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The impact of new millennium crises on the power of Islamic banks in deposit markets
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We investigate the impact of three crises on the power of Islamic banks in deposit markets: the Global Financial Crisis, 2007–2009 (GFC), the Arab Spring political crisis, 2011–2013, and the COVID‐19 health crisis, 2020–2022. Applying difference‐in‐difference (DID) and GMM techniques to panel data for 2004–2022, we find that the power of ...
Maryam Alhalboni, Kenneth Baldwin
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Fiscal Rules, Independent Fiscal Institutions and Sovereign Risk: Evidence From the European Union
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of fiscal rules (FRs) and independent fiscal institutions (IFIs) on sovereign risk. To address potential endogeneity issues, we employ the System Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator in an analysis comprising 24 European Union member states throughout the 2007–2019 period.
Bogdan Căpraru +2 more
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Major Conundrums and Possible Solutions in DeFi Insurance
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper empirically explores the early development of insurance projects in the decentralised finance (DeFi) industry, which is based on disruptive technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. A brief history of DeFi is narrated, stressing four risks of DeFi (volatility risk, cyberattack risk, liquidity risk, and regulation risk) and ...
Peng Zhou, Ying Zhang
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TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und PraxisBuilding upon the existing literature on terror innovation, this research article introduces a new analytical framework that highlights four key elements of emerging technologies which facilitate their adoption by terrorist groups.
Don Rassler, Yannick Veilleux-Lepage
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The Impact of Social Media Activities on Stock Price Informativeness
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the influence of social media activities on stock price informativeness. Using a panel of 49 countries with 231,462 balance‐panel firm‐year observations from 2010 to 2020, we find that social media activities increase stock price informativeness.
Wansu Hu +4 more
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Temporal and spatial effects of mass shootings on gun demand
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Mass shootings in the U.S. have been at the center of the public crisis debate for a long time. Combining information on mass shootings with background check reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this study applies mass shootings as exogenous shocks and reveals that the demand for guns is especially strong in the month in which a ...
Yuan Chen +4 more
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract In this study, we employ the synthetic control method to evaluate the transmission of external shocks, taking COVID‐19 as an example, on the stock market in the Chinese hospitality and tourism industry, specifically in the catering, hotel, cultural landscape, natural landscape, and travel agency sectors. We find an increasingly negative causal
Yuan Chen +3 more
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Climate and political effects on agriculture: Empirical evidence from SSA
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract The most of Sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries have been affected by climate change and food insecurity problems due to the reduction of production and productivity of cereal crops in the continent. The purpose of this research was to examine the short‐run and long‐run effects of climate change on agricultural productivity in 24 selected SSA ...
Defaru Adugna Feye +2 more
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Tilburg Law Review, 2015 The article introduces the theme of the protection of the right to privacy in a world characterized by rapid developments in digital technology and the need to fight terrorism.
Federico Fabbrini
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Informative Value of Non‐Financial Reports: Analyzing the Impact of Disclosure Format and Auditing
Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the Non‐Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) came into force in 2017, large, listed companies in the European Union (EU) are obliged to disclose non‐financial reports annually. Accordingly, Member States transposed the Directive into national law with country‐specific rules.
Simon Hirsch, Veronika Heichl
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