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 >

Abstract In this study I explore how university entry patterns in Greece were affected by the debt crisis over the period 2008-2016. In particular, I study the distribution of educational participation in...Read More >

Abstract This study investigates the impact of humanitarian military interventions (HMIs) on conflict termination, conflict escalation, economic output and democratic performance using panel data on 144 countries covering time-period of...Read More >

Abstract We investigate male and female managers in a highly competitive and data-rich setting: association football. While in men’s football there is minimal gender variation in the high-profile roles, in...Read More >

Abstract In this paper, I examine the effects of introducing a tax on social welfare in models with collateral and default. Two models are considered. The first model incorporates default...Read More >

Abstract There are many studies that explore the usefulness of “Big Data” in forecasting specific economic variables such as unemployment or inflation, but only a few focus on the overall...Read More >