Local daily newspapers have historically played an important role in U.S. democracy by providing citizens with information about local policy issues. However, recent decades struggled to compete new online platforms for readers’ attention. Private equity investors—who specialize reorganizing struggling firms distressed sectors—have entered the industry. How do these owners affect newspaper cont...

this study examined the relationship between psychological ownership dimensions and deviant behavior of physical education teachers in bojnourd city. this study was applied in terms of aim and descriptive - correlation in terms of data collection. the statistical population consisted of male and female physical education teachers in bojnourd city (n=160) and 113 teachers were randomly selected....

The paper contributes to techno-economic modelling of CO2 capture process in coalfired power plants. Technological options of CO2 capture have been chosen and cost estimation relationships (CERs) for the chosen options provided. The CERs are being fitted into a developed overall model of carbon capture and sequestration. Functions relating capital costs, operation and maintenance costs and tota...

The number of electricity consuming equipment for existing household end-user is continuing to increase, and some residential buildings already consume more energy than existing building regulations prescribe. The uprising SmartGrid technology with alternative energy sources could be a key to solve this problem, but it is demanding also for a “smarter” consumer with ability to monitor and manag...

With the growth of capital market, the shareholding structure of companies has become more complex. Direct ownership is easily recognizable through companies’ shareholders information, however with the formation of cross shareholding among companies, a kind of indirect and complex shareholding has emerged which is not observable. The primary owners (original owners) can take over other companie...

This study investigates the performance consequences of changes in optimality chief executive officer (CEO) ownership by using 2003 dividend tax cut (DTC) as an exogenous shock. I find that CEO payers significantly increased after DTC form higher annual restricted stock grants and more option exercises. also document optimal is associated with improvement efficient R&D investment. Overall, find...

Abstract We investigate how ownership structure influences operating performance and implied agency costs. Our sample includes over 42,000 U.K. private public firms. document several new results of considerable economic significance relating to i) horizontal costs arising from unequal within firms, ii) amplification joint presence the same firm problems vertical separation control, iii) mitigat...