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The feasibility of social impact bonds in financing tertiary health care quality: qualitative stakeholders' perspectives in Kenya. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Karino E, Ndegwa J, Were V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Women Make Better Borrowers and Loan Officers? Evidence From Afghanistan

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores how gender is associated with microfinance loan performance in Afghanistan, a conservative and conflict‐affected society. We use data from over 9500 borrowers across Taliban‐ and government‐controlled areas for the period from January 2017 to February 2020, before the 2021 Taliban takeover.
Mustafa Disli, Shakir Jalaly, Laurent Weill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness to trust is reduced by loneliness and paranoia. [PDF]

Commun Psychol
Bellucci G, Keramati M, Hanssen E, Fett AK.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Resource‐Constrained Small Private Firms Support Incumbent or Nonincumbent Factions? Evidence From Chinese Township and Village Enterprises

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on corporate political strategy emphasizes firm—government engagement but largely treats governments as unitary and political alignment as stable. Drawing on stakeholder theory and the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF), this study challenges these assumptions by examining how resource‐constrained small private firms navigate ...
Lee Li, Gongming Qian
wiley   +1 more source

Example dependent cost sensitive learning based selective deep ensemble model for customer credit scoring. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Xiao J, Li S, Tian Y, Huang J, Jiang X, Wang S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chinese Lending and Sovereign Debt Distress in Developing Countries

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China has emerged as the world's largest bilateral creditor to developing countries, yet its effects on sovereign debt outcomes remain contested. Competing theoretical perspectives predict opposing effects: Chinese lending may increase debt vulnerability through opacity, moral hazard, and unsustainable obligations, or reduce it by providing ...
Patrick E. Shea
wiley   +1 more source

Leverage Adjustments, Executive Incentives, and the Market Valuation of Acquisitions Under State Capitalism: Evidence From China

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how state ownership and CEO financial incentives jointly condition the market valuation of acquisition‐related leverage adjustments in 2251 completed M&A deals by Chinese A‐share listed acquirers (2013–2023). Acquirers draw on spare financing capacity at deal completion, with larger leverage increases among underleveraged firms.
Chun I. Lin, Joseph C. P. Shieh, Hao Fang, Yen Hsien Lee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enterprise performance and talent innovation training in new enterprises based on social exchange theory and organizational psychology. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Gao B, Zhang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

A series of (un)fortunate events: Commercial bank interest rates and deposit reallocation during the Great Depression in the Netherlands

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the global economic crisis of 1929–33, deposits in the Dutch commercial banking sector sharply declined as funds shifted to the government‐guaranteed Post Office Savings Bank and other savings institutions. Unlike earlier studies for neighbouring countries, we demonstrate that this shift was driven less by a flight to safety and more by
Ruben Peeters, Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Plastic Surgery Match Trends After Step 1 Pass/Fail Implementation: Data Analysis and Literature Review. [PDF]

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
Clark C, Foote K, Frey JD, Burke MS.
europepmc   +1 more source