subsequent cash acquisitions, firms using cash stemming from asset sales experience higher announcement abnormal returns compared to firms ...
Christos Mavrovitis (Mavis), Nathan P. McNamee, Nickolaos G. Travlos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Robust Distribution-Free Tests for the Linear Model. [PDF]

Stat Med
Hilbert T, MacEachern SN, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

CEO‐employee pay ratio disclosure and dividend policy

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine whether and how the magnitude of the CEO pay ratio affects dividend policy in the context of inequality‐averse investors. Our results demonstrate a positive association between the two and remain robust to endogeneity concerns. We find that the CEO pay ratios positively affect dividends irrespective of whether CEO compensation ...
Rajib Chowdhury, John A. Doukas
wiley   +1 more source