Previous studies show that, in common-law countries, the explanatory power of stock returns is higher using cash flows than earnings and accruals, while the opposite is true in code-law countries. Moreover, the literature has shown the existence of a country-specific effect motivated by...

Green bonds, as one of the main tools of green finance, have become an important choice of enterprises in green industries. Therefore, it has become an important theoretical and practical hot topic whether to select and what factors affect a choice to issue labeled green bonds for enterprises...

The observation of firms' political connections (PCs) in both types of ascribed and acquired PCs has raised the question of their benefits to firms' operation. Based on 1,365 Vietnamese listed firm-year observations from 2010 to 2014, we find that although firms with both ascribed and acquired...

Systemic risk is of concern for economic welfare as systemic financial crisis has the potential to inefficiently lower the supply of credit to the nonfinancial sector. Conventional systemic risk measures are parsimonious in nature and are used to assess the current systemic risk contributions of...

This study was conducted to investigate the determinants of bank's stability in an emerging country. Data were collected from the commercial banks listed on Vietnam's Stock Exchanges over the years from 2010 to 2018. Further, the generalized method of moments (GMM) regression technique to...

This study investigates the association between institutional investors' ownership and sell-side analysts' stock recommendations in the context of the heterogeneous nature of institutional investors. Based on a sample of 281 Malaysian public listed companies over the period 2008-2013 (732...

Textual attribute integrated reporting refers to the difficulty level of readability and word length (narrative) of the information disclosed. The conciseness of information requires minimizing the length of words (narrative), offset by the increased readability of the integrated reporting. A...

This study, which analysed the profitability of 42 reinsurers in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1991 to 2020, revealed that various factors such as gross domestic product, competition (HHI), premium growth, investment performance, underwriting risk, and operational efficiency affect the profitability...

Truthfulness in accounting creates a significant concern for academics, practitioners, regulators, and the press. This study investigates the influence of the Board of Directors (BOD) characteristics on the truthfulness of accounting reports. The research uses quantitative methods to test...

This study provides up-to-date evidence concerning the relationship between government ownership and R&D investments in the Chinese context. Using a large sample comprised of 15,138 observations from A-share firms traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange between 2009 and 2018, the...