Based on 1998 to 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances datasets the proportion of households reporting use of a financial planner increased from 21% in 1998 to 25% in 2007, with an estimated increase of almost five million households between 2004 and 2007. Multivariate analysis shows that the...

The prevention of wrongdoing, both civil and criminal, is a growing preoccupation of businesses. The academic study of such compliance and potential wrongdoing is also a growth industry. However, much like a decentralized firm with various subunits that do not communicate efficiently with each...

This study investigates the impact of local antigambling interventions (AGIs) on corporate financialization. From the perspective of formal institutions' influence on culture, our findings suggest that firms located in regions with more effective AGIs exhibit lower levels of financialization....

According to the People's Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, China has a population of more than 1.2 billion people and with abundant manpower availability for employment in labour-scarce countries at minimal wages/salaries. For example 20300,26500 skilled...

Way back in 1934, Graham and Dodd observed the importance of earning power in investment theory. According to them, history of actual earning with a reasonable expectation should be approximated in future. The empirical study of Ball and Brown (1968) contends that of all the sources of...