This study was conducted to investigate the determinants of bank’s stability in an emerging country. Data were collected from the commercial banks listed on Vietnam’s Stock Exchanges over the years from 2010 to 2018. Further, the generalized method of moments (GMM) regression technique to...

I study the optimal choice of projects in a continuous-time moral hazard model with multitasking. I characterize the distortions caused by moral hazard and the dynamics of the firm's project choice. Both overinvestment and underinvestment relative to an NPV criterion can occur on the path of the...

Green bonds, as one of the main tools of green finance, have become an important choice of enterprises in green industries. Therefore, it has become an important theoretical and practical hot topic whether to select and what factors affect a choice to issue labeled green bonds for enterprises...

The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) receives both criticism and widespread adoption by practitioners and academics as the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) equity component. This study introduces two new costs of equity measures to address CAPM criticisms and provide new perspective on...

In this study, we analyze the stock market reaction to 35 events associated with 32 publicly traded companies from six countries that have announced cryptocurrency acquisitions, selling, or acceptance as a means of payment. Our analysis focuses on tra‑ ditional frms whose core business is...

Recently, South Africa has suffered from several large financial statement frauds. To assist stakeholders in identifying fraud, this study investigated the ability of the Beneish M-score and the Dechow et al. F-score to identify fraud in South Africa. The study also explored similarities in...

This paper reviews research that uses big data and/or machine learning methods to provide insight relevant for equity valuation. Given the huge volume of research in this area, the review focuses on studies that either use or inform on accounting variables. The article concludes by providing...

Investor attracting and keeping requires both successful management of a company's financial performance and an investor's behavior knowledge, as well as monitoring of stock market current trends. This paper contains the study results on the influence of public companies' financial performance...

Many studies explore only use or non-use of capital budgeting methods, and not the factors that determine the selection of the method used in UAE or the region. The relationships between use and independent variables that affect the selection of the method have been studied. The study attempts...

This study examines the impact of non-financial disclosure (NFD) on firms' labor investment efficiency. We analyze a broad sample of firms located across 44 countries and the period 2006–2019. Using regression analysis, the association between abnormal employment growth and environmental,...