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Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants

open access: yesJournal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the rent too high? Land ownership and monopoly power

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Pricing power in real estate markets can reduce housing supply and redevelopment relative to the social optimum. We show how pricing power interacts with popular redevelopment subsidies and zoning regulations. Using building‐level rental income data from NYC, we find that increased concentration is correlated with increased rents.
C. Luke Watson, Oren Ziv
wiley   +1 more source

Die skrifbeskouing van feministiese teoloë, in die besonder dié van Fiorenza, Brenner en Van Dijk-Hemmes – beoordeel in die lig van die gereformeerde teologie

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2013
Dit wil voorkom asof die feministiese Skrifbeskouing op die beginsel van selektiewe Skrifgesag berus. Dit beteken dat slegs dié dele in die Bybel wat met die feministiese ideologie ooreenstem, as gesaghebbend aanvaar word.
Alta E. Swart, Carel F.C. Coetzee
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Distributional Effect of Insurer Competition on Premiums: Evidence From the Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance Market

open access: yesThe RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how insurer competition affects premiums for fully‐insured plans in the employer‐sponsored health insurance market. By utilizing quasi‐experimental variations induced by mergers among national insurers, we show that increased insurer concentration leads to higher premiums, but there exists substantial heterogeneity.
Haizhen Lin, Yaying Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Concurrent macular neovascularization in shallow irregular retinal pigment epithelium elevation phenotypes in age‐related macular degeneration and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract This systematic review and meta‐analysis synthesized the reported frequency of concurrent macular neovascularization (MNV) among selected eyes with author‐defined shallow irregular retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) elevations in age‐related macular degeneration (AMD) and chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC).
Mehmet Cem Sabaner   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scale Versus Technology—M&A Effects by Firm Size and Ex‐Post M&A Time Horizon in Korea

open access: yesAsian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on technical change (TC) and the scale component (SC)—the two primary constituents of total factor productivity (TFP)—by firm size and ex‐post M&A time horizon (i.e., short‐term vs. long‐term effects).
Sinwoo Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Construction of an Environmental Villain: A Discourse Analysis of Upland Maize Farming in Thailand

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the mid‐2010s, Thai public discourse has villainised upland maize cultivation in northern Thailand for deforestation and environmental degradation through the popular imagery of bald mountains. The attention has prompted a new wave of land‐use interventions urging upland smallholders to replace maize with trees and perennials.
Pin Pravalprukskul   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural Networks and Multivariate Analysis Based on Geochemical Data to Determine Stone Provenance From Ancient Calabrian Quarries (Southern Italy)

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study shows an innovative approach to determine the origin of some Calabrian rocks quarried used in ancient times. Twenty‐five quarries, distributed in all the Calabrian provinces (Southern Italy), were studied and sampled. Ten samples were taken from each quarry, for a total of 250 samples.
Domenico Miriello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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