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Healthcare industry equity risk premium and book-to-market anomaly in the US stock market

Dong, Huijian; Guo, Xiaomin - In: International Journal of Accounting and Finance 4 (2013) 2, pp. 190-207

Using daily data from CRSP and COMPUSTAT, this paper first confirms the cointegrated relation between the returns of equities in the US healthcare industry and the returns of market portfolio. Then we break down the risk premia of stocks of the healthcare sector into ten subgroups and reveal an...

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Measuring efficiency of the banking industry before and after the recent financial crisis: some international evidence

Mitra, Devashis; Siddiquee, Mohammad - In: International Journal of Accounting and Finance 4 (2013) 2, pp. 143-167

The recent financial crisis has plagued banking institutions around the world. Using a non-parametric (data envelopment analysis) approach, we measure operating and profit efficiency of 21 commercial banks from four countries during 2004-2010. The results suggest that for the most part there is...

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Forensic accounting and terrorism

Curry, Marc - In: African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 2 (2013) 3, pp. 199-208

Through empirical research, this article is about the techniques and methods terrorists use in order to obtain funds for their operations. I also note the conditions needed to be exiting when identifying fraud. The US Government goes through great lengths to prevent these acts with the help of...

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A comparison of ethical perceptions of earnings-management practices - MENA region and USA

Jooste, Leonie - In: Global Business and Economics Review 16 (2014) 1, pp. 46-59

university in the USA and shows that there is a significant difference between the perceptions of the universities. The …

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Business ethics: a cross-cultural comparison of Mexico and the USA

Peppas, Spero C.; Ruiz, Carlos E.; Peppas, Stephanie R.; … - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 55-71

This empirical study examines the attitudes of undergraduate and graduate business students in Mexico and the USA to …

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Demand, q, financial constraints and shareholder value revisited: an econometric micro-analysis of US fixed investment

Schoder, Christian - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 28-54

Firm-level fixed investment expenses are analysed using a large panel of US manufacturing firms from 1971 to 2007. Integrating the user cost of capital, q and accelerator theories of investment to one econometric specification, we estimate the impacts of sales growth, cash flow, the cost of...

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Household consumption smoothing through equity investment in the USA and Japan: an empirical examination of the consumption-capital asset pricing model (C-CAPM)

Setiawan, Kusdhianto - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 7 (2014) 1, pp. 72-103

:12-2010:7 period for the USA and Japan. In contrast with previous empirical research, the findings show that the C-CAPM fits well for … both countries yet for different time periods (1987:12-1996:11 and 1987:12-2001:1 for the USA and Japan respectively …). However, during the sample period, the gamma coefficient estimated for the USA was high (above eight) compared with that for …

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Japanese and Korean automobile exports and the Alchian-Allen theorem

Resiandini, Pramesti - In: International Journal of Trade and Global Markets 7 (2014) 1, pp. 86-98

This paper compares data on Japanese and Korean automobile exports to the USA to examine consistency with the Alchian …

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Too big and too interconnected to fail: historical and ethical analysis of sustainability risk to the US financial system

Santoro, Michael A.; Strauss, Ronald J. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 4 (2012) 4, pp. 356-369

The financial crisis which manifested in the USA in 2008, revealed the extent to which the largest and most … interconnected financial institutions in the USA had become 'too big to fail', i.e., so systematically and significantly interwoven …

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Competitiveness and environmental policies for agriculture: testing the Porter hypothesis

Managi, Shunsuke - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 3 (2004) 3/4, pp. 310-324

Porter hypothesis suggests tougher environmental regulations could spur technological growth, leading to an increase in productivity of market outputs, simultaneously providing greater environmental protection. This study tests the Porter hypothesis in US agriculture using state level data from...

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