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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

The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis, Thomas Poufinas, Panagiotis Kimpouropoulos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of major policy developments and evidence base: crime domain

The evidence base review for the Crime Domain examined some of the leading theories used to explain the manifestation of crime (i.e. what makes some neighbourhoods and places more vulnerable to crime than others), presented information on levels of ...
Johnson, Shane D., Northern Crime Consortium (NCC), Hirschfield, Alex, Bowers, Kate J.   +3 more
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes in Gaza amid armed hostilities in 2025

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study documents facility‐based maternal, obstetric, and neonatal outcomes and associated conflict‐related exposures and living conditions among pregnancy‐related encounters at Al‐Helou Maternity Hospital in Gaza from late April to early September 2025, with a small number of additional encounters recorded at Al‐Shifa Medical ...
Shaymaa Abuhaiba, Younis Elijla, Aya El‐Dadah, Othman Nassar, Meran Abu‐Sultan, Maysaa Almasry, Hebatallah Alkhatib, Mahmoud Alsady, Amir Mahdi Ghafarian, Muath Alsarafandi, Lina Abumughessib, Arham Ali, Yassar Arain, Abeerah Muhammad, Belal Aldabbour, Shayan Ali, Bilal Irfan   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced autonomic fear conditioning at age 3 in successful adult criminal offenders. [PDF]

Emotion
Raine A, Gao Y, Choy O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Irish traveller women and sexual assault: Patterns of engagement with sexual assault treatment units

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To detail the attendance of female Irish Travellers at the national Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) network. Methods Retrospective cross‐sectional study examining the attendance of female patients who identified as members of the Irish Traveller community at the national SATU network between 2017 and 2023 and comparing them with
Daniel Kane, Aoife McEvoy, Christine Pucillo, Kate O. Halloran, Laura Feely, Nicola Maher, Karen Flood, Maeve Eogan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal approach to exploring neighbourhood and transportation dynamics in HIV care in Kenya: protocol. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Kimaru LJ, Ngaruiya C, Mugo C, Madhivanan P.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Criminal governance and extortion in informal economies: fear as a mechanism of territorial control in Lima. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Espinoza Escobar JH, Sotelo-Llancari S, La Rosa Salvador VI.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Land Use Policy and Racial Segregation

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land use policies, though seemingly race‐neutral, can inadvertently contribute to racial segregation. Our study focuses on examining the impact of minimum lot size regulations on the likelihood of ethnic minorities integrating into a community, which reveals compelling evidence suggesting that black households exhibit a preference for smaller ...
Ling Huang
wiley   +1 more source