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Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether religions parables are relevant to finance. Design … practice and theory of finance. Moreover, several parables giving insight into investor reactions may help explain the premium … puzzles in asset pricing. Findings - Based on a thorough analysis, one can see that the parables contribute to finance …
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Purpose -New technologies have provided new tools we may use as finance professors to communicate with our students … investigate the use of IM as a communication tool in finance courses. Design/methodology/approach - After reviewing the advantages …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence in support of incentive and retention-based explanations for backdating. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use matching-firm techniques and the bivariate logistic model. Findings – Backdating firms tend to be younger and...
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finance of small-scale farmers in Rwanda. The authors propose two models of access to finance and their correlation with … required deep analysis on some of the samples. Practical implications – The paper includes implications of access to finance in … financial institution and farmers. Value chain finance has improved the productivity and profits of farmers as well as the …
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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to theoretically describe the role of Zakah as a vital tool of fiscal policy in achieving Pareto optimality. Design/methodology/approach - The paper sets a general equilibrium model that describes the long-run convergence to a Pareto optimal allocation in a...
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Purpose -The main objective of this paper is to highlight the unprecedented growth of Islamic banking and finance in … the contemporary finance world. It captures the advancements of Islamic banking and finance industry across the tools … paper deals with the paradigm of Islamic banking and finance. It constitutes a general review that bears special features …
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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore the existence of disposition effect among Canadian wheat farmers when marketing their grain. This study examines the question of whether farmers wait too long to price their grain or whether they price it too soon. Design/methodology/approach -The...
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Purpose – This study seeks to investigate whether a firm's financial disclosure size can help investors predict performance. Design/methodolgy/approach - Controlling for size and industry, the relationship between financial disclosure size and subsequent stock performance for all Standard and...
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Purpose –The paper surveys the risks and rewards of asset securitisation and illustrates how this structured finance …
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Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to explore a Christian perspective on the field of finance. Design …/methodology/approach - This paper begins by examining the theoretical underpinnings of finance and how finance is practiced today. The paper then … considers the implications of a reformed Christian worldview for finance, with special attention to the implications of the …
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