International Journal of Emerging Markets: Volume 18 Issue 4

The differentiated impacts of external and internal financing on export: the firm-level evidence

Xiangyuan Meng, Xue Li, Wenyan Xiao, Jie Li

The authors provide firm-level evidence that external financing affects international trade in a way different from internal financing.

Culture and financial reporting quality in GCC countries: what do we know about tribal culture?

Saeed Rabea Baatwah, Khaled Salmen Aljaaidi, Ehsan Saleh Almoataz, Zalailah Salleh

Although the effect of culture on financial reporting practices has been addressed in earlier studies, the existing empirical evidence totally neglects an important dimension in…

Credit risk in dual banking systems: does competition matter? Empirical evidence

Mohsin Ali, Mudeer Ahmed Khattak, Nafis Alam

The study of credit risk has been of the utmost importance when it comes to measuring the soundness and stability of the banking system. Due to the growing importance of Islamic…

A multidimensional and hierarchical model of banking services and behavioral intentions of customers

Md. Alamgir Hossain, Nusrat Jahan, Minho Kim

Banking services encounter major challenges in determining customer's psychometric behavioral intentions. Scholars suggest that a theoretical approach to better understand the key…

Attenuating international financial shocks: the role of capital controls

Chokri Zehri

By reinforcing monetary policy independence, reducing international financing pressures and avoiding high-risk takings, capital controls strengthen the stability of the financial…

How does the internal capital market influence R&D spending? New evidence

Xin Xiang

The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how internal capital markets mitigate financial constraints and enhance firms' willingness to engage in R&D projects.

Exploring governments' role in mergers and acquisitions using IVIF MULTIMOORA-COPRAS technique

Evans Opoku-Mensah, Yuming Yin, Love Offeibea Asiedu-Ayeh, Dennis Asante, Priscilla Tuffour, Sandra Asantewaa Ampofo

Existing studies have found that most merger and acquisition (M&A) activities do not create the intended synergy. These studies have mainly investigated how firms' internal…

Financial and social efficiency analysis of Islamic microfinance institutions

Marwa Fersi, Mouna Boujelbène

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of credit risk-taking on financial and social efficiency and examine the relationship between credit risk, capital…

Intrinsic factors affecting online impulsive shopping during the COVID-19 in emerging markets

Rambabu Lavuri

In an emerging market, understanding shoppers' behavior in an online market is essential to developing online retail strategies. This research study examines the effects of…

Hedging stock market prices with WTI, Gold, VIX and cryptocurrencies: a comparison between DCC, ADCC and GO-GARCH models

Mohamed Fakhfekh, Ahmed Jeribi, Ahmed Ghorbel, Nejib Hachicha

In a first place, the present paper is designed to examine the dynamic correlations persistent between five cryptocurrencies, WTI, Gold, VIX and four stock markets (SP500, FTSE…

Is leverage a substitute or outcome for governance? Evidence from financial crises

Hasan Tekin, Ali Yavuz Polat

The authors investigate the impact of governance on the leverage of East Asian firms in the financial crisis context, in order to understand the puzzle whether debt acts as a…