The rapid rise of Bitcoin and its increasing global adoption has raised concerns about its impact on traditional markets, particularly in periods of economic turmoil and uncertainty such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the extent of the volatility contagion from the Bitcoin market...

This study examines the impact of multi-layer governance mechanisms on the level of bank risk disclosure. Using a large dataset from 14 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries over a period of 8 years, our findings are three-fold. First, our results suggest that the presence of a Sharia...

This paper examines the use of the return on gold instead on treasury bills in empirical asset pricing models in the US equity market. Recent studies have examined the safe-haven and hedging properties of gold in developed markets, particularly during a financial crisis. The close relationship...

This study aims to examine the predictability power of oil prices and six international stock markets (China, France, UK, Germany, Japan, and the USA) on the Saudi stock market using five machine learning techniques. We offer evidence that oil prices are the biggest influence factor on the Saudi...

Using conventional regressions and Generalized Regression Neural Networks (GRNN), we examine the relationship between Corporate Governance (CG) and Earnings Management (EM). We also examine whether governance quality moderates the association between EM and CG for a sample of British and...

This study examines whether financial reporting with a specific focus on risk disclosures have a predictive (informative) effect on banks' credit ratings (BCRs) and, consequently, ascertains whether governance structures can moderate such an association. Using one of the largest bank-level...