Results 61 to 70 of about 88,152 (258)
One size fails all? EU insolvency law between harmonisation and 28th regime
International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.Abstract The European Union's efforts to harmonise national insolvency laws have long been seen as a key step towards the completion of the Internal Market and, in particular, its Capital Markets Union project. Yet despite years of legislative activity, meaningful convergence has remained elusive.
Wolf‐Georg Ringe
wiley +1 more source
Developing a Z‐ESG Score Model for Assessing Corporate ESG Performance
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study we develop a novel, unique ESG rating model that exploits the logic of the Z‐score by Altman (1968) to discriminate between ESG performing and non‐ESG performing firms using indicators of ESG performance for each of the three pillars (Environmental, Social, Governance) in place of financial ratios.
Edward I. Altman +3 more
wiley +1 more source
The Social Dimension to the Consumer Bankruptcy Decision [PDF]
Personally knowing someone who has been bankrupt substantially increases the likelihood of an individual reporting they would consider filing for bankruptcy.
John Gathergood
core
Fiscal Cyclicality and Debt Sustainability: Evidence From Over a Century of Data
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a historical fiscal dataset for a group of 11 economies over the period 1880–2022, we examine debt sustainability and fiscal policy cyclicality and assess the factors influencing fiscal behaviour. We find that positive and statistically significant responses of primary balances to debt emerge in specific historical episodes and ...
Christos Chrysanthakopoulos +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Credit exclusion in quantitative models of bankruptcy: does it matter? [PDF]
Bankruptcy ...
Kartik B. Athreya, Hubert P. Janicki
core
Global Oil and Gas Stocks: Anomalies, Systematic Risks and Mispricing
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyse anomaly and factor risk premia in the global oil and gas (OG) sector, which plays a central role in the global economy through its importance for energy supply, industrial production, and capital markets. Using firm‐level and portfolio data, we examine whether cross‐sectional return patterns reflect systematic risk compensation or ...
Nader Virk +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Bankruptcy and Small Firms' Access to Credit [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate how personal bankruptcy law affects small firms' access to credit. When a firm is unincorporated, its debts are personal liabilities of the firm's owner, so that lending to the firm is legally equivalent to lending to its ...
Jeremy Berkowitz, Michelle J. White
core
Valuing Stock Liquidity: Theory and Evidence From the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the cross‐sectional relationship between stock return and stock liquidity (both level and risk) for the period when there was a huge decline in market‐wide funding liquidity from the collapse of Lehman Brothers. We propose a global game model to analyse the decisions of short‐term traders around the time Lehman Brothers ...
Shu Feng +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Personal Bankruptcy Law, Fresh Starts, and Judicial Practice [PDF]
We explore the ways French judges respond to the possibility of discharging personal debts in exchange for liquidation of debtors’ assets. We present empirical results on the determinants of judicial selection between debtors whose debts are wiped out ...
Eric Langlais +3 more
core