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Share Repurchases and Investment Policies

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our study examines the claim that share repurchases lead to reductions in real investments. Repurchase opponents argue that managers forego valuable investments to conduct opportunistic repurchases, while proponents argue that repurchases return excess cash to shareholders.
Paul Brockman, Hye Seung (Grace) Lee, Jesus M. Salas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subclinical Microvascular Deficits as a Promising Biomarker for Functional Impairment in Non-Pathological High Myopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Clin Ophthalmol
Chen Q, Liu J, Yan W, Meng Q, Chen X, Zeng Z, Sheng Y, Zhong H.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using Catch Data to Estimate Changes in Global Commercial Abalone Abundance

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in global wild capture production of abalone are explored to infer potential changes in biological stocks. The study found that 77% (or 10 out of the 13) of the countries that reportedly caught abalone in the wild have experienced declines in catches between 1980 and 2023, and on aggregate catch declined by almost 83% between 1980 and ...
Douglas Crookes
wiley   +1 more source

Predictive Utility of Genetic Risk for Myopic Maculopathy Presence and Progression in a Chinese High Myopia Cohort. [PDF]

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Li Z, Zhao Z, Zhang K, Jiang F, Xie L, He M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
wiley   +1 more source

Changes of Schlemm's Canal and Trabecular Meshwork Dimensions from Digital Ocular Massage in High Myopia: A Pilot Study.

Ophthalmic Res
Lam AKC, Wong RWL, Wu THY, Lau HKC, Lai CHT, Wong AKW.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Glaucomatous, Glaucoma-Like, and Non-Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy in High Myopia: The Two-Continent Study. [PDF]

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
Jonas JB, Bikbov MM, Kazakbaeva GM, Wang YX, Nangia V, Milea D, Lamirel C, Jonas RA, Panda-Jonas S.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Pairwise Imitation and Tournament Graphs

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates strategic dynamics under the behavioral rule of pairwise interact and imitate (PII), which requires minimal information and emphasizes outperforming opponents in pairwise interactions. We characterize PII using weak tournament graphs and, for a broad class of dynamics, establish a one‐shot stability result for ...
Sung‐Ha Hwang, Philip R. Neary, Jonathan Newton, Ryoji Sawa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of high myopia on visual disability and its causes in a Spanish cohort. [PDF]

J Optom
Arlanzon-Lope P, Fernandez-Pedruelo D, Alvarez-Arauzo B, Cuadrado-Asensio R, Del Alamo-Martin MT, Coco-Martin RM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

International Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source