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Life Cycle Consumption and Portfolio Choice Under Real Interest Rate Risk

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We set up a life cycle model with real interest rate risk to demonstrate that real interest rates have implications for optimal household consumption and investments. Lower interest rates lead to higher optimal stock investments and lower consumption.
Marcel Fischer, Natascha Jankowski
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of Community- and Home-Based Elderly Care Services on Eldercare Patterns: A Quasi-Experimental Study in China. [PDF]

Inquiry
Xiao L, Han C, Mohetaer Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Shareholder Activism: Affliction for Incumbent CEOs?

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how shareholder activism shapes CEO careers by distinguishing between two competing hypotheses: discipline and reallocation. Employing a control function approach with expected mutual fund fire sales and purchases as exclusion restrictions, we analyze 3799 US campaigns from 2006 to 2018.
Jana P. Fidrmuc, Jesús Gorrín, Jiaqi Zhao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empowerment or Exposure? Digital Literacy and the Vulnerabilities of Trust in Strangers Among Older Adults: Evidence from China. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Gao K, Zhang H, Cheng Z, Tang B.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Effects of Stroke on Oral Function and Oral Health: A Qualitative Study

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability in Aotearoa New Zealand, often resulting in a range of physical and cognitive impairments. The impacts of stroke on oral function and oral health are not well understood from the survivors' perspective, yet the latter are crucial for overall wellbeing. This qualitative study explored
Esther Cheong, Daniela Aldabe, Nurul Thiyahuddin, Mauro Farella, Carolina Loch   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enablers and Barriers to Alternative Care: Perspectives of Community-Dwelling Older Adults and Service Providers in Kerala. [PDF]

Health Expect
Mohan A, Jothikaran TAJ, Ashok L.
europepmc   +1 more source

On Racialized, Gendered, Precarious Work: Struggles of Community Health Workers During the National Health Insurance Pilot Program in the Tshwane District, South Africa

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The infrastructure of precarious work is racialized and gendered, affecting disenfranchised Black women who carry the burden of low paid caregiving within the healthcare system. In South Africa, Community Health Workers, predominantly Black women from marginalized communities, have been vital in providing primary healthcare services at home ...
Sivuyisiwe Wonci
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking private finance for nature: Addressing barriers and reframing risk-return dynamics. [PDF]

iScience
Sheikh HA, Narain D, Bartlett C, Christiaen C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dynamics of High‐Growth Young Firms and the Role of Venture Capitalists

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Motivated by the substantial growth and upfront investments of venture capital (VC)‐backed firms observed in administrative US Census data, this study develops a life‐cycle firm dynamics model. In the model, startups choose the source of financing from VC, angel investors, or banks, depending on their growth potential, and invest in innovation.
Yoshiki Ando
wiley   +1 more source