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Information Shocks, Legal Liability and Physician Decisions

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Physician adoption of new information about a medical procedure can affect patient outcomes. Medical malpractice law may influence physician use of such information. We analyze how physician reactions to information shocks regarding vaginal births after cesarean sections (VBACs) in the 1990s were mediated by tort reform and the standard used ...
David Mushinski, Sammy Zahran
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Talent Management in SMEs: Unraveling the Role of Contextual Factors

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Employing a multiple case study analysis, this paper explores the contextual factors—internal, external, and relational—that affect small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in designing their approaches to talent management (TM). Results underscore the significance of two prominent internal variables—namely, organizational size and ownership ...
Franca Cantoni, Caterina Muzzi, Martina Gianecchini   +2 more
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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis, Athanasios P. Fassas, Dionisis Philippas   +2 more
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Sustainability Performance and Corporate Risk: Evidence From the Tourism Industry

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of sustainability performance (Refinitiv Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG] scores) on corporate risk (CR). We apply stakeholder theory and the resource‐based view to an international sample of 247 tourism firms from 2002 to 2018.
Omneya Abdelsalam, Antonios Chantziaras, Vassiliki Grougiou, Stergios Leventis, Nikolaos Tsileponis   +4 more
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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

Do Big Data Applications and Financial Innovation Lead to Enhanced Banking Performance? Evidence From the United Kingdom

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Big data and financial innovations are vital to enhancing the performance of banking institutions. However, limited evidence exists on the effects of big data applications and financial innovation on bank performance. This study addresses this gap by constructing a theoretical framework linking big data applications and financial innovations ...
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu, Yongsheng Guo   +1 more
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
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Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley, Charles Schnitzlein, Patricia Chelley‐Steeley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing maternity: Moving care, not patients, using artificial intelligence (AI), internet‐of‐things (IOT) and point‐of‐care testing (POCT) devices

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare is accelerating and maternity care is at a pivotal moment for the strategic implementation of these technologies. This article explores how AI‐assisted women's health innovations, often termed “FemTech,” may transform pregnancy care by addressing long‐standing disparities ...
Lin Foo, Mahesh Choolani, Aris Papageorghiou, Hema Divakar, Hassan Shehata, Nir Melamed, Gabriel Jones, Vyta Senikas, Eline M. Van der Beek, Nandita Palshetkar, Gabrielle Saccone, Vincenzo Berghella, Justin Konje, Bhaskar Bhatt, Augusto Cam, Moses Obimbo, Anne Beatrice Kihara, Moshe Hod   +17 more
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Housing Security, Relative Deprivation, and Subjective Well‐Being: Empirical Evidence Derived From CFPS Data

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The housing issue significantly influences individuals' well‐being. As a crucial mechanism for alleviating the housing issue, the housing security system has garnered increasing attention regarding its impact on residents' happiness. Utilizing data from the China Household Tracking Survey (CFPS), this paper seeks to thoroughly investigate the ...
Lingzhen Yao, Bei Qiao, Yuhan Hu
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