This paper surveys the recent academic empirical economic literature on the main current infrastructure policy issues in developing and transition economies--infrastructure is defined here as all the facilities used to deliver energy, water and sanitation, telecommunication and transport services. The survey tries to provide an unbiased coverage of the discussions on the linkages between infras...

The widespread use of accounting information by investors and financial analysts to help value stocks creates an incentive for managers to manipulate earnings in an attempt to influence short-term stock price performance. This paper examines the role of earnings management in affecting a firm’s cost of capital. Using an agency model with multiple firms whose cash flows are correlated, we demons...

Healthcare providers (HCPs) experience unprecedented burnout. During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workforce was pushed beyond its capacity, driving some out of field, leaving hospitals and agencies to face unrelenting demand for care. Limited staff resources challenged organizations redesign infrastructure processes meet safety guidelines while balancing priorities finance people.

• It contextualises the UCIB as neglected species of local government debt. decomposes into a spatial layer and financial level relative risk factor. highlights that plays strategically important role bridge between China’s emerging capital market development real economy. This paper examines Urban Construction Investment Bond (UCIB) tradable product in tool for China. The this is contextualise...

There is a growing body of literature on China’s land reform, system and land-centred urbanisation. While the contribution proceeds to Chinese local public finance infrastructure investment has been widely acknowledged, few studies examine through perspective financialisation, namely how development uses financial instruments generate finance. The process land-driven financialisation in China n...

islamic venture capital is one of the new methods of islamic finance which despite gaining approval of many professionals about its special advantages and efficiency, it has not been adequately considered by islamic finance experts. hence, most studies conducted so far have only introduced mudharabah and musharakah for financing in the process of islamic venture capital while it is possible to ...