ABSTRACT This study investigates earnings management in European banks in the context of the 2016 EU audit directive. Using a dynamic panel of 134 banks over 2012–2023, we apply two‐step System‐GMM estimators with three profitability measures—Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes (EBPT), Return on Assets (ROA), and Return on Equity (ROE).
Maria Christofidou +3 more
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Longitudinal bidirectional association of biological aging acceleration with depressive symptoms in mid-to-late life: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. [PDF]
Chen Z, Su M, Tu Q, Li J, Wu H.
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ABSTRACT Big data and financial innovations are vital to enhancing the performance of banking institutions. However, limited evidence exists on the effects of big data applications and financial innovation on bank performance. This study addresses this gap by constructing a theoretical framework linking big data applications and financial innovations ...
Mandella Osei‐Assibey Bonsu +1 more
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Synergizing High-Quality Tourism Development and Digital Economy: A Coupling Coordination Analysis in Chinese Prefecture-Level Cities. [PDF]
Luo Y +5 more
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Household Consumption Intentions by Income Group During Monetary Policy Easing and Tightening
ABSTRACT We investigate how the monetary policy interest rate affects Brazilian households' consumption intentions under two distinct regimes: monetary easing and tightening cycles. Using data from low‐ and high‐income households, we assess both the magnitude and the dynamics of this relationship.
Helder Ferreira de Mendonça +1 more
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It's dark under the lamp? The moderating role of executives' accounting competence on relationship between goodwill impairment signal and goodwill impairment. [PDF]
Deng Q.
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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
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The effect of leverage manipulation on real estate firms' financial risk: Based on the interest conflicts perspective. [PDF]
Huang L, Yu L, Huang W.
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Motive and Opportunity: Order Choice in a Limit Order Book With Dispersed Information
ABSTRACT We test predictions of market microstructure theory relating to the determinants of order choice in a limit order book where information is dispersed among traders. Using an experimental limit order book, with a large state space, we find that informed traders exhibit patience, compatible with the ‘waiting game’ behaviour described in Foster ...
James Steeley +2 more
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Assessing the impact of solar trolleys on farm household income in Punjab Pakistan. [PDF]
Sher A +5 more
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