The Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance with Real Manipulation as a Moderating Variable

This study aimed to obtain empirical evidence about the effect of real manipulation practices on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and further examined the impact of real manipulation on relationship between CSR and the financial performance of companies in the future. 27 companies listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange during the years 2006 - 2008 were selected as sample for this study. Data were collected by purposive sampling method and statistical method used for analysis was ordinary least square regression. The study provided empirical evidence that companies engaged in the practice of real manipulation had no influence on CSR activities. The results showed that the higher level of real manipulation on operation cash flow leads to negative effect on the relationship between CSR and financial performance

Forecasting Bond Risk Premia Using Technical Analysis

This paper is selected as one of the Top Ten Paper in Forecasting in SSRN

Case study of soil-structure interaction during tunnelling for Barcelona Metro: A comparison between conventional and innovative displacement measurements

The paper presents a case study on the response of an existing framed building founded on a deep basement to the construction of a 12 m diameter tunnel passing below it, in the city of Barcelona. Ground conditions on site involved a diverse range of soil materials, from very soft deposits to hard rock layers. The water table is located at a depth of about 10 m. The tunnel cover varies approximately from 30 to 36 m. Ground and building movements during tunnel construction were monitored. In the paper, the movements measured with conventional optical surveys are compared to those measured by multitemporal-InSAR analyses of satellite images. Hence, benefits and limitations of the latter technique in such complex Soil Structure Interaction (SSI) problem are discussed