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ESG and its components : impact on stock returns across firm sizes in Europe and the United States

Escobar-Saldívar, Luis Jacob; Villarreal-Samaniego, Dacio - 2026

A longstanding debate in finance concerns the impact of social responsibility actions on firms' long-term profitability. This study provides a broad analysis on the relationship between ESG, its components, and stock returns. Using a dataset that spans from December 2014 to December 2023, this...

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Effect of inflation on insurers' main financial indicators with panel data in the US P&C insurance industry

Dionne, Georges; Desjardins, Denise - 2026

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Credit control and firm performance : evidence from Vietnam's listed real estate sector with firm size and corporate governance quality as moderators

Nguyen Ngoc Quang; Nguyen, Tan Dat - 2026

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Evidence-based analysis of asset profitability drivers in the automotive sector

Dinca, Marius Sorin; Akomeah, Frank - 2026

This study investigates the key determinants of firm profitability in the global automotive sector, examining whether superior returns on assets (ROA) stem from operational efficiency, strategic leverage, or innovation intensity, and highlighting the potential trade-off between efficiency and...

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Internal pay equity and the quantity-quality trade-off in hiring

Amior, Michael; San, Shmuel - 2026

Firms face significant constraints in their ability to differentiate pay by worker productivity. We show how these internal equity constraints generate a quantity-quality tradeoff in hiring: firms which offer higher wages attract higher skilled workers, but cannot profitably employ lower skilled...

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Internal pay equity and the quantity-quality trade-off in hiring

Amior, Michael; San, Shmuel - 2026

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Upper echelons theory : research at the nexus of CEO psychological profiles, gender, and firm diversity

McHugh, Patrick; Duane, Ja-Naé - 2026

Upper echelons theory suggests that CEO values and personalities impact their actions, driving organizational performance. However, accessing the black box of a CEO's values and personality is difficult. Numerous studies of senior leaders have informed research on discrete psychological...

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How does profitability impact the relationship between gender diversity on boards of directors and social performance?

Elango, Balasubramanian - 2025

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Total factor productivity and firm size in the German energy industry : evidence from a symbolic transfer entropy panel causality test

Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu; Ajmi, Ahdi Noomen; Miclea, … - 2025

This paper applied a symbolic transfer entropy panel causality test, to investigate the non-parametric Granger-type causality between total factor productivity (TFP) and firm size. This test overcomes the limitations of previous panel causality tests generated by the presence of outliers and...

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Why are there so many power laws in economics?

Kapeller, Jakob; Steinerberger, Stefan - 2025

Power law distributions are ubiquitous in socioeconomic contexts. While their general properties are well understood, it is often less clear why they regularly appear in empirical data. What are the generative mechanisms leading to power laws, how do they arise in the real world? This paper aims...

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Why are there so many power laws in economics?

Kapeller, Jakob; Steinerberger, Stefan - 2025

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Investigating the effect of innovation activities of firms on innovation performance : does firm size matter?

Parast, Mahour Mellat; Oke, Adegoke; Doolin, Matthew - 2025

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The importance of codetermination for gender diversity in the boardroom

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2025

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The importance of co-determination for gender diversity in the boardroom

Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2025

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Financial systemic risk and the COVID-19 pandemic

Huang, Xin - 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused market turmoil and economic distress. To understand the effect of the pandemic on the U.S. financial systemic risk, we analyze the explanatory power of detailed COVID-19 data on three market-based systemic risk measures (SRMs): Conditional Value at Risk, Distress...

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Firms, firm size distributions, industrial policies

Weber, Jan David - 2025

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Firms, firm size distributions, industrial policies

Weber, Jan David - 2025

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Firm size as a moderator in the relationship between tax compliance and business performance : a study of Vietnamese enterprises

Duyen Hai My Le; Hang Nguyen Minh; Duong Thi Thuy Lien; … - 2025

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Higher agency costs in smaller firms? : the role of size and reporting requirements in agency conflicts

Johannes, Pauline; Lefebvre, Vivien - 2025

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Towards green growth capability development : a knowledge-based perspective

Baranova, Polina; Waheed, Hassam; Paterson, Fred - 2025

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Modelling economic policy uncertainty : examining the effects of oil prices, global and domestic economic policy uncertainty on firm stability in Nigeria

Oyadeyi, Olajide O. - 2025

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Firm size and workplace diversity and inclusion

Ntantamis, Christos; Zhou, Jun - 2025

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Property rights, firm size and investments in innovation : evidence from the America Invents Act

Driver, James - 2025

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An empirical study of property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange

Usat, Hestinuraini; Permana Saputra, Asep Rokhyadi; … - 2025

This study examines the impact of debt policy, firm size, and liquidity on firm value in property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2022 to 2024. Using a quantitative approach, this research employed multiple linear regression analysis supported by...

