The aim of the study was to determine extent of earning manipulations and possible fraudulent activities in banking sector. The study involved banks in East Africa where the financial statements of 34 banks in Kenya, 30 banks in Tanzania and 20 banks in Uganda were analysed. The study used...

This study empirically examines the reemployment of employees displaced from a high-tech firm. Since 2008, the plummeting market share of Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer at the time, has resulted in massive layoffs and the downsizing of its workforce. We analyze the labor...

The aging of the farmer population has led to concern about a shortage of beginning farmers and ranchers. This study investigates the impact of health insurance coverage and participation in government and private insurance programs on off-farm labor allocation decisions of beginning...

Eco-innovations are crucial for the mitigation of climate change effects. It is therefore important to know if the existing climate change regulations and carbon pricing are appropriate and sufficient to trigger such innovations. Besides government measures, the demand for carbon neutral...

The microdata of surveys are valuable resources for analyzing and modeling relationships between variables of interest. These microdata are often incomplete because of nonresponses in surveys and, if not considered, may lead to model misspecification and biased results. Nonresponse variable is...