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The Accounting Network: how financial institutions react to systemic crisis
The role of Network Theory in the study of the financial crisis has been
widely spotted in the latest years. It has been shown how the network topology
and the dynamics running on top of it can trigger the outbreak of large
systemic crisis. Following this methodological perspective we introduce here
the Accounting Network, i.e. the network we can extract through vector
similarities techniques from companies' financial statements. We build the
Accounting Network on a large database of worldwide banks in the period
2001-2013, covering the onset of the global financial crisis of mid-2007. After
a careful data cleaning, we apply a quality check in the construction of the
network, introducing a parameter (the Quality Ratio) capable of trading off the
size of the sample (coverage) and the representativeness of the financial
statements (accuracy). We compute several basic network statistics and check,
with the Louvain community detection algorithm, for emerging communities of
banks. Remarkably enough sensible regional aggregations show up with the
Japanese and the US clusters dominating the community structure, although the
presence of a geographically mixed community points to a gradual convergence of
banks into similar supranational practices. Finally, a Principal Component
Analysis procedure reveals the main economic components that influence
communities' heterogeneity. Even using the most basic vector similarity
hypotheses on the composition of the financial statements, the signature of the
financial crisis clearly arises across the years around 2008. We finally
discuss how the Accounting Networks can be improved to reflect the best
practices in the financial statement analysis
Evaluation of the utility of sediment data in NASQAN (National Stream Quality Accounting Network)
Monthly suspended sediment discharge measurements, made by the USGS as part of the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN), are analysed to assess the adequacy in terms of spatial coverage, temporal sampling frequency, accuracy of measurements, as well as in determining the sediment yield in the nation's rivers.
It is concluded that the spatial distribution of NASQAN stations is reasonable but necessarily judgemental. The temporal variations of sediment data contain much higher frequencies than monthly. Sampling error is found to be minor when compared with other causes of data scatter which can be substantial. The usefulness of the monthly measurements of sediment transport is enhanced when combined with the daily measurements of water discharge. Increasing the sampling frequency moderately would not materially improve the accuracy of sediment yield determinations
Accounting decoupled : A case study of accounting regime change in a Malaysian company
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Controls on dissolved organic carbon quantity and chemical character in temperate rivers of North America
Understanding the processes controlling the transfer and chemical composition of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in freshwater systems is crucial to understanding the carbon cycle and the effects of DOC on water quality. Previous studies have identified watershed‐scale controls on bulk DOC flux and concentration among small basins but fewer studies have explored controls among large basins or simultaneously considered the chemical composition of DOC. Because the chemical character of DOC drives riverine biogeochemical processes such as metabolism and photodegradation, accounting for chemical character in watershed‐scale studies will improve the way bulk DOC variability in rivers is interpreted. We analyzed DOC quantity and chemical character near the mouths of 17 large North American rivers, primarily between 2008 and 2010, and identified watershed characteristics that controlled variability. We quantified DOC chemical character using both specific ultraviolet absorbance at 254 nm (SUVA254) and XAD‐resin fractionation. Mean DOC concentration ranged from 2.1 to 47 mg C L−1 and mean SUVA254 ranged from 1.3 to 4.7 L mg C−1 m−1. We found a significant positive correlation between basin wetland cover and both bulk DOC concentration (R2 = 0.78; p \u3c 0.0001) and SUVA254 (R2 = 0.91; p \u3c 0.0001), while other land use characteristics were not correlated. The strong wetland relationship with bulk DOC concentration is similar to that found by others in small headwater catchments. However, two watersheds with extremely long surface water residence times, the Colorado and St. Lawrence, diverged from this wetland relationship. These results suggest that the role of riverine processes in altering the terrestrial DOC signal at the annual scale was minimal except in river systems with long surface water residence times. However, synoptic DOC sampling of both quantity and character throughout river networks will be needed to more rigorously test this finding. The inclusion of DOC chemical character will be vital to achieving a more complete understanding of bulk DOC dynamics in large river systems
Multihoming in the market for payment media: evidence from young Finnish consumers
In the market for payment media, some consumers use only one medium when paying for their point-of-sale transactions, while others multihome and use many. As this pattern reflects the diffusion of new payment media, we take a look at the determinants of the adoption of new payment media through the window of multihoming. Using data on young Finnish consumers, we find that one key determinant of multihoming behaviour is consumer awareness. Our instrumental variable estimates indicate that the better informed use 1.2–1.3 times more payment media than the less informed. Because many payment method innovations are typically first used simultaneously with established methods, our results suggest that increasing consumer awareness could significantly speed up the adoption of new means of payment, such electronic money and mobile payments.payment media; multihoming; consumer awareness; adoption of financial technology
NATURAL RESOURCE ACCOUNTING AND SOUTH AFRICAN FISHERIES: A BIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE WEST COAST DEEP-SEA HAKE FISHERY WITH REFERENCE TO THE OPTIMAL UTILISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE RESOURCE
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
Report drawn up on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture on the proposals from the Commission of the European Communities to the Council (Doc. 338/73) for regulations concerning the fixing of prices for certain agricultural products and certain measures specified in the memorandum on the improvement of the common agricultural policy and on the motion for a resolution (Doc. 326/73) tabled by Mr Aigner and others on the increase in the guide price for beef and veal. EP Working Document, Document 1973-1974 366/73*, 12 February 1974
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CHALLENGES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION IN ROMANIA
Environmental problems that have arisen all over the world are concerning many controversial aspects that were created due to the advance of industrialization in tandem with scientific and technological development. For solving these problems, in the past 40 years many international and national organizations have adopted a substantial and diverse range of environmental measures aimed to improving the quality of the environment. Our research aims to highlight how Romanian authorities face the problems regarding environment. To accomplish our objective we trace two main directions of the study, firstly we conduct an analytical investigation of green accounting regulations and secondly we describe the environmental fiscal policy at national level and their impact on Romanian companies.environment, green accounting, fiscal policy, regulations
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