Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (37)

How did order-flow impact bond prices during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis? (2019)
Journal Article
Lin, Z., Hamill, P. A., Li, Y., Sun, Z., & Waterworth, J. (2020). How did order-flow impact bond prices during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis?. International Review of Economics and Finance, 67, 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2019.12.008

The impact of trades on price dynamics in the European sovereign debt markets is of significant importance to policy makers and market participants. This paper uses high-frequency quote and transaction data from the MTS European sovereign bond inter-... Read More about How did order-flow impact bond prices during the European Sovereign Debt Crisis?.

Exchange-rate exposure and Brexit: The case of FTSE, DAX and IBEX (2019)
Journal Article
Andrikopoulos, A., Dassiou, X., & Zheng, M. (2020). Exchange-rate exposure and Brexit: The case of FTSE, DAX and IBEX. International review of financial analysis, 68, Article 101437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101437

This paper studies the impact of the United Kingdom's June 2016 referendum to withdraw from European Union membership (“Brexit”) on foreign exchange (FX) exposures. We collect weekly data from 26 FTSE100, 10 IBEX35, and 17 DAX30 nonfinancial multinat... Read More about Exchange-rate exposure and Brexit: The case of FTSE, DAX and IBEX.

Spatial scale and product mix economies in U.S. banking with simultaneous spillover regimes (2019)
Journal Article
Glass, A. J., Kenjegaliev, A., & Kenjegalieva, K. (2020). Spatial scale and product mix economies in U.S. banking with simultaneous spillover regimes. European journal of operational research, 284(2), 693-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.12.036

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. The literature on bank scale economies focuses on the familiar type of returns to scale that are internal to the firm. Using a spatial approach, we analyze returns to scale for banks that are made up of external (i.e., spillover)... Read More about Spatial scale and product mix economies in U.S. banking with simultaneous spillover regimes.

Social media effect, investor recognition and the cross-section of stock returns (2019)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Cao, X., & Feng, X. (2020). Social media effect, investor recognition and the cross-section of stock returns. International review of financial analysis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101432

Investor recognition affects cross-sectional stock returns. In informationally incomplete markets, investors have limited recognition of all securities, and their holding of stocks with low recognition requires compensation for being imperfectly dive... Read More about Social media effect, investor recognition and the cross-section of stock returns.

The effects of ownership structure, sub-optimal cash holdings and investment inefficiency on dividend policy: evidence from Indonesia (2019)
Journal Article
Moin, A., Guney, Y., & El Kalak, I. (2020). The effects of ownership structure, sub-optimal cash holdings and investment inefficiency on dividend policy: evidence from Indonesia. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-019-00862-z

We investigate how a firm's decision to hold excessive cash or to overinvest could influence its dividend payout policy in Indonesia. Additionally, we examine the association between corporate ownership structure and cash dividends. Using a data set... Read More about The effects of ownership structure, sub-optimal cash holdings and investment inefficiency on dividend policy: evidence from Indonesia.

Intraday time-series momentum: Evidence from China (2019)
Journal Article
Jin, M., Kearney, F., Li, Y., & Yang, Y. C. (in press). Intraday time-series momentum: Evidence from China. Journal of Futures Markets, https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22084

This study conducts an investigation of intraday time‐series momentum across four Chinese commodity futures contracts: copper, steel, soybean, and soybean meal. Our results indicate that the first half‐hour return positively predicts the last half‐ho... Read More about Intraday time-series momentum: Evidence from China.

Enterprise risk management and firm performance: Role of the risk committee (2019)
Journal Article
Malik, M. F., Zaman, M., & Buckby, S. (2020). Enterprise risk management and firm performance: Role of the risk committee. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, 16(1), Article 100178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2019.100178

In recent years, there have been increasing efforts in the corporate world to invest in risk management and governance processes. In this paper, we examine the impact of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on firm performance by examining whether firm p... Read More about Enterprise risk management and firm performance: Role of the risk committee.

Private management and governance styles in a Japanese public hospital: A story of west meets east (2019)
Journal Article
Uddin, S., Mori, Y., & Shahadat, K. (2020). Private management and governance styles in a Japanese public hospital: A story of west meets east. Social science & medicine, 245, Article 112719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112719

This paper examines a case of healthcare governance reform in a Japanese hospital to demonstrate how and why physicians may resist NPM ideals in healthcare. We find that the governance reform departed significantly from its idealized form. The intend... Read More about Private management and governance styles in a Japanese public hospital: A story of west meets east.

A note on the Gao et al. (2019) uniform mixture model in the case of regression (2019)
Journal Article
Tsionas, M. G., & Andrikopoulos, A. (2020). A note on the Gao et al. (2019) uniform mixture model in the case of regression. Annals of Operations Research, 289(2), 495-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03475-w

© 2019, The Author(s). We extend the uniform mixture model of Gao et al. (Ann Oper Res, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03236-9) to the case of linear regression. Gao et al. (Ann Oper Res, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03236-9) pr... Read More about A note on the Gao et al. (2019) uniform mixture model in the case of regression.

Determinants of hedge fund performance during ‘good’ and ‘bad’ economic periods (2019)
Journal Article
Stafylas, D., & Andrikopoulos, A. (2020). Determinants of hedge fund performance during ‘good’ and ‘bad’ economic periods. Research in international business and finance, 52, Article 101130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2019.101130

We analyse the drivers of hedge fund performance, focusing simultaneously on fund size, age, lockup period, fund strategies, business cycles and different market conditions, dealing with the omitted variable bias. We use exogenous break points and a... Read More about Determinants of hedge fund performance during ‘good’ and ‘bad’ economic periods.

Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions (2019)
Journal Article
Gregory, A. J., Atkins, J. P., Midgley, G., & Hodgson, A. (2020). Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions. European journal of operational research, 283(1), 321-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.10.044

© 2019 The Authors This paper addresses the under-researched issue of stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions. A concise framework is proposed to aid critical reflection in the design and reporting of stakeholde... Read More about Stakeholder identification and engagement in problem structuring interventions.

Overnight momentum, informational shocks, and late informed trading in China (2019)
Journal Article
Gao, Y., Han, X., Li, Y., & Xiong, X. (2019). Overnight momentum, informational shocks, and late informed trading in China. International review of financial analysis, 66, 101394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101394

Based on high-frequency firm-level data, this paper uncovers new empirical patterns on intraday momentum in China. First, there exists a strong intraday momentum effect at the firm level. Second, the intraday predictability stems mainly from the over... Read More about Overnight momentum, informational shocks, and late informed trading in China.

Foreign institutional ownership and demand for accounting conservatism: evidence from an emerging market (2019)
Journal Article
Khalil, M., Ozkan, A., & Yildiz, Y. (2020). Foreign institutional ownership and demand for accounting conservatism: evidence from an emerging market. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 55(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-019-00834-3

© 2019, The Author(s). This study investigates how foreign institutional ownership interacts with accounting conservatism in an emerging market setting. We posit that weak investor protection and a high degree of information asymmetry between insider... Read More about Foreign institutional ownership and demand for accounting conservatism: evidence from an emerging market.

Technical trading and cryptocurrencies (2019)
Journal Article
Hudson, R., & Urquhart, A. (2019). Technical trading and cryptocurrencies. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03357-1

© 2019, The Author(s). This paper carries out a comprehensive examination of technical trading rules in cryptocurrency markets, using data from two Bitcoin markets and three other popular cryptocurrencies. We employ almost 15,000 technical trading ru... Read More about Technical trading and cryptocurrencies.

A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Salisu, A. A., Ndako, U. B., Adediran, I. A., & Swaray, R. (2020). A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective. North American journal of economics and finance, 51, Article 101056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101056

In this study, we analyse the behaviour of Islamic stocks from a global perspective covering an array of regional Islamic stock markets. Both the fractional integration and fractional cointegration techniques are employed. Thus, we are able to establ... Read More about A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective.

Capital adjustment cost and inconsistency in income-based dynamic panel models with fixed effects (2019)
Journal Article
Basu, P., Bhattarai, K., & Getachew, Y. (2019). Capital adjustment cost and inconsistency in income-based dynamic panel models with fixed effects. German Economic Review, 20(4), e1002-e1018. https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12202

After the seminal work of Nickell (1981), a vast literature demonstrates the inconsistency of ‘conditional convergence’ estimator in income-based dynamic panel models with fixed effects when the time horizon (T) is short but the sample of countries (... Read More about Capital adjustment cost and inconsistency in income-based dynamic panel models with fixed effects.

General Equilibrium Impacts of VAT and Corporate Income Tax in Thailand (2019)
Journal Article
Benjasak, C., & Bhattarai, K. (2019). General Equilibrium Impacts of VAT and Corporate Income Tax in Thailand. International Advances in Economic Research, 25(3), 263-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11294-019-09742-7

In this paper, a computable general equilibrium model of Thailand is constructed in order to assess economy-wide impacts of reforms in the value added tax (VAT) and corporate income tax (CIT) on welfare and reallocation of resources across production... Read More about General Equilibrium Impacts of VAT and Corporate Income Tax in Thailand.

The impact of foreignness on the compliance with cybersecurity controls (2019)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., Alhendi, E., & Xie, F. (2019). The impact of foreignness on the compliance with cybersecurity controls. Journal of world business : JWB, 54, Article 101012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101012

© 2019 This study examines whether and how foreignness affects internal auditors’ compliance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (the Standards) from social and culture perspective. It demonstrates that... Read More about The impact of foreignness on the compliance with cybersecurity controls.

Investigation of the institutional and decision-usefulness factors in the implementation of accrual accounting reforms in the public sector of Tanzania (2019)
Journal Article
Mbelwa, L. H., Adhikari, P., & Shahadat, K. (2019). Investigation of the institutional and decision-usefulness factors in the implementation of accrual accounting reforms in the public sector of Tanzania. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 9(3), 335-365. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAEE-01-2018-0005

Purpose: The paper investigates the factors which have resulted in the implementation of accrual accounting reforms ineffective in the central government of Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach: The paper relies on the ideas of institutional theory... Read More about Investigation of the institutional and decision-usefulness factors in the implementation of accrual accounting reforms in the public sector of Tanzania.

Application of Panel Data Models for Empirical Economic Analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Bhattarai, K. (2019). Application of Panel Data Models for Empirical Economic Analysis. In M. Tsionas (Ed.), Panel Data Econometrics : Empirical Applications (665-708). (https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780128158593/panel-data-econometrics). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815859-3.00021-4

This chapter reviews important applications of panel data models. The process of substitution of labor by capital as discussed in Karabarbounis and Neiman (2014) and Picketty (2014) have increased the capital share causing reduction in labor share of... Read More about Application of Panel Data Models for Empirical Economic Analysis.