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Selling to buy: Asset sales, acquisition financing, and value creation

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In line with increased liquidity offered by asset sales, our findings show that firms selling large assets prior to acquisitions are more likely to use cash as payment method. Additionally, we find that in subsequent cash acquisitions, firms using cash stemming from asset sales experience higher announcement abnormal returns compared to firms ...
Christos Mavrovitis (Mavis), Nathan P. McNamee, Nickolaos G. Travlos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian and Probit comparative analysis of risk factors for high blood pressure among adults in Kassena-Nankana Districts, Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

Adda RB, Abonongo IAL, Debpuur C, Oduro AR, Agongo G, Nonterah EA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Heterogeneous impact of anti-bullying laws on school bullying in the State of Georgia. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ahmadiani M, Valizadeh P, Kostandini G, Jordan JL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Banks of a Feather: The Informational Advantage of Being Alike

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract Banks lend more to banks that are similar to them. Using data from the German credit register and proprietary supervisory data on the quality of banks' loan portfolio, we show that a similar portfolio of the lending and borrowing bank helps to overcome information asymmetries in interbank markets.
PETER BEDNAREK, VALERIYA DINGER, ALISON SCHULTZ, NATALJA VON WESTERNHAGEN   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the strength of firearms comparisons based on error rate studies. [PDF]

J Forensic Sci
Aggadi N, Zeller K, Busey T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nonresponse Bias in Household Inflation Expectations Surveys

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses microdata from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's Household Inflation Expectations survey to evaluate the effects of nonresponses to the inflation expectations question in the survey. We find nonresponses lead to substantial underrepresentation of some demographic groups in the survey: young, female, low‐income, and minority ...
MELTEM CHADWICK, RENNAE CHERRY, JAQUESON K. GALIMBERTI   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does physical exercise inhibit smoking behavior? Evidence from the China General Social Survey. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhao S, Huang H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Increased neural responsiveness to distractors irrespective of perceptual load explains attention deficit in post‐stroke fatigue

Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Post‐stroke fatigue (PSF) is a prevalent symptom associated with attention deficits. However, it is currently unclear what drives these. Here we applied Load Theory of Attention to investigate the role of perceptual load in the relationship between attention, distraction and fatigue levels in PSF.
Annapoorna Kuppuswamy, Anthony Harris, William De Doncker, Adrian Alexander, Nilli Lavie   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception based investigation exploring recurrence of violations by motorist and non-motorist at rail road grade crossings. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Vivek AK, Mohapatra SS, Khan T.
europepmc   +1 more source