This paper investigates the pecking order hypothesis, as previously suggested by Donaldson
(1961) and further developed by Myers and Majluf (1984). It utilizes accounting information …

We use the All Ordinaries Index and the corresponding Share Price Index futures contract
written against the All Ordinaries Index to estimate optimal hedge ratios, adopting several …

This paper reports the results of an investigation of financial managers' perceptions of the
broad determinants of listed Australian company capital structure decisions. The research …

Although Eq.(2) is derived for a uniformly loaded, simply supported beam, it can be used for
human ac—tivities on most floor systems? Eq.(2) assumes that there is only one mode of …

The benefits available from international equity diversification to Australian investors for the
period 1970–92 are analysed using monthly index data for 16 countries supplied by Morgan …

We employ a United Kingdom data set of weekly returns from a sample of investment trust
companies available on the Datastream database. We analyse the relative performance of the …

In recent years there has been a tremendous growth in readily available news related to traded
assets in international financial markets. This financial news is now available through real…

The phenomenon of the occurrence of rare yet extreme events, “Black Swans” in Taleb's
terminology, seems to be more apparent in financial markets around the globe. This means …

Simple Summary Collar-mounted activity monitors using battery-powered accelerometers
can continuously and accurately analyze specific canine behaviors and activity levels. These …

A set of 115 tweets on climate change by President Trump, from 2011 to 2015, are analysed
by means of the data mining technique, sentiment analysis. The intention is to explore the …