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Same same but different – Stylized facts of CTA sub strategies (2021)
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Erdős, P., Li, Y., Liu, R., & Mende, A. (2021). Same same but different – Stylized facts of CTA sub strategies. International review of financial analysis, 74, Article 101657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101657

Using a unique dataset of daily returns of 89 programmes of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA), we investigate the distributional properties of CTA strategies including trend following, fundamental and contrarian strategies. We find that daily data exh... Read More about Same same but different – Stylized facts of CTA sub strategies.

CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom (2021)
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Leng, J., Ozkan, A., Ozkan, N., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (in press). CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom. The European journal of finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2021.1876131

This paper investigates the impact of CEO overconfidence on the probability of corporate bankruptcy. Using a large dataset of UK firms, we find that firms with overconfident CEOs face a greater risk of failure. The presence of overconfident CEOs lead... Read More about CEO Overconfidence and the Probability of Corporate Failure: Evidence from the United Kingdom.

Artificial intelligence-driven music biometrics influencing customers’ retail buying behavior (2021)
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Rodgers, W., Yeung, F., Odindo, C., & Degbey, W. Y. (2021). Artificial intelligence-driven music biometrics influencing customers’ retail buying behavior. Journal of business research, 126, 401-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.12.039

This study examines the digital transformation effects of artificial intelligence (AI)-based facial and music biometrics on customers' cognitive and emotional states and how these effects influence their behavioral responses on value creation. Using... Read More about Artificial intelligence-driven music biometrics influencing customers’ retail buying behavior.

Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty (2021)
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Megaritis, A., Vlastakis, N., & Triantafyllou, A. (2021). Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty. Journal of International Money and Finance, 113, Article 102355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102355

In this paper we examine the predictive power of latent macroeconomic uncertainty on US stock market volatility and jump tail risk. We find that increasing macroeconomic uncertainty predicts a subsequent rise in volatility and price jumps in the US e... Read More about Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty.

Bayesian Value-at-Risk backtesting: The case of annuity pricing (2021)
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Leung, M., Li, Y., Pantelous, A. A., & Vigne, S. A. (in press). Bayesian Value-at-Risk backtesting: The case of annuity pricing. European journal of operational research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.12.051

We propose new Unconditional, Independence and Conditional Coverage VaR-forecast backtests for the case of annuity pricing under a Bayesian framework that significantly minimise the direct and indirect effects of p-hacking or other biased outcomes in... Read More about Bayesian Value-at-Risk backtesting: The case of annuity pricing.

Order book price impact in the Chinese soybean futures market (2021)
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Jin, M., Kearney, F., Li, Y., & Yang, Y. C. (in press). Order book price impact in the Chinese soybean futures market. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2439

We study the price impact of order flow in the world's largest soybean meal futures markets. Our intraday results indicate that incoming orders can be used to explain and predict future price changes. Our results are shown to be robust to various ord... Read More about Order book price impact in the Chinese soybean futures market.

Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets (2021)
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Xiao, Q. (2023). Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets. International journal of finance & economics : IJFE, 28(1), 858-875. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2453

The current study investigates the role of the tier-one cities of China in affecting regional disparities within and across its five mega-city clusters, through the lens of housing market. For that purpose, an equilibrating ripple effect is different... Read More about Equilibrating ripple effect, disturbing information cascade effect and regional disparity – A perspective from China's tiered housing markets.

Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya (2020)
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Taloba, A. I., & Bhattarai, K. R. (2020). Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(2), 361-384

Natural endowments and economic growth are often connected. However, this relationship is still controversial. Although natural resources are crucial for economic growth, there is a kind of puzzling aspect in their relationship. For the oil-based eco... Read More about Exhaustible Resources and Sustainable Growth: Evidence from Libya.

Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (2020)
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Egbulonu, A. J., & Bhattarai, K. (2020). Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(2), 255-287

This paper examines the determinants of capital flight in sub Saharan African countries (SSA) by introducing corruption as a focus variable in the model. The econometric analysis is based on data from 25 SSA countries over the period 1986-2010 using... Read More about Determinants of Capital Flight: New Panel Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

Multinational corporations and human right violations in emerging economies: Do commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter? (2020)
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Ullah, S., Adams, K., Adams, D., & Attah-Boakye, R. (2021). Multinational corporations and human right violations in emerging economies: Do commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?. Journal of environmental management, 280, Article 111689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111689

With the surge in economic growth in the global-north vis-a-vis social and economic inequalities in the global-south (north-south dichotomy), there is an increasing requirement for critical research and an examination of the policy implications with... Read More about Multinational corporations and human right violations in emerging economies: Do commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?.

