Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effect of political connection on sanctions for violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Using a sample of revealed FCPA sanctions and two alternative proxies for US firms’ political connections, we find a negative association between political connection and the severity of sanctions, an effect that ...
Kaishu Wu, Wenjia Yan
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Colorless and transparent polyimide nanocomposite films containing organically modified fillers comprising an organoclay/functionalized-graphene complex. [PDF]
Sci RepNa C, Lim AR, Chang JH.
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Periodontitis and Periodontal Conditions in Systemically Healthy Children and Adolescents
Journal of Clinical Periodontology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To answer the PICoS question ‘in systemically healthy children and adolescents (Population), what are the main features of periodontitis, necrotising periodontal diseases (NPD) and other periodontal conditions (periodontal abscesses, endo‐periodontal lesions, traumatic occlusal forces, prosthesis‐ and tooth‐related factors ...
Inbar Eshkol‐Yogev +5 more
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Benchmarking Sequence-Based Compound-Protein Interaction Prediction through Constructing a Debiased Data Set CDPN. [PDF]
J Chem Inf ModelHao Y +5 more
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How Real Interest Rate Influences Real GDP, CPI and Unemployment Rate in EU countries
Tiancheng Yang
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Demand Shocks, Export Diversification, and Firm Performance During the Great Trade Collapse
Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the impact of external demand shocks from the 2008 to 2009 Great Trade Collapse on the performance of Chinese exporters and examines how export diversification mitigates these effects. Using Chinese Customs data merged with financial data from all listed Chinese firms, we construct firm‐specific demand shocks based on pre ...
Qianlin Hong +3 more
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Evaluating continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis proficiency via video analysis. [PDF]
BMJ Open OphthalmolDong J +6 more
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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
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Exploring predictive models to improve the accuracy of Housing Price Index forecasts in India's real estate sector. [PDF]
PLoS OneSingh N, Shanmugam K.
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Mutual fund director compensation
Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.Abstract We examine director compensation using a large sample of hand‐compiled U.S. mutual fund data. We find that director compensation is positively correlated with observable productive characteristics—workload, experience, and demographics—that capture the benefits from the directors’ monitoring effort.
John Adams +2 more
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