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Contra Eichengreen and Mitchener on ABCT

Block, Walter; II, William Barnett - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 28 (2011) June, pp. 111-117

Purpose – Austrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) is a rare and precious flower. As adherents of this perspective, the present authors wish to share it with as many scholars as possible. They thus welcome criticisms of it, particularly emanating from neoclassical economists, who have for far too...

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Investment opportunities, corporate finance, and dividend payout policy: Evidence from emerging markets

Abor, Joshua; Bokpin, Godfred A. - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 27 (2010) August, pp. 180-194

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of investment opportunities and corporate finance on dividend payout policy. Design/methodology/approach – This issue is tested with a sample of 34 emerging market countries covering a 17-year period, 1990-2006. Fixed effects...

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Fiscal policy, private investment and economic growth: the case of Ghana

Soli, Vera Ogeh; Harvey, Simon Kwadzogah; Hagan, Edmond - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 25 (2008) March, pp. 112-130

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationships between disaggregated government fiscal policy variables; private capital investment and economic growth in Ghana, as well as the similarities and differences in the impact of these variables on private investment (PI) and economic growth....

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Managerial incentives, net debt and investment activity in all-equity firms

Alderson, Michael J.; Betker, Brian L. - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 29 (2012) November, pp. 232-246

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of managerial risk exposure on capital structure selection … firms in terms of investment or stock price performance, the effect of managerial risk aversion appears to be confined to … financial policy. Originality/value – The paper uses modern methods for measuring managerial risk exposure to revisit the …

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Neurofinance and investment behaviour

Sahi, Shalini Kalra - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 29 (2012) November, pp. 246-267

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a review as well as a synthesis of the extant literature in the field of Neurofinance. The paper has been divided into eight parts. The first and second parts introduce the paper and dwell upon the brain functions in financial decisions. Part...

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