In 2021, meme stocks attracted investors and scholars’ attention. Using Wavelet Coherence analysis, we test in a sentiment analysis framework the dynamic interdependence between the AMC Theatres stock performance and the explanatory factors of Google Trends index, Put-Call ratio, and Trading...

Recently, accessibility to credit has become a global issue and need to be examined frequently that needs the attention of regulators and researchers. Thus, this study examines the credit facilities (the price of credit and reliability of credit sources) on the accessibility of customer credit...

In response to the economic hardships stemming from COVID-19, many U.S. card-issuing banks offered measures to assist their customers who were financially affected by the pandemic. Unlike previous disaster assistance programs that were typically short in duration and localized, the COVID-19...

We estimate the personal communication risk-premium profile of the U.S. Federal Reserve(Fed) Chair by measuring a new dataset of the sentiment revealed by their public statements during their tenure. We analyze the impact of such Fed communications’ sentiment risk on the uncertainty of the...

The Annuity Puzzle is that lifetime annuities are not utilized in retirement as often as might be expected. The literature invariably provides demand side explanations: bequest motives, liquidity preferences, crowding out by social security and family insurance, unattractive investment returns,...

In this study, we analyze the association between national culture and voluntary operational risk disclosure quality in the European Union banking industry. Complementarily, we assess whether the potential impact of culture differs between global banks and banks with low levels of...

Academic research on loan loss provisioning and the earlier incurred credit losses (ICL) model has a long tradition in the literature. Academic criticism of the ICL was taken up by the Financial Stability Board after the financial crisis of 2018, leading to a fundamental revision of accounting...

Mutual funds have traditionally attracted retail investors seeking diversified market exposure. While the focus has historically been on asset liquidity and quality, recent attention has turned to assessing fund liquidity and the risks of asset fire sales. Our study analyzes Israeli mutual...

We examine the influence of Twitter promotion on cryptocurrency pump-and-dump events. By analyzing abnormal returns, trading volume, and tweet activity, we uncover that Twitter effectively garners attention for pump-and-dump schemes, leading to notable effects on abnormal returns before the...

This work is part of the literature that recognizes the crucial role of an ethical evaluation in the financial sector and investigates the aspects related to the social and environmental impact of economic activities. Those must be strictly complementary to a traditional evaluation, which cannot...