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Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (2020)
Journal Article
Egbulonu, A. J., & Bhattarai, K. (2020). Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(2), 255-287

This paper examines the determinants of capital flight in sub Saharan African countries (SSA) by introducing corruption as a focus variable in the model. The econometric analysis is based on data from 25 SSA countries over the period 1986-2010 using... Read More about Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya (2020)
Journal Article
Taloba, A. I., & Bhattarai, K. R. (2020). Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(2), 361-384

Natural endowments and economic growth are often connected. However, this relationship is still controversial. Although natural resources are crucial for economic growth, there is a kind of puzzling aspect in their relationship. For the oil-based eco... Read More about Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya.

Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis (2020)
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Bhattarai, K., & Benjasak, C. (2021). Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis. Journal of economic asymmetries, 23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2020.e00189

A reform in the personal income tax (PIT) is helpful in reducing inequality in the distribution of income and consumption in both short and long terms in Thailand. It boosts private consumption, investment, employment, capital stock, exports, imports... Read More about Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis.

The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited (2020)
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Ahmed, R., ullah, S., Hudson, R., & Gregoriou, A. (in press). The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2020.12.006

In this paper we test two recently developed liquidity measures the Return-to-Turnover (hereafter RtoTR) proposed by Florackis et al. (2011) and Return-to-Volume (hereafter RtoV) recommended by Amihud, 2002, for 386 companies listed on the Pakistani... Read More about The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited.

Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China (2020)
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Gao, Y., Han, X., Li, Y., & Xiong, X. (2021). Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China. International review of financial analysis, 74, Article 101654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101654

The conventional momentum strategy performs poorly overall in China, because stock prices behave very differently when markets are open for trading versus when they are closed. Stocks that are past intraday (overnight) winners persistently outperform... Read More about Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China.

Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions (2020)
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Lakshmi, G., Saha, S., & Bhattarai, K. (2021). Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions. Economic modelling, 94, 386-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.10.011

In examining the role of institutions in resisting corruption and its impact on growth, most studies concentrate on the aggregate level and conclude that sound institutions enhance growth. We focus instead on varying dimensions of heterogeneous insti... Read More about Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions.

The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy (2020)
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Joura, E., Xiao, Q., & Ullah, S. (2021). The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy. International review of financial analysis, 73, Article 101606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101606

This study examines evidences of executive reactions to say-on-pay (SOP) votes in terms of strategic policies which could affect firms' long-run growth and eventual survival. We employed an unbalanced panel data from 1932 firms taken from four countr... Read More about The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy.

Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination (2020)
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Mallick, S. K., Bhattarai, K., Mallick, S., & Yang, B. (2021). Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination. Journal of International Money and Finance, 110, Article 102291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102291

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Advanced and emerging economies are becoming more interdependent with rapid pace of globalization of capital markets and technological innovations in recent years. We examine whether technology and monetary policy shocks get trans... Read More about Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination.

Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors (2020)
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Perez-Laborda, A., & Perez-Sebastian, F. (2020). Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors. Journal of Macroeconomics, 66, Article 103255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103255

The goal of this paper is two-fold. First, we reexamine the evidence for the capital-skill complementarity (CSC) and the skill-biased technological change (SBTC) hypotheses at the sectoral level in the US economy for the period 1970-2005. Second, we... Read More about Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors.

Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations (2020)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., Attah-Boakye, R., & Adams, K. (2020). Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3019218

Cybercrime continues to cause increasing threat to business processes, eroding stakeholders’ trust in Internet technologies. In this article, we explore how six dominant algorithmic trust positions facilitate cognitive processing, which, in turn, can... Read More about Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations.