Exploring public perceptions of college education on TikTok: A content analysis through the lens of the social determinants of health. [PDF]
Jacques ET+5 more
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Sovereign Credit Ratings: A Friend or Foe to Financial Development of African Countries?
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of sovereign credit rating on financial development. Using a sample of 21 African countries from 1995 to 2019, the empirical result indicates a significant and positive link between sovereign credit rating and financial development that is, higher credit ratings are associated with lower borrowing costs ...
Sodiq Arogundade+2 more
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Managing Brazil's Public Debt under the original-Sin Hypothesis
Orlando Assunção Fernandes+1 more
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Transforming Healthcare Through Value: A Fiscal Perspective on OECD Countries. [PDF]
Tang B, Li Z, Liu Y, Zhu F.
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Carbon Performance and Financial Performance: How R&D Makes a Difference Pre‐ and Post‐Paris Accord
ABSTRACT This study examines how R&D investments influence U.S. firms' abilities to align environmental initiatives with financial outcomes. It employs a sample of 229 firms listed on the S&P 500 between 2003 and 2021 and multivariate panel regression models with fixed effects to explore how R&D moderates the relationship between corporate carbon ...
Mohamad H. Shahrour+3 more
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In-depth exploration of software defects and self-admitted technical debt through cutting-edge deep learning techniques. [PDF]
Ullah S+5 more
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Determinants of Dividend Payout Policy: More Evidence From Emerging Markets of G20 Bloc
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to examine the key factors influencing dividend payout policy in emerging markets, using a quantitative approach with a sample of 938 firms and 19,698 firm‐year observations. The study considers dividends, and share repurchases as elements of payout, analysing the effect of earnings, taxes, debt, size and free ...
Wagner Dantas de Souza Junior+2 more
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A Dynamic Theory of Public Spending, Taxation and Debt
Marco Battaglini, Stephen Coate
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Two surveys separated by almost a decade reveal the inexorable decline in sleep time in teens: Results of the National survey of middle and high schools in adolescents on health and substances (EnCLASS 2018), and the evolution since 2010. [PDF]
Léger D+6 more
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Fiscal Rules, Independent Fiscal Institutions and Sovereign Risk: Evidence From the European Union
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of fiscal rules (FRs) and independent fiscal institutions (IFIs) on sovereign risk. To address potential endogeneity issues, we employ the System Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator in an analysis comprising 24 European Union member states throughout the 2007–2019 period.
Bogdan Căpraru+2 more
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