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Between Knowledge and Strategy: A Cross-Sectional Study on Financial Literacy, Coping, Consumer Loans, and Payment Preferences Among Young Adults in Sweden. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Levinsson H, Santérus L, Samuelsson E.
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The Black‐Box of ESG Scores From Rating Agencies: Do They Genuinely Reflect Sustainability Practices, or Are They Disproportionately Shaped by Financial Performance?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring methodologies used by Bloomberg and S&P Global through the lens of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). It addresses a notable gap in the literature by identifying the underlying factors that shape ESG scores and providing practical insights for companies seeking to ...
Philipe Balan, Jorge Antunes, Peter Wanke, Yong Tan, Ali Meftah Gerged   +4 more
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The influence of digital transformation on chinese bank profitability performance. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang S.
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What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing the role of innovative financing in global health. [PDF]

Glob Health Res Policy
Wang Z, Wang Y, Huang Y, Zhou S, Yang J, Chen Y, Pei Z, Hu Y, Xu M.   +8 more
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Insider Ownership and Investment Efficiency

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between insider ownership and investment efficiency in Indian publicly listed firms, utilising panel data spanning 2001 to 2015. It explores how agency conflicts contribute to suboptimal capital investment decisions. Our analysis reveals that increased insider ownership is associated with reduced investment
Bibek Bhatta
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of the stress levels, influencing factors and countermeasures of kidney transplant recipients in a certain hospital. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Jiang J, Wu L, Xiong L, Zhao B, Tian S, Wang H, Lv X.   +6 more
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ESG Performance and Credit Risk: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturing Companies

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on credit risk using a sample of manufacturing firms listed on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen A‐share markets from 2009 to 2021. Employing fixed effects, the generalised method of moments, and instrumental variable models, we find that ...
Yanan Wang, Xiao Zhang, Michal Wojewodzki, Yuxin Jian, Fadey AbiDaoud   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing resilience debt: Mechanical felling and repeated prescribed fires may sustain eastern oak forests. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Taylor MK, Hagan DL, Coates TA, DeFeo JA, Callaham MA, Mohr HH, Waldrop TA, Wurzburger N.   +7 more
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