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The effects of economic variables in the UK stock market
Leone, Vitor - 2006
This thesis examines the links between economic time-series innovations and statisticalrisk factors in the UK stock market using principal components analysis (PCA) and thegeneral-to-specific (Gets) approach to econometric modelling.A multi-factor risk structure for the UK stock market is...
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EU ENLARGEMENT TO TURKEY: POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND HOW THEY ARE SHAPED BY CHANGES IN MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Fellmann, Thomas; van Leeuwen, Myrna; Salamon, Petra - 2011
The potential accession of Turkey to the EU, and the related adoption of the CAP by Turkey,is expected to influence … agricultural markets in both the EU and Turkey. The extent of theaccession impacts depends on the one hand on the way the CAP will …-membership simulation show that the impacts on agriculturalmarkets in Turkey are significant, while effects on EU markets are rather limited …
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A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RATINGS WITH MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS: A CASE OF BIST XKURY
KULA, Veysel; BAYKUT, Ender - 2017
This paper aims at providing the comparative analysis of corporate governance rankings, generated by major multiple-criteria decision making tools, of fifty-six firms listed as of 2014 in Borsa Istanbul Corporate Governance Index (BIST XKURY). Normally, Capital Market Board requires each BIST...
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Do accounting and finance tools serve governance?
Ariff, Mohamed; Ratnatunga, Janek - 2008
A brief review of recent literature on corporate governance is provided, which is then concluded with a proposed corporate governance framework as a starting point for further development. We propose that it is stakeholder concentration that determines the quality of corporate governance. Next...
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Factors Affecting Return on Assets in the Korean Lodging Industry:A Preliminary Empirical Investigation
Youn, Hyewon; Gu, Zheng - 2010
This study investigates the factors that affect Korean lodging firms’ performance measured in terms of return on assets (ROA). Using the 2005 financial data of a sample of 112 publicly traded Korean lodging firms and a stepwise regression procedure, the study identified the ratio of earnings...
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The Impact of the Recent Recession on U.S. Lodging Firms: An Examination Based on Ratio Analysis
Youn, Hyewon; Gu, Zheng - 2010
To assess the impact of the recession on the financial performances of the lodging industry, this study examines sample firms’ financial ratios in 2006, the year immediately prior to the recession, to those in 2008, the year during which the recession was in full swing. The findings of this...
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Performance Gap Between Korean and U.S. Hospitality Firms: A Preliminary Examination Based on 2006 Data
Youn, Hyewon; Gu, Zheng - 2010
The purpose of this study was to identify problems and weaknesses existing in the Korean hospitality industry by examining some key financial ratios in comparison with those of its U.S. peer. Using the 2006 financial data of 194 Korean hospitality firms and 80 U.S. hospitality firms, 13...
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Prekybinės įmonės pelningumo didinimo galimybių vertinimas
Šopis, Vytautas - 2009
Šopis, V., Prekybinės įmonės pelningumo didinimo galimybių vertinimas [Rankraštis]:bakalauro baigiamasis darbas: ekonomika. Vilnius, ISM Vadybos ir ekonomikos universitetas,2009.Bakalauro baigiamojo darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti prekybinės įmonės pelningumo rodikliusir nustatyti...
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Assessing corporate financial distress in South Africa
Hlahla, Bothwell Farai - 2011
This study develops a bankruptcy prediction model for South African companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The model is of considerable efficiency and the findings reported extend bankruptcy literature to developing countries. 64 financial ratios for 28 companies, grouped into...
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A Study of The Variation of Price-Earnings with Intrinsic Market Value Indicators
Mlilo, Mncedisi - 2011
In the last few years, there has been lively debate about the appropriateness of financial ratios in determining the value of high technology stocks especially in the US market. Of particular focus in this debate has been the high to very high P-E ratios assigned to companies that by any other...
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