Journal of Financial Economic Policy: Volume 13 Issue 3

Momentum strategies in times of economic policy uncertainty

Jessica Paule-Vianez, Júlio Lobão, Raúl Gómez-Martínez, Camilo Prado-Román

This paper aims to evaluate the influence of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the momentum effect, analysing its influence depending on the economic cycle and in different…

Opportunity zones: do tax benefits go to the most distressed communities?

James R. Barth, Yanfei Sun, Shen Zhang

The exact criteria used by state governors for choosing opportunity zones (OZs) are not publicly available. This paper aims to examine whether state governors selected the most…

Cross-country income variations and inclusive financing

Muhammad Nabeel Safdar, Tian Lin, Saba Amin

This study, a symposium, aims to explore the determinants of financial inclusion, impact of cross-country income-variations on financial inclusion, do high-income countries really…

Equity market-related economic uncertainty and the “economic contagion phenomenon”

Rexford Abaidoo, Ayodele Alade

This study examines potential causal interactions between a dominant economy and its trading partners, with the view of verifying surmised economic contagion effects traditionally…

The bright side of geopolitical risk: evidence from Chinese firms

Ha Kieu Oanh, Khanh Hoang

The paper aims to investigate whether firms invest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a risk protection mechanism as the response to increased geopolitical risk (GPR).

Earnings management, policy uncertainty and firm life cycle stages: evidence from publicly traded companies in the USA and Brazil

Carolina Magda da Silva Roma, Luiz Cláudio Louzada, Paula Magda da Silva Roma, Hiromitsu Goto, Wataru Souma

This paper aims to investigate the combined effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and the firm life cycle on the degree of accrual-based earnings management of publicly…

Financial inclusion determinants and impediments in India: insights from the global financial inclusion index

Arif Billah Dar, Farid Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to understand the determinants of financial inclusion and the determinants of barriers to financial inclusion in India. Also, the purpose is to…