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ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
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Risk Neutrality and the Two-Tier Foreign Exchange Market: Evidence from Belgium
Robert Flood, Nancy Peregrim Marion
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Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
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Tuberculosis among foreign-born populations in the Western Pacific Region: emerging trends and analysis from 2008 to 2023. [PDF]
Wong FSY +4 more
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US Dollar Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Foreign Exchange Risk Exposure: Evidence from Chinese Foreign Trade Enterprises [PDF]
Zefu Wu
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ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies
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 +4 more
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The new administration in the USA: impact of policy changes in development assistance on low- and middle-income countries, with the example of Nepal. [PDF]
Paudel D, Froeschl G.
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Inconsistency of the Capital Asset Pricing Model in a Multi‐Currency Environment
ABSTRACT The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a widely adopted model in asset pricing theory and portfolio construction because of its intuitive nature. One of its main conclusions is that there exists a global market portfolio that each rational investor should hold in proportion to the risk‐free asset. In this paper, we demonstrate theoretically
Khalifa Al‐Thani +4 more
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