This research study examines the mediating role of cash holdings between the economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and corporate leverage relationship. Using stepwise regression analysis and annual firm-level data of 2,534 U.S. firms listed at NYSE over 1995-2018, we provide novel evidence that cash...

Earnings management (EM) and its association with firm performance has been a subject of research interest for decades. This study re-examines the EM-firm performance nexus in a novel way using a nonlinear framework and introducing macro-economic misery index (MI) as a possible threshold...

The study examines the impact of the insurance market on economic complexity in 28 OECD nations within a period of 1995-2020. The study also examines whether the impact of life insurance on economic complexity would be different from that of the non-life insurance sector within the insurance...