A large set of financial variables has only limited power to predict a latent factor common to the year-ahead forecast errors for real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, the unemployment rate, and Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for three sets of professional forecasters: the Federal...

The paper investigates patterns of differences of some key economic and financial variables among U.S. regions. The grouping of the states into regions is in accordance with the Bureau of Economic Analysis classification (New England, Mideast, Great Lakes, Plains, Southeast, Southwest, Rocky...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between company-specific factors and the extent of greenhouse gas (GHG) disclosures. Design/methodology/approach –The study is based on a sample of 210 FTSE 350 companies and uses the disclosure index to quantify GHG...