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Risk Aversion and Economic Policy Uncertainty Impacts on Investor Attention: Evidence From International Stock Markets Indices

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between economic policy uncertainty, risk aversion, and investors' attention for 15 equity indices across Asia, Europe, and North America. Our empirical results indicate that both risk aversion and economic uncertainty significantly increase the Google Search Volume across all equity indices.
Stephanos Papadamou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Black‐Box of ESG Scores From Rating Agencies: Do They Genuinely Reflect Sustainability Practices, or Are They Disproportionately Shaped by Financial Performance?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring methodologies used by Bloomberg and S&P Global through the lens of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). It addresses a notable gap in the literature by identifying the underlying factors that shape ESG scores and providing practical insights for companies seeking to ...
Philipe Balan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material ESG Performance and Bid Premium in Merger and Acquisition Deals

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the firm‐level and country‐level environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on bid premiums in cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. We document considerable variations in bid premiums. Higher carbon emissions are associated with higher bid premiums, suggesting that acquirers may perceive ...
Ndubuisi Ezenwa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Prudential Policies on Sovereign Bond Markets: Evidence From the ASEAN‐4 Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of prudential policies on the sovereign vulnerability of ASEAN‐4 countries. We measure sovereign vulnerability within the network connectedness of sovereign bonds between ASEAN‐4 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) and six other countries (the US, the UK, the European Union, China ...
Joshua Aizenman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Expectations and Speculation in the US Natural Gas Market

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the role of expectations as a determinant of the real price of natural gas in the US. Three specifications of a structural VAR (SVAR) model are estimated to identify an expectations‐driven speculative demand shock. The first includes natural gas inventories, consistently with the theory of storage; the second the risk‐
Christina Anderl   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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