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Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
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, Saqib Aziz, Akanksha Jalan, Fazal Muhammad, Dhoha Trabelsi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of urbanization and human development on ecological footprints in OECD and non-OECD countries. [PDF]

Heliyon
Sarwar N, Bibi FUN, Junaid A, Alvi S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of Sovereign Debt Maturity on Fiscal Sustainability

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study is the first to investigate the impact of the term structure of public debt on fiscal sustainability. We adopt the widely used backward‐looking measure of fiscal sustainability—fiscal responsiveness as proposed by Bohn. Using data from De Graeve and Mazzolini and focusing on a sample of 19 most developed countries, we demonstrate ...
António Afonso, José Alves, Oļegs Matvejevs, Oļegs Tkačevs   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of circular economy initiatives on urban air quality in the United States. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Esmaeilpour Moghadam H, Karami A, Moghadam Ebrahimabad AR, Radulescu M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Carbon Performance, Climate Governance, and Equity Risk

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between carbon performance, climate governance, and equity risk. Using a sample of companies listed in the S&P500 index for the period 2009–2023, our results show that better carbon performance reduces equity risk, indicating that proactive carbon management reduces uncertainty and is beneficial to firms ...
Malafronte Irma, Pereira John, Rakeeb Fathima Roshan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of board gender and foreign directorship on the financial sustainability of Saudi listed firms: Does family ownership matter? [PDF]

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Naif Alshareef M, Ghazi H Sulimany H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustainability Incentives and Value Creation in Corporate Acquisitions

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an extended international sample of domestic and cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), this paper provides the first comprehensive examination of the role of ESG‐linked executive compensation in the market for corporate control.
Athanasios Tsekeris
wiley   +1 more source

Linking resource efficiency to environmental sustainability in developing countries. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Borojo DG.
europepmc   +1 more source

Modeling the Nexus Between Climate Risk, Energy Consumption, and Financial Market Performance in Emerging Countries

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the link between climate risk, energy consumption, and financial market performance in a sample of emerging countries over the period 2000–2024. The objective is to model the dynamic interactions between these three dimensions, in order to understand the extent to which energy dependence and exposure to climate risks ...
Abdelkader Mohamed Derbali
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the interactive development of sports services and the silver economy in aging societies. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhou Q, Su L, Wen Z.
europepmc   +1 more source