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Global trends in the choice of exchange rate regime (2015)
Journal Article
Bleaney, M., Tian, M., & Yin, L. (2016). Global trends in the choice of exchange rate regime. Open Economies Review, 27(1), 71-85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-015-9375-7

The raw data suggest that the global trend towards greater exchange rate flexibility that was evident before 1990 has since stopped. An optimum currency area (OCA) model of exchange rate regime choice is estimated. Four different schemes for classify... Read More about Global trends in the choice of exchange rate regime.

The transposition and efficacy of EU rights: indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability? (2015)
Journal Article
Mason, J., & Ferris, K. (2015). The transposition and efficacy of EU rights: indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability?. Business Law Review, 36(4), 158-168

Throughout the duration of the UK's membership of the European Union (EU), non-implementation and incorrect transposition of Directives has been commonplace. Coupled with the Court of Justice of the European Union's refusal to extend the direct effec... Read More about The transposition and efficacy of EU rights: indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability?.

Monitoring costs, credit constraints and entrepreneurship (2015)
Journal Article
Banerji, S., Raj, R. S., & Sen, K. (2016). Monitoring costs, credit constraints and entrepreneurship. Manchester School, 84(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12122

Access to finance is seen as a binding constraint on the growth of household enterprises in developing countries. We develop a principal-agent model of a household enterprise and show that limited access to finance and monitoring costs constrain the... Read More about Monitoring costs, credit constraints and entrepreneurship.

Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder? (2015)
Journal Article
Webb, R., Watson, D., Cook, S., & Arico, F. (in press). Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?. Studies in Higher Education, 42(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1052738

Using as a starting point in the recent work of Mountford-Zimdars et al., the authors analyse attitudes towards expanding higher education (HE) opportunities in the UK. The authors propose that the approach of Mountford-Zimdars et al. is flawed not o... Read More about Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?.

Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management (2015)
Journal Article
Gold, S., Trautrims, A., & Trodd, Z. (2015). Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management. Supply Chain Management, 20(5), https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-02-2015-0046

Purpose – This paper aims to draw attention to the challenges modern slavery poses to supply chain management. Although many international supply chains are (most often unknowingly) connected to slave labour activities, supply chain managers and res... Read More about Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management.

Impact of board independence on the quality of community disclosures in annual reports (2015)
Journal Article
Yekini, K. C., Adelopob, I., & Andrikopoulos, P. (2015). Impact of board independence on the quality of community disclosures in annual reports. Accounting Forum, 39(4), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.accfor.2015.05.004

This study investigates the link between board independence and the quality of community disclosures in annual reports. Using content analysis and a panel dataset from UK FTSE350 companies the results indicate a statistically significant relationship... Read More about Impact of board independence on the quality of community disclosures in annual reports.

Stock market dispersion, the business cycle and expected factor returns (2015)
Journal Article
Angelidis, T., Sakkas, A., & Tessaromatis, N. (2015). Stock market dispersion, the business cycle and expected factor returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 59, 265-279. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2015.04.025

We provide evidence using data from the G7 countries suggesting that return dispersion may serve as an economic state variable in that it reliably predicts time-variation in economic activity, market returns, the value and momentum premia and market... Read More about Stock market dispersion, the business cycle and expected factor returns.

Modelling of building interiors with mobile phone sensor data (2015)
Journal Article
Rosser, J., Morley, J., & Smith, G. (2015). Modelling of building interiors with mobile phone sensor data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 4(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi4020989

Creating as-built plans of building interiors is a challenging task. In this paper we present a semi-automatic modelling system for creating residential building interior plans and their integration with existing map data to produce building models.... Read More about Modelling of building interiors with mobile phone sensor data.

How a regulatory capital requirement affects banks’ productivity: an application to emerging economies (2015)
Journal Article
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

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 requirement to hold levels of a fixed input, i.e.... Read More about How a regulatory capital requirement affects banks’ productivity: an application to emerging economies.

Decentralized subcontractor scheduling with divisible jobs (2015)
Journal Article
Hezarkhni, B., & Kubiak, W. (2015). Decentralized subcontractor scheduling with divisible jobs. Journal of Scheduling, 18(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10951-015-0432-2

Subcontracting allows manufacturer agents to reduce completion times of their jobs and thus obtain savings. This paper addresses the coordination of decentralized scheduling systems with a single subcontractor and several agents having divisible jobs... Read More about Decentralized subcontractor scheduling with divisible jobs.

Towards a general theory of tax practice (2015)
Journal Article
Frecknall-Hughes, J., & Kirchler, E. (2015). Towards a general theory of tax practice. Social and Legal Studies, 24(2), 289-312. doi: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.

Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing (2015)
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Haile, G., Bryson, A., & White, M. (2015). Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing. Labour Economics, 35, 108-122. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2015.05.001

We investigate whether unionisation has a spillover wellbeing effect on non-members. To this end, we adapt the Social Custom Model of trade unions and conduct empirical analyses using linked employer–employee data on private establishments in Britain... Read More about Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing.

Contradictory yet coherent?: inconsistency in performance feedback and R&D investment change (2015)
Journal Article
Lucas, G., Knoben, J., & Meeus, M. (2018). Contradictory yet coherent?: inconsistency in performance feedback and R&D investment change. Journal of Management, 44(2), (658-681). doi:10.1177/0149206315584821. ISSN 0149-2063

In this paper, we study to what extent inconsistent feedback signals about performance affect firm adaptive behavior in terms of changes made to research-and-development (R&D) investments. We argue that inconsistency in performance feedback—based on... Read More about Contradictory yet coherent?: inconsistency in performance feedback and R&D investment change.

Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator (2015)
Journal Article
Duygun, M., Shaban, M., & Weyman-Jones, T. (2015). Measuring competition using the Boone relative profit difference indicator. Economics Letters, 132, 117-120. doi: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.

The impact of fairness on trustworthiness and trust in banking (2015)
Journal Article
Roy, S. K., Devlin, J. F., & Sekhon, H. (2015). The impact of fairness on trustworthiness and trust in banking. Journal of Marketing Management, 31(9-10), 996-1017. doi:10.1080/0267257x.2015.1036101

Theorists and empirical researchers in marketing and other fields suggest that fairness is important in underpinning trust, which, in turn, is integral to developing and maintaining buyer–seller relationships. However, empirical investigation of fair... Read More about The impact of fairness on trustworthiness and trust in banking.

What is the impact of bankrupt and restructured loans on Japanese bank efficiency? (2015)
Journal Article
Mamatzakis, E., Matousek, R., & Vu, A. N. (2016). What is the impact of bankrupt and restructured loans on Japanese bank efficiency?. Journal of Banking and Finance, 72(Supplement), S187-S202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2015.04.010

The Japanese banking system provides a distinctive platform for the examination of the long-lasting effect of problem loans on efficiency. We measure technical efficiency by modifying a translog enhanced hyperbolic distance function with two undesira... Read More about What is the impact of bankrupt and restructured loans on Japanese bank efficiency?.

Information and knowledge leakage in supply chain (2015)
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Tan, K. H., Wong, W., & Chung, L. (2016). Information and knowledge leakage in supply chain. Information Systems Frontiers, 18(3), 621-638. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-015-9553-6

The current world of post industrial value generation sees companies increasingly analyzing their internal operations against their external organizations to identify supply/demand fluctuations along the supply chain. Within these integrated relation... Read More about Information and knowledge leakage in supply chain.