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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, Francesco Baldi, Claudia D'Ippolito, Antonio Salvi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Explainable Deep Tabular Learning for Credit Risk Assessment: An Information-Theoretic Cross-Attentional Transformer Approach. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Dong B, Zhang X, Hong Z, Yan C, Zhu W, Hou L, Feng Y.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Market Liberalisation on Bank Performance: Evidence From South and Southeast Asian Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Utilising annual data covering 1995–2022, this study examines the effects of market liberalisation on bank performance in 19 South and Southeast Asian countries. Bank performance is assessed using three dimensions: efficiency, profitability, and stability.
Michael Enowbi Batuo, Sridevi Yerrabati, Ashiq Zaman, Helen Solomon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Payday Loan Use Among People With Lived and Living Experience of Substance Use. [PDF]

Drug Alcohol Rev
Laing A, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T, Richardson L.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Influence of Climate Initiatives on Capital Structure: The Green Halo Effect

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of participation in three climate initiatives—Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)—on the capital structure of financial institutions.
Daniel Ramos‐García, Carmen López‐Martín, Raquel Arguedas‐Sanz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing evolutionary theories of human cooperation via meta-analysis of microfinance repayment. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Foster D, Postma E, Lamba S, Mesoudi A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Advice taking across social class: Why (and when) high‐SES consumers are more likely to take advice from marketplace agents

Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The present research investigates whether consumers of low or high socioeconomic status (SES) are more likely to take advice from marketplace agents. Across five studies (and an additional three in the Methodological Details Appendix), including an analysis of the World Values Survey, and across a range of different advice taking contexts, we ...
Bryce Pyrah, Chelsea Galoni
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming credit risk evaluation in digital lending from black box models to transparent decisions. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Mohammad AAS, Mohammad SI, Vasudevan A, Azam SMF, Sevukamoorthy L, Parhi M, Shankalia MU, Salami ZA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
wiley   +1 more source

How peer mechanism impacts loan repayment in a Self-help group?: An empirical study in India. [PDF]

PLoS One
Malhotra N.
europepmc   +1 more source