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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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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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A hybrid intelligent system to diagnose and indicate solutions to financial problems

Pacheco, Roberto; Martins, Alejandro; Weber, Rosina O.; … - 1995

Monitoring and adjusting financial health problems play central role in the firm’s performance.Usually, small firms face difficulties in these tasks for lacking human resources and incapacityto afford a consultant. By analyzing the nature of the diagnosis and the solution of financialproblems...

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Relations Between Stock Returns and Fundamental Variables: Evidence from a Segmented Market

Dhatt, Manjeet S.; Kim, Yong H.; Mukherji, Sandip - 1999

This study examines relations between stock returns and potential explanatory factors in Korea, an important and segmented emerging market. Our results show that Korean stock returns in general and returns on stocks listed in Section 1 in particular are significantly positively related to...

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The Relationship between Short Interest and Stock Returns in the Canadian Market

Ackert, Lucy; Athanassakos, George - 2005

This paper provides new insight into the relationship between short sales and stock market returns using a sample of stocks sold short in Canada. Short interest is defined in relation to trading volume. The results strongly support the assertion that short sales and excess returns are...

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The Skinny on the 2008 Naked Short-Sale Restrictions

Boulton, Thomas; Braga-Alves, Marcus - 2010

On July 15, 2008, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced temporary restrictions on naked short sales of the stocks of 19 financial firms. The restrictions offer a unique empirical setting to test Miller?s (1977) conjecture that short-sale constraints result in overpriced securities...

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Caught on Tape: Institutional Trading, Stock Returns, and Earnings Announcements

Campbell, John; Schwartz, Allie; Ramadorai, Tarun - 2009

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