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Objectives: Men who have sex with men (MSM) represent the largest HIV transmission category in Canada, but there are limited pan-provincial data regarding combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)…

This paper examines the primary categories of dysfunction in the Canadian and American legislatures. The central purpose of this comparative analysis is to explore the range of phenomena associated…

As preferred prey become scarce, theory suggests that predator per-capita consumption rates decline and predator diets diversify. As a keystone predator, sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are known to have…

Our research strives to determine the relative out-of-sample performance of constant and dynamic correlation models in the context of portfolio choice and value-at-risk (VaR). We specify and estimate…

The banking system is regarded as a mechanism that can covert the impact of the financialmarket development into growth. The amount of credit that the banking sector makes availablefor productive…

In this study, we examine the correlation between managerial pay dispersion and firm performance. We conduct a horse race between two different theories---tournament theory versus behavioral theory.…

Based on data collected from the Execucomp database concerning S&P 1,500 U.S. firms over the period 1992 to 2013, we evaluate whether CEO gender affects firm performance. We also examine CEO…

Trading volume in options may either be a positive or negative signal for future performance. First, if investors trade options because of increased risk, one may think that high option trading…

This paper examined the impact of financial leverage on investment decisions offirms using the panel data of publicly traded Chinese firms. We collected data for511 manufacturing companies during the…

This paper analyses the relation between stock return volatility and institutional holdings and company's leverage in the US banking industry in the period 1980 to 2013. We find that…

Based on the traditional agency theory, our objective is to analyse the relationship between institutional ownership and CEO compensation. We collected panel data of 1959 companies over the 22 years…

This paper examines the best distribution for stock returns. Normal distribution is the basic assumption we assume when understanding and analyzing different kinds of models. However, this does not…

The US government has adopted an affordable housing goal and under this goal Government sponsored enterprises have increased their presence in certain targeted areas which are primarily low income…

Beginning in 2008, rating agencies have loosen their rating criteria of Chinese corporate bond rating. The change in rating standard remains statistically significant after considering the…

The gender pay gap issues have long been debated. Prior research has shown significant or insignificant relations between gender differences on pay gap. This paper focuses on studying the relation of…

Using the new issuance of equity and corporate bond data series, thisresearch …finds that recent surge in top incomes shares have negative e¤ecton the capital structure choice of North American …rms…

There is a belief among some economists that 2008 financial crisis was caused by continuous low interest rates environment. They argue that low interest rate environment from the early to mid-2000s…

It is well documented in the literature that there are positive abnormal returns on the announcement days of stock splits. However, few studies investigated the stock return on the actual split day.…

This paper takes a look at the determinants of oil and gas sector returns for US and Canadian companies. We examine returns during the period of 2001 to 2013 using a multifactor model to determine…

The investment of socially responsible mutual funds has been practiced and questioned for more than a century. Many investors share the concern that the social and environmental criteria would…