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Payment history, past returns and the performance of UK zero dividend stocks

McManus, Ian D.; ap Gwilym, Owain; Thomas, Stephen H. - In: Managerial Finance 32 (2006) 6, pp. 518-536

seeks to provide new evidence on the link between dividend payment and returns history and firms’ subsequent stock market … distress. The analysis is expanded beyond the role of payment history, and also the importance of earnings and past returns in … that payment history is not a significant determinant of returns, while past returns play a far greater role. However, this …

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Big players and the Russian rouble: explaining volatility dynamics

Paul Broussard, John; Koppl, Roger - In: Managerial Finance 25 (1999) 1, pp. 49-63

Outlines previous research attempts to explain the behaviour of second moments of price and return distributions and theories of how Big Players (i.e. those with enough discretionary power to influence the market but little sensitivity to profit/loss consequences) affect the volatility and...

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The day of the merchant: a comment on economic thought in a national order

Karkensson, Lewis - In: Managerial Finance 25 (1999) 3/4, pp. 5-18

Places the concept of “national order” in the context of seventeenth century Europe, describes its characteristics and relates it to mercantilism, i.e. using economic activity to serve the interests of the nation. Outlines the ideas of one merchant of this time, quoting from his writings to...

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Education for an accounting profession

Gaffikin, Michael - In: Pacific Accounting Review 21 (2009) 2, pp. 170-185

Purpose – This paper seeks to present an invited response to a paper describing the historical relationship between the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (and its predecessor body) and the universities in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is conceptual and...

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Land law in the kingdom of Cambodia

Russell, Ray - In: Property Management 15 (1997) 2, pp. 101-110

institutions. Such changes cannot be made in isolation from the lessons and the legacies of the country’s history. Summarizes the … history of land law and its related institutions in Cambodia and examines the implications of this history for the current …

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