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Measuring The Relationship Between The Content Of Community Colleges’ Programs At King Khalid University And The Skills Required For The Labour Market And Their Impact On The Employment Of Graduates: An Exploratory Study On A Sample Of The Faculty Members Of Those Colleges, Ahmed Ahmed Rahoum, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Al-Adawi, Abdul Rahim Bin Saeed Al Sultan

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

This study aims to measure the relationship between the content of community colleges’ programs at King Khalid University and the skills required for the labour market and their impact on graduates’ employment. A questionnaire has been designed and distributed to the faculty members of community colleges at King Khalid University in a random sample method. The chosen sample size has covered (123) individuals. Questionnaire forms have been distributed and retrieved from (117) participants. Therefore, the estimated response has reached 95 % of the total sample size. The results of the study have shown a significant relationship between the programs of …

تحليل التكاليف البيئية على أساس الأنشطة ودوره في تحسين الاداء البيئي للوحدات الاقتصادية (دراسة تطبيقية على معمل سمنت الكوفة), علي عبد الحسين هاني الزاملي, حسين محمد هرفيل الأعاجيبي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

البحث يهدف لدراسة وتحليل التكاليف البيئية على اساس الانشطة في معمل سمنت الكوفة و دراسة مؤشرات الاداء ومعرفة مدى الاستفادة منها بتخفيض التكاليف البيئية في معمل سمنت الكوفة, من خلال تطبيق مؤشرات الكفاءة والفاعلية والاقتصادية باعتبارها احد اهم انواع مؤشرات الاداء، اذ ان المشكلة التي يعاني منها معمل سمنت الكوفة هي عدم استخدام التقنيات المحاسبية الحديثة وكذلك عدم احتساب التكاليف البيئية التي تسببها أنشطتها الصناعية بالإضافة لعدم وجود ستراتيجية يتبعها معمل سمنت الكوفة بتخفيض التكاليف البيئية, فان هذه التكاليف البيئية لها أثار سلبية على البيئة والمجتمع , فقد تم اختيار معمل سمنت الكوفة مجالا للبحث كونه من اكثر الوحدات الاقتصادية …

Increasing Taxes Or Spending Cuts: What Is More Effective For Fiscal Consolidation?, Daniel Lacalle

Journal of New Finance

Since World War II, raising public spending has been one of the main policies to address recessions. A wealth of literature about austerity and fiscal consolidation has been published to analyze the different fiscal stabilization plans executed by several countries worldwide. This paper aims to demonstrate that fiscal plans based on spending cuts are more effective in achieving public finance equilibrium and boosting growth and employment. We focus the analysis on four examples: Germany, Ireland, Spain, and Chile, and reach three conclusions. First, countries where excessive deficit has been avoided register stronger economic stability and sustainability than countries with fiscal …

Measuring The Productivity Of The Foods And Beverages Industries In Indonesia: What Factors Matter?, Mohamad Zeqi Yasin

Economics and Finance in Indonesia

The foods and beverages industries have shown the largest share of output in the manufacturing sector of Indonesia for more than a decade. This study aims to investigate its performance indicators through the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) and its determinants, such as imported raw materials, exports, absorptive capacity, firm size, market concentration, and capital ownership. This study employed firm-level panel data from 2008 - 2015 and the Growth Accounting method of Solow residual in addition to the fixed effects model to estimate TFP growth and its determinants. The results show that the foods and beverages industries in Indonesia …

انموذج مقترح لبرنامج تدقيق التكاليف المشتركة في صناعة الغاز وتأثيره في مصداقية تقرير المدقق, احمد عبد الحسين مجدي, عامر محمد سلمان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يسعى البحث تدقيق التكاليف المشتركة في صناعة الغاز باعتباره عنصراً هاماً ومؤثراً على نتائج الأعمال والمركز المالي للشركة لأنه يركز على الكيفية التي يتم التعامل بموجبها مع التكاليف المشتركة وتحديدها وقياسها وتوصيلها وخاصة عندما توجد علاقة ما بين الكلفة وتسعيرة المنتوج ويعتبر ايضاً من المواضيع الجوهرية التي تتهم بها كافة الأطراف المستفيدة من عملية التدقيق، ابتداءاً من المدقق ذاته وصولاً بالأطراف المستفيدة من تقريره ، فهو من الاتجاهات المهمة والمتجددة لأن ما يميز أي مهنة هو المحافظة على مستوى الأداء المهني لممارسيها مما يرفع من درجة الموثوقية في تقرير المدقق وان قيام المدقق بأداء مهامه يتطلب منه وجود حصيلة علمية …

تأثير آليات حوكمة تقنية المعـلومات في الأداء التنظيمي المعتمد على تقنية المعلومات, البعد الفكري للتكامل الاستراتيجي متغير وسيط (دراسة استطلاعية لعينة من الكليات العراقية الحكومية في المنطقة الجنوبية, عبد العظيم دريفش جبار الزيادي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

