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Do Female Directors Protect Employee Pension Benefits? Evidence on the Nexus Between Pensions and Dividends

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether female directors influence firms' allocation of internal funds between dividend payments and defined benefit (DB) pension funding. Using FTSE All‐Share firms from 2007 to 2021, we find that companies with a higher proportion of female directors exhibit stronger pension funding positions and, overall, maintain ...
Zezeng Li, Erhan Kilincarslan
wiley   +1 more source

Do Banks Learn From Natural Disasters? Evidence From the U.S. Financial Sector

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether U.S. banks learn from natural disasters. We explore several potential channels of adjustment and find that exposed banks primarily respond by adopting precautionary capital measures. This behaviour is evident both in the long run, when assessing divergent trends in the evolution of equity over time, and in the short
Dennis Dreusch, Gunnar Niemann, Peter Reichling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pressure‐Driven Cash Holdings Under Biodiversity Risk

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how biodiversity risk affects corporate cash holdings and the mechanisms shaping this relationship. We find that firms facing higher biodiversity risk significantly increase cash reserves. Internal CSR governance and external institutional pressures both reinforce precautionary cash policies, highlighting the importance of ...
Kangding Wang, Tongbin Xu, Min Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Global risk pooling mitigates financial risk from drought in hydropower-dependent countries. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Cuppari RI, Pavelsky TM, Characklis GW.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Theory of the Boundaries of Banks With Implications for Financial Integration and Regulation

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We offer a theory of the “boundary of the firm” that is tailored to banks, recognizing the relevance of deposit financing and interbank lending as a substitute for integration. It is based on a single inefficiency that has been at the core of banking theory: risk‐shifting incentives in the interest of bank shareholders.
Falko Fecht, Roman Inderst, Sebastian Pfeil   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When does forecast-based insurance benefit? An economic analysis of drought risk anticipatory insurance. [PDF]

Geneva Pap Risk Insur Issues Pract
Anand V, Poole-Selters L, Spognardi AG, Bekele BT, de Perez EC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An Empirical Study of Dividend Payout and Future Earnings in Singapore [PDF]

This paper applies Johansen’s vector error-correction model (VECM) to investigate for the existence of the dividend signalling effect in the Singapore aggregate market through impulse response analysis, forecast error variance decomposition and granger ...
Lee, King Fuei
core   +1 more source

The Role of Index Fund Ownership in the Era of Say‐on‐Pay

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether and how index funds influence executive compensation in the post‐Say‐on‐Pay era. Using the annual reconstitution of the Russell indexes as a source of exogenous variation in index fund ownership, we document a causal effect of index ownership on CEO pay structure.
Kiseo Chung, Hwanki Brian Kim
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for governing Canada's tobacco settlement funds. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Am
Eisenkraft Klein D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Life Cycle Consumption and Portfolio Choice Under Real Interest Rate Risk

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We set up a life cycle model with real interest rate risk to demonstrate that real interest rates have implications for optimal household consumption and investments. Lower interest rates lead to higher optimal stock investments and lower consumption.
Marcel Fischer, Natascha Jankowski
wiley   +1 more source