Utilizing bank-level data and a Mixed Frequency VAR approach, this study examines the effects of a shock at the economic sentiment on European banks’ profitability during the 1995–2019 period. We find that a greater shock in economic sentiment leads to a persistent and gradually amplified...

The study examines the impact of mergers on the accounting performance of merger-involved firms in Greece. The study analyses four basic profitability ratios from financial statements of a sample of sixty Greek listed firms at the Athens Exchange that executed as acquirers’ one merger in the...

A strongly quantitative research to investigate whether and how the components of the internal control systems affect the US banking sector. Based on COSO, Basel Committee Frameworks and on the literature, the components of the internal controls were quantified. Independent variables were...

Abstract. This study empirically investigates the relationship between independent directors’ cash compensation and the likelihood of corporate fraud. Using data of 2542 Chinese firms and 17239 firm years from 2010 to 2017, the findings of logistic regression, firm-fixed effects, instrumental...