اندفع أصحاب القرار في جميع مؤسسات التعليم العالي على وجه المعمورة لزيادة استثــماراتهم في تقنية المعلومات على نحو جعلها تسير بخط متصل الى الأعلى طيلة السنوات الأخيرة، ولم يغرد المعنيون بإدارة الجامعات العراقية خارج السرب، فقد أدركوا أهمية الانتفاع من تقنية المعلومات للارتقاء بأدائها التنظيمي المعتمد على تقنية المعلومات، وأيقنوا أن ذلك يستلزم الاهتمام بحوكمتها، وتحركوا بالفعل بهذا الاتجاه. في ضوء هذا الفهم، يهدف البحث إلى دراسة العلاقة بين آليات حوكمة تقنية المعلومات (هياكل اتخاذ القرار، والعمليات، والآليات العلائقية (والاداء التنظيمي المعتمد على تقنية المعلومات لعينة من الكليات الحكومية في المنطقة الجنوبية من العراق، وإظهار دور البعد الفكري للتكامل الاستراتيجي …

Budget Deficit And Economic Growth In Nigeria, A. D. Umaru, H. M. Aliero, M. Abubakar

Economic and Financial Review

This paper examines the relationship between budget deficit and economic growth in Nigeria, from a linear and non-linear perspective, using annual time series data from 1981 to 2019. The linear model, which involves the use of an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach, was compared with a non-linear analysis, using a threshold autoregressive (TAR) model. The ARDL analysis reveals that the growth of national output is positively driven by the persistent budget deficit in Nigeria. This was substantiated by the TAR model which indicates that though budget deficit drives economic growth in Nigeria, the positive relationship holds only if the deficit …

Measuring The Impact Of Loan-To-Deposit Ratio (Ldr) On Banks' Liquidity In Nigeria, A. O. Adenuga, J. A. Mohammed, C. V. Laniyan, A. A. Akintola, O. C Asuzu

Economic and Financial Review

The study measures the impact of loan to deposit ratio (LDR) on Banks' liquidity in Nigeria between 2000Q1 and 2019Q3. The paper applied the Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR-X) methodology for estimation and forecasting. The result suggests that an LDR of 70.0 per cent, which reduces Banks' liquidity from N187.95 billion in 2019Q4, through N153.09 billion in 2020Q2 to close at N135.15 billion in 2020Q4, may require cautious acceptance. Thus, increasing LDR beyond 70.0 per cent may impact Banks' liquidity negatively. Furthermore, a direct relationship is established between LDR and inflation. The findings conform to a priori expectations as higher LDRs …

Revisiting The Finance And Industrial Growth Nexus In Nigeria, E. A. Udeaja, E. O. Akanni, P. F. Offum

Economic and Financial Review

This paper re-examines the relationship between finance and industrial growth in Nigeria by including aggregate credit to the industrial sector and financial development index as additional variables into the industrial growth model. Using data spanning the last four decades, we apply the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to estimate an industrial growth model that accounts for the role of finance-related variables, while also controlling for the impact of electricity consumption and structural breaks. The key findings in the study are threefold. First, our results confirm that finance is a significant driver of industrial growth in Nigeria. Second, the …

Are Nigerian Banks Vulnerable To Oil Price Shocks? A Stress Test Approach, A. T. Odu, A. R Sanusi

Economic and Financial Review

This study empirically examines the vulnerability of the Nigerian banking industry to extreme, but plausible, adverse oil price shocks. A structural vector autoregressive (SVAR-X) is adopted to achieve this objective. The study period covers 2007Q1 – 2020Q4. The simulations assess the asset quality performance of DMBs, using the NPLs, under three scenarios (baseline, adverse and severely adverse). The findings suggest that the entire banking industry, as well as individual DMBs, are vulnerable to adverse oil price shocks. Accordingly, the study recommends, strict compliance with the single obligor limit, by commercial banks, to mitigate adverse effects of volatilities in crude oil …

On Financial Quotient: Theory And Empirical Analysis, Gang Sun

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Financial Quotient (FQ) has become a common topic of concern in the global academic, business and social communities, but at this stage, academic research on FQ and its education are still immature, theoretical depth and empirical support basis are shortage, and influence factors of FQ and the degree of influence of each factor have not been systematically studied. Therefore, there is a large gap between research and practice.

The purpose of this Paper is to construct a set of scientific and reasonable FQ index for individuals, to find factors that can influence or predict personal financial quotient (PFQ), and to …

The Impact Of Mother's Bargaining Power On The Nutritional Status Of Children In Indonesia, Ahmad Yeyen Fidyani, Arief Anshori Yusuf

Economics and Finance in Indonesia

Poor nutritional status, especially during childhood, has a negative impact on one's early life as well as throughout their life. One of the factors that influences the improvement of children's nutritional status is the bargaining power of the mother. Previous studies have limitations in that they often use cross-sectional data and indirect approaches to measuring bargaining power. This study aims to measure the impact of maternal bargaining power on children's nutritional status in Indonesia. The unit of analysis is children aged 7 - 19 years (IFLS5) who still have and live with their parents (IFLS4). Using the OLS estimation method, …

India’S Calorie Consumption Puzzle: Insights From The Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis Of Calorie Purchases, Gautam Hazarika, Sourabh Bikas Paul

