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CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, and Energy Consumption in G7 and BRICS Countries (2021)
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Bhattarai, K., & Brind, B. (2021). CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, and Energy Consumption in G7 and BRICS Countries. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 2(2),

This research set out to investigate whether economic growth has an impact on CO 2 emissions in G7 and BRICS countries, and whether the Paris Agreement has been effective in respect to CO 2 emissions by successfully analysing each of the five null hy... Read More about CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth, and Energy Consumption in G7 and BRICS Countries.

How state ownership affects corporate R&D: An inverted‐U‐shaped relationship (2021)
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Fu, T., Jian, Z., & Li, Y. (in press). How state ownership affects corporate R&D: An inverted‐U‐shaped relationship. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2589

The existing literature provides mixed evidence about the effect of state ownership on corporate research and development (R&D). As this article hypothesizes, state ownership has a positive institutional effect on the investment environment for R&D a... Read More about How state ownership affects corporate R&D: An inverted‐U‐shaped relationship.

What Can Explain Momentum? Evidence from Decomposition (2021)
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Guo, J., Li, P., & Li, Y. (2022). What Can Explain Momentum? Evidence from Decomposition. Management Science, 68(8), 6184-6218. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4135

This study comprehensively evaluates and ranks a large number of competing explanations for the momentum anomaly. As a benchmark for evaluation, firm fundamentals are found to be the most promising among well-known explanations of momentum, followed... Read More about What Can Explain Momentum? Evidence from Decomposition.

Short-run disequilibrium adjustment and long-run equilibrium in the international stock markets: A network-based approach (2021)
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Chen, Y., Li, Y., Pantelous, A. A., & Stanley, H. E. (2022). Short-run disequilibrium adjustment and long-run equilibrium in the international stock markets: A network-based approach. International review of financial analysis, 79, Article 102002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.102002

In this paper, we propose a network-based analytical framework that exploits cointegration and the error correction model to systematically investigate the directions and intensities in terms of the short-run disequilibrium adjustment towards long-ru... Read More about Short-run disequilibrium adjustment and long-run equilibrium in the international stock markets: A network-based approach.

Shunned stocks and market states (2021)
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Han, X., Li, Y., & Onishchenko, O. (in press). Shunned stocks and market states. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2021.2015699

Hong and Kacperczyk (2009, The price of sin: The effects of social norms on markets. Journal of Financial Economics 93(1), 15–36) document that ‘sin stocks’ (alcohol, tobacco, and gambling) earn relatively high returns on a risk-adjusted basis. We re... Read More about Shunned stocks and market states.

Cultural diversity and borrowers’ behavior: evidence from peer-to-peer lending (2021)
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Chen, Z., Jin, M., Andrikopoulos, A., & Li, Y. (in press). Cultural diversity and borrowers’ behavior: evidence from peer-to-peer lending. The European journal of finance, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2021.2007496

We study cultural diversity and borrowers’ behavior using data from peer-to-peer lending platform Renrendai. We proxy cultural diversity with the Linguistic Diversity Index, measured by the population-weighted number of dialects spoken in a region, a... Read More about Cultural diversity and borrowers’ behavior: evidence from peer-to-peer lending.

Leveraging international R&D teams of portfolio entrepreneurs and management controllers to innovate: Implications of algorithmic decision-making (2021)
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Rodgers, W., Degbey, W., Söderbom, A., & Leijon, S. L. (in press). Leveraging international R&D teams of portfolio entrepreneurs and management controllers to innovate: Implications of algorithmic decision-making. Journal of business research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.053

We focus on how international research and development (R&D) teams of portfolio entrepreneurs and their management controllers can help to innovate and sustain entrepreneurial activities. An algorithmic decision-making model is implemented that indic... Read More about Leveraging international R&D teams of portfolio entrepreneurs and management controllers to innovate: Implications of algorithmic decision-making.

Dark matters: the effects of dark trading restrictions on liquidity and informational efficiency (2021)
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Ibikunle, G., Li, Y., Mare, D., & Sun, Y. (2021). Dark matters: the effects of dark trading restrictions on liquidity and informational efficiency. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 75, Article 101435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101435

We exploit the implementation of the double volume cap regulation introduced under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II in the European equity markets to investigate the impact of dark trading on liquidity and informational efficiency. W... Read More about Dark matters: the effects of dark trading restrictions on liquidity and informational efficiency.

Economic policy uncertainty and cross-border mergers and acquisitions (2021)
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Gregoriou, A., Nguyen, B. D., Nguyen, T. D., Le, H., & Hudson, R. (2021). Economic policy uncertainty and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. International review of financial analysis, 78, Article 101911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101911

We examine the impact of policy uncertainty on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Using a sample of 23 countries worldwide over the period from 2003 to 2016, we provide evidence that when a country has high policy uncertainty, the volume o... Read More about Economic policy uncertainty and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

Naval Disasters, World War Two and the British Stock Market (2021)
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Hudson, R., & Urquhart, A. (2022). Naval Disasters, World War Two and the British Stock Market. Research in international business and finance, 59, Article 101556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101556

This paper studies investor sentiment by examining the impact on the British stock market of naval disasters. Since the British Empire was a world power and its navy was held in great regard, Britain was dependent on control of the sea for survival d... Read More about Naval Disasters, World War Two and the British Stock Market.