The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether bank capital strength and external auditing requirements influenced international stock market stability during the 2007/2008 global financial crisis. Bank mandatory regulation data are obtained from the World Bank database, while stock market...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the quality of property rights institutions (PRIs) and bank financial performance in an empirical study of 136 countries over the period 1999-2006. The quality of PRIs and financial accounting-based measures of bank performance...

This paper investigates the interrelationships between several external social institutions and related party transactions disclosure across 49 countries. A theoretical framework is proposed to encompass the interrelationships between cultural values, legal environment, government intervention...