This study investigates the impact of local antigambling interventions (AGIs) on corporate financialization. From the perspective of formal institutions' influence on culture, our findings suggest that firms located in regions with more effective AGIs exhibit lower levels of financialization....

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a market for environmental criteria that has recently attracted the attention of policymakers and in particular European Union (EU) countries to improve environmental quality. In the context of the EU Sustainable Development Goals, this study aims...

This study examines whether the use of tax haven subsidiaries by U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) is associated with more intense use of share buybacks and with improvement in management's ability to generating revenues. I find that MNCs' more intensive tax haven subsidiary use is...

We examine how investor-level tax incentives affect financing for start-ups using the introduction of a generous tax deduction for qualified angel and VC investment in China as a quasi-natural experiment. We find that the tax incentive increases funding for eligible start-ups, with stronger...

Wenn Staaten und Banken gegenseitig zu abhängig voneinander sind, leidet die Stabilität des gesamten Finanzsystems. Das war eine Lehre aus der Finanz- und Staatsschuldenkrise im Euroraum. Mehr als zehn Jahre nach deren Beginn scheint es jedoch nicht gelungen, die ungünstige Verquickung von...

Indicated key external and internal threats have a profound effect on the process of ensuring the financial security of the enterprise. Therefore, the important step is the application the mechanism of counteraction to the influence of external and internal threats. The mechanism for countering...

Market situation and business environment of construction companies influence significantly decisions met by this group of entities. These decisions are reflected in financial statements, later on. The evaluation of financial condition, which aims at diagnosing corporate crisis, must not...

Despite the incentives of incumbent domestic listed corporations (DLCs) in the electricity generation industry, private equity, institutional investors, and foreign corporations have played an outsized role in financing the energy transition. These new entrants are twice as likely to create...

Probabilities of default (PDs) of loans are of central importance for financial stability. We analyze the PDs, reported quarterly by German financial institutions to Deutsche Bundesbank. The development of PDs is modelled as an AR process of PD changes and an initial PD. Panel regressions show...