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Terrorism and tourism demand: a case study of Lebanon, Turkey and israel
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Routledge
, 2019 , Article)
Using a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model, this paper examines the impact of domestic and transnational terrorism on tourism demand (as measured by visitor arrivals) to Lebanon, Turkey and Israel. The distinguishing ...
Examining pecking order versus trade-off theories of capital structure: New evidence from Japanese firms
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This study empirically tests the traditional trade-off model against the pecking order model of capital structure using data from the Japanese listed companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. A pooled sample of 1,362 publicly ...
A new theoretical framework to assess Multinational Corporations' motivation for Foreign Direct Investment: A case study on Vietnamese service industries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose This paper develops a new theoretical framework, based on eclectic paradigm and institution theory, to evaluate Multinational Corporations' (MNCs') incentives for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The new framework ...
The impact of government policies on FDI decision of multinational corporations: an application to the Vietnamese service industry
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Inder science Enterprises Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
There has been an upsurge in competition amongst Asian countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in higher government incentives given by the host countries. Whereas most of the empirical studies ...
Global financial crisis, ownership structure and firm financial performance: An examination of listed firms in Australia
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the financial performance of listed firms on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over two sample periods (1998-2007 and 2008-2010) before and during the global financial crisis ...
Governance and long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms in Australia
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the long-term operating performance of family and non-family firms from the agency theoretic perspective. The analysis is focused on investigating ...
Dynamic performance, financial leverage and financial crisis: Evidence from GCC countries
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of financial leverage on firm’s performance in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Additionally, this paper investigates the impact of recent financial ...
A validation of Wagner's Law: A case study of Sri Lanka
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
This study provides evidence on the validity of Wagner's Law on the impact of government spending on economic growth in Sri Lanka. To test for stationarity, we use the Narayan and Popp's (2010) new Perron-type innovational ...
Is tourism in Lebanon subject to permanent or transitory exogenous shocks?
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Cognizant Communication Corporation
, 2014 , Article)
The tourism industry makes a significant contribution to Lebanese gross domestic product (GDP). Lebanon has been rocked by political instability and regional conflicts over the past several decades. These exogenous shocks ...
An empirical investigation of trade flows between Australia and its major trading partners
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University of Wollongong
, 2014 , Article)
This study introduces Net Export (NX) models to examine the determinants of the trade flows between Australia and eight selected trading partner (TP) countries (China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, United ...