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Audit committee characteristics and firm performance during the global financial crisis
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2012 , Article)We address the question ‘do governance enhancing audit committee (AC) characteristics mitigate the firm performance impact of significant-adverse-economic events such as the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)?’ Our analysis ... -
Consumers motivations and roles in rooting for or against underdog consumer
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2018 , Article)When wronged customers feel powerless they could bring publicly their fight against offending firms. Doing so could help to put the perpetrator firms under pressure and urge them to restore fairness. While some consumers ... -
Does adopting good corporate governance impact the cost of intermediated and non-intermediated debt?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2012 , Article)This study examines the impact of good corporate governance practices on the reported cost of debt for Australian listed companies. Prior research has established that governance lowers the cost of non-intermediated debt ... -
Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in the MENA Countries: What Role for Oil?
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2011 , Article)This paper considers the linkage between stock prices and exchange rates in four MENA (Middle East and North Africa) emerging markets. In contrast to the existing evidence that uses a global market index to uncover such a ... -
Financial development and employment: New panel evidence
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2021 , Article)This paper adds to the recent literature on finance and employment creation by exploring the effect of finance on the labour market, using data on 143 countries from 1995 to 2015. We also examine whether the impact of ... -
Pricing of innate and discretionary accruals in Australian debt
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2013 , Article)This paper addresses the conflicting evidence on the role of accruals in debt pricing. We show that the two subcomponents of accruals quality, innate and discretionary accruals, both impact the debt pricing. Higher innate ... -
The effect of ICT adoption on labour demand: A cross-region comparison
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper assesses the information and communications technologies (ICT)-labour relationship from a macroeconomic perspective to clarify some ambiguity regarding the overall employment effect of ICT adoption in the short ... -
The Impact of Foreign Agricultural Aid and Total Foreign Aid on Agricultural Output in African Countries: New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis
( Blackwell Publishing Ltd , 2019 , Article)Official Development Assistance may play an important role in increasing the resources to finance the agriculture sector and improve agricultural outcomes in African countries. Although this is a relevant issue, very few ...