Is investment cash-flow sensitivity affected by a country’s capital market imperfection? We take 42 countries as our sample and collect six imperfect capital market measures (ICAM), ie., the stock market capitalization ratio, number of publicly-listed firm, stock turnover ratio, bank loan ratio, long-term debt ratio and the interest spread. Using a two-step approach, negative relationships betw...

OBJECTIVE The study objective was to review internal tobacco industry documents written between 1985 and 1995 regarding the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the USA. These documents detail opportunities and barriers to promotion of tobacco products, as viewed by the tobacco industry and its market research firms. DATA SOURCES /methods: Researchers reviewed tobacco indu...

This document gives formatting guidelines for authors preparing papers for publication in the International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering The authors must follow the instructions given in the document for the papers to be published. Keywords—Keyword are your own designated keyword which can be used for easy location of the manuscript using any search engines. It includ...