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Stock mispricing, corporate governance and SEOs market timing (2025)
Journal Article
Kumpamool, C., Guney, Y., & Hudson, R. S. (in press). Stock mispricing, corporate governance and SEOs market timing. International Journal of Managerial Finance, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-06-2024-0356

Purpose: This paper examines the presence of stock market timing in Thailand. We explore the potential impact that equity overpricing, stock ownership and corporate board structure have on equity market timing. Design/methodology/approach: We use a c... Read More about Stock mispricing, corporate governance and SEOs market timing.

How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK? (2024)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (in press). How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?. Accounting education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09639284.2024.2399556

This paper revisits the debate about the potential effect of poor journal quality rankings on accounting education and accounting history scholarship in the UK to see what can be learnt from approximately a decade of subsequent publishing experience.... Read More about How have journal quality rankings impacted on accounting education and history scholarship in the UK?.

Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing (2024)
Journal Article
Healy, J. V., Gregoriou, A., & Hudson, R. (2024). Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing. Risks, 12(9), Article 148. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks12090148

We evaluate whether machine learning methods can better model excess portfolio returns compared to the standard regression-based strategies generally used in the finance and econometric literature. We examine 17 benchmark factor model specifications... Read More about Automated Machine Learning and Asset Pricing.

Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide (2024)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (2024). Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide. Research Policy, 53(9), Article 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105082

Journal lists for the assessment of academic performance are widely used worldwide and inform many important decisions, such as, academic workload, salary, hiring, promotion, and tenure. The use of such lists, however, has long been a very controvers... Read More about Responding to incentives or gaming the system? How UK business academics respond to the Academic Journal Guide.

Biodiversity and Risk in the Financial Sector (2024)
Journal Article
Hudson, R. (in press). Biodiversity and Risk in the Financial Sector. Journal of sustainable finance and accounting,

The worldwide loss of biodiversity is an extremely serious problem. The economic costs involved are similar, if not larger, than those related to climate change. This problem is now being addressed with some urgency by governmental and inter-govern... Read More about Biodiversity and Risk in the Financial Sector.

Banking stability and efficiency in the MENA region : disentangling the impact of distress, competition and regulation (2023)
Thesis
Karapappas, A. Banking stability and efficiency in the MENA region : disentangling the impact of distress, competition and regulation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4292414

The core research subject of the thesis is banking stability. I explore banking stability and efficiency for the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region and empirically disentangle the role of bank distress, competition and regulation using empirical... Read More about Banking stability and efficiency in the MENA region : disentangling the impact of distress, competition and regulation.

Managerial overconfidence and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from primary and secondary data (2023)
Journal Article
Dao, T. T. N., Guney, Y., & Hudson, R. (2023). Managerial overconfidence and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from primary and secondary data. Research in international business and finance, 65, Article 101943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2023.101943

The corporate finance literature argues that overconfident managers tend to hold less cash, and this leads to a significant deviation from optimal cash levels. We analyse the impact of executive overconfidence on the corporate cash holdings of listed... Read More about Managerial overconfidence and corporate cash holdings: Evidence from primary and secondary data.

Modelling credit and investment decisions based on AI algorithmic behavioral pathways (2023)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., Hudson, R., & Economou, F. (2023). Modelling credit and investment decisions based on AI algorithmic behavioral pathways. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 191, Article 122471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122471

This paper provides a new approach to understanding bankers' risk-taking behavior. We build upon prior studies that suggest artificial intelligence algorithms are an effective approach to obtaining this understanding. Our approach uses behavioral fin... Read More about Modelling credit and investment decisions based on AI algorithmic behavioral pathways.

Engaged ETFs and firm performance (2023)
Journal Article
El Kalak, I., Hudson, R., & Kemal Tosun, O. (2023). Engaged ETFs and firm performance. European Financial Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12459

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have often tracked indices and charged low fees so their incentives to improve firm performance are questionable although little empirical work has investigated this issue. Theoretically, however, we expect firms to perfo... Read More about Engaged ETFs and firm performance.