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Subordination of related party claims in insolvency: A suggestive framework for Asian regimes

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Related party loans, due to their inherent nature, warrant a higher threshold for scrutiny when compared to loans extended by unrelated parties. Why were these monies advanced as loans, carrying higher priority in insolvency, rather than being invested as share capital?
Aditya Jain, Dhanya Jha, Rebecca Parry
wiley   +1 more source

The High Cost of American Health Care: Understanding the Deeper Roots of the Crisis. [PDF]

Health Care Anal
Chang CF, Mirvis DM, Mahmood A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Revisiting the Nexus Between Trade Liberalisation and Income Inequality: The Case of Sub‐Saharan African Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of trade liberalisation on income inequality across 24 Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2000 to 2020. Using IV‐Tobit and 2SLS models, we consistently find that greater trade openness significantly exacerbates inequality in the region. Critically, we document an inverted U‐shaped relationship between trade
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha, Le Roi Nso Fils, Ulrich Kevin Kamwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maine's Tax Structure—Tax Reform or Government Reform and Economic Development?

Maine Policy Review, 1997
Rick Douglas
doaj  

Primary health care-oriented reforms: the political economy dynamics underlying health-system shifts across nine countries. [PDF]

Health Policy Plan
Kalita A, Croke K, Barbazza E, Sparkes S, Cosmas L, Hassany M, Jurgutis A, Matheson D, Wa Mukalay AM, Partapsingh VA, Sabri B, Schenck M, Syed S, Tangcharoensathien V, Yelgezekova Z, Dalil S, Khalid F.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Sector Liquidity Timing Ability of Bond Mutual Funds

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate whether bond mutual fund managers exhibit market liquidity timing skills in the U.S. corporate bond market. At the portfolio level, we find only weak evidence that bond funds adjust their overall market exposure in anticipation of changes in corporate bond market liquidity.
Zhengnan Yin, Niall O'Sullivan, Meadhbh Sherman, Yuting Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From coverage to care: how basic medical insurance shapes patients' experiences of primary care in China. [PDF]

Front Epidemiol
Xu C, Xu W, You J, Chen G, Miao S.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Real Effect of Banking Globalisation on Bank Liquidity Creation in China's Banking Sector: Evidence From the Belt and Road Initiative

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi, Wenjun Wu, Yifan Chen, Chunyang Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Brazil's health tax at a crossroads: safeguarding the constitutional victory against ultra-processed foods. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Neves FS, Mendes LL, Nilson EAF, Castro IRR, Claro RM, Canella DS, Machado ÍE, Carmo ASD, Menezes MC, Malta DC.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source