Purpose This paper aims to document the relative performance of non-financial shariah-compliant firms and non-financial non-shariah-compliant firms in the MENA (Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain) region during the period between 2005 and 2009....

Purpose: The paper answers the following questions: (1) Do firms located in rural areas experience greater problems in accessing financial services? (2) If this is the case, what can these firms do to improve their access to finance? Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses the pooled...

Purpose: This paper aims to document the relationship between advertising expenditures and analyst coverage in a sample of Indian firms during the period between 2000 and 2019. Design/methodology/approach: In order to test the...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to document the impact of dividend policies on the downside risk in stock prices. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use the data for non-financial firms from the MENA region to test our arguments by estimating the pooled OLS regressions. The data cover...

Purpose: This paper documents the effect of different types of information on the value of financial analysts. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use the pooled OLS regression and the data of nonfinancial firms from...