Results 31 to 40 of about 142,959 (307)
Understanding the paradox of primary teacher shortage in low‐income countries: Insights from Malawi
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Malawi faces a persistent and chronic teacher shortage, particularly at the primary school level, with much of the challenge attributed to teacher supply constraints. While the causes of teacher shortages are known to be complex and context‐dependent, there remains a lack of in‐depth, country‐specific research to guide effective policies ...
Peter Mtika, Edward M. Sosu
wiley +1 more source
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of firm‐level climate risk on stock price informativeness (SPI) through the integrated lens of stakeholder–shareholder theory. Using a global unbalanced panel of 73,770 firm‐year observations across 38 countries (2000–2020), we find that higher carbon emissions significantly reduce SPI, reflecting increased ...
Rawinder Kaur +4 more
wiley +1 more source
FACTORS AFFECTING BAD DEBT RATIO AT JOINT STOCK COMMERCIAL BANKS IN VIETNAM
Tra Vinh University Journal of Science, 2022 This study analyzes factors affecting bad debt ratio at joint-stock commercial banks in Vietnam. The research collected data from reports of 26 Vietnamese joint-stock commercial banks operating continuously from 2010 to 2020.
Van Thao Tran
doaj +1 more source
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulators in the banking industry in the Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region are progressively concentrating on corporate innovation and bank social, health and environmental disclosures (BSHED) as crucial corporate governance (CG) structures to improve bank financial performance (BFP).
Douglas A. Adu +3 more
wiley +1 more source
The USA Federal Debt-to-GDP Ratio and The Unified Budget Act’s Lack of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [PDF]
SocioEconomic Challenges, 2021 Here in the beginning of 2021, two of the truly relevant federal public finance issues are presented in this article. One is the Debt-to GDP Ratio. The second topic is the true nature of deficits, surpluses and future liabilities treated in budgets constructed via the Unified Budget Act. Two graphs on these issues are included.
openaire +3 more sources
From Ecosystem Threats to Balance Sheets: Biodiversity Risks Exposure and Corporate Cash Policies
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how firms strategically respond to biodiversity risk by examining their cash holding decisions. Using firm‐level data from China, we find that firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure significantly increases corporate cash holdings.
Jing Hao +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Debt, economic growth and threshold effects: Evidence from developing countries [PDF]
EconomiAPurpose – Most empirical papers on threshold effects between debt and growth focus on developed countries or a mix of developing and developed economies, often using public debt.
María María Ibañez Martín +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 2022 Purpose ― This study contributes to the empirical literature on the nonlinear relationship between public debt and economic growth in Nigeria using threshold regression methodology.
Eyitayo Oyewunmi Ogbaro +2 more
doaj +1 more source
A Stochastic Non-zero-Sum Game of Controlling the Debt-to-GDP Ratio
Applied Mathematics & OptimizationAbstractWe introduce a non-zero-sum game between a government and a legislative body to study the optimal level of debt. Each player, with different time preferences, can intervene on the stochastic dynamics of the debt-to-GDP ratio via singular stochastic controls, in view of minimizing non-continuously differentiable running costs.
Felix Dammann +2 more
openaire +11 more sources