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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Financial uncertainty"”.
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Heterogeneity in Institutional Context and Its Impact on Initial Public Offerings and Corporate Social Responsibility
… leads to a lower IPO performance due to high financial uncertainty; in the second chapter, the focus is on a non-market transaction, corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. This chapter theorizes and empirically shows that women in high executive roles as well as states that are …
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Organisational Resilience and Competitive Advantage of United Kingdom (UK) Autism Charities: The Impact of Online Volunteering.
… is looming and as such, there is political and financial uncertainty for the country. This means that the United Kingdom charities are having to prove that they run efficiently, to ensure that the trusts and foundations, individuals and corporations that donate to them understand that their …
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Rescinding a Bid: Stockholm's uncertain relationship with the Olympic Games
… a lack of government and public support, financial uncertainty, as well as the post-event viability of purpose-built infrastructure. Stockholm's withdrawal from the 2022 competition resonates with the growing apprehension by potential bid cities (especially those emerging from democratic …
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Green realities : the financial opportunities of environmental sensitive development in the commercial real estate development industry
… to traditional development techniques due to the financial uncertainty surrounding new development paradigms. A financial argument is needed if developers and real estate investors are to adopt environmentally responsive development practices. In an attempt to define a financial rationale, this …
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Revitalizing commercial streets in historical district : evaluating a case in Fuzhou, China
… approach usually faces problems such as financial uncertainty, preservation degradation, and loss of diversity and scale continuity. Fuzhou Nanhou Street revitalization project is a government oriented large-scale project that attempts to tackle conservation and economic revitalization …
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Understanding the effects of uncertainty on the macroeconomy and financial markets
… have illustrated distinct roles of risk and uncertainty in financial markets. However, there is no consensus on measurement of uncertainty. Financial uncertainty and macroeconomic uncertainty are commonly proxied separately by the volatility of stock returns or key macroeconomic variables, …
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Once proud princes: planters and plantation culture in Louisiana's northeast Delta, from the First World War through the Great Depression
… interest group, as its members grappled with financial uncertainty, the collapse of their social hegemony, and the loss of political power. Ongoing problems with the cotton economy forced dramatic changes in the plantation routine and a virtual revolution in race, gender, and class relations …
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Employee retention in the Federal Government : a case study of the United States Postal Service
Following the worst financial crisis since the great depression, the United States has experienced three consecutive years of unemployment above 8%. The current economic situation has pushed the economy to the forefront of the 2012 Presidential election. At the heart this partisan economic debate …
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Three essays on the time series of returns
… 2020. Cash flow expectations matter more under financial uncertainty and recessions, especially among the hardest-hit industries such as Telecommunications during the Dot-com Bubble, Financials during the Great Recession, and Healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic. Conversely, discount rates …
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An econometric analysis and forecast of the Central London Office Market : single model versus aggregate submarket models
… estate investors during the recent worldwide financial uncertainty. The paper divides the Central London market into four submarkets: Docklands, Midtown, City, and West End. The key issue the paper will examine, aside from projecting future market fundamentals for a 10 year period, is whether …
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Navigating the neoliberal discursive environment: an inquiry into the experiences of employees in the voluntary and community sector
… levels which has noted negative effects, such as financial instability, increased demands for the implementation of performance management frameworks and the drive for organisations to adopt commercial values and strategies to survive in an increasingly competitive market. However, there has been …
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Machine Learning for Credit Default Risk
… with the hypothesis that high degrees of financial uncertainty led to precautionary borrowing and subsequent precautionary payment holiday behaviour during the Covid crisis. In my final essay, I explore whether loan defaults during Covid were primarily influenced by borrower credit …
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Essays on International Finance and Currency Economics
… rate parity (CIP) deviations. Since global financial crisis (GFC), the CIP deviations have implied a persistent dollar financing premium for banks versus other major currencies. In this paper, I decompose the CIP deviation into three parts: credit spread differential between U.S. and non- …
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Three Essays on the Management of Local Government Cash Flows
… is composed of three essays which evaluate financial strategies used to manage cash flows and the broader working capital management process in local governments. The objective of this dissertation is to address unresolved questions in the literature regarding the use of short-term financial …