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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…

This paper studies the effect of cash holding on firm value for a sample of Chinese industrial firm during 2010-2013. The study tests the existence of a linear relationship between cash holding and…

Asset location, which means locating different types of assets to accounts with different tax treatment, is one of the investment decisions investors should consider. Conventional wisdom believes…

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…

The effect of cash holdings on the value of a firm has attracted the attention of researchers as well as shareholders. China has been receiving more influence from the world market since it became a…

Despite widespread fisheries efforts to rebuild fisheries, the recovery of depleted stocks is still poorly understood. In British Columbia, researchers have been attempting to understand the factors…

RationaleGlobally, the prevalence of atopic diseases continues to rise. Up to 20% of the population is thought to be affected, exerting enormous health, social and financial burdens. Emerging data…

The past four decades have witnessed profound transformations in the Egyptian legal system and in the Egyptian legal profession. Article two of the Egyptian Constitution now enshrines Islamic…

The introduction of SkyTrain into the Greater Vancouver Area has had a significant impact on the land use patterns in the region. However, development patterns have been uneven and have varied from…

Teck Resources Limited is one of the world’s leading producers of zinc and operates a refined zinc production facility in Trail, British Columbia. The demand for zinc from Teck’s historical North…

This paper will review the business case for Teck to enter the metallurgical cokemarket for the steel industry. The trend impacting investment is the growing demand forsteel. There are two coke…

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current state of Integrated Process Management (IPM) at Teck Resources Trail Operations and recommend actions to re-implement IPM. IPM was implemented in…

Trail Operations is the only refining and smelting operation in the Teck Resources Limited organization. It has evolved into a major industrial complex in British Columbia and one of the largest…

There is significant opportunity to drive value by improving maintenance in mining. Maintenance represents approximately 20% of a mine’s operating costs, and influences production and capital spend.…