We examine the extent and evolution of Hubris in a bank CEO, through textual analysis of the CEO letter to the Shareholders. Drawing on new developments in clinical psychology we surface evidence of overconfidence, narcissism and hubris over the 2000-2008 period

In a time when there are only limited funding and staffing but ever-increasing enrollments of students, to assess the efficiency of universities becomes a crucial task, which itself is vital for effective allocation and utilisation of educational resources. The main aim of this paper is to...

We examine the literature on the financial economics of precious metals from a bibliometric and scientometric perspective. We surface the main trends and authors in the area over the last two decades, and provide estimates of the density of the networks of researchers and research. Clear...

We show that the statistical properties of gold are negatively correlated with equities and that including Gold in a portfolio will provide diversification benefits. As there is no consensus on the proportion of gold that should be included in a strategic portfolio allocation we propose a visual...

Blockchain technology appears to be ready to revolutionise a broad number of industries. However, the blockchain itself contains a number of inefficiencies and areas for improvement, namely: transaction fees and transaction speeds. Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) address, and improve on these...

The full-text version of this paper can be found at: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3102438" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3102438. This online appendix provides supplemental discussion and analysis for our manuscript The Determinants of IPO Withdrawal - Evidence from Europe. The supplemental...

A concern often expressed in relation to cryptocurrencies is their environmental impact associated with increasing electricity consumption which is currently unregulated. To assist researchers and policy makers, we developed a new Index of Cryptocurrency Environmental Attention (ICEA) based on...

The growth of cryptocurrency mining in China, still heavily reliant on coal as a fuel for electricity generation, raises natural questions on the inter-relatedness of coal and crypto prices and volatilities. We investigate this, and the safety and thus supply stability of domestic Chinese coal...

We examine the intellectual and social structure of researchers working in economics and who are affiliated with Irish institutions (Irish Economists) over the 2000-2020 period. We demonstrate remarkable stability in the topics of research over this period, via textual analysis

Finance, and finance research, is a globalised enterprise. We examine whether or not the representation of editors at leading finance journals is equally globalised. Using data on the affiliation of editorial board members of journals ranked by the ABS as being 4*, 4 and 3 we provide a first...