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

Between the early 1970s and very nearly the present, Indians’ per capita calorie consumption declined. This decline, perplexing in the face of rising per capita income when malnutrition is rampant, has been termed India’s Calorie Consumption Puzzle. It has been partially attributed to a squeeze in the household food budget. This study employs Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis to evaluate this explanation, upon the logic that such a squeeze shall likely result in the rising cost-efficiency of calorie purchases, that is, the more economical purchase of calories. Analysis of household expenditure data from India’s National Sample Survey reveals that Indian households’ …

The Impact Of Stronger Shareholder Control On Bondholders, Sadra Amiri-Moghadam, Siamak Javadi, Mahdi Rastad

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

We study the impact of stronger shareholder control on bondholders. We find that the passage of shareholder-sponsored governance proposals causes a decline in CDS spreads, indicating a net positive effect on bondholders. Evidence suggests that the direct benefit of stronger shareholder control, through “management disciplining” channel, is larger than the combined adverse effects of directly escalating shareholder-bondholder conflict and indirectly exacerbating exposure to shareholder opportunism. Results are stronger for firms with existing high levels of shareholder-bondholder conflict and for proposals that mitigate managerial entrenchment without exacerbating risk-shifting. Finally, stronger shareholder control improves credit ratings and operating performance in the long-term.

Japanese Monetary Policy And Its Impact On Stock Market Implied Volatility During Pleasant And Unpleasant Weather, Marinela Adriana Finta

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

We investigate the effect of Japan's Monetary Policy Meeting releases on the intraday dynamics of the Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index and its futures during pleasant and unpleasant weather. We show that at the time of a monetary policy release when the temperature is pleasant, there is a significant decline in Japanese equities' implied volatility and futures, which lasts for about 10 min and 5 min, respectively. This decline is longer and exhibits a greater variation when releases occur during cold days. Finally, we emphasize the achievable economic profits and losses, given the reaction of Nikkei VI futures to the …

Institutional Investors’ Ownership Stability And Their Investee Firms’ Equity Mispricing, Hamid Sakaki, Surendranath Jory, Dave Jackson

School of Economics and Finance Faculty Publications

This study examines the impact of institutional investors' equity ownership stability and their investment horizon to determine the impact on their investee firms' equity mispricing. Mispricing represents the difference between a firm’s market and fundamental values. We treat institutional investors as a heterogenous group, i.e., dedicated, transient, or quasi-indexer as defined by Bushee, 1998, Bushee, 2001 since their categorization determines their trading strategy. Higher institutional ownership, higher stability in institutional investors' equity ownership, and institutional investors classified as long-term are all associated with lower equity mispricing at investee firms.

Essays On Green Finance, Elsa Allman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Chapter 1: Pricing Climate Change Risk in Corporate Bonds

Using a firm’s geographic footprint to measure its exposure to sea level rise (SLR), I find that corporate bonds bear a climate risk premium upon issuance. A one standard deviation increase in firms’ SLR exposure is associated with a 7 basis point premium, representing a 3% increase in average yield spread. This effect is more pronounced for geographically concentrated firms, within industries vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, and after the Paris Agreement. I do not find evidence that credit rating agencies account for SLR exposure at bond issuance. Results are robust …

Introduction To The Special Issue On Couples, Families, And Finance, Melissa A. Curran, Ashley B. Lebaron, Xiaomin Li, Casey J. Totenhagen

Faculty Publications

For the nine papers that appear in this special issue, we identified three main organizing themes: (1) Understudied aspects of family financial socialization, (2) Individuals or couples in different-sex romantic relationships, and (3) Finances and perceived parent–child relationships. In this introduction, we describe the main points of each of these papers within each theme. We also discuss what we have learned from these papers (e.g., finances assessed using eight different datasets; range of samples including adults repaying loans, newlywed couples, and a nationally representative sample of U.S. college students) as well as what future research questions remain (e.g., financial studies …

Affordable Housing In San Francisco: A Historical Analysis Of Its Finances And Policies, Ricky H. Tran

Master's Projects and Capstones

The affordable housing crisis is not new to San Francisco. As it has been made clear several times, The Bay Area continues to face a crisis of a massive wealth disparity as housing prices continue to rise as incomes for the top earners have risen dramatically since 1999. In San Francisco, rents and housing prices are one of the highest in the nation, and people are facing rent burdens, in which a large portion of their income goes to rent, as for those with low and extremely low income are facing severe rent burdens, which take up more than 50% …

Budgetary Obstacles To Police Reform: The Case Of San Francisco, Hayden Anderson

Master's Projects and Capstones

In response to the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement issued a statement calling on cities to Defund the Police. The event sparked a nationwide reckoning that has reshaped the narratives and strategies for remedying the racial bias and police brutality apparent in the criminal justice system. The shift in police reform efforts embraces notions guiding police budgeting decisions. Today's advocates are transforming their approach to police reform to include budgeting decisions by promoting a municipal practice known as police budget reform. This Capstone explores the feasibility of successful police budget reform under current …