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Railway Finance in Europe
Nash, Chris - In: Review of Network Economics 16 (2017) 2, pp. 67-88
Abstract Governments make substantial contributions to the finance of railways in Europe. This paper first considers …
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Money, credit and finance: National, regional and global dimensions
O'Hara, Phillip - 2009
the role of uncertainty in complex capital investments plus the role of endogenous finance and taxes-drive money. These … approaches complement each other while they all centre on the core contradiction of industry versus finance and the need for a … dynamic, circuitous vision of finance capitalism (Lavoie 1992). …
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The long-run relationship between stock indices and economic factors in the ASE: an empirical study between 1989 and 2006
Spyridis, Theodoros; Sevic, Zeljko; Theriou, Nikolaos - 2010
The present paper is focused on the examination of long-run relationships between specific stock indices and a number of economic factors in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) during the period between 1989 and 2006. After a theoretical and empirical review of unit root and cointegration analysis...
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Intellectual capital and business performance: an empirical study for the Greek listed companies
Maditinos, Dimitrios; Sevic, Zeljko; Tsairidis, Charalampos - 2010
The aim of this study is to empirically examine the four elements of intellectual capital (human capital, customer capital, structural capital and innovation capital) and their relationship with business performance in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). This study was conducted based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435329
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Comparative analysis of corporate risk management practices in Croatian and Slovenian companies
Sprcic, Danijela Milos; Sevic, Zeljko - 2008
The paper explores differences as well as commonalities in corporate risk management practices and risk exposures in the large non-financial Slovenian and Croatian companies. Comparative analysis of survey results have revealed that the majority of analysed companies in both Croatia and Slovenia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435330
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Measuring the impact of natural disasters on capital markets: An empirical application using intervention analysis
Worthington, Andrew C.; Valadkhani, Abbas - 2004
This paper examines the impact of natural disasters on the Australian equity market. The data set employed consists of daily price and accumulation returns over the period 31 December 1982 to 1 January 2002 for the All Ordinaries Index (AOI) and a record of forty-two severe storms, floods,...
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Losing Sleep At The Market: An Empirical Note On The Daylight Saving Anomaly In Australia
Worthington, Andrew C. - 2003
The ‘daylight saving effect’ predicts that the mean weekend return following the spring and fall/autumn changes in daylight saving time is less than the mean weekend return throughout the rest of the year. With this market anomaly, the change in market participants’ behaviour is linked...
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Informed superannuation choice: constraints and policy resolutions
Brown, Kerry A.; Gallery, Gerry T.; Gallery, Natalie - 2002
The latest controversy to emerge in Australia’s ever-changing superannuation system is the failure of the proposed ‘member choice of fund’ legislation. While superannuation choice continues to be widely supported, the debate lacks coherent policy direction. This paper addresses the policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437503
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Micro-enterprises in a developing economy- challenges and sustainability
Dalglish, Carol L.; Bradley, Rebecca L. - 2006
Small and micro-enterprises play a significant part in most economies, whether developed or developing. However, in developing countries these enterprises have tended to be looked at from a development, or poverty alleviation perspective, rather than as entrepreneurial activities and potentially...
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Determinants of capital structure for A-REITs
Chikolwa, Bwembya - 2009
Using panel data methodology, the determinants of capital structure in 34 Australia listed property trusts (A-REITs) are investigated for the period 2003-2008. Empirical results reveal that profitability, growth opportunity, and operational risk are negatively related to leverage while size is...
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