SUBJECT AREAS: valuation, investment analysis, portfolio management, country analysis, emerging markets, development economics.This collection of two CD-ROMs presents interviews with leading scholars and practitioners on the subject of valuing assets in emerging markets. Featured interviews...

SUBJECT AREAS: valuation, investment analysis, portfolio management, country analysis, emerging markets, development economics.This CD-ROM contains an edited interview with Mark Mobius, one of the best-known asset managers specializing in emerging markets equities. His early advocacy of emerging...

Observed economic policies in developing countries differ sharply both from those observed among developed countries and from those forecast by existing models of optimal policies. For example, developing countries rely little on broad-based taxes, and make substantial use of tariffs and...

This paper examines the role of firms' government connections, defined by government intervention in the appointments of Chief Executive Officers and the status of state ownership, in determining the severity of financial constraints faced by Chinese firms. In line with the previous literature,...

This paper studies the relation between local attitudes towards gambling and corporate liquidity. I find that firms exposed to stronger gambling preference hold significantly more cash, because cash enables them to take more risk while staying away from financial distress. Furthermore, I show...

Developing of near-infrared (NIR) light triggered metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) nano-photosensitizers (nPSs) is highly desirable for photodynamic therapy (PDT) owing to its promising properties. Herein, we designed a mitochondria-targeted, 808 nm near-infrared (NIR) light-triggered...