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Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR), 2011 In this paper the impact of federal government budgetary policy on deficits, the public debt and net interest payments during the Reagan Administration is examined. Large deficits are shown to inflate the public debt and increase the annual cost of debt servicing.
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ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to verify whether institutional quality affects the relationship between green innovation and firm efficiency within the high‐tech manufacturing sectors. To estimate jointly the parameters of a stochastic frontier and the coefficients of a model explaining technical inefficiency, we employed the one‐step estimation ...
Mariarosaria Agostino +2 more
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IMPACT OF EXTERNAL DEBTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Gusau Journal of Accounting and FinanceThe study examined the impact of external debts on economic growth in Nigeria. Annual time-series from 2001 to 2022, sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian Exchange Group and Securities Exchange Commission, are adopted. The data was subjected to
Ibrahim Yinka Agbeyinka
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between mergers and acquisitions (M&A), board characteristics, and ESG performance in BRICS companies, considering the moderating role of sectoral sensitivity. The study analyzes 11,402 observations from 2293 BRICS companies, employing Two‐Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to address endogeneity and logistic ...
Geovane Camilo dos Santos +2 more
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Do the secondary markets believe in life after debt? [PDF]
Using panel data econometric techniques to examine the case for external debt relief, this report explores the relations between measures of creditworthiness and debt discounts on the secondary markets.
Hajivassiliou, V. A.
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Debt-Servicing Capacity of Norwegian Listed Non-Financial Companies [PDF]
, 2016 The debt-servicing capacity of Norwegian non-financial companies listed on Oslo Børs has declined somewhat and is currently lower than the average for the past 14 years.
Hjelseth, Ida Nervik
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The critical role of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in driving economic growth through employment generation and innovation cannot go unseen, especially the efforts of small firms in promoting sustainable entrepreneurship. With more market and consumer focus on sustainability and the shift toward eco‐friendly products, SMEs can ...
Nasser Hadi Alajmi
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A Brazilian-Type Debt Crisis [PDF]
This paper develops a model that captures important features of debt crises of the Brazilian type. Its applicability to Brazil lies in the facts that (1) macroeconomic fundamentals were relatively sound in the wake of the crisis (e.g., a nonnegligible ...
Efraim Sadka, Assaf Razin
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the growing pressure on companies to achieve high ESG performance while minimising ESG controversies, this study investigates how ESG performance and ESG controversies jointly affect firm financial performance (measured as ROA and ROE), considering the effect of the presence of women directors and of operating in controversial versus non‐
Alice Alosi, Emilia Filippi
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