Abstract: The last twelve years have been characterised by a myriad of banking reforms in response to the 2007 to 2009 global financial crisis which propagated rapidly across the world....Read More >

Abstract In this paper, I document the centrality of reproductive rights, and in particular of the abortion right, in women's empowerment process. Limiting access to abortion implies higher rate of...Read More >

Abstract This paper studies clustering behaviours of price and volatility jumps using high-frequency data, modelled using a Marked Hawkes Process embedded in a bivariate jump-diffusion model. Under de-periodisation, we find...Read More >

Abstract Especially among those who lived the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, it is likely that few regulators will instinctively be careless about the above pre-crisis level achieved by the...Read More >

Abstract This study examines the effect of fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) on job searches and labour demand in the United States. We first develop search-based job search indices and find...Read More >

Abstract In response to the ailing financial situation of European Football clubs, UEFA introduced Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulation in 2011 to guide clubs towards profitability and sustainability. The existing...Read More >

Abstract This paper investigates the impacts of sovereign ratings on domestic corporate investments. Based on a sample of 1757 non-financial firms in 51 countries from 1994 to 2018, we find...Read More >

See Michael's personal website here Abstract Are workers able to foresee job loss? If so, how many and how far in advance? In this paper, I document the extent to...Read More >

Abstract This research aims at evaluating the distributional and welfare effects of IMF programs implemented in Sudan during the period 1960-2018. This research is expected to contribute to the current...Read More >

See Alex's personal website here Abstract I study the development of child academic skills through adolescence in anticipation of entry to university. I look at how heterogeneity in initial household...Read More >

Abstract This paper investigates how firms' internal information quality influences the peer effects in its financial policy. By employing earning announcement speed and insider trading profitability difference as measurements, we...Read More >

Abstract Applying a “co-coverage” concept to the Dow Jones Newswire articles, we propose to identify each firm’s news-based links (NBLs) and thereby construct a newsworthiness economic grouping scheme. The advantage...Read More >