the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between free cash flows and stock return considering managers' myopia. two hypotheses have been designed and tested, selecting 96 firms from accepted companies in the tehran stock exchange for six-year period from 2005 to 2010 and using stock return for three years ahead (to 2012). the results show that free cash flows are negati...

from long time ago the shortage of finance in business practices was one of the striking problems for traders and thus there have always been endeavors to find a solution to it. one of the ways put forward was using the stocks stored in warehouses as security for loans. taking advantage of a descriptive method, this paper describes field-warehousing as a means of raising cash funds and the regu...

journal of accounting advances (j.a.a) vol. 5, no. 1, 2013, ser. 64/3     extended abstract   monitoring role of auditing and corporate dividend payout policies   dr. v. khodadadi              s. hajizadeh               r. ghorbani shahid chamran university of ahvaz   introduction the aim of this paper is to investigate the relation between monitoring role of independent auditing and corporate ...

introduction: direct cash payments are the principal sources of health care finance in most countries. health services may impose a regressive cost burden on households, especially in developing countries. the purpose of this study was to calculate households encountered with catastrophic healthcare expenditures in qazvin, iran. methods: the statistical society included 100 household equaled to...

The World Health Organization recommends four antenatal visits for pregnant women in developing countries. Cash transfers have been used to incentivize participation in health services. We examined whether modest cash transfers for participation in antenatal care would increase antenatal care attendance and delivery in a health facility in Kisoro, Uganda. Twenty-three villages were randomized i...

In Germany, individuals in need of long-term care receive support through benefits of the long-term care insurance. A central goal of the insurance is to support informal care provided by family members. Care recipients can choose between benefits in kind (formal home care services) and benefits in cash. From a budgetary perspective, family care is often considered a cost-saving alternative to ...