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ESG Ratings and Investment Returns at the Country Level: Does Higher Mean Better?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether U.S. dollar‐based investors can do better investing in highly rated ESG countries than in medium and lower rated ESG countries using both cross sectional and panel data estimations. In general, we find evidence that investment in ESGLow scoring countries leads to better returns than investing in ESGHigh scoring countries ...
Dimitrios Asteriou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the relation between media usage frequency and anxiety among Chinese residents: a latent profile analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychiatry
Guo Y   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sovereign Credit Ratings: A Friend or Foe to Financial Development of African Countries?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of sovereign credit rating on financial development. Using a sample of 21 African countries from 1995 to 2019, the empirical result indicates a significant and positive link between sovereign credit rating and financial development that is, higher credit ratings are associated with lower borrowing costs ...
Sodiq Arogundade   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Fintech Good for Bank Performance? The Case of Mobile Money in the East African Community

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile money, a technology‐driven innovation in financial services, has profoundly penetrated the financial landscape in Sub‐Saharan Africa, including banks. Yet, besides anecdotal evidence, little is known about whether mobile money adoption enhances or worsens bank performance.
Serge Stéphane Ky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Capital Regulation and Derivatives Clearing

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the post global financial crisis banking reforms, regulators introduced a leverage ratio requirement, a minimum capital requirement over a bank's total exposures. We assess the consequences of this requirement for derivative clearing services to clients, which creates exposures for the dealers, by exploiting its earlier introduction
Jonathan Acosta‐Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Performance and Financial Performance: How R&D Makes a Difference Pre‐ and Post‐Paris Accord

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how R&D investments influence U.S. firms' abilities to align environmental initiatives with financial outcomes. It employs a sample of 229 firms listed on the S&P 500 between 2003 and 2021 and multivariate panel regression models with fixed effects to explore how R&D moderates the relationship between corporate carbon ...
Mohamad H. Shahrour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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