Stewardship theory suggests CEO duality can provide strong leadership and facilitate the development and coordination of firm strategy. These benefits should affect both firm risk and financial performance. We use the 2020 coronavirus outbreak as a natural experiment to determine whether CEO...

We examine the immediate impacts of COVID-19 on FDIC chartered banks’ performance. Our experimental design analyzes the performance of community banks and large banks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Community banks outperform large banks significantly in several key measures in the...

The objective of this Element is to provide an overview of Islamic finance by highlighting the impact of the pandemic on it in a comprehensive manner by looking at two branches of Islamic finance: Islamic commercial finance; and Islamic social finance. The approach that is adopted in this Element...