IMAEF is a forum for the exchange and fertilisation of ideas, knowledge and scientific achievements in economics and finance. During the conference, academics, researchers and practitioners will present novel developments in applied economics and finance and will discuss on currently debated...

We estimate empirically the impact of the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC) on corporate leverage in India. The analysis builds on the Prowess database. For the estimations we use the difference in differences approach, where listed firms are used as the control group. We find that the IBC...

We examine the effect of regional favoritism on firms’ access to credit. Using firm-level data on a large sample of 29,000 firms covering 48 countries, we investigate the hypothesis that access to credit of firms is higher in the birth regions of national political leaders. We find evidence...

With organisations increasingly operating in ambiguous, volatile and complex environments, understanding effective governance within the institutional context – via board monitoring, managerial incentives, risk management and other systems – is crucial and challenging. We invite the...

We introduce shocks to the availability of US dollar funding for non-US financial intermediaries in a two-country New Keynesian model with financial frictions. Such dollar shortages lead to uncovered interest rate parity deviations and have a significant negative effects on the macroeconomy....

The conference will take place digitally. Topics: - Applied Macroeconomics - Behavioral Economics - Behavioral Finance - Corporate Finance and Governance - Financial Accounting - Financial Institutions and Services - General Financial Markets - Macoeconometrics - Managerial Accounting -...

We estimate empirically the debt limits and debt capacity of listed manufacturing firms in Nigeria over the period 2005-2019. The analysis contributes to our understanding of the financial constraints of the firms, and their scope to absorb shocks and finance growth using the debt market. The...

The governance of almost all complex social or natural resource systems is polycentric: it involves distributed, nested and partially overlapping patterns of competitive and cooperative relationships among relatively autonomous private and public actors, operating at different levels, within a...

We invite you to submit an abstract in the range of the following streams within the ICSD2022 program: 1. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY: Financial Sustainability, SME, MicroFinance, Emerging Countries, International Trade, 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: Water and Soil conservation, Climate Change,...