This study investigates the inter-relationship between audit committee effectiveness, bank efficiency and risk-taking in seven ASEAN countries for the period 2010-2019. By using three-stage least squares (3SLS) method, we contribute to literature the relationship between audit committee...

This paper aims to develop a credit-risk model in which firms face rollover risk, and the markets for defaulted assets are segmented due to entry costs. The paper shows that reducing the entry costs in this economy may decrease the total surplus of the economy. This outcome can arise because...

We examine the relation between corporate governance and bankruptcy risk as an underlying force affecting a bond’s yield. The level of corporate governance is captured by the G-index, along with the explicit groups of governance provisions. We estimate bankruptcy risk by Z-score, by...

The Greek banking market developed considerably after the accession of Greece to the Eurozone, which was reflected on the growth of number of banks, banking network and number of employees. The application of the austerity program in Greece had serious consequences on the Greek banking market....

This study aims to determine how payment disturbances in managers' earlier entrepreneurial practices (PDMs) predict corporate default. Classical financial ratios have often failed to predict the default of micro-, small- and medium-sized firms with high accuracy, and therefore, the extant...

Using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) estimation technique based on a sample of 180 listed firms from 2008 to 2018, this study investigates the impact of institutional ownership on firm performance in the Bangladeshi setting. Consistent with the "active monitoring" view, the results indicate...

Purpose The ownership structure in Japanese firms has experienced a significant change recently, fueled primarily by regulatory changes. This has important repercussions on corporate performance and risk. This paper examines the impact of insider ownership on the default risk of Japanese firms....

Financial literature and empirical evidence in global markets indicate that those companies that adequately manage their stakeholders, strengthen and disclose their corporate governance policies, achieve greater effectiveness in their institutional operation. In the context of an emerging...

Derivative financial instruments play a major role in financial markets. However, there are rather contradictory views regarding this issue. Their impact on the financial markets, their stability and the economy have not been thoroughly examined. The aim of this paper is to analyse derivatives...

This study investigates the relationship between stock liquidity and frm innovation for publicly traded growing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China using both innovation input and output. We collected samples of 785 SMEs from China's Shenzhen Growth Enterprises Market without the...