This article uses case study data from a major Irish city council to
investigate and explain public sector worker attitudes towards social
partnership at local and national level. It is argued that the more
sceptical ...
In this paper, we explore the impact of investor time-horizon on an optimal downside hedged energy portfolio.
Previous studies have shown that minimum-variance hedging effectiveness improves for longer horizons using
variance ...
This paper examines the impact of investor preferences on the optimal futures hedging strategy
and associated hedging performance. Explicit risk aversion levels are often overlooked
in hedging analysis. Applying a ...
Geographic diversification is fundamental to risk mitigation among investors and insurers of housing, mortgages, and mortgage-related derivatives. To characterize diversification potential, we provide estimates of integration, ...
This paper proposes a taxonomy to assist in more clearly locating research on aspects of the association between corporate reputation and corporate accountability reporting. We illustrate how our proposed taxonomy can be ...
Erne, Roland(UCD Dublin European Institute, 2011-05)
The economic and financial crisis has discredited the idea of a self-regulating market.
Yet, it remains to be seen what measures society will be taking to protect itself against future fallouts of global markets. There ...
L'attuale programma di liberalizzazioni europee sta minando il consenso
sociale che era alla base dell'integrazione europea. Le ripercussioni
gravissime sui sistemi sociali e di r.i. nei paesi più in difficoltà. Il
...
In this paper we develop a conceptual framework, based on the concepts of rationality and motivation, which uses theories and empirical research from psychology/behavioural finance, sociology and critical accounting to ...