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Arch, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6359-0058 (2018) The regulation of the London clearing banks, 1946-1971: stability and compliance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030009090 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00910-6

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Arch, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6359-0058 (2018) London Clearing Banking 1946-79: stability and compliance and its regulatory, competition and institutional underpinnings. PhD thesis, University of Reading. doi: https://doi.org/10.48683/1926.00078133

Hameed, A. (2018) Essays on executive compensation: examining pay and performance associations, choice of performance measures and the use of relative performance evaluation in compensation contracts. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Huang, G. (2018) Essays on microfinance repayment behaviour: an evaluation in developing countries. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Huang, Z. (2018) The impact of disparities in acquirer’s and target’s firm characteristics on mergers and acquisitions. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Kim, C. Y. (2018) Investment, financing and mergers & acquisitions in the shipping industry. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Li, Y. (2018) Essays on corporate governance and corporate finance. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Liu, C. (2018) Bank lending, bank regulation and European sovereign debt crisis. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Sahoo, S. R. (2018) Essays on derivatives and risk management on freight and commodity: an attempt to anticipate and hedge the market volatilities. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Sangiorgi, I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-9983 (2018) Essays on the repo market. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Sutcliffe, C. M. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0187-487X (2018) Financial aspects of UK occupational defined benefit pension schemes. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Thng, T. Y. H. (2018) Essays on corporate finance. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Timofeeva, I. (2018) Essays on responsibility and performance investments. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

Yin, C. (2018) Institutional investors: their incentives for monitoring companies and the effect on corporate governance. PhD thesis, University of Reading.