Italy was the first Western country to experience a major coronavirus outbreak and consequently faced large-scale health and socio-economic challenges. The Italian government enforced a wide set of homogeneous interventions nationally, despite the differing incidences of the virus throughout the...

This study examines the role of investor sentiment in driving season equity offering (SEO) announcement returns around the adoption of Securities Offering Reforms by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We find that sentiment is positively associated with SEO announcement returns. More...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the incidence of remunerating Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed non-executive directors (NEDs) with options and to determine whether companies that fail to adhere to NED remuneration recommendations share a common corporate governance profile....