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Item Nitrate in drinking water and cancer risk: the biological mechanism, epidemiological evidence and future research(Elsevier BV on behalf of the Public Health Association of Australia, 2022-04) Chambers T; Douwes J; 't Mannetje A; Woodward A; Baker M; Wilson N; Hales SItem Political Background and Household Financial Asset Allocation in China(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 18/01/2021) Ge Y; Chen H; Zou L; Zhou ZPolitical background is an important factor in determining the household economic behavior. Using 2014–2018 households panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), we investigate the effects of political background on China’s household asset allocation behavior. We find that political background has a significant positive impact on the financial market participation. Mediation analysis indicates that political background leads to higher household wealth, better social capital, and fewer credit constraints, thus promotes households investments. Further analysis shows that the marginal impact of political background on household investment behavior is more significant in Eastern and urban areas. Our results contribute to the existing literature on the relationship between the political background and the household investment behavior, also enhancing the understanding of the household portfolio heterogeneity.Item Insights into accounting choice from the adoption timing of International Financial Reporting Standards(Blackwell Publishing, 2015) Stent W; Bradbury ME; Hooks JThis paper collects survey evidence on the costs and benefits of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It also examines the motivations for the timing of IFRS adoption. Significant differences exist between early and late adopters for three of nine benefits and for one of six cost measures. No significant differences exist in terms of firm size or the impact of IFRS on contracts. Early adopters perceive themselves as market leaders. They are more certain about the manageability of implementing IFRS and are more specific with regard to the impact of IFRS adoption. Late adoption decisions are motivated by adverse consequences and uncertainty.Item COVID-19 and Indigenous knowledge and leadership: (Re)centring public health curricula to address inequities(Elsevier B.V on behalf of the Public Health Association of Australia, 2021-02) Severinsen C; Ware F; Came H; Murray LItem Procurement selection model: Development of a conceptual model based on transaction costs(Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building Conference Series,, 2014) Rajeh MA; Tookey J; Rotimi J; Wilkinson, S; Miller, GItem Housing Charges to Fund Bulk Infrastructure: Innovative or Traditional?(Taylor & Francis Group, 14/01/2021) Squires G; Javed A; Trinh HHThis study investigates whether the use of housing charges is an innovative or traditional instrument in financing bulk infrastructure. It develops a conceptual framework to demonstrate how housing charges are perceived as an innovative model of financing and funding bulk infrastructure. Research focuses on a case study policy pilot infrastructure project in New Zealand, with primary evidence gathered from informed professional stakeholder interviews. The findings highlight that revenue streams are the most common concern when applying the infrastructure funding and financing (IFF) model to deal with bulk infrastructure. Further, as housing charges are a new instrument generating cash flows to finance bulk infrastructure, it is found that financing infrastructure development is only innovative in terms of its mechanics, legislation and policy setting.Item Ethnic‐specific suggestions for physical activity based on existing recreational physical activity preferences of New Zealand women(John Wiley and Sons Inc for Public Health Association of Australia Inc, 6/10/2019) O'Brien W; Schultz SP; Firestone RT; George L; Kruger RObjectives: Recreational physical activities of New Zealand women were examined to develop ethnic-specific suggestions encouraging physical activity (PA) participation as a targeted approach to reduce obesity rates among different groups. Methods: Healthy Māori, Pacific and European women (n=331; 16-45 years of age) completed an online Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire to assess recreational PA and adherence to PA guidelines. Existing PA preferences were tailored to make ethnic-specific suggestions aimed at increasing PA participation. Results: Achievement of PA guidelines was: Māori 74%; Pacific 60%; European 70%. Highest participation across all women was for walking (Māori 72%, Pacific 60%, European 83%), followed by floor exercise (Māori 54%, Pacific 37%, European 56%). Gym-type activities (e.g. weights, aerobics) and jogging were also common across ethnic groups. Group/team activities (dance, netball, touch football) were among the top 10 activities for Māori and Pacific, but not European women. Conclusion: Obesity rates among specific ethnic groups of New Zealand women might be reduced by promoting activities that are: family/whānau-oriented (netball, touch), communitylinked (hula, dance) and outdoor-based. Implications for public health: Tailoring existing PA preferences to develop ethnic-specific sets of activity suggestions could be important avenues to increase PA participation, improving the PA habits and subsequent health of New Zealand women and their communities.Item Conditions of pure arbitrage applications: Evidence from three currencies(Addleton Academic Publishers, 2016) Chen J; Bin L; Zhao PThis study analyzes the pure arbitrage conditions across three of the “Anglo-Saxon capitalism” currencies: Australian dollar, British pound, and US dollar. We examine the relationship between spot-forward exchange rates and domestic foreign interest rates in financial markets. We find that the most important determinants that contribute to the occurrence of pure arbitrage conditions are domestic spot currency rate and domestic interest rate. Daily data is collected from the DataStream/Thomson Reuters database and analyzed in probit regression models. The predicting accuracy check is conducted through in-sample and out-of-sample tests. Our results indicate that the level of significance for factor coefficients and prediction accuracy decrease with the time lag: the longer the time lag, the lower the prediction power.Item The evolution of SME policy: the case of New Zealand(Taylor & Francis Group, 17/01/2019) Jurado T; Battisti MBuilding on policy process theories, this study constructs a meaningful historical narrative that explains the developments in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policy in New Zealand during the period 1978–2008 that marked the point where SME policy was firmly institutionalized as a subsystem within the wider economic policy framework. Temporality is a key characteristic of the policy process and historical accounts are an important means of describing how the process unfolds over time. The enquiry draws on archival sources as well as the personal accounts by individuals who were directly involved in SME policy development. Findings illustrate how the role of SMEs as a policy subsystem develops within an overarching economic policy framework. More specifically, we identify the periods of stability and those of change and what the role of actors, context and events is in this process by highlighting the complexity and interrelated nature of SME policy development. At the time of writing, the foundations of globalization are being called into question. Together with the ever faster rate of technological change, these are important pillars in the predominant political discourses that underpinned the formulation of SME policy during the period of this study. Understanding how SME policy was developed in the past could lead to a better understanding of the role of SME in this new world. As new policy is developed, this study brings to the fore the dynamics of institutional context, policy actors and stakeholders, and the impact they have on policy outcomes.Item House price affordability, the global financial crisis and the (ir)relevance of mortgage rates(Taylor and Francis Group on behalf of the Regional Studies Association, 5/08/2019) Squires G; Webber DJAlthough house prices and wages are both influenced by distinct factors that shape their own evolutions, they are also intrinsically connected through house price affordability. Further, macroeconomic policies centred around adjustments in the mortgage rate are of prime importance in ensuring that the housing market does not overheat. This study contributes to the understanding of the link between housing market affordability and mortgage rates by investigating this association across regions of New Zealand using quarterly data between 2000 and 2017. Applications of trajectory regression reveal that the global financial crisis affected regional house price affordability asymmetrically and there was no statistically significant correlation between house price affordability and mortgage rates.
