This paper examines the impact of increasing bank branches in a district on the stock market participation of households. Using household-level data from the 70th and 77th rounds of the National Sample Surveys, we find that households' decision to participate in the stock market increases...

This study explores the complex relationship between banking sector performance and economic growth in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Given the banking sector’'s prominent role within the CEE financial system, our research examines its potential as a driver of economic growth...

This study examines the impact of banks' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure assurance (BEDA) on borrowing enterprises' ESG performance to investigate China's bank-enterprise loan relationships. Using manually collected bank loan relationship data and financial data of Chinese...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of behavioral biases on investment decisions through a serial mediation of overconfidence and disposition effects. Design/methodology/approach The authors assess the behavioral biases affecting the investment decisions of life...