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Innovation in family firms: an empirical taxonomy of owners using a mixed methods approach (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Innovation in family firms: an empirical taxonomy of owners using a mixed methods approach. Journal of Family Business Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-05-2019-0037

Purpose
The increasingly competitive manufacturing sector has made innovation crucial for the continued survival of family-owned SMEs. However, family firm owners are highly heterogenous and their diverse characteristics influence their approach to... Read More about Innovation in family firms: an empirical taxonomy of owners using a mixed methods approach.

Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates: A Balanced Two-Country Cointegrated VAR Model Approach (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates: A Balanced Two-Country Cointegrated VAR Model Approach. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1838-1874. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1365100517000475

We study the exchange rate effects of monetary policy in a balanced macroeconometric two-country model for the US and UK. In contrast to the empirical literature on the `delayed overshooting puzzle', which consistently treats the domestic and foreign... Read More about Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates: A Balanced Two-Country Cointegrated VAR Model Approach.

Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study (2019)
Thesis
Wang, X. (2019). Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/414215

Several theoretical studies suggest the importance of the macroeconomy for credit default swap (CDS) pricing. However, only few studies empirically investigate the effect of macroeconomic variables on CDS spreads. The previous analysis is further lim... Read More about Macroeconomic determinants of corporate CDS spreads: an empirical study.

An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK (2019)
Thesis
Hasan, F. (2019). An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413818

The main focus of the research reported in this thesis is the dividend signalling theory. More specifically, I investigate the dividend signalling theory from the perspective of orthodox finance and from the perspectives of two unorthodox areas of fi... Read More about An investigation of the dividend-signalling theory from the perspective of behavioural finance: evidence from the UK.

When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries. Culture and Organization, 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2017.1349128

Working from home is often associated with possibilities of anytime-anyplace working and with a fusion of work and home. In this empirical paper, we explore how the sociomaterial contexts of home-working define and tether what is possible for home-wo... Read More about When is a bed not a bed? Exploring the interplay of the material and virtual in negotiating home-work boundaries.

Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy (2019)
Journal Article
Legrenzi. (2019). Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy. Energy Economics, 890-903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.02.007

We put forward the novel concept of energy contagion, i.e. a deepening of energy-finance linkages under crisis conditions in energy markets. Further, we show how to construct tests for energy contagion through correlation, co-skewness, and co-volatil... Read More about Energy contagion analysis: a new perspective with application to a small petroleum economy.

Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System (2019)
Journal Article
Pereira, J., Malafronte, I., Sorwar, G., & Nurullah, M. (2019). Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System. Journal of Financial Services Research, 143 - 165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-019-00313-9

We examine market movement and depositors’ reaction following the announcement of enforcement actions (EAs) on US banks over the period 2004 to 2015. Using an extensive dataset of manually collected EAs, employing event study and multivariate analyse... Read More about Enforcement Actions, Market Movement and Depositors' Reaction: Evidence from the US Banking System.

A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy (2019)
Journal Article
Hammond. (2019). A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy. Environmental Values, 28(1), 55-74. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327119X15445433913578

In the debate around ecological democracy, a pivotal point of contention has long been the question why democracy should actually be expected, as some claim, to deliver (more) ecological outcomes. This point is empirical as well as conceptual: it is... Read More about A Cultural Account of Ecological Democracy.