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The Relative Impact of Different News on Stock Returns: Evidence From New Zealand

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the effects of different news events on New Zealand stock returns. Our results indicate that local news, such as announcements from the New Zealand Central Bank interest rate changes (official cash rate) and company earnings reports, generally has a greater impact than international news. However, U.S. Federal Open Market Committee
Rui Ma, Ben R. Marshall, Nhut H. Nguyen, Nuttawat Visaltanachoti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How have unintended pregnancies and contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women changed in Uganda? Evidence from the 2014 and 2019 PMA national surveys. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kibira SPS, Nakafeero M, Amollo M, Ssenyonga R, Ndejjo R, Anglewicz P, Kukundakwe M, Luzze M, Kagongwe S, Guma V, Zalwango V, Makumbi FE.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of ESG Rating Divergence on Excess Cash Holdings: Evidence From China A‐Share Listed Firms

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the relationship between ESG rating divergence and corporate excess cash holdings, employing a sample of Chinese A‐share listed companies from 2015 to 2021. Our findings reveal a significant positive relationship between ESG rating divergence and firms' excess cash holdings, a conclusion robust to various sensitivity ...
Qun Cao, Siye Liang, Jingtong Wu, Tairan Kevin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting financial distress in TSX-listed firms using machine learning algorithms. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Lokanan ME, Ramzan S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Tax Planning Under Pressure: The Impact of Carbon Emissions Management Post‐Paris Agreement

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how the Paris Agreement affects corporate tax planning across a global data set. We find that emissions‐reducing firms are associated with higher levels of tax planning than nonemissions‐reducing firms. The effect is stronger for firms facing tighter cost pass‐through constraints, such as operating in more competitive markets, with ...
Aonan (Sistine) Sun, Yuan George Shan, Lyndie Bayne, Nishant Agarwal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergent poverty traps at multiple levels impede social mobility. [PDF]

Humanit Soc Sci Commun
Dupont C, Roy D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Corporate Carbon Management System Quality and Voluntary Carbon Assurance: The Moderating Effect of Institutional Setting

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between voluntary carbon assurance (VCA) and carbon management system quality (CMSQ). Using a sample representing more than 40 countries over the period 2011–2018, we show empirically that firms with superior CMSQ tend to adopt VCA to show their commitment to a green transition to a decarbonised business ...
Jibriel Elsayih, Rina Datt, Qingliang Tang, Abdullah Bugshan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Professional Expertise: Unravelling the Boardroom Diversity Puzzle Through a Machine Learning Approach

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how board expertise diversity influences firm performance using a novel machine learning approach to classify directors' professional backgrounds. Drawing on data from Spanish listed firms, we develop multidimensional expertise profiles that capture multiple skills held by each director.
Fernando Hernández‐Atienza, Juan Antonio Rodríguez‐Sanz, Benjamín Sahelices, Fernando Tejerina‐Gaite, César Vaca   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

School-based adolescent health survey in Himachal Pradesh, India: study design and protocol. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Mohanty S, Mehra D, Das SS, Sethi G, Garg R, Gupta A, Chauhan A, Mehra S.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Modelling the economic effects of reducing the consumption of unhealthy commodities: An inter‐sectoral input–output approach

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Industry arguments against public health policies that reduce the consumption of unhealthy commodities often include the assertion that the policy will harm the economy by reducing production and costing jobs. However, this argument does not consider that consumers may spend money previously used for unhealthy commodity consumption on ...
Damon Morris, Duncan Gillespie, Megan James, Penny Breeze, Alan Brennan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source