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Revisiting SME default predictors : the Omega Score

Altman, Edward I.; Balzano, Marco; Giannozzi, Alessandro; … - 2022

SME default prediction is a long-standing issue in the finance and management literature. Proper estimates of the SME risk of failure can support policymakers in implementing restructuring policies, rating agencies and credit analytics firms in assessing creditworthiness, public and private...

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The effects of political reservations on credit access and borrowing composition : new evidence from India

Ao, Chon-Kit; Chatterjee, Somdeep - 2018

We estimate the impacts of mandated political reservation for minorities on household credit access and borrowing behavior. To identify causal effects, we exploit the exogenous state-time variation in the allocation of constituencies (electoral districts) to the two reserved minority groups in...

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Differences in African banking systems : causes and consequences

Mutarindwa, Samuel; Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - 2021

This paper links banking system development to the colonial and legal history of African countries. Based on a sample of 40 African countries from 2000 to 2018, our empirical findings show a significant dependence of current financial institutions on the inherited legal origin and the...

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How does fintech innovation matter for bank fragility in SSA?

Nguena, Christian Lambert - 2020

empirically examines the influence of fintech innovation on bank fragility. Mainly the destabilizing impact of fintech innovation …. Moreover, the results highlight also that the macroeconomic environment is important in explaining bank fragility and suggested … monetary union performs better than the others in terms of bank solidness. These results indicate that suitable fintech …

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Gender quotas, board diversity and spillover effects : evidence from Italian banks

Del Prete, Silvia; Papini, Giulio; Tonello, Marco - 2024

We study the impact of a law, which required the increase of the proportion of women on boards of listed companies to at least one third. We look at its impact on listed banks, but also test whether it led to spillovers into non-listed banks belonging to listed groups or along other board...

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Life satisfaction and job insecurity : evidence from Albania

Drishti, Elvisa; Carmichael, Fiona - 2022

Fear of the threat of job loss is likely to elicit negative thoughts that have adverse consequences for not only job satisfaction, but also, all-round happiness and satisfaction with life. Using nationally representative cross-sectional data, this study provides evidence of the negative effect...

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Does education predict gender role attitudes? : evidence from European datasets

Deole, Sumit S.; Zeydanli, Tugba - 2021

This paper presents the first empirical evidence of the causal impact of individuals' education on their attitudes towards traditional gender roles in Europe. We employ two national panel datasets from the UK and Switzerland and a repeated cross-sectional dataset with information from 13 Western...

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Run, graduate, run : internationally mobile students' reactions to changing political landscapes in Europe

Weisser, Reinhard A. - 2021

Over the last decades, Europe attracted an increasing number of internationally mobile students. The related influx of talent into European labour markets constituted an important factor to the knowledge economy. This research addresses the question whether changing political landscapes in...

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Worker stress and performance pay : German survey evidence

Baktash, Mehrzad B.; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2021

While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages, it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission mechanisms for this deterioration remain in doubt. We examine the hypothesis that increased stress is one transmission...

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Germany's labour market in Coronavirus distress : new challenges to safeguarding employment

Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - 2021

We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas during the Great Recession all working-time instruments...

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