We compare the cross-sectional variation in the dividend payout policies of companies across 32 countries. Beyond the … shareholder protection and business disclosures, and market quality in terms of transparency and liquidity; affect the dividend … payout policies. We find that firms have generous dividend payout policies when diverse shareholder demands are strong …

institutions around the world reduce their exposure to stocks of high-emission industries after 2015, especially for those located …

This paper examines how physical climate risks affect firms' financial performance and operational risk management in … their customers. Further, customers respond to perceived changes in suppliers' climate-risk exposure: When realized shocks … subsequently choose replacement suppliers with lower expected climate-risk exposure …

, we study the dynamics of global equity yields, their slopes, and the relative contribution of risk premium and growth … expectations in explaining variation in yields. On new facts, we study comovements in risk premia and growth expectations across … markets and Fama French portfolios, estimate the term-structure of the global equity risk premium, and link yields to changes …

The world stock markets are moving so rapidly towards globalization, and integration of local financial markets to … incorporated by the world related organizations and commissions also were considered in the study. The study found that the … majority of the world stock markets adopted various aspects of globalization environment; which created new challenges …

side and anthropogenic climate change on the other? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising … intense climate-related natural disasters. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination for 1971 … implication is that climate mitigation and climate adaptation should form part of actions for disaster risk reduction. …