Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science , Open Access

Foreign direct investment and local interpretable model-agnostic explanations: a rational framework for FDI decision making

Devesh Singh

This study aims to examine foreign direct investment (FDI) factors and develops a rational framework for FDI inflow in Western European countries such as France, Germany, the…

Impact of private and public initiatives on individuals' employment and income during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Peru

Samuel Arturo Mongrut, Vivian Cruz, Daniela Pacussich

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of private and public initiatives (financial literacy, entrepreneurship, remote work and government aid) on individual job…

Impact of competition and concentration on bank income smoothing in Central and Eastern European countries

Albulena Shala, Peterson K. Ozili, Skender Ahmeti

This study examines the impact of competition and concentration on bank income smoothing in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Do credit risks deter FDI? Empirical evidence from the SAARC countries

Md Badrul Alam, Muhammad Tahir, Norulazidah Omar Ali

This paper makes a novel attempt to estimate the potential impact of credit risk on foreign direct investment (FDI hereafter), thereby focusing on a completely unexplored area in…

SMEs growth and profitability, productivity and debt relationships

Zélia Serrasqueiro, Beatriz Pinto, Filipe Sardo

This study aims to seek to analyse the relationships between profitability, productivity, external debt and growth in SMEs. The authors also analyse firm size and age as…

The specific factors of heterogeneity characterizing investors' beliefs

Hajer Chenini, Anis Jarboui

A separate study of the different behavioral biases does not allow for a full understanding of the complexity and stability of the heterogeneity of beliefs. Therefore, through a…

Ownership structure and agency costs: evidence from the insurance industry in Jordan

Mohammad Tayeh, Rafe’ Mustafa, Adel Bino

This study investigated the impact of corporate ownership structure on agency costs in the insurance industry.

Types of organizational culture and sustainability in ecotourism businesses in southern Mexico

Efraín Medina-Álvarez, Patricia S. Sánchez-Medina

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the relationship between different types of organizational culture (hierarchical, clan or group, market or…

Behavioural finance: the decoy effect on stock investment decisions

Bruno Uekane Okumura, Tabajara Pimenta Júnior, Márcia Mitie Durante Maemura, Luiz Eduardo Gaio, Rafael Confetti Gatsios

This study aims to investigate the occurrence of the decoy effect in stock investment decisions based on fundamental analysis.

A count model of financial inclusion in Ghana: evidence from living standards surveys

Haruna Issahaku, Munira Alhassan Muhammed, Benjamin Musah Abu

This paper aims to estimate the determinants of the intensity of use of financial inclusion by households in Ghana.

Economic integration and stock market linkages: evidence from South Africa and BRIC

Thabo J. Gopane

This study examines the impact of regional economic integration (REI) on stock market linkages in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) economic bloc. In this…

Institutional ownership, earnings management and earnings surprises: evidence from 39 years of U.S. data

Justin G. Davis, Miguel García-Cestona

As the influence of institutional investors over managerial decision-making grows, so does the importance of understanding the effect of institutional investor ownership (IO) on…

Spillovers between cryptocurrencies, gold and stock markets: implication for hedging strategies and portfolio diversification under the COVID-19 pandemic

Ahlem Lamine, Ahmed Jeribi, Tarek Fakhfakh

This study analyzes the static and dynamic risk spillover between US/Chinese stock markets, cryptocurrencies and gold using daily data from August 24, 2018, to January 29, 2021…

Estimation of the aggregate import demand function for Mexico: a cointegration analysis

José Antonio Romero Tellaeche, Rodrigo Aliphat

This study estimated total import demand elasticities concerning income, import prices and domestic prices. A high propensity to import constitutes a significant obstacle to…

Corruption's effect on BRICS countries' economic growth: a panel data analysis

Beatrice D. Simo-Kengne, Siphiwo Bitterhout

The theoretical debate of corruption's impact on economic growth remains unsettled, making it an empirical question. This study aims to investigate corruption's effect on BRICS…

A recent review on optimisation methods applied to credit scoring models

Elias Shohei Kamimura, Anderson Rogério Faia Pinto, Marcelo Seido Nagano

This paper aims to present a literature review of the most recent optimisation methods applied to Credit Scoring Models (CSMs).

The effect of gender and code of ethics on budgetary slack ethical judgment: experimental evidence from Indonesia

Jurica Lucyanda, Mahfud Sholihin

This research aims to study budgetary slack from a behavioural perspective, especially examining the effect of gender and code of ethics on budgetary slack ethical judgment.

The impact of omnichannel integrated marketing communications (IMC) on product and retail service satisfaction

Vera Butkouskaya, Olga Oyner, Sergey Kazakov

This study reviewed three customer-perceived components of integrated marketing communications (IMCs): consistency, interactivity and connectivity, as predictors of positive…