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Cross‐Border Acquisitions by African Firms: The Effect of Corporate Governance on Ownership Participation

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Executive Summary Strategic decisions related to ownership participation in cross‐border acquisitions (CBAs) are among the most fundamental choices for African firms to address the unique internationalization challenges related to their home country context.
Dominik Anderhofstadt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

OVERCONFIDENCE AND TRADING VOLUME: EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGENT MARKET [PDF]

open access: yes
It has been a challenge for financial economists to explain some stylized factsobserved in securities markets, among them, high levels of trading volume. The mostprominent explanation of excess volume is overconfidence.
Abaoub Ezzeddine, Zaiane Salma
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Development of a proptosis model as a surgical training tool for veterinary students and practitioners

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Effective training is fundamental to the development of critical skills for emergency veterinary interventions. This study presents a synthetic canine proptosis model designed to train veterinary interns, final‐year students and practitioners, offering an ethical, reproducible and high‐fidelity option for learning proptosis ...
Oren Pe'er, Lionel Sebbag, Ron Ofri
wiley   +1 more source

Self-Confidence and Timing of Entry [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes the impact of overconfidence on the timing of entry in markets, profits, and welfare. To do that the paper uses an endogenous timing model where (i) players have private information about costs and (ii) one player is overconfident and
Luís Santos-Pinto, Tiago Pires
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Mentoring matters to early‐career veterinarians' confidence, clinical growth and career retention: A qualitative interview study

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Veterinarians in clinical practice, especially early‐career veterinarians and those identifying as women, have higher levels of negative mental health outcomes compared to the general population. Partnering with a mentor can mitigate some of the work‐related challenges that may contribute to poor mental health and career attrition ...
Catherine Standage   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban deer management with structured decision making

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban deer management (UDM) decision‐makers face social, ecological, regulatory, and economic pressures when creating an agreeable deer management plan for stakeholders. Historically, decision making techniques (e.g. consensus‐based analyses) have not effectively balanced UDM elements leading to short‐lived management progress.
Shane D. Boehne   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Overconfidence in Search [PDF]

open access: yes
In a standard search model I relax the assumption that agents know the distribution of offers and characterize the behavioral and welfare consequences of overconfidence.
Dubra, J.
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Construction and validation of an overconfidence scale in investment decisions

open access: yesFuture Business Journal
Existing studies that directly measure the three types of overconfidence—overprecision, overplacement, and overestimation—are largely exploratory, highlighting the need for further confirmatory research to establish robust overconfidence measures ...
Daniel Fonseca Costa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic (Inconsistent) Disclosures and Sophisticated Investors: Evidence from Hedge Funds

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent SEC regulations require that qualified hedge fund advisers provide their investors with narrative disclosures of their business and operations. We find that 40% of these disclosures omit or de‐emphasize information regarding advisers' operational and investment risks when compared to other sources of public information. Funds with such “
YICHANG LIU   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is There Evidence of Pessimism and Doubt in Subjective Distributions? A Comment on Abel [PDF]

open access: yes
Abel (2002) shows that pessimism and doubt in the subjective distribution of the growth rate of consumption reduce the riskfree rate puzzle and the equity premium puzzle.
Giordani, Paolo, Söderlind, Paul
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