Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the influence of mood/emotions and religious experience on Islamic stock markets during the Ramadan month. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses stock returns data of two countries – Saudi Arabia and Iran – from January 2008 to...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to detect variations in earnings management activity across industries and the possible influence of various industry variables on these variations. Design/methodology/approach: A total sample of 4,249 firm-year observations from 13 different industries...