Do Banks Learn From Natural Disasters? Evidence From the U.S. Financial Sector
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether U.S. banks learn from natural disasters. We explore several potential channels of adjustment and find that exposed banks primarily respond by adopting precautionary capital measures. This behaviour is evident both in the long run, when assessing divergent trends in the evolution of equity over time, and in the short
Dennis Dreusch +2 more
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Exploring how green location-oriented industrial policies promote urban energy efficiency: evidence from National eco-industrial demonstration parks in China. [PDF]
Sci RepLiu Y, Jiang H, Cui J.
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From Regression to Reasoning: Predicting M&A Announcement Returns With Large Language Models
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates whether large language models (LLMs) can predict short‐term market reactions to M&A announcements. We prompt OpenAI's latest reasoning models (o3, GPT‐5, and GPT‐5.1) to forecast whether the combined market value of acquirer and target will increase or decrease, drawing on deal‐, firm‐, and macroeconomic data for large ...
Maximilian Schreiter +2 more
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Determinant factors of Chief Data Officer adoption in government: A topic model and structural equation modelling approach. [PDF]
PLoS OneZhang H, Ding H, Xiao J.
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Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi +3 more
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Financial Statement Information and Equity Value: The Role of Real Options Characteristics
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines whether firm‐specific real options characteristics are equity value‐relevant beyond valuation estimates anchored in financial statements. Using extensive historical data for the United Kingdom, we assess and compare the forecast accuracy and explanatory power for stock prices of equity valuation models based on residual ...
Mingyu (Chandler) Chen +2 more
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Life Cycle Consumption and Portfolio Choice Under Real Interest Rate Risk
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We set up a life cycle model with real interest rate risk to demonstrate that real interest rates have implications for optimal household consumption and investments. Lower interest rates lead to higher optimal stock investments and lower consumption.
Marcel Fischer, Natascha Jankowski
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The equity catastrophe: how securitized financing collapses essential care during health crises. [PDF]
Health Aff SchBai-Sesay AU, Musa J, Sesay DKD.
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Organization Capital and Firm Resilience to Cash Flow Shocks
Financial Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Spanning a 3‐year window before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic (2017–2022), this study examines the role of organizational capital in shaping firm resilience to cash flow shocks. We find that organizational capital significantly mitigates adverse cash flow impacts arising from pandemic‐related operational disruptions.
Chen Huang +3 more
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Complete financial disclosure for improved transparency in nutrition communication. [PDF]
Front Public HealthReynolds AN, Soedamah-Muthu SS.
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