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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland

Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
wiley   +1 more source

ANALYZING THE DYNAMICS OF FIRM SIZE AND INVESTMENT ON DIVIDEND POLICY OF QUOTED FIRMS IN GHANA

Фінансово-кредитна діяльність: проблеми теорії та практики
This work was conducted to determine how firm size, investment, inflation, and government effectiveness influence dividend policies proxy by dividend payout of quoted firms in Ghana.
Mavis Akolor, Tripti Gujral
doaj   +1 more source

Private to Public: Deterrent Effects of Bans on Confidential Settlements

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nondisclosure agreements are common in the settlement of legal disputes but are controversial as they suppress information that could prevent harm to others. But until the 2017 #MeToo movement, there had been little legislative effort to prohibit the practice in any context, and consequently no evidence on whether public disclosure of harms ...
Blair Druhan Bullock, Joni Hersch
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Anthem Protests, MAGA, and BLM on NFL Attendance

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the San Francisco 49ers' final preseason game. The protest quickly became league‐wide, and inspired similar actions by players in the WNBA, NWSL, NBA, college football and other professional sports.
Oskar Harmon, Jungbin Hwang
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of Dividend Payout Policy in Egypt: Evidence from Listed Non-Financial Firms [PDF]

المجلة العلمية للدراسات والبحوث المالية والتجارية
Dividend policy refers to the firm's decision on how much of its earnings to pay out as dividends and how much to retain for future use. Dividend policy remains a contentious issue in corporate finance, as many questions remain unanswered, including what
Wessam Mohsen Abdel Aziz
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The Allais Paradox and Upside/Downside Risk Preference: An Experimental Analysis With Probability Weighting and Chernoff Faces

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Allais Paradox is often attributed to the strong attraction of a certain option that avoids a downside risk, i.e., a small chance of a low payoff. In contrast, there is clear evidence from laboratory and field data that people are attracted to the upside risk of obtaining a relatively high payoff.
Irene Comeig, Charles Holt
wiley   +1 more source

The mechanics and regulation of variable payout annuities [PDF]

This paper discusses the mechanics and regulation of participating and unit-linked variable payout annuities. These annuities offer benefits that are not fixed in either nominal or real terms but depend on the performance of the fund or funds in which ...
Vittas, Dimitri
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Alternative Contract Design: Analysing the Bankability of Fungible Derivative Contracts in Energy‐Only Markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the retirement of 21GW of legacy coal fleet looming, the task to replace Australia's thermal capacity with alternative firmed renewable ‘bulk energy’ solutions is non‐trivial. Indeed, calibrating necessary capital investment in new plant stock with efficient economic outcomes, vis‐à‐vis cost and reliability, represents a fundamental ...
Nicholas Gohdes, Tim Nelson, Phillip Hirschhorn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monetary policy restriction and dividend behavior of Pakistani firms: an empirical analysis [PDF]

Studies upon impact of macro variables on firm’s dividend policy are very limited and specifically rare in Pakistan perspective. Main purpose of this research paper is to observe impact of restricted monetary policy on dividend behavior of Pakistani ...
Mohsin, Hasan M, Ashraf, Muhammad Shahzad   +1 more
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The Carceral Shadow: Criminal Justice as a Determinant of Health and Challenges for Policymakers

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points The criminal justice system functions as a primary social determinant of health in the United States, generating disproportionate physical, psychological, and chronic health burdens on Black communities and other marginalized groups. Policing structural barriers—including qualified immunity, police union contracts, and municipal financing
RASHAWN RAY, KEON GILBERT
wiley   +1 more source