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4 years of IDX80 firm value on the Indonesian stock exchange : the role of financial performance

Mahirun, Mahirun; Prasetiani, Titi Rahayu; Ulum, Akhmad … - 2025

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Profitability and capital intensity : moderating role of debt financing

Abdulazeez Y. H. Saif-Alyousfi; Alsadan, Abdullah; … - 2025

This study investigates the relationship between capital intensity, debt financing, and profitability in non-financial firms in Oman over the period 2012-2022. Using a robust panel dataset of 76 firms, the research explores how capital structure dynamics influence firm performance across...

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Exploring the nonlinear relationship between leverage and corporate profitability

Amin, Bilal Qazi; Rehman, Zia ur; Khan, Asad - 2025

This study uses a nonlinear Hansen threshold regression model to analyze the link between leverage and corporate profitability, with firm size as a threshold variable. Data for the study is collected from the State Bank of Pakistan and firms' annual reports for the period 2010- 2020. Our...

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Firm performance during a crisis : effects of adhocracy culture, incremental product innovation, and firm size

Noone, Breffni M.; Lin, Michael S.; Sharma, Amit - 2024

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The importance of luck in executive promotion tournaments : theory and evidence

DeVaro, Jed; Fung, Scott - 2025

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The importance of luck in executive promotion tournaments : theory and evidence

DeVaro, Jed; Fung, Scott - 2024

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Firms and unions

Sezer, Hazal; Uras, Burak - 2024

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The effect of R&D expenditures on firm value with firm size moderation in an Indonesia palm oil company

Hutauruk, Martinus Robert - 2024

This study aims to ascertain the direct impact of Research and Development (R&D) spending on the value of a company, specifically in the palm oil industry. Additionally, the study examines how the company’s size influences its value concerning R&D expenditures. The inquiry examines the impact...

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The effect of R&D expenditures on firm value with firm size moderation in an Indonesia palm oil company

Hutauruk, Martinus Robert - 2024

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Exploring the association of green banking disclosure and corporate sustainable growth : the moderating role of firm size and firm age

Firmansyah, Amrie; Kartiko, Nafis Dwi - 2024

This study examines the impact of green banking disclosure on firms' sustainable growth. The methodology used is panel data analysis with a sample of 45 banks in Indonesia, a total of 578 observations from 2004 to 2021, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Data are taken from annual reports,...

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A Schumpeterian microfoundation of the geometric Brownian motion of firm size and Zipf’s law

Haruyama, Tetsugen - 2024

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The effect of firm size on the relationship between tax avoidance and cash holdings

Al Rubaye, Ammar Razzaq Neamah; Foroghi, Daruosh; … - 2024

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A minimum wage may increase exports and firm size even with a competitive labor market

Danziger, Eliav; Danziger, Leif - 2024

This paper explores how a minimum wage affects a firm's behavior with a competitive labor market and an uncertain export cost. The model provides several novel insights which are consistent with recent empirical evidence. Thus, a minimum wage increases an exporter's foreign-market size and may...

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A minimum wage may increase exports and firm size even with a competitive labor market

Danziger, Eliav; Danziger, Leif - 2024

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Is a firm's productivity level affected by its number and types of innovation cooperation partners?

Børing, Pål; Mark, Michael Spjelkavik - 2024

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Ownership shares and directors' proportion as majority shareholders on earnings management moderated by board activity

Kristanti, Farida Titik; Riyadh, Hosam Alden; Ahmed, … - 2024

This study looks into a theoretical model exploring the effects of ownership shares and directors’ proportions as majority shareholders on earnings management. Furthermore, the primary objective of this research is to investigate the moderating role of board meeting frequency between ownership...

