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Carbon Performance, Climate Governance, and Equity Risk

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTThis 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 ...
Irma Malafronte, John Pereira, Fathima Roshan Rakeeb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis, Thomas Poufinas, Panagiotis Kimpouropoulos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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

Asymmetric Long‐Run Effects of Monetary Policy on Generational Inequality

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the asymmetric long‐run effects of reversing contractionary monetary policy to expansionary policy on generational inequality in the UK using non‐linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL). The results show that there exists a long‐term relationship between monetary policy and income, consumption, and wealth ...
Aminat A. Raheem
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing Stock Liquidity: Theory and Evidence From the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the cross‐sectional relationship between stock return and stock liquidity (both level and risk) for the period when there was a huge decline in market‐wide funding liquidity from the collapse of Lehman Brothers. We propose a global game model to analyse the decisions of short‐term traders around the time Lehman Brothers ...
Shu Feng, Lining Han, Chun‐Yu Ho, Yolanda Yulong Wang, Jiayi Zhong   +4 more
wiley   +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

Scaling Climate Finance: an Analysis of co‐financing Trends in the Global Environment Facility

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current estimates of the climate finance gap range from $4 to $6 trillion in annual funding requirements throughout the next decade. Achieving the goals negotiated in the recent 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) requires a coordinated finance mobilization campaign.
Albert Molnár, Ágnes Csiszárik‐Kocsir   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Dental Education: Consensus Recommendations for Strengthening Faculty Pathways and Academic Career Success

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Since the beginning of the 21st century, national reports have warned that dental education is not recruiting and retaining enough oral health faculty, even as student bodies grow and become more diverse and the professions increase the emphasis on oral health's intersection with overall health.
Shirin Khoynezhad, Ramzi Abou‐Arraj, Christopher H. Fox, Janice S. Lee, Steven Lepowsky, Jacques E. Nör, Ryan L. Quock, Clark M. Stanford, Keith A. Mays   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reimagining Dental Education, Licensure, and Workforce Development

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Three key challenges confront the dental profession—a growing oral healthcare workforce shortage, escalating costs of dental education, and a need to re‐evaluate the relevance of dental license examinations. Solutions proposed thus far address these issues individually and may inadvertently either compromise patient access to care ...
Gayathri Subramanian, Samuel Y. P. Quek
wiley   +1 more source