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Private money and money market integration: The role of payments infrastructure in nineteenth‐century Switzerland

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Using newly collected discount rate data for six Swiss cities from 1846 to 1893, we find no evidence of increasing integration during a 30‐year period of lightly regulated free banking. We attribute this to two structural issues: banks had incentives to ward off competitors by protecting their local monopolies or forming cartels, and there was
Daniel Kaufmann, Rebecca Stuart
wiley   +1 more source

Professionalism in Postgraduate Oral Health Education: A Rapid Review

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is no empirical evidence guiding the teaching of professionalism in postgraduate oral health education. Therefore, the objective of this rapid review is to assess the current status of the research literature on professionalism teaching in postgraduate oral health education.
Maan AlSultan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Concurrent uncertainties and investments: Offset effect of Brexit and COVID‐19 on SME growth

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the impact of uncertainty driven by dual crises, regulatory/institutional uncertainty (illustrated by Brexit) and market/operational uncertainty (illustrated by the COVID‐19 pandemic), on the growth trajectories of SMEs. Using Real Options Theory as a guiding framework, hypotheses are developed to examine how investment
Karolis Matikonis, Byron Graham
wiley   +1 more source

The glass cliff of female corporate leaders in FTSE 350 companies and the precariousness of COVID‐19

open access: yesEuropean Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The top listed companies in the UK (FTSE 350 companies) experienced an unprecedented increase in female Chairs during 2020–2022, coinciding with the COVID‐19 pandemic. The phenomenon of a disproportionate increase in women's appointments to leadership positions during risky scenarios is called the glass cliff (GC), previously observed during ...
Rita Goyal, Mehtap Hisarciklilar
wiley   +1 more source

What happens if Scotland votes ‘Yes’ in the independence referendum?

open access: yes, 2014
Scotland will hold an independence referendum on 18 September, but what would actually happen if voters opted to back independence from the UK? Norman Bonney assesses how the Scottish and UK governments would seek to negotiate Scotland’s independence ...
Bonney, Norman
core   +2 more sources

How Territorial Financial Governance Complicates Vertical Relationships in the Multi‐National United Kingdom

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The United Kingdom is an asymmetric polity, in part because it is a multi‐national state brought together by conquest and voluntary union. The 1998 devolution settlements for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were conceived and implemented in the context of UK membership of the European Union (EU).
David Heald
wiley   +1 more source

Communicating nationalism in a changing Europe: The media coverage of Catalan’s attempt at independence

open access: yesStudies in Communication Sciences, 2019
Since 2008, Europe is immersed in a situation of political and social upheaval marked by, among other processes – such as the Brexit, the Scottish referendum on independence or the growth of new populist parties – , the strengthening of nationalism in ...
Marcos Martínez-Solanilla
doaj   +1 more source

Bermuda’s independence referendum – 30 years on [PDF]

open access: yes
A unique event took place on 16 August 1995—an independence referendum in one of Britain’s Overseas Territories (BOTs). Since the last significant round of decolonisation that concluded with St Kitts and Nevis in 1983, several territories that constitute
Clegg, Peter
core   +1 more source

Reputation and Asset Prices: Evidence From Trump Real Estate

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of brand reputation on asset prices by exploiting the prominence of Donald Trump in Manhattan real estate. Our quasi‐experiment identifies a 14.5% discount to condominiums in Trump‐branded buildings after controversies surrounding Trump's presidential candidacy began in June 2015 up to 2022.
Marlene Koch, Simon Stehle, Rémi Vivès
wiley   +1 more source

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