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Does size matter? : examining the probability of firm emergence from bankruptcy

Zikri, Miftah; Shams, Syed; Rashid, Afzalur; … - 2024

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Firm size and enterprise productivity in Nigeria : evidence from firm-level data

Omeje, Ambrose Nnaemeka; Mba, Augustine Jideofor; Rena, … - 2024

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Size matters : the market-non-market strategy nexus and firm performance in South Africa

Parnell, John A.; Troilo, Michael L.; Dobbelstein, Thomas - 2024

Purpose: This study seeks to discover how a firm's size and its use of both market and non-market strategies (MS and NMS) impact firm performance in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach: We used the Prolific platform to gather survey data from 247 executives and managers across the country...

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Financial performance persistence in serial entrepreneurship

Marmor, Marcus; Lukason, Oliver - 2024

This study aims to determine whether financial performance is persistent in serial entrepreneurship and, if so, whether good performance is more persistent than bad. It is novel as studies focusing on financial performance in successive firms ran by serial entrepreneurs are scarce. The paper...

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Exploring impact of profitability, leverage and capital intensity on avoidance of tax, moderated by size of firm in LQ45 companies

Hendayana, Yana; Ramdhany, Muhamad Arief; Pranowo, Agus … - 2024

This study examines how profitability, leverage and intensity of capital impact tax avoidance and considers firm size as a moderating factor. It focuses on LQ45 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2019 to 2022. The research method uses moderated regression analysis with...

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Too much of a good thing? : the concave impact of corruption on firm performance

Lourenço, Diogo; Cerdeira, Jorge - 2024

We investigate whether the impact of corruption on firm-level performance exhibits a concave pattern. We measured corruption using a continuous variable of firm-level bribe payments from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. Our dataset includes 23 327 firms from 140 developing and emerging...

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Analysis of the determinants for the Islamic social responsibility

Olimsar, Fredy; Putra, Wirmie Eka; Tialonawarmi, Feny; … - 2024

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Antecedents of profitability of non-life insurance companies : Nepalese perspective

Pandey, Dhruba Lal; Risal, Nischal; Basnet, Bhupindra Jung - 2024

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Some factors affecting financial distress in telecommunication companies in Southeast Asia

Kristanti, Farida Titik; Pancawitri, Sekarayu - 2024

People who have lost their jobs are affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, which lowers demand and prevents them from updating daily used internet services. A company's deteriorating financial health may be a warning indication of impending financial trouble. With company size serving as a...

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Symposium on misallocation and structural transformation : introduction

Adamopoulos, Tasso; Restuccia, Diego - 2024

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Financiamentos do BNDES e a produtividade do trabalho: Uma análise por porte de empresas

Teixeira, Felipe Orsolin; Nogueira, Mauro Oddo - 2026

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Dynamic Interaction Among Cash Conversion Cycle Components and Their Antecedents in Simultaneous Equations Modeling

Shaikh, Amna Asim; Siddiqui, Danish Ahmed - 2026

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Missing firm growth in developing countries : a firm-level analysis

Doghmi, Hicham; Lahlou, Kamal - 2026

What are the key determinants of firm growth in developing countries? Using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) spanning 2010-2024, we examine the impact of three distinct categories of factors on firm growth dynamics: (1) firm-level characteristics, (2) contextual...

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Firm size and economic development : evidence from population censuses and household surveys

Kerr, Andrew; Forster, Nicholas - 2026

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Financiamentos do BNDES e a produtividade do trabalho : uma análise por porte de empresas

Teixeira, Felipe Orsolin; Nogueira, Mauro Oddo - 2026

The issue of productivity gains among micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the presence of economic incentives still requires further exploration in the literature. What exists so far is a set of unanswered questions. This discussion paper sheds some light on an obscure topic that, for decades,...

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Who uses advanced technologies? : evidence from manufacturing firms from 38 countries in 2025

Wagner, Joachim - 2026 - This version: January 8, 2026

The use of advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, or smart devices will go hand in hand with, among others, higher productivity, higher product quality, more exports and better chances to survive any crisis. Better firms tend to use advanced technologies. Information on...

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Who uses advanced technologies? : evidence from manufacturing firms from 38 countries in 2025

Wagner, Joachim - 2026

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The productivity paradox of corporate taxation : a nonlinear tale of growth and constraints

Nguyen, Hang T. T. - 2026

This paper investigates the relationship between corporate income tax rates (CITR) and firm-level productivity growth using AMADEUS data of 304,410 observations from 79,842 European firms from 2006 to 2019. The results imply a robust non-linear relationship: higher CITRs are positively...

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The productivity paradox of corporate taxation : a nonlinear tale of growth and constraints

Nguyen, Hang T. T. - 2026

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