This study aims to prove the consistency of Agency Theory and Behavioral Consistency Theory as a solution to explain the role of Earnings Management in mediating the influence of male CEO masculinity on leverage. This research uses a quantitative approach with the population and research samples...

The purpose of this study was to obtain empirical evidence of the effect of male CEO's facial masculinity on leverage, to identify the effect of male CEO's facial masculinity on leverage. This study uses a quantitative approach with a population and research sample using companies on the...

We document frequent occurrences of negative conversion premium (NCP) events in the Chinese convertible bond market, when the bond is convertible and the underlying stock can be freely sold. This implies that when an NCP event occurs, existing stock holders can earn a riskless profit through a...

This paper analyses financial inclusion in Africa focusing on the role of political business cycles and pricing behaviour of banks. We employ a sample of 330 banks operating in 29 African countries to test for two related hypotheses. Panel fixed and random effects were estimated for the period...

This paper aims to examine the relation between idiosyncratic volatility (IVOL) and stock returns with full-sample and conditional alpha sub-samples in Vietnam stock market covering the period from January 2008 to December 2018. We test the IVOL effect on stock returns employing Fama-Macbeth...

This study sought to investigate the impact of AI on digital financial inclusion. Digital financial inclusion is becoming central in the debate on how to ensure that people who are at the lower levels of the pyramid become financially active. Fintech companies are using AI and its various...

In Kenya, the last few years has seen the performance of companies listed under the commercial and services segment on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), experience mixed fortunes. The study sought to assess the implications of financial risk on the performance of these companies. The study...

Machine learning (ML) is a novel method that has applications in asset pricing and that fits well within the problem of measurement in economics. Unlike econometrics, ML models are not designed for parameter estimation and inference, but similar to econometrics, they address, and may be better...

This paper provides an overview of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) options available to central banks for issuing central bank digital currency (CBDC). We discuss the main requirements that a DLT solution must fulfill and analyze the various structures for implementation offered by DLT -...

This study aims to prove the consistency of Agency Theory as a solution to explain the role of the influence of Profitability Ratio, Activity, company size, audit committee and Board of Directors on Sustainability. This study uses a quantitative approach with population and research samples...