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The Plural Lives of E‐Waste: Valuation and Contestation in Accra's Recycling Network(s)

The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Electronic waste (e‐waste) in Accra is shown to be plural and ontologically multiple, enacted as livelihood, commodity, hazard, governance object and political actor across dispersed recycling networks. Using a multi‐sited, follow‐the‐thing approach and 60 interviews, I specify four socio‐material mechanisms (i.e., copper's market tempo,
Ebenezer Gyampoh Amoah
wiley   +1 more source

The Devil Wears Nada: Female Employees' Hidden Transcripts and Public Responses to Inessential Esthetic Demands

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how reluctant female employees discuss and respond to the inessential esthetic demands that they receive from their bosses through an anonymous online forum as well as in real‐life work settings. Substudy 1 analyzes the corpus “r/antiwork” to identify the hidden transcripts of employees after inessential esthetic demands ...
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Employee Welfare Impact of Right‐To‐Work Laws: Insights From State‐Level Legislation

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the effect of right‐to‐work (RTW) laws on employee welfare using the stacked difference‐in‐differences (DiD) methodology. We posit that RTW laws weaken collective bargaining power, increase free riding, and ultimately reduce employee welfare. We document a significant employee welfare decline following RTW adoption, especially among
Shima Amini, Eilnaz Kashefi‐Pour, Ali Sajjadi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

We Value Your Privacy: Behavior‐Based Pricing Under Endogenous Privacy

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study a duopoly model of behavior‐based pricing in which consumers can either disclose or hide their data. We contrast two data policies. Under an open data policy, disclosed data is shared with all firms. In the unique equilibrium, all consumers disclose, and firms price discriminate, leading to welfare losses from inefficient poaching ...
Friederike Heiny, Tianchi Li, Michel Tolksdorf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Import competition and stock price crash risk

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how globalization‐induced import competition affects stock price crash risk. Import competition increases price pressure and reduces profit margins, prompting managers to withhold negative information, resulting in higher crash risk. Based on a sample of US manufacturing firms from 1974 to 2019, we find that firms whose products
Mansoor Afzali, Gonul Colak, Khalela Francis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Daily entry and exit triggers for open market repurchases

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Using publicly available daily data, we analyse the daily decision repurchasing firms make to enter or exit the market during open market repurchase programs. Firms enter the market to repurchase after a stock price downturn and maintain their presence in the market while stock returns remain negative. The lower the preceding overnight return,
Christine Brown, Sean Pinder
wiley   +1 more source

Global risk pooling mitigates financial risk from drought in hydropower-dependent countries. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Cuppari RI, Pavelsky TM, Characklis GW.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Dividend and Share Repurchase Policies of Canadian Firms: Empirical Evidence based on New Research Design [PDF]

We empirically investigate dividend and share repurchase policies of Canadian firms. We use several logit regression analyses to test the structure and determinants of the dividend and share repurchase choice.
Dijk, R. van, Jong, A. de, Veld, C.H.
core   +1 more source

CEO‐employee pay ratio disclosure and dividend policy

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine whether and how the magnitude of the CEO pay ratio affects dividend policy in the context of inequality‐averse investors. Our results demonstrate a positive association between the two and remain robust to endogeneity concerns. We find that the CEO pay ratios positively affect dividends irrespective of whether CEO compensation ...
Rajib Chowdhury, John A. Doukas
wiley   +1 more source

When does forecast-based insurance benefit? An economic analysis of drought risk anticipatory insurance. [PDF]

Geneva Pap Risk Insur Issues Pract
Anand V, Poole-Selters L, Spognardi AG, Bekele BT, de Perez EC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source