Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya +2 more
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Exploring the Mediating Role of Information Asymmetry in the Relationship between Voluntary Information Disclosure and the Equity Cost of Capital: An Analysis Using the CAPM Model [PDF]
The lack of reliable information disclosure contributes to information asymmetry, which in turn raises the equity cost of capital. Voluntary information disclosure can mitigate unsystematic risk and this reduction can enhance investor confidence through ...
Hosein Ameri
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Mandatory IFRS adoption and the cost of Equity Capital. Evidence from Spanish Firms
Purpose: The main objective of this paper analyses the effects of mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption by Spanish firms in 2005 on the cost of equity capital.
David Castillo-Merino +2 more
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Corporate governance and cost of equity capital: the mediation role of accounting conservatism
Research aims: This study examines the effect of corporate governance as proxied by institutional and managerial ownership and profitability on the cost of equity capital, both directly and indirectly, through accounting conservatism as a mediating ...
Jacobus Widiatmoko, M. Indarti
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Mengukur Risiko dan Atraktivitas Investasi Infrastruktur di Indonesia
Ketersediaan infrastruktur yang andal dan memadai mempunyai peranan substansial bagi pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional. Namun demikian kebutuhan dana untuk investasi di sektor ini sangat besar yang tidak mampu sepenuhnya ditanggung oleh Pemerintah sendiri ...
Andreas Wibowo
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Addressing racialised awarding gap in higher education: Insights from personal tutors
Abstract Situated within a wider cross‐institutional research project, this article provides an in‐depth case study of one higher education (HE) institution, focusing on how personal tutors make sense of racialised degree awarding disparities for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, how they perceive their responsibilities, the challenges and ...
Benjamin Ajibade +3 more
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Do female directors affect the cost of equity capital?
We investigate the effect of female directors on the firm cost of equity capital. We employ several analytical techniques, including univariate analysis, Ordinary Least Square regressions, and propensity score matching methodology. Our sample consists of
Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan +1 more
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Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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