Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to forecast variability in mortgage rates by using interval measured data and interval computing method. Design/methodology/approach – Variability (interval) forecasts generated by the interval computing are compared with lower‐ and upper‐bound...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of interval measured data, rather than traditional point data, on economic variability studies. Design/methodology/approach – The study uses interval measured data to forecast the variability of future stock market changes....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential impact of political party control on bank profitability and risk. This study extends previous work by looking at overall political power with respect to party control of the House, Senate, and the Presidency....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to associate a probabilistic confidence with the stock market interval forecasts obtained with the interval least squares (ILS) algorithm. The term probabilistic confidence in this paper means the probability of a point observation that will fall in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between good corporate governance and dividend payment in the regulated insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach – A modification of Rozeff's transaction cost/agency cost trade‐off model was estimated on a sample of...

Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to provide practitioners and researchers with guidance and ideas for benchmarking employee benefits in companies providing professional services. The research addressed employee benefits in multi‐owner accounting firms....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify pre‐loan factors that ultimately impact post‐loan risk ratings of small business in southern Arkansas. Design/methodology/approach – Ordinary least squares linear regression analysis is conducted on small business data to determine which...

Purpose – The purpose of this research was to examine the link between supply chain management (SCM), market orientation, and organizational success, and to develop a model that describes the relationship among the three. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of sales managers within large...

Purpose – This study sets out to focus on the identification of determinants of real estate limited partnership (REIT) capital structure from a market perspective. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses ordinary least squares regression to test whether REIT capital structure is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the literature on the changing perspectives of corporate distribution policy. Design/methodology/approach – This paper synthesizes and interprets the theoretical, empirical and survey‐based research on corporate payout...