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Browsing Financial Management by Type "Postprint Article"
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Zaremba, Adam; Czapkiewicz, Anna; Szczygielski, Jan Jakub; Kaganov, Vitaly
(Routledge, 2019)
We evaluate and compare the performance of four popular factor pricing models: the capital asset pricing model, the Fama and French three-factor model, Carhart’s four-factor model, and the five-factor model of Fama and ...
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Szczygielski, Jan Jakub; Brummer, Leon Marx; Wolmarans, Hendrik Petrus; Zaremba, Adam
(Routledge, 2020)
We investigate whether macroeconomic factors adequately proxy for systematic influences in stock returns within the South African context. We also investigate whether a commonly used solution to factor omission in macroeconomic ...
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Kok, Gerrit; Van Schalkwyk, Cornelis Hendrik; Du Toit, Elda
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021-03)
PURPOSE : Regulatory documents and the literature recommend individuals with various characteristics to be included on a board, which should improve the efficiency of the board and promote company performance. Stakeholders ...
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Pradhan, Rudra; Arvin, Mak B.; Bahmani, Sahar; Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(Emerald, 2019-10)
PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to consider the heterogeneous relationship among financial
development, foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic growth, examining the possible directions of
causality among ...
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Szczygielski, Jan Jakub; Brummer, Leon Marx; Wolmarans, Hendrik Petrus
(Emerald, 2020-11)
PURPOSE : This study aims to investigate the impact of the macroeconomic environment on South African industrial sector returns. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : Using standardized coefficients derived from time-series factor ...
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Du Toit, Elda
(Emerald, 2024-08)
PURPOSE :
This study aims to establish whether accounting research articles can be potentially generated by artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence can produce quality work, the integrity of academic research ...
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Pradhan, Rudra P.; Arvin, Mak B.; Hall, J.H. (John Henry); Bahmani, Sahar
(Elsevier, 2014-11)
This paper examines the relationship between banking sector development, stock market development, economic
growth, and four other macroeconomic variables in ASEAN countries for the period 1961–2012. Using principal
component ...
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Pradhan, Rudra P.; Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(Inderscience, 2014)
This paper examines the long-term relationship between financial development, social development and economic growth in 15 Asian countries for the period from 1961 to 2012. Using principal component analysis to construct ...
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Nel, Chane; Robinson, Liam; Correa Roza, Ana Luiza Oliveira; Ker-Fox, Jason G.; Gomes, Nathalia Rodrigues; Fonseca, Felipe Paiva; Santos-Silva, Alan Roger; Romanach, Mario Jose; Vargas, Pablo Agustin; Van Heerden, Willem Francois Petrus
(Elsevier, 2022-05)
OBJECTIVE : The purpose of this multicenter retrospective study was to report the clinical and radiologic features of 92 glandular odontogenic cysts (GOCs) diagnosed over a 20-year period.
STUDY DESIGN : Histologically ...
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Cronje, Tom; De Beer, Johan
(Virtus Enterpress, 2010-05)
Bank financial performance and relative future financial performance are important issues to stakeholders like management, shareholders, investment analysts and portfolio managers.
This paper provides evidence that bank ...
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Du Toit, Elda; Cuba, Yolanda Z.
(Elsevier, 2018-10)
The 2008 financial crisis and the regulations that followed after the crisis have seen an increase in the safeguards to the financial system, adding additional costs to the banking sector. This has significantly impacted ...
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Du Toit, Elda; Hall, J.H. (John Henry); Pradhan, Rudra Prakash
(Emerald, 2018)
PURPOSE : The presence of a day-of-the-week effect has been investigated by many researchers over many years, using a variety of financial data and methods. However, differences in methodology between studies could have ...
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Pradhan, Rudra P.; Arvin, Mak B.; Norman, Neville R.; Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(Emerald, 2014)
PURPOSE – The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of causal relations between
banking sector maturity, stock market maturity, and four aspects of performance and operation
of the economy: economic growth, ...
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Pradhan, Rudra P.; Arvin, Mak B.; Nair, Mahendhiran; Bennett, Sara E.; Bahmani, Sahar; Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(Elsevier, 2018-06)
Much of the literature on venture capital (VC) investment focuses on the impact of such investment on firm performance. Although some studies consider the link between VC investment, innovation, and economic growth (usually ...
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Siziba, Simiso; Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(Elsevier, 2021-02)
This study examines the evolution of the application of capital budgeting techniques. Previous studies mostly used cross-sectional inquiries to understand the capital budgeting practices of firms. Only a few researchers ...
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Pradhan, Rudra P.; Arvin, Mak B.; Bahmani, Sahar; Hall, J.H. (John Henry); Norman, Neville R.
(Elsevier, 2017-11)
This paper examines the relationships between economic growth and four different types of financial
development in ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) countries over the period 1991–2011. Using principal component
analysis (PCA) ...
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Reyers, Michelle
(Wiley, 2019-07)
Emergency savings provide a buffer against financial shocks, particularly among low‐income households. Despite the importance of these funds in lessening financial hardship, many households have not set aside emergency ...
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Hall, J.H. (John Henry); Lowies, Gert Abraham (Braam)
(The Physical Development Sciences, University of the Free State, 2010)
Real estate development can be one of the largest contributors of wealth in society; and it plays a key role in determining the level of economic prosperity of individuals, business firms and the country. For residential ...
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Kadzima, Marvelous; Machokoto, Michael; Lemma, Tesfaye T.
(Elsevier, 2024-08)
Using an international dataset, we find that firms in countries with languages that lack a clear distinction between present and future tenses, leading to weaker future time references, are more likely to adopt negative ...
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Helliar, C.V.; Lowies, Gert Abraham (Braam); Suryawathy, I.G.A.; Whait, R.; Lushington, K.
(Elsevier, 2022-09)
Genre theory allows us to examine texts that are written for a specific purpose. A non-fictional genre is similar to other genres such as those for films and novels, and genre theory: (i) categorises the elements of the ...