Outputs (21)

Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care (2024)
Journal Article
Syed, Z., Eskandari, R., Yazdifar, H., & Ogundele, B. 0. (2024). Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care. #Journal not on list, 15(4), 550-572. https://doi.org/10.1504/JIBED.2023.138091

Do foreign investors care about promoting sustainable entrepreneurship and development? We find little evidence indicating that they do care. Our findings suggest foreign investors prefer nations with less punitive carbon emission regimes. Another wo... Read More about Sustainable Development and Enterprise: Do Foreign Investors Care.

Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions (2024)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Batiz-Lazo, B., & Eskandari, R. (2024). Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions. Research in International Business and Finance, 70(A), 102306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102306

Research Question/Issue This study investigates whether greater board diversity and looser social network ties have an impact on board independence and risk-taking in US financial institutions from 2010 to 2022.The... Read More about Does Board Diversity Mitigate Risk? The Effect of Homophily and Social Ties on Risk-Taking in Financial Institutions.

Earnings Management, Earnings Quality, and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Panel Data Analysis (2024)
Thesis

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a major priority for many companies in recent years. With increased attention placed on CSR, many questions have been raised as to whether it can help mitigate earnings management. The current research... Read More about Earnings Management, Earnings Quality, and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Panel Data Analysis.

Corporate Governance, Emerging Technology, and Banks' Performance In G7 Countries:Three Essays (2024)
Thesis

This thesis consists of three essays on corporate governance (CG) and performance of banks in G7 countries. The first essay
empirically investigates the effect of CG practises on banks’ financial performance using Return-On-Assets, Return-On-Equity,... Read More about Corporate Governance, Emerging Technology, and Banks' Performance In G7 Countries:Three Essays.

Revisiting corporate governance and financial risk‐taking (2023)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Eskandari, R., Eshraghi, A., & Yazdifar, H. (2023). Revisiting corporate governance and financial risk‐taking. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 29(4), 4787-4812. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2896

AbstractCorporate governance attributes have varying effects on risk taking when variables are examined separately. We study the effects of a large range of corporate governance attributes on risk taking using a comprehensive US sample. Our findings... Read More about Revisiting corporate governance and financial risk‐taking.

Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators (2023)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Eskandari, R., & Yazdifar, H. (2023). Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 61(2), 601-631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-023-01158-z

This paper reiterates the importance of corporate governance in banks. Failure prediction studies have mainly relied on using financial ratios as predictors. The most suitable financial predictors for banks are financial ratios following the CAMEL ra... Read More about Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators.

Determinants of quality sustainability reporting practices in the financial services sector: evidence from G7 countries (2022)
Thesis
Oluwadebi, J. Determinants of quality sustainability reporting practices in the financial services sector: evidence from G7 countries. (Thesis). University of Salford

The financial services sector has been seen as an alien to sustainability reporting due to
the nature of the services the sector provides. However, in recent years, there are
increasing pressure on the financial services sector to include environme... Read More about Determinants of quality sustainability reporting practices in the financial services sector: evidence from G7 countries.

Essays on corporate governance of financial institutions in the United States (2022)
Thesis
Aljalahma, N. Essays on corporate governance of financial institutions in the United States. (Thesis). University of Salford

Despite the importance of corporate governance in financial institutions, it remains an under researched area. Thus, this research includes three studies that examine the significant characteristics of corporate governance for financial institutions.... Read More about Essays on corporate governance of financial institutions in the United States.

Hybrid optimisation and formation of index tracking portfolio in TSE (2022)
Thesis
Assadi, M. Hybrid optimisation and formation of index tracking portfolio in TSE. (Thesis). University of Salford

Asset allocation and portfolio optimisation are some of the most important steps in an investors decision making process. In order to manage uncertainty and maximise returns, it is assumed that active investment is a zero-sum game. It is possible how... Read More about Hybrid optimisation and formation of index tracking portfolio in TSE.

Political connections and seasoned equity offerings (2021)
Journal Article
Nnadi, M., Sorwar, G., Eskandari, R., & Chizema, A. (2021). Political connections and seasoned equity offerings. Journal of Banking and Finance, 133, 106312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2021.106312

This study examines the impact of political connections on seasoned equity offerings. Using seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) from 2001 to 2018 in the USA, we find that politically connected issuers enjoy a lower cost of seasoned equity issuance than... Read More about Political connections and seasoned equity offerings.