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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis, Athanasios P. Fassas, Dionisis Philippas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

'Little Baby's gone to Heaven': A Mixed-Methods Study of Black Children's Survival Disadvantage in Jim Crow-Era Arkansas. [PDF]

Soc Sci Hist
Elman C, Feltey K, Wittman B, Stevens C, Isenberg MB.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Benchmarking Environmental Health Influences on Food Security in Very Remote Indigenous Communities in Australia: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

JMIR Res Protoc
Stoneham M, Hendry M, Mackenzie S, Pollard CM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What is known about persons with co-occurring problems' experiences with supported housing, recovery, and health promotion? A scoping review. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Hammervold UE, Gytri S, Storm M, Lid TG, Sagvaag H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Geopolitical Risk on Trade Credit

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In light of escalating global geopolitical tensions, understanding how firms respond to external shocks has become a critical issue for policymakers, corporate managers, and investors. This study investigates the impact of geopolitical risk (GPR) on firms' reliance on trade credit (TC)—an essential form of short‐term financing, particularly ...
Wafa'a B. Al‐Yafei, Hamdi Bennasr
wiley   +1 more source

Housing after redevelopment: Where and to what buildings do displaced residents move? [PDF]

Urban Stud
Kauer F, Lutz E, Kaufmann D.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Privacy Protection Optimization Method for Cloud Platforms Based on Federated Learning and Homomorphic Encryption. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Wang J, Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Researcher–Entrepreneur Relationship and Performance of Innovative Startups

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many innovative startups are joint ventures between researchers and entrepreneurs, who collaborate in R&D and product commercialization. Government policies such as grants, subsidies, and patent licensing fees act as Pigouvian subsidies, incentivizing R&D by bridging the gap between the social and private returns of innovation.
Yangguang Huang, Helen Hui
wiley   +1 more source