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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Bin: The Effect of Waste Reduction on Real Earnings Management

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of waste management strategies on real earnings management. Using a sample of 6515 firm‐year observations from 22 countries spanning the 2011–2022 period, we show that companies that reduce their waste generation are less likely to engage in real earnings management, supporting the ethical theoretical perspective ...
Faten Lakhal, Assil Guizani, Khaled Ghozzi, Khaled Hussainey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological determinants of altruism in prokaryote antivirus defense. [PDF]

Biol Direct
Biba DA, Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Waldron L, Koonin EV, Rochman ND.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Financial investments in AI-based technologies and carbon footprint in selected advanced industrial economies. [PDF]

Carbon Balance Manag
Konat G, Salihoğlu E, Han A.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Changes in Real Income and the Real Effective Exchange Rate on Trade in Goods and Services

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We use foreign trade data on both imports and exports of goods and services among a group of 15 advanced economies to determine the incomes and price elasticities of demand for exports and imports of goods, services and goods and services combined in the long run.
Tjeerd M. Boonman, Ioannis Litsios, Keith Pilbeam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking potential: Development finance reforms needed to support localized health product manufacturing. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
Lynch S, Adetifa I, Dong J, Matiru R, Parshall C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Alternative Price Dynamics and Valuation of Flexible Strategies

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, we study the optimal operational strategy of production projects. We investigate different underlying price models and determine the optimal barriers of transition to suspension, recovery, or irreversible abandonment of productive activity.
Cristina Bertolosi, Gianluca Fusai, Ioannis Kyriakou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa- Mali Attracts Foreign Investment

Journal of Applied Sciences, 2006
openaire   +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