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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"financial policies"”.
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Optimal financial policies in an open economy: the UK case
… on the stabilising properties of alternative financial policies in the case of a small open economy, subject to both internal and external shocks. An econometric model of the -U.K. economy is built to test these propositions. To get our results, we make use of an optimal control framework …
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The economic and financial policies of local governments in South Africa : a theoretical analysis
This thesis is a theoretical enquiry into the financial policies of local governments in South Africa. The basic principles governing this issue are presented in Chapter Six. The theory of corporate debt capacity is drawn upon and an analogous model of local government debt capacity is presented. …
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The effect of peer firms determining firm capital structure: evidence from manufacturing in Malaysia
… is to investigate the impact of peer firms’ financial policies (capital structure) on target firm financing behaviour (capital structure), and to empirically test whether non-linear relationship of profitability with capital structure and growth opportunities exists. In order to achieve this, …
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Investigating the factors affecting budget implementation in the Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration
… on monitoring and evaluation, availability of financial resources, organisational financial policies, and government financial regulations. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design to explore factors affecting budget implementation within the Ministry of Home Affairs and …
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The determinants of corporate risk management
Traditional financial theory which is based on the Modigliani-Miller indifference paradigm, suggests that a firm's financial policies, of which risk management is one component, are irrelevant. However, this conclusion is seemingly contradicted by the observation of widespread use of derivatives by …
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Brownfield financing in the United States : from social benefit-cost perspective
… the United States. These programs have lowered financial barriers for brownfield developers and returned vibrant properties to communities. In this study, I focus on examining the efficiency of these incentives from the social perspective and proposing optimal funding decision rules. I …
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Three Essays On Corporate Finance
… which I focus on the interaction between firms' financial policies and M&A activities. The third chapter considers the efficiency issue of managerial labor markets. First, I construct three measures of real asset liquidity and find that firms' ability to sell assets (real asset liquidity) affects …
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Effects of Subsidies on Optimized Bus Transportation
… compares the effects of different objectives and financial constraints on conventional and flexible route bus systems, with special emphasis on the relation between subsidy and social welfare. Social welfare is the sum of producer surplus (profit) and consumer surplus and provides a good measure …
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Investigation of financial management practices in selected Mafikeng schools
… of this study is about the investigation of financial practices in selected Mafikeng schools. The financial management of public schools is constantly developing in terms of the financial problems currently facing schools. The school manager and other stakeholders such as School Governing …
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Essays in Corporate Governance
… fewer institutional blockholders, changes to financial policies and CEO compensation, and impaired performance for firms subject to UD. Overall, my findings cast doubt on the notion that shareholder lawsuits primarily benefit attorneys rather than corporations or their shareholders In the …
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Urban affairs in New Zealand
… section involves an examination of the monetary policies of successive National administrations during the nineteen sixties and early seventies. This provides a framework within which to understand not only the effects of central government financial policies on private institutional investment …
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Two Essays on Corporate Finance
… essays. The first essay examines how corporate financial policies depend on the properties of future cash flows. In contrast to prior literature, we investigate the role of asymmetries in the distributionof cash flows. We document the relevance of such asymmetries for firms' payout, liquidity, …
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Financing extra curricular activities
… second, to review the scope and importance of financial administration of these activities and point out some needed changes; third, to show some of the present practices in financing extra curricular activities; and fourth, to make some general recommendations, or suggestions, that may be …
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Analyzing the Financial Condition of Higher Education Institutions Using Financial Ratio Analysis
The problem concerned the financial indicators used to evaluate the financial condition of the six sister higher education institutions under the authority of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges. The purposes were to determine the financial ratios that best indicate financial condition; to …
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Agri-food system transformation : a case study of the effects on Cambodian pig value chain actors : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of AgriCommerce, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
… better governmental regulative, technical and financial policies and pig producers’ vertical (market arrangements with buyers) and horizontal (collective action) coordination are essential in tackling the challenges facing Cambodian smallholder pig producers under this transformational market …
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Monetary Authorities: Market Knowledge and Imperial Government in the Colonial Philippines, 1892 - 1942
… archives relating to monetary, banking, and financial policies, my dissertation tracks how the legitimacy of imperial government became heavily dependent upon the colonial state's capacity to manage and stabilize the monetary and financial system for the economic and social benefit of its …
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A study of the conceptions of management: implementation of support worker training. Who is accountable?
… nurse workforce. The NHS had suffered from the financial policies of successive governments and its managerial effectiveness was suspect. Forecast environmental changes indicated that both would deteriorate unless governmental action was taken. The radical action taken by the government is still …
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The impact of the global financial crisis and institutional settings on corporate financial decisions.
… this study explores the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009 and institutional settings in determining corporate financial decisions. The recession on the supply of credit and demand for credit affects the corporate financial channels. The credit recession causes more …
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Three Essays on Dynamic Corporate Finance in Continuous Time
… decision-makers influences the joint dynamic of financial policies. Each member receives a non-tradable claim that reflects her risk preference. Claims are convex, S-shaped and concave for investors with the lowest, intermediate and highest level of risk aversion, respectively. The group's …
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