Outputs (50)

Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities (2016)
Report
Ferry, L. (2016). Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities. [No known commissioning body]

I welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities. This reply draws on my personal senior level experience and recent published academic work on financial... Read More about Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities.

NHS Sustainability Evidence. (2016)
Report
Ferry, L., & Gebreiter, F. (in press). NHS Sustainability Evidence. [No known commissioning body]

Earnings announcements and quoted bid-ask spreads of U.S. Bank Holding Companies. (2016)
Journal Article
Harris, T. (2017). Earnings announcements and quoted bid-ask spreads of U.S. Bank Holding Companies. Finance Research Letters, 20, 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2016.10.003

This paper investigates the relationship between earnings announcements and quoted bid-ask spreads of US Bank Holding Companies (BHCs). Using a large sample of daily BHC market data, I hypothesize and find evidence of a positive relation between earn... Read More about Earnings announcements and quoted bid-ask spreads of U.S. Bank Holding Companies..

Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales (2016)
Journal Article
Murphy, P., Eckersley, P., & Ferry, L. (2017). Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales. Public Policy and Administration, 32(3), 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076716671033

Between 2010 and 2015, the UK’s Coalition Government introduced directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners to oversee English and Welsh police forces, and also required every force to publish a range of performance and financial information onli... Read More about Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales.

Accountable to whom? Data transparency, depoliticisation and the myth of the market in English local government (2016)
Book Chapter
Eckersley, P., & Ferry, L. (2016). Accountable to whom? Data transparency, depoliticisation and the myth of the market in English local government. In B. Cuadrado-Ballesteros, & I. M. García-Sánchez (Eds.), Local governments in the digital era : looking for accountability. Nova Science Publishers

Formulating a Research Project. (2016)
Book Chapter
Denedo, M., MacLaren, A., & Hill, E. (2016). Formulating a Research Project. In A. Paterson, D. Leung, W. Jackson, R. MacIntosh, & K. O’Gorman (Eds.), Research Methods for Accounting and Finance. Goodfellow Publishers. https://doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-88-3-3243

This chapter provided critical insights into how research ideas in Accounting and Finance could be formulated. We begin the chapter by considering where to generate research ideas and it was followed by how to critically contextualise the research id... Read More about Formulating a Research Project..

Meeting users’ information needs: The use and usefulness of Integrated Reporting (2016)
Book
Slack, R., & Campbell, D. (2016). Meeting users’ information needs: The use and usefulness of Integrated Reporting. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

This report explores how providers of financial capital perceive integrated reporting () and its potential for providing decision-useful information, through interviews with senor capital market participants.

Are local freedoms at risk? (2016)
Journal Article
Ferry, L. (2016). Are local freedoms at risk?. Municipal journal (London. 1970),

As part of the ‘devolution revolution’ the UK central government devolved a general power of competence to English local authorities under the Localism Act 2011. In theory, local communities should have a greater say in the running of services as cen... Read More about Are local freedoms at risk?.

Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee (2016)
Report
Ferry, L. (2016). Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee. [No known commissioning body]

I welcome the request to submit written evidence to the European Scrutiny Committee response and consultation regarding Brexit. My response is specifically concerned with the policy area of local government. This reply draws on my recent published ac... Read More about Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee.

Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury (2016)
Report
Ferry, L., & Eckersley, P. (2016). Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Shadow Chancellor

We welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury. This reply draws on our recent published academic work on governing and budgeting in public services and senior level personal experience of both... Read More about Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury.