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Board characteristics and microfinance institutions’ performance: Panel data evidence from Nigeria

Journal Article
Shettima, U., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2018)
Board characteristics and microfinance institutions’ performance: Panel data evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 8(3), (369-386). ISSN 2042-1168
Purpose: This paper examines the effect of board characteristics on MFIs performance in Nigeria. A specific country study is warranted given the results from pooled cross-coun...

Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management

Journal Article
Al-Own, B., Minhat, M., & Gao, S. (2018)
Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 53, 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.021
The use of stock options and credit default swaps (CDS) in banks is not uncommon. Stock options can induce risk-taking incentives, while CDS can be used to hedge against credi...

How to ditch corporation tax and grow government income at the same time

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Steven, G. (2016)
How to ditch corporation tax and grow government income at the same time
How to ditch corporation tax and grow government income at the same time

Corporation tax: the progressive case for getting rid of it

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Steven, G. (2016)
Corporation tax: the progressive case for getting rid of it

Seven reasons why taxing company sales instead of profits is a non-starter.

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Steven, G. (2016)
Seven reasons why taxing company sales instead of profits is a non-starter
No abstract available.

Scottish income tax control threatens big trouble across UK.

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Steven, G. (2015)
Scottish income tax control threatens big trouble across UK

Tug of war over whisky profits beckons if Scotland gets corporation tax powers.

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Steven, G. (2015)
Tug of war over whisky profits beckons if Scotland gets corporation tax powers

A tax headache is looming if Scotland gets more powers from Westminster.

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Steven, G. (2015)
A tax headache is looming if Scotland gets more powers from Westminster

Financial reporting with XBRL and its impact on the accounting profession

Thesis
Wang, Z. Financial reporting with XBRL and its impact on the accounting profession. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9169
Since 2010, XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) has been widely adopted throughout the world. In 2013, both the HMRC (Inland Revenue) and Companies House in the UK a...

The usefulness of derivative disclosures for investment decision-making: Perceptions of Chinese institutional investors

Journal Article
Huang, Z., & Gao, S. (2014)
The usefulness of derivative disclosures for investment decision-making: Perceptions of Chinese institutional investors. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 7(3), 173-192. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcefts-02-2015-0009
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of derivative disclosures from the perspective of Chinese institutional investors in relation to their investm...