The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited (2020)
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Ahmed, R., ullah, S., Hudson, R., & Gregoriou, A. (in press). The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2020.12.006

In this paper we test two recently developed liquidity measures the Return-to-Turnover (hereafter RtoTR) proposed by Florackis et al. (2011) and Return-to-Volume (hereafter RtoV) recommended by Amihud, 2002, for 386 companies listed on the Pakistani... Read More about The implications of liquidity ratios: Evidence from Pakistan stock exchange limited.

Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis (2020)
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Bhattarai, K., & Benjasak, C. (2021). Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis. Journal of economic asymmetries, 23, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeca.2020.e00189

A reform in the personal income tax (PIT) is helpful in reducing inequality in the distribution of income and consumption in both short and long terms in Thailand. It boosts private consumption, investment, employment, capital stock, exports, imports... Read More about Growth and redistribution impacts of income taxes in the Thai Economy: A dynamic CGE analysis.

Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China (2020)
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Gao, Y., Han, X., Li, Y., & Xiong, X. (2021). Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China. International review of financial analysis, 74, Article 101654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101654

The conventional momentum strategy performs poorly overall in China, because stock prices behave very differently when markets are open for trading versus when they are closed. Stocks that are past intraday (overnight) winners persistently outperform... Read More about Investor heterogeneity and momentum-based trading strategies in China.

Coordination and collaboration for humanitarian operational excellence : big data and modern information processing systems (2020)
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Akhtar, P., Osburg, V.-S., Kabra, G., Ullah, S., Shabbir, H., & Kumari, S. (in press). Coordination and collaboration for humanitarian operational excellence : big data and modern information processing systems. Production planning & control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1834126

Humanitarian operational excellence depends on effective coordination and collaboration not only between supply chain partners but also among other actors such as host government, local and international non-government organizations (NGOs), and donor... Read More about Coordination and collaboration for humanitarian operational excellence : big data and modern information processing systems.

Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions (2020)
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Lakshmi, G., Saha, S., & Bhattarai, K. (2021). Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions. Economic modelling, 94, 386-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2020.10.011

In examining the role of institutions in resisting corruption and its impact on growth, most studies concentrate on the aggregate level and conclude that sound institutions enhance growth. We focus instead on varying dimensions of heterogeneous insti... Read More about Does corruption matter for stock markets? The role of heterogeneous institutions.

The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy (2020)
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Joura, E., Xiao, Q., & Ullah, S. (2021). The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy. International review of financial analysis, 73, Article 101606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101606

This study examines evidences of executive reactions to say-on-pay (SOP) votes in terms of strategic policies which could affect firms' long-run growth and eventual survival. We employed an unbalanced panel data from 1932 firms taken from four countr... Read More about The impact of Say-on-Pay votes on firms' strategic policies: Insights from the Anglo-Saxon economy.

Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination (2020)
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Mallick, S. K., Bhattarai, K., Mallick, S., & Yang, B. (2021). Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination. Journal of International Money and Finance, 110, Article 102291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2020.102291

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Advanced and emerging economies are becoming more interdependent with rapid pace of globalization of capital markets and technological innovations in recent years. We examine whether technology and monetary policy shocks get trans... Read More about Are global spillovers complementary or competitive? Need for international policy coordination.

Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors (2020)
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Perez-Laborda, A., & Perez-Sebastian, F. (2020). Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors. Journal of Macroeconomics, 66, Article 103255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmacro.2020.103255

The goal of this paper is two-fold. First, we reexamine the evidence for the capital-skill complementarity (CSC) and the skill-biased technological change (SBTC) hypotheses at the sectoral level in the US economy for the period 1970-2005. Second, we... Read More about Capital-skill complementarity and biased technical change across US sectors.

Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations (2020)
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Rodgers, W., Attah-Boakye, R., & Adams, K. (2020). Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3019218

Cybercrime continues to cause increasing threat to business processes, eroding stakeholders’ trust in Internet technologies. In this article, we explore how six dominant algorithmic trust positions facilitate cognitive processing, which, in turn, can... Read More about Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations.

Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes (2020)
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Bhattarai, K., & Ben-Naser, A. (2020). Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(1), 151-162

This study found evidence for a time-varying misalignments of equilibrium RER of the Libyan dinar. Markov switching model explains the overvaluation episodes during. Policy makers should urgently align the actual exchange rate very close to the movem... Read More about Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes.