Senior KBS Lecturer in Marketing Dr Xuemei Bian’s study on the consumption of counterfeit goods The study was included in the publisher Elsevier’s Newsletter to … Read more
Category: Research impact
KBS Research Newsletter Autumn 2016 – Round-up
What do we really know about outstanding research impact? With increasing funder emphasis on impact, wouldn’t it be useful to understand what “outstanding” impact looks … Read more
Credit default swaps
A meteoric rise A credit default swap (CDS) is a bilateral contract between a buyer and seller of compensation for a fixed maturity, usually five … Read more
Beware of falling COCOs
A tough nut to crack Ideally the regulations in financial markets will emerge from the market participants themselves. Indeed, while a structured investment vehicle … Read more
To make sense of dividends we should look into their futures
A financial enigma The investment and academic worlds are united, generally speaking, on what dividends are, where they come from, and even how large they … Read more
A research dividend
For investors in equity markets, dividends matter. Take the S&P 500 index of large US companies – dividends have historically represented as much as ⅓ … Read more