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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Financial Characteristics"”.
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Financial characteristics of takeover targets in the gaming industry
… 1999. Decisions in takeovers may be affected by financial or non-financial factors. Since non-financial factors are hard to measure and quantify for analysis, this study investigates the financial characteristics of takeover target firms in the gaming industry; Logistic regression analysis was …
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The characteristics of successful and unsuccessful resolution of corporate failure on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
… restructuring activities relies more on assets characteristics rather than financial characteristics.
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Cooperativas de crédito: mapeamento das características demográficas , gerenciais e financeiras na região Nordeste do Brasil
Credit cooperatives have as one of their main characteristics reach in municipalities of the interior of the country where large commercial banks have no interest in acting, which potentially qualifies these societies as important agents of social and economic development. The objective of this …
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From Grassroots to Treetops: A Scope-of-Behavior Matrix for Environmental Movement Organizations that Considers Place and Scale
… and function, with different forms of outreach, financial characteristics, and motivations. They also differ in terms of the geographic areas on behalf of which they take action. Using a mixed-method, case-study approach, this study develops a scope-of-behavior matrix for environmental movement …
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Assessing the Economic Viability of Arkansas Farms under the 2018 Farm Bill
… farms, this study simulates the production and financial characteristics of these farms over the life of the 2018 farm bill to quantify the effects of commodity program payments and crop insurance payments on overall financial health. The projected farm models generate large government support …
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An Empirical Analysis of Takeover Predictions in the UK: Application of Artificial Neural Networks and Logistic Regression
… prediction outcome by extending firm specific characteristics such as corporate governance variables as well as employing a different technique that has started becoming an established analytical tool by its extensive application in corporate finance field. In order to test the first objective, …
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The use of financial ratios to predict acquisition targets: a study of UK mergers 1980-1986
Financial reporting should provide decision makers with useful information. One qualitative characteristic of useful information is its classificatory value. Prior studies in accounting, economics and finance provide evidence that balance sheet and income statement ratios can be utilised to …
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Pension fund Investment and infrastructure development in Namibia
… fees. Although infrastructure's economic and financial characteristics are a match to Pension Fund liabilities, Namibia's Pension Fund investment in infrastructure lags behind world-class benchmarks. This study investigated the factors that hinder Pension Fund investment in infrastructure in …
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The economics of patent litigation: an empirical analysis in the U.S. from 1996 to 2010
… and Trademark Office (USPTO) and litigants' financial characteristics from the COMPUSTAT database. I present a framework for testing two types of models to explain the behavior of plaintiffs and defendants during the patent litigation process. I begin with a decision model to examine the …
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Real estate asset pricing – evidence from Australian and US Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
… market conditions, and the link between REITs' financial characteristics and beta. Understanding these factors helps investors evaluate associated risks and returns. The study uses three frameworks: Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), Markov regime-switching models, and firm-level beta drivers. MPT …
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A risk analysis system for evaluating construction contractors by potential creditors
This thesis investigates the financial business relationship between UK construction materials suppliers (creditors) and contractors (potential debtors). Particularly, the work concentrates upon suppliers' decision to grant credit (or otherwise) and to what level such credit limits should be …
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Analysis of Post-Sandy Single-Family Housing Market in Staten Island, New York
… have utilized a variety of indicators like financial characteristics, government policies, social parameters, damage, housing characteristics, etc. to capture the dimensions of recovery. In Sandy's case damage was the major influencing parameter, and it completely changed the housing …
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Nontraditional agricultural equipment lending trends in the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and Uniform Commercial Code data
… are a vital source of information on the financial characteristics and conditions of farms nationwide and support the economic stability of the farm economy. Farm sector debt estimates are used by government officials and agricultural sector stakeholders to inform policy and financial …
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Stochastic modelling in Financial markets: case study of the Nigerian Stock Market
… encountered in empirical and quantitative financial economics to analyse stock market data from the Nigerian Stock Market (NSM), in light of a) possible changes in the policy environments as result of the 2004 financial reforms by the then Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, b) effects or …
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A quantitative analysis of the relationship between current college students' levels of financial literacy and financial socialization.
… wages. These college students have low financial literacy and therefore struggle to understand financial information. Students' inability to understand financial terminology and processes leads to difficulty with understanding how to fund their education, uncertainty about seeking …
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Evaluating the Impacts of Respondent Errors in ARMS: A Case of Farm Service Agency Loans
… model identified demographic, structural, and financial characteristics of FSA Farm Loan Program (FLP) borrowers who refused to indicate if they had end of year farm debt, or who accurately or inaccurately classified their farm operations as having end of year farm debt on the ARMS for 2001, …
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An Empirical Investigation of Joint Ventures Between For-Profit and Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Hospitals
… engage in joint ventures [Non-JV NP hospitals]. Financial variables are measured using Form 990 tax return data of nonprofit hospitals and audited financial statements of for-profit hospitals. The purpose of the study is to compare: (1) JV NP hospitals versus FP hospitals and (2) JV NP hospitals …
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Characteristics and practices of financially-stressed homeowners in Prince William County, Virginia
This study was designed to examine characteristics of overextended homeowners and to determine to what extent financial difficulty, as measured by the back-end financial ratio (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance, plus consumer credit payments, divided by gross monthly income), can be …
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A financial taxonomy of private liberal arts colleges II
… private colleges in this category based on their financial characteristics. The institutional population for this study consisted of 499 private colleges classified as Liberal Arts Colleges II that were in operation during the fiscal year 1973-74. A computer tape of REGIS IX data provided by the …
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