The average cash holdings of Chinese-listed firms decreased significantly after the split share structure reform in China, which specified a process that allowed previously nontradable shares held by controlling shareholders to be freely tradable on the exchanges. The reduction in cash holdings is greater for firms with weaker governance and firms facing more financial constraints prior to the ...

violence in families and elder abuse can take many forms, which his sometimes difficult to recognize. in russia, elder abuse is rarely discussed in professional literature and mass media. a border between elder abuse and parricide can be indistinct. borderline cases can include involvement of older people in binge drinking, denial of help, and manipulation towards suicide. three example cases a...

objective: violence imposed on wives by their inpatient psychiatric husbands has not been studied yet. the current study surveyed the rates and predictors of violence committed by inpatient psychiatric husbands towards their wives. methods: a convenient sample of wives of 209 married male psychiatric inpatients completed a self-reported questionnaire. they were asked about physical, emotional, ...

An S-Corp election can have positive and negative impacts on the valuation of a minority interest in a closely-held company depending on the specific facts pertinent to the company. In the majority of cases, the S-Corp election has a net positive economic impact to the fair market value of a minority interest, but the net effect can vary materially between shareholders of the same company, and ...

Drug abuse is a major health problem for minority populations in the United States. Data show that drug abuse has disproportionately severe consequences for minority populations in comparison to the white population in that they have higher morbidity and mortality from drug-related causes and are less likely to receive adequate treatment. For example, data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (D...

... Such was the plight, we are told, of the minority shareholder. ... While the New Jersey court in Exadaktilos introduced the notion of expectations as a standard by which to measure whether the challenged conduct was oppressive, the reasonable expectations test reached full bloom in New York after the legislature, in 1979, provided for a buy-out of the minority shareholder as an alternative ...

Childhood abuse and neglect are pervasive problems among girls and young women that have numerous health consequences. Research suggests that sexual minority women are more likely than heterosexual women to report childhood abuse and neglect, but little is known about which sexual minority women are at greatest risk for these early adverse experiences. Using data from a pooled sample of women i...

CONTEXT Child maltreatment is a significant problem within US society, and minority children have higher rates of substantiated maltreatment than do white children. However, it is unclear whether minority children are abused more frequently than whites or whether their cases are more likely to be reported. OBJECTIVES To determine whether there are racial differences in the evaluation and Chil...