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The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
wiley   +1 more source

Role of placebo samples in observational studies

Journal of Causal Inference
In an observational study, it is common to leverage known null effects to detect bias. One such strategy is to set aside a placebo sample – a subset of data immune from the hypothesized cause-and-effect relationship. Existence of an effect in the placebo
Ye Ting, He Qijia, Chen Shuxiao, Zhang Bo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

US State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses. [PDF]

Milbank Q
Policy Points Changes in states’ policy contexts since the 1980s may help explain why mortality rates among working‐age adults have risen and become more unequal across geographic areas. Investigating this pressing issue requires a new, industry‐standard measure of those contexts.
Montez JK, Gutin I, Monnat SM.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Impact of the 2016 EU Audit Reforms, Oversight, and Corruption on Earnings Management: Evidence From European Banks Using a Dynamic Panel Approach

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates earnings management in European banks in the context of the 2016 EU audit directive. Using a dynamic panel of 134 banks over 2012–2023, we apply two‐step System‐GMM estimators with three profitability measures—Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes (EBPT), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Equity (ROE).
Maria Christofidou, Epameinondas Katsikas, Dimitrios Koufopoulos, Konstantinos Spanos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang, Xiao Zhang, Michal Wojewodzki, Yuxin Jian, Fadey AbiDaoud   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Design of Earned Income Tax Credits: Evidence from a British Natural Experiment [PDF]

With many countries considering the adoption of a system of earned income tax credits, it is useful to analyze how different types of credits affect labor supply and earnings.
Andrew Leigh
core  

Researcher–Entrepreneur Relationship and Performance of Innovative Startups

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many innovative startups are joint ventures between researchers and entrepreneurs, who collaborate in R&D and product commercialization. Government policies such as grants, subsidies, and patent licensing fees act as Pigouvian subsidies, incentivizing R&D by bridging the gap between the social and private returns of innovation.
Yangguang Huang, Helen Hui
wiley   +1 more source

How Can California Spur Job Creation? [PDF]

, 2011
Analyzes the costs, effectiveness, and short- and long-term implications of implementing hiring credits for employers and a state Earned Income Tax Credit as policy options to boost job creation.
David Neumark
core  

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating socioeconomic deprivation and antibiotic prescribing among older medicare patients using an instrumental variable approach

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Socioeconomic deprivation has been associated with antibiotic overprescription in the US; however, prior studies could not quantify a causal relationship due to endogeneity.
Mayar Al Mohajer, David Slusky, David Nix, Catia Nicodemo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source