We examine whether state corporate effective tax rates (ETRs) that began trending downward in the 1990s rose in response to FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. We find state ETRs increase substantially in 2006 through 2008 for tax aggressive firms....

Purpose: Research in the area of behavioral finance has demonstrated that investors exhibit irrational behavior while making investment decisions. Investor behavior usually deviates from logic and reason, and consequently, investors exhibit various behavioral biases which impact their...

Purpose: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been reported as a credit-constrained sector in the earlier literature. Amidst the available external financing options, SMEs are dependent upon banks for their financial needs, hence they offer an important profitable segment for banks....

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Purpose: In recent years, significant research has focused on the question of whether severe market periods are accompanied by herding behavior. As herding behavior is a considerable cause of the speculative bubble and leads to stock market deviations from their basic...