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This paper considers how perceptions of costs and benefits can influence the association between personality and risky choice behaviour. We assessed perceptions and behaviours in six domains (ethical; investment; gambling; health and safety; recreational; social) using the DOSPERT and measured...
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This paper considers how perceptions of costs and benefits can influence the association between personality and risky choice behaviour. We assessed perceptions and behaviours in six domains (ethical; investment; gambling; health and safety; recreational; social) using the DOSPERT and measured...
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Protection of human life and property from flooding is a strategic priority in the UK. We examine how to encourage home owners to protect themselves and their residences. A model of factors that influence the decision to buy flood-protection devices is tested using survey data from 2109 home...
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Benford's Law, which is the law of digit distributions, is widely applied to study fraud or bias in a data set. In this paper, we applied Benford's Law to examine the first digits of financial statement items of UK listed companies. The evidence shows that the first digits conform to Benford's...
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Previous studies show mixed evidence of the role of banking expertise on the board of directors on accounting conservatism. In this paper, we add to this growing literature by providing an innovative way to measure banking expertise based on life-time working history in banks of all individual...
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Previous research suggests that share-financed acquirers inflate their earnings before merger and acquisition announcements. The existing literature also indicates that characteristics of chief executive officers (CEO) could affect earnings management. In this study, we extend prior studies by...
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This paper investigates how investors in value and glamour stocks use financial information. The empirical evidence presented is in line with a model of investors' asymmetric reaction to good and bad news due to confirmation bias. Pessimistic value investors typically under-react to good...
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