Using survey data from 25 economies we provide evidence that greater transparency surrounding monetary policy reduces uncertainty of interest rates and inflation, primarily by reducing uncertainty that is common to agents rather than disagreement between agents. This suggests that studies that...

This study uses structural equation modeling to prioritize CSR components including environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) performance at the indicator and sub-indicator levels. Based on the panel data of 1,029 (471) companies in the financial industry of developed (emerging) markets...

This paper contributes to the literature on banks’ return on equity (ROE) by decomposing variability in banks’ ROE at the time level and the bank level. Using a new approach of hierarchical linear modelling for Uganda’s banks over the period of 2010 to 2020, we find that the 'between bank'...