Statistical evidence shows that the sex ratio of India's total population is unnaturally male biased (Jha et al. (2011)). There is however disagreement on whether sex selective abortions are practiced for the first birth (Jha et al. (2006), Retherford and Roy (2003)). Using data from the NFHS-3 this paper first finds out that sex ratios for firstborns in Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan do have sign...

Literature article Reviewing Determinants of Liquidity Ratios and Company Profitability related to the influence Pre-IPO Conditions Post-IPO is a scientific formulate research hypotheses on variables in subsequent research, within scope Financial Management. Writing this Review uses library method, sourced from Google Scholar, Mendeley other academic online media. The results are: 1) Effect Bef...

one of the most important concepts in financial statement analysis and evaluation is conservatism. thus recognition of the factors which influence conservatism can considerably help the investor in managing the selection of more conservative assets properly and avoiding the untrue exposure of financial statements. this research is about to consider the relation of effective factors on organizat...

OBJECTIVE  To examine the association between the presence of individual principal investigators' financial ties to the manufacturer of the study drug and the trial's outcomes after accounting for source of research funding. DESIGN  Cross sectional study of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). SETTING  Studies published in "core clinical" journals, as identified by Medline, between 1 Januar...

The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which the Jordanian companies listed in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) use their websites to disclose financial information. Furthermore, this paper examines the relationship between company’s characteristics and financial ratios (Sector, Size, Age, Return on Investment, Debt Ratio, and Market to Book Value Ratio) on one hand and the extent of finan...

The use of technical indicators to derive stock trading signals is a foundation of financial technical analysis. Many of these indicators have several parameters which creates a difficult optimization problem given the highly non-linear and non-stationary nature of a financial timeseries. This study investigates a popular financial indicator, Bollinger Bands, and the fine tuning of its paramete...

The paper aims to investigate the effects of Inventory Turnover and Inventory Days on firm performance in the United Kingdom agricultural machinery industry by examining past literature reviews and empirical evidence of a primary research. Specific performance measures such as Earnings before Interest and Tax to Sales Ratio, Gross Profit to Sales Ratio, and Return on Assets are examined by cond...