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The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior (2015)
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Silles, M. (2015). The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior. Economics of education review, 48, 102-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2015.06.004

This paper, using data for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, examines the hypothesis that there is a causal relationship between schooling and cigarette smoking. Compulsory schooling laws are exploited to isolate for causation. Cohorts who were tee... Read More about The causal effect of schooling on smoking behavior.

The effect of internal audit function quality and internal audit contribution to external audit on audit fees (2015)
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Mat Zain, M., Zaman, M., & Mohamed, Z. (2015). The effect of internal audit function quality and internal audit contribution to external audit on audit fees. International Journal of Auditing, 19(3), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijau.12043

Corporate governance mandates and listing rules identify internal audit functions (IAF) as a central internal control mechanism. External auditors are expected to assess the quality of IAF before placing reliance on its work. We provide evidence on t... Read More about The effect of internal audit function quality and internal audit contribution to external audit on audit fees.

Shari’ah supervision, corporate governance and performance: conventional vs. Islamic banks (2015)
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Mollah, S., & Zaman, M. (2015). Shari’ah supervision, corporate governance and performance: conventional vs. Islamic banks. Journal of Banking and Finance, 58, 418-435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2015.04.030

The performance and accountability of boards of directors and effectiveness of governance mechanisms continue to be a matter of concern. Focusing on differences between conventional banks and Islamic banks, we examine the effect of (i) Shari’ah super... Read More about Shari’ah supervision, corporate governance and performance: conventional vs. Islamic banks.

How a regulatory capital requirement affects banks' productivity: an application to emerging economies (2015)
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Duygun, M., Shaban, M., Sickles, R. C., & Weyman-Jones, T. (2015). How a regulatory capital requirement affects banks' productivity: an application to emerging economies. Journal of productivity analysis, 44(3), 237-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-015-0451-1

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York. This paper presents a novel approach to measure efficiency and productivity decomposition in the banking systems of emerging economies with a special focus on the role of equity capital. We model the... Read More about How a regulatory capital requirement affects banks' productivity: an application to emerging economies.

How exactly do markets adapt? Evidence from the moving average rule in three developed markets (2015)
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Urquhart, A., Gebka, B., & Hudson, R. (2015). How exactly do markets adapt? Evidence from the moving average rule in three developed markets. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 38, 127-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2015.05.019

The seminal study by Brock, Lakonishok and LeBaron (1992) (BLL hereafter) found that the moving average rule had strong predictive power over 90 years in the DJIA, and this result was confirmed by Hudson et al. (1996) for the FT30 in the UK and Chen... Read More about How exactly do markets adapt? Evidence from the moving average rule in three developed markets.

Towards a general theory of tax practice (2015)
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Kirchler, E., & Frecknall-Hughes, J. (2015). Towards a general theory of tax practice. Social & legal studies, 24(2), 289-312. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663915571787

This article works towards developing a general theory of tax practice by identifying the type of individuals who provide tax services and examining the nature of the fragmented market in which they operate. The empirical studies in the tax practitio... Read More about Towards a general theory of tax practice.

War and stock markets: The effect of World War Two on the British stock market (2015)
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Hudson, R., & Urquhart, A. (2015). War and stock markets: The effect of World War Two on the British stock market. International review of financial analysis, 40(July), 166-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.05.015

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This paper studies the effect of World War Two (WWII) on the British stock market. It contributes to the literature in several ways. First, this paper thoroughly investigates the impact of historically major... Read More about War and stock markets: The effect of World War Two on the British stock market.

International income convergence: Is Latin America actually different? (2015)
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King, A., & Ramlogan-Dobson, C. (2015). International income convergence: Is Latin America actually different?. Economic modelling, 49, 212-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.04.008

When unit-root tests are used to test the income convergence hypothesis for individual OECD economies, their growth paths are usually found to be systematically related to that of the benchmark economy (typically, the US). However, more mixed evidenc... Read More about International income convergence: Is Latin America actually different?.

Fiscal policy, growth and income distribution in the UK (2015)
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Haughtony, J., Tuerck, D. G., Bhattarai, K., Haughton, J. H., & Tuerck, D. (2015). Fiscal policy, growth and income distribution in the UK. Applied economics and finance, 2(3), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.11114/aef.v2i3.830

Income and income inequality increased substantially in the UK during the industrial revolution. Income inequality was the highest around 1880. This triggered enactments of more egalitarian tax and transfer system, which halved income inequality by t... Read More about Fiscal policy, growth and income distribution in the UK.

Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK (2015)
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Ozkan, A., Poletti-Hughes, J., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (2017). Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK. The European journal of finance, 23(5), 427-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1040168

This paper investigates the relation between insider trading and the likelihood of insolvency with a specific focus on the directors’ sale and purchase transactions preceding insolvency. We use a unique data set on directors’ dealings in 474 non-fina... Read More about Directors’ share dealings and corporate insolvencies: evidence from the UK.

Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator (2015)
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Duygun, M., Shaban, M., & Weyman-Jones, T. (2015). Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator. Economics letters, 132, 117-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.022

This paper suggests a method for implementing the theoretical relative profit difference test for intensity of competition due to Boone (2008). An empirical illustration is given for banking systems in emerging economies.

Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models (2015)
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O’Hare, C., & Li, Y. (2015). Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models. ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering, 1(2), Article 021001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029740

In recent years, the issue of life expectancy has become of utmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies, and government bodies in the developed world. Significant and consistent improvements in mortality rates and hence life expectanc... Read More about Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models.

Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market (2015)
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Sun, Z., Dunne, P. G., & Li, Y. (2015). Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market. Global finance journal, 28, 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2015.02.001

Inter-dealer trading in US Treasury securities is almost equally divided between two electronic trading platforms that have only slight differences in terms of their relative liquidity and transparency. BrokerTec is more active in the trading of 2-,... Read More about Price discovery in the dual-platform US Treasury market.

Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think! (2015)
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Coakley, J., Kellard, N., & Wang, J. (2016). Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think!. The European journal of finance, 22(14), 1457-1483. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2015.1025989

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This paper investigates long-range dependence in 14 commodity and 3 other financial futures returns series from 1993 to 2009 and shows that long memory is a pervasive phenomenon in contrast to the extant evidence. Utilizing... Read More about Commodity futures returns: more memory than you might think!.

Audit committees, non-audit services, and auditor reporting decisions prior to failure (2015)
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Wu, C., Hsu, H. H., & Haslam, J. (2016). Audit committees, non-audit services, and auditor reporting decisions prior to failure. The British accounting review, 48(2), 240-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2015.03.001

This study investigates the associations between audit committee characteristics and the likelihood of auditors’ going-concern decisions among UK failed firms. Specifically, we examine whether the threat posed by auditor-provided non-audit services (... Read More about Audit committees, non-audit services, and auditor reporting decisions prior to failure.

Can expertise mitigate auditors’ unintentional biases? (2015)
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Guiral, A., Rodgers, W., Ruiz, E., & Gonzalo-Angulo, J. A. (2015). Can expertise mitigate auditors’ unintentional biases?. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 24, 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2014.11.002

It is important for both academics and practitioners to understand how biases influence auditing opinions, as well as how we might counteract those biases. According to moral seduction theory, auditors’ judgments are morally induced by conflicts of i... Read More about Can expertise mitigate auditors’ unintentional biases?.

PowerPoint and concept maps: a great double act (2015)
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Simon, J. (2015). PowerPoint and concept maps: a great double act. Accounting education, 24(2), 146-151. https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2015.1036583

This article explores how concept maps can provide a useful addition to PowerPoint slides to convey interconnections of knowledge and help students see how knowledge is often non-linear. While most accounting educators are familiar with PowerPoint, t... Read More about PowerPoint and concept maps: a great double act.

Is investor sentiment contagious? International sentiment and UK equity returns (2015)
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Hudson, Y., & Green, C. J. (2015). Is investor sentiment contagious? International sentiment and UK equity returns. Journal of behavioral and experimental finance, 5, 46-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2015.02.004

This paper contributes to a growing body of literature studying investor sentiment. Separate sentiment measures for UK investors and UK institutional investors are constructed from commonly cited sentiment indicators using the first principle compone... Read More about Is investor sentiment contagious? International sentiment and UK equity returns.

Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana (2015)
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Ahiakpor, F., & Swaray, R. (2015). Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana. Review of development economics, 19(1), 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12122

We use field data to investigate factors which influence parents’ decision to enrol children in schools in rural Ghana. The empirical results identified a host of socio-economic and household-level factors including remittances parents expect from in... Read More about Parental expectations and school enrolment decisions: Evidence from rural Ghana.