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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herding and Anti‐Herding Behaviour in the UK, French and German Stock Markets Before and During the Covid Pandemic

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper studies herding and anti‐herding behaviour in three European stock markets before and during the Covid‐19 pandemic by employing both static and dynamic analysis. We examine four different questions related to herding behaviour: (i) Did herding behaviour increase during the pandemic? (ii) Does herding behaviour respond differently in
Dimitrios Asteriou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Performance and Corporate Risk: Evidence From the Tourism Industry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of sustainability performance (Refinitiv Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG] scores) on corporate risk (CR). We apply stakeholder theory and the resource‐based view to an international sample of 247 tourism firms from 2002 to 2018.
Omneya Abdelsalam   +4 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

What Role Do Finance Ministers Play in Political Business Cycles? Evidence‐Based on a New African Dataset

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how the personal characteristics of finance ministers influence political budget cycles in Africa. Using a new dataset covering 300 finance ministers across 23 countries from 1980 to 2020, we find that political budget cycles primarily take the form of increased government consumption during election years.
Christine Olivia Strong
wiley   +1 more source

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