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Atlantic trade and the West African market economy: New evidence from cowry imports, 1650–1905
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, billions of cowries arrived in West Africa, leaving one of the few quantitative traces available for historians to measure the Atlantic trade's impact on the precolonial market economy. Yet, current estimates substantially underestimate the volume of cowry imports.
María José Pont Cháfer
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Banks and the economy: Evidence from the Irish bank strike of 1966
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper studies the macroeconomic impact of the Irish bank strike of 1966, which led to the closure of the major commercial banks for 3 months. We collect a variety of new evidence, such as high‐frequency macro data, economic forecasts, micro data and narrative sources.
Emma Horgan, Seán Kenny, Jason Lennard
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the face of climate change, uncertainty is deep, systemic, and does not propagate amid an institutional vacuum, contrary to assumptions often underlying existing macroeconomic climate models. The paper presents a macroeconomic Stock‐Flow Consistent model to examine the impact of climate‐related financial pressures under fundamental ...
Riccardo D'Orsi
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A U‐Shaped Flow–Performance Sensitivity Across the Globe
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a worldwide sample of equity mutual funds, we document a new stylized fact: the flow‐performance sensitivity (FPS) is greater for both bottom and top performance, compared to the middle. This “U‐shaped” FPS is especially strong in down markets, for small/mid‐cap funds, and in the latest decade. These results hold over quarterly or yearly
Markus Broman, Kelley Bergsma Lovelace
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Global Banks and Local Rules: The Effects of Macroprudential Policy on US Bank Branch Lending
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The discretionary nature of macroprudential policy implementation may stimulate regulatory arbitrage opportunities by global banks, undermining national regulators’ efforts to fine‐tune business, credit or financial cycles within the domestic perimeter. This paper examines how local macroprudential tools affect the lending behaviour of foreign
Carmela D'Avino +3 more
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Geopolitical Risk and Domestic Bank Deposits
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the relationship between global geopolitical risk and bank deposit flows across a wide panel of European countries. Motivated by the pivotal role of deposit stability for financial intermediation and systemic resilience, we explore whether geopolitical shocks alter depositors’ portfolio choices.
Dimitris Anastasiou +3 more
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Affiliated Mutual Funds: Beyond the Reach of the Invisible Hand?
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In many countries, banks are the primary distribution channel for mutual funds and predominantly sell products issued by their own asset management divisions (“affiliated funds”). We examine how this lack of competition affects managerial activeness, fund performance, and investor outcomes.
Dominik Scheld +3 more
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Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how US cross‑listing shapes the sensitivity of non‑US firms’ home‑market liquidity to economic policy uncertainty (EPU). Using a matched global panel of 1894 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and comparable non‐cross‑listed firms from 20 countries between 1997 and 2024, we separately identify the effects of home‑country EPU and US
Fnu Pratima, Sanjiv Sabherwal
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Control Overhang and Owner Financial Constraints: Evidence From Equity Issuance
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Under the debt overhang problem, firms approaching distress issue too little equity because new capital primarily benefits creditors. We identify an additional mechanism—control overhang—that further suppresses equity issuance for firms with controlling owners. As distress risk rises, equity issuance discounts steepen, and each unit of capital
Jens Forssbæck +2 more
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