Recently added articles from International Advances in Economic Research:
Does corruption persist in Sub-Saharan Africa?(ORIGINAL PAPER)
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract Corruption is said to be characterized by persistence. This conclusion is derived from the theoretical literature, although little empirical evidence exists to support it. Using corruption ratings data from the Political Risk Services Group, International Country Risk Guide on 110 ...
Subprime mortgage tremors: an international issue.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Abstract The subprime mortgage crisis has negatively affected individuals, investors, lenders, and economies worldwide. This paper first examines contributing factors of the crisis: predatory lending, predatory borrowing and mortgage fraud, unethical practices, unregulated mortgage ...
International implications of the cost of compliance with the external audit requirements of section 404 of Sarbanes--Oxley.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Abstract The Sarbanes--Oxley ACT (SOX) was effective for many large U. S. companies for fiscal years ending on or after December 15, 2004. Some, cross listed, non U. S., companies must comply with the provisions of Section 404 (404) of SOX for fiscal periods ending on or after July 15, ...
On optimal instrumental variables generators, with an application to hedge fund returns.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Abstract In this paper, we propose a new benchmarking procedure lying on cumulants for computing the factor loadings in financial models of returns. We apply this technique to the well-known augmented Fama and French (J Fin Econ 43 (2): 153-193, 1997) model and compare it with another ...
Spatial regression analysis vs. Kriging methods for spatial estimation.(Report)
Feb 01, 2009; ... Abstract Due to the rapid development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in recent years, spatial data analysis has received considerable attention and played an important role in social science. Although many standard statistical techniques are attractive in traditional data ...