... to political and regulatory pressure. The second reason as reported by ATKearney (2017) is the availability of cheap finance from private equity and infrastructure funds. We attempt to answer the question relating to the motivation by employing the Berkovitch and Narayanan (1993) model that utilises...

..., face above average yields of property tax revenues. Rethinking the fiscal framework could considerably improve local finances. Research limitations/implications Due to limitations on public finance statistics, the sample draws on four megacities in BRICS, in reference to all megacities, only...

... financial governance in a time of financial austerity. Design/methodology/approach – The primary research for this project was based on the use of a questionnaire to all finance directors in NHSTs in England supported by semi-structured interviews with: finance directors, non-executive directors...

... for the prevention of new crises. Fulvio Costantino can be contacted at: fulviocostantino@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Regulation Supervision Finance Financial services Public sector management Financial markets European Union This article is concerned...

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