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Trends in logistics and supply chain management: a focus on risk (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, D. (2014). Trends in logistics and supply chain management: a focus on risk. Journal of supply chain management : research & practice / Assumption University of Thailand, 8(2),

The logistics and supply chain management domain faces a number of ongoing trends and resultant issues including costs, the globalisation of supply and markets, time compression, product complexity and shrinking product life cycles, quality of perfor... Read More about Trends in logistics and supply chain management: a focus on risk.

Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools? (2014)
Book
Silles, M., Hyland, M., Layte, R., Lyons, S., & McCoy, S. (2014). Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools?. University of Hull

This paper combines data from a government programme providing broadband access to primary schools in Ireland with survey microdata on schools’, teachers’ and pupils use of the internet to examine the links between public subsidies, classroom use of... Read More about Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools?.

Revenue sharing in a sports league with an open market in playing talent (2014)
Journal Article
Dobson, S., & Goddard, J. (2014). Revenue sharing in a sports league with an open market in playing talent. Theoretical Economics Letters, 4(6), 410-414. https://doi.org/10.4236/tel.2014.46052

In this paper we develop an economic model of a professional sports league, in which the teams acquire playing talent in an external market. There have been several earlier formulations of this open model and all rely upon an inappropriately specifie... Read More about Revenue sharing in a sports league with an open market in playing talent.

The claim to the tax domain: examining the activities of accountants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (2014)
Journal Article
Frecknall-Hughes, J. (2014). The claim to the tax domain: examining the activities of accountants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Accounting, finance & governance review : the Journal of the Irish Accounting and Finance Association, 21(1/2), 433-59

This paper examines the activities of UK accountants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its aim is to determine the nature of their work in relation to taxation, by looking chiefly at the contemporary evidence provided by The Accou... Read More about The claim to the tax domain: examining the activities of accountants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The effect of hedging on firm value and performance: Evidence from the nonfinancial UK firms (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, H., Azevedo, A., & Guney, Y. (2014, June). The effect of hedging on firm value and performance: Evidence from the nonfinancial UK firms. Presented at European Financial Management 2014 Annual Conference, University of Rome Tor Vergata - School of Economics

We examine the effect of hedging with financial derivatives on firm value and financial performance, relying on a new dataset which comprises information on 288 nonfinancial firms listed in the FTSE-All share index at the London Stock Exchange (LSE)... Read More about The effect of hedging on firm value and performance: Evidence from the nonfinancial UK firms.

Testing the tunnel effect: comparison, age and happiness in UK and German panels (2014)
Journal Article
FitzRoy, F. R., Nolan, M. A., Steinhardt, M. F., & Ulph, D. (2014). Testing the tunnel effect: comparison, age and happiness in UK and German panels. IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9012-3-24

In contrast to previous results combining all ages, we find positive effects of comparison income on happiness for the under 45s and negative effects for those over 45. In the UK, these coefficients are several times the magnitude of own income effec... Read More about Testing the tunnel effect: comparison, age and happiness in UK and German panels.

Financial deepening and economic growth (2014)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2015). Financial deepening and economic growth. Applied economics, 47(11), 1133-1150. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2014.993130

The core of Shapley-Shubik games and general equilibrium models with a Venn diagram is applied for a theory on the role of real finance in economic growth among advanced economies. Then the dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) models for Ger... Read More about Financial deepening and economic growth.

A planned study of the impact of B2C logistics service quality on shopper satisfaction and loyalty (2014)
Journal Article
Grant, D., & Philipp, B. (2014). A planned study of the impact of B2C logistics service quality on shopper satisfaction and loyalty. Sinergie, 95(September to December), 46-53. https://doi.org/10.7433/s95.2014.05

Purpose of the paper: This paper reports on an in-progress study of the impact of business to consumer (B2C) logistics service quality (LSQ) on in-store shopper satisfaction and loyalty. Methodology: A comparative research approach is being used acro... Read More about A planned study of the impact of B2C logistics service quality on shopper satisfaction and loyalty.

Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry (2014)
Journal Article
Smyth, K., Christie, N., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Barnes, R., & Elliott, M. (2015). Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry. Marine pollution bulletin, 90(1-2), 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.10.045

The offshore wind power industry is relatively new but increasing globally, hence it is important that the whole life-cycle is managed. The construction–operation–decommissioning cycle is likely to take 20– 30 years and whilst decommissioning may not... Read More about Renewables-to-reefs? – Decommissioning options for the offshore wind power industry.

Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area (2014)
Journal Article
Börger, T., Hattam, C., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., & Austen, M. C. (2014). Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area. Ecological economics : the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, 108, 229-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.10.006

Increasing anthropogenic pressure in the offshore marine environment highlights the need for improved management and conservation of offshore ecosystems. This study scrutinises the applicability of a discrete choice experiment to value the expected b... Read More about Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area.