Using a sample of 16 international stock market indices spanning the period of January 2015 to June 2022, we examine how global equity markets interact with respect to volatility spillover, with a special focus on types of investment horizons, and …

The ESG ratings have been focused in response to the requirements for green development. However, the uncertainty created by ESG disagreements has caused market participants to question their reliability. This study empirically examines how ESG …

This study examines the effects of political affiliations as an external governance element on various aspects of the IPO procedure in China. Within China, the significance of political connections is widely recognized as a notable external …

This paper examines the role of firm-level multinationality in equity portfolio diversification for Japanese firms from 1998 to 2015. We use a unique multinationality dataset for constituents of the Nikkei 225 based on two measures of sales and …

This study explores the impact of policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk, and sustainable disclosure (ESG) on corporate performance for the period 2014–21 across 23 countries. Using the System GMM technique, it uncovers a negative link between …

This paper examines the impact of economic freedom on the financial fragility of 1,496 non-financial SMEs in Vietnam over the period 2012–2020. We also evaluate the effect of ownership structure on the relationship between economic freedom and …

The present study aims to identify the non-linear relationship of bullish and bearish investor sentiment with conditional volatility. It is conducted in emerging equity markets of Brazil, India, Pakistan, Russia, Indonesia, South Africa, and …

This study investigates how board and audit committee characteristics, alongside sustainable policies, influence corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance (Total ESG Score). We also evaluate their individual effects on environmental …

This study aims to investigate the oil price asymmetric effect on stock return of renewable energy companies. We apply panel Non-linear Autoregressive Distributed Lag to examine the effect of positive and negative changes in the oil price. The …

This paper examines whether innovation ability improves corporate performance of financially distressed firms. I begin by providing direct evidence that innovative firms in financial distress have significantly better future operating performance.

This study assesses the effects of real exchange rate and remittance inflows on India's total service exports, comprising traditional and modern service exports, spanning the annual data from 1990 to 2020. The control variables for the service …

We employ the "Two Sessions," comprising the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, as a proxy for measuring policy uncertainty. In our analysis, we utilize a regression model, the three-path …

This paper examines the spillover of green bond with metal market and bullion market using the daily observation from 16/06/2014 to 25/02/2022. The S&P Green Bond (GBD) is used to measure the Green bond while Copper (CPR) and Aluminium (ALM) are …

This study used a Time-Varying Parameter VAR approach to analyze contagion risk among global stock markets and WTI crude oil during times of crisis. The examined markets included the United States, the Eurozone, the United Kingdom, China, Japan …

This study examines the impact of the global pandemic on the returns and volatility of China’s commodity futures market from December 2019 to April 2021. Our analysis reveals that the regimes of futures returns in the general commodity …

Despite an attractive interest rate differential between China and foreign countries, existing capital control might prevent currency carry trade strategies to be executed. We focus on the copper market to study if trades are taken in order to …

This paper identifies the presence of anomalies in Chinese urban construction investment bonds (UCIBs) market using variable ranking portfolio analysis and finds that liquidity anomalies, downside risk anomalies, and historical return anomalies …

The primary goal of the study is to examine the factors affecting the financial leverage of unicorn start-ups in India. In order to achieve this goal, the study has employed the panel data techniques on the financial data of 25 start-ups unicorn …

This study investigates the interconnectedness between cryptocurrency and the Indian stock market and explores the diversification, hedge, and safe haven potential of cryptocurrency. The study employs the wavelet approach on daily data from …

The paper investigates the influence of the alumni social network of mutual fund managers on fund performance in India. The alumni networks of 211 managers managing 585 funds are constructed through seven network centrality measures for the period …