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Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment (2020)
Journal Article
Jabbar, A., & Dani, S. (2020). Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment. International Journal of Production Research, 58(11), 3423 - 3436. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1754487

The research and thinking pertaining to blockchain have thus far focused on cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. However, there is increased interest in using the technology to solve operational challenges in manufacturing and service supply chains. In this s... Read More about Investigating the link between transaction and computational costs in a blockchain environment.

Procedural Developments in Investment Arbitration (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Procedural Developments in Investment Arbitration. Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 269 - 303. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718034-12341424

This column focuses on procedural developments in recent investment arbitration cases, relying on publicly available interim decisions and final awards, handed down during the period 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2020. Given the large number of new case... Read More about Procedural Developments in Investment Arbitration.

Psychoanalysing the 21st Century: Introduction (2020)
Journal Article
Featherstone. (2020). Psychoanalysing the 21st Century: Introduction. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 403-408. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-020-09714-9

The purpose of this introduction is to sketch out the value of psychoanalysis for the twenty-first century and in particular the ways in which analysis might enable us to move beyond the crisis of the post-Cold War symbolic order.

Government control and the value of cash: Evidence from listed firms in China (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Government control and the value of cash: Evidence from listed firms in China. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-020-00876-y

In this paper, we investigate the impact of government control on investors’ valuation of cash held by listed firms in China. We find strong and robust evidence that government control leads to a lower value of cash. Further evidence suggests that th... Read More about Government control and the value of cash: Evidence from listed firms in China.

Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data (2020)
Journal Article
Tsoukis, C. (2020). Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 1 - 20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2019.1704843

The causal relationship between FDI inflows and growth is of great policy interest, yet the state of concrete knowledge on the issue is rather poor. Our contribution is to investigate the causal relationship between the ratio of FDI to GDP (FDIG) and... Read More about Testing for causality between FDI and economic growth using heterogeneous panel data.

New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., & Mickiewicz, T. (2020). New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria. International Small Business Journal, 38(5), 404 - 423. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266242619896266

<jats:p> This article inductively builds theory on how transaction costs may be alleviated and institutional voids bridged in developing economies, based on the case study of successful migrant entrepreneurial involvement in Nigerian agriculture: Sho... Read More about New venture evolution of migrants under institutional voids: Lessons from Shonga Farms in Nigeria.

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.

What to do about inequality? Public opinion support for the European Union and further European integration in the Republic of Ireland (2018)
Journal Article
Simpson. (2018). What to do about inequality? Public opinion support for the European Union and further European integration in the Republic of Ireland. Irish Political Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2018.1499620

This paper investigates individual’s perceptions of inequality and the impact this has on mass public opinion support for the European Union (EU) in the Republic of Ireland. This question is posed in the context of the onset of the economic and finan... Read More about What to do about inequality? Public opinion support for the European Union and further European integration in the Republic of Ireland.

On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads (2018)
Journal Article
Audzeyeva. (2018). On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads. Journal of International Money and Finance, 140 - 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.07.005

This paper examines the quarter-ahead out-of-sample predictability of Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and Turkey credit spreads before and after the Lehman Brothers’ default. A model based on the country-specific credit spread curve factors predicts... Read More about On the predictability of emerging market sovereign credit spreads.