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2013 - 2026

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Volume 14, issue 5, 2026

The Influence of Operational Efficiency (SFA Modeling), Credit Risk, and Third-Party Funds on Stock Prices with Financial Performance as a Mediating Variable pp. 1-25

Satria Amiputra Amimakmur, Sutrisno T, Aulia Fuad Rahman and Sari Atmini

Do Credit and Liquidity Risks Interact to Shape Bank Stability? Evidence from an Emerging Banking System pp. 1-16

Sana’ Atari, Ruaa Bin Saddig and Bahaa Subhi Awwad

The Impact of Voluntary IFRS Adoption on Financial Reporting Quality and Firm Value: Evidence from Listed Firms in Vietnam pp. 1-16

Ngoc Giau Nguyen and Ngoc Tien Nguyen

Financial Adaptability and Firm Performance Under Macroeconomic Shocks: Evidence from a Commodity-Dependent Emerging Economy pp. 1-23

Khurelbaatar Ganbat, Tsolmon Sodnomdavaa, Asralt Buyantsogt and Ganbat Dangaa

Temporal Dynamics of Market Microstructure in Cryptocurrency Perpetual Futures: Econometric Evidence from Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges pp. 1-18

Petar Zhivkov, Venelin Todorov and Slavi Georgiev

Unsupervised Machine Learning-Based Financial Anomalies, ESG, and Accounting Conservatism pp. 1-18

Prawat Benyasrisawat and Pakawat Kuboonya-arags

Banking Sector Stability and Economic Growth in Ethiopia: The Two-Step System GMM Analysis pp. 1-26

Daba Geremew, Seid Muhammed and Prihoda Emese

The Double-Edged Effect of Bank Revenue Diversification: Insights from an Emerging Market pp. 1-21

Nour Alouane and Samira Haddou

The Influence of Board Attributes on Tax Avoidance and Firm’s Performance pp. 1-15

Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Akram Naseem, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Faisal Qadeer and Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad

Volume 14, issue 4, 2026

Editorial for Special Issue “Sustainable Investing and Financial Services” pp. 1-5

Michael C. S. Wong

Digital Reputation Risk Disclosure and Firm Value: Novel Evidence Using Textual Analysis of Saudi Non-Financial Listed Companies pp. 1-26

Khaled Muhammad Hosni Sobehy, Lassaad Ben Mahjoub and Ahmed Gomaa Ahmed Radwan

The Integration-Contagion Paradox: Global Linkages and Crisis Transmission in South Asian Stock Markets pp. 1-18

Dinesh Gajurel and Bharat Singh Thapa

The Effects of Technology and Liquidity on Bank Capital Structure pp. 1-18

Ndonwabile Zimasa Mabandla

What Explains Bitcoin Volatility? Evidence from an Extended HAR Framework pp. 1-13

Zhaoying Lu and Yuanju Fang

Expectations, Credibility, and the Persistence of Currency Substitution pp. 1-13

Mohammad Alawin

Artificial Intelligence in Banking Risk Management: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 1-28

Laura Aibolovna Kuanova and Aizhan Nartaiqyzy Otegen

Crowding Out or Ricardian Behaviour? Evidence from South Africa pp. 1-23

Kazeem Abimbola Sanusi and Zandri Dickason-Koekemoer

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Digital Euro and Its Implications for Uncovered and Covered Deposits pp. 1-23

Mattia Calosci, Antonino Crisafulli, Mattia Giantomassi and Saverio Giorgio

Perceived Cognitive Assistance in LLM-Augmented Retail Trading: Construct Definition and Content Validation pp. 1-23

Dmitrii Gimmelberg and Iveta Ludviga

Financial and Collaborative Drivers of Green Innovation Investment Quality in Heavily Polluting Firms: A Quadruple Helix Configuration Analysis pp. 1-23

Puxuan Wang, Shuangjin Wang, Maggie Foley and Jingjing Li

Predicting the Volatility of Cryptocurrencies’ Returns Using High-Frequency Data: A Comparative Analysis of GARCH, EGARCH, IGARCH, GJR-GARCH, LRE, and HAR Models pp. 1-36

Abdulrahman Alsamaani and Huda Aldhahi

The Risk Premia from the European Equity Market: An Application of the Three-Pass Estimation Methodology pp. 1-27

Elisa Ossola and Irina Trifan

Observation of Tax Transparency Reporting by Top 40 JSE-Listed Firms pp. 1-27

Nontuthuko Khanyile and Masibulele Phesa

Gender Dynamics and Banks’ Performance: Does Cybersecurity Disclosure Matter? Evidence from Jordan pp. 1-20

Maha Shehadeh, Omar Arabiat, Hashem Alshurafat, Khaled Hussainey and Abdalmuttaleb M. A. Musleh Al-Sartawi

Non-Linear Effects of REER Misalignment on Banking Stability: New Evidence from Emerging Countries pp. 1-20

Nouredine Belhadj and Sami Ben Mim

Do Technical Indicators Enhance the Predictability of the Equity Market Risk Premium? Evidence from Korea pp. 1-25

Hyunah Lee and Sungju Chun

The Impact of ESG Performance on Non-Performing Loans, Capital Adequacy, Liquidity Risk, and Net Balance Sheet Position in Banks pp. 1-25

Ayşegül Ciğer, Filiz Yetiz and Bülent Kınay

Augmented Finance for Climate Action: A Systematic Review of AI, IoT, and Blockchain Applications in Sustainable Finance pp. 1-25

Nadia Mansour

Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance: A Bibliometric Analysis of Emerging Trends, Sustainability, and Digital Transformation pp. 1-19

Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, Uswa Imran, Farah Naz and Ayesha Irfan

A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm with Learning-to-Rank-to-Optimization for US Equity Portfolio Construction pp. 1-46

Ferdinantos Kottas

Sustainability Reporting Between Financial Market Forces and Regulatory Mandates: A Global Bibliometric Analysis pp. 1-29

Anissa Naouar, Hajer Zarrouk and Teheni El Ghak

Geopolitical Risks and Global Stock Market Dynamics: A Quantile-Based Approach pp. 1-29

Adrian-Gabriel Enescu and Monica Răileanu Szeles

From Knowledge to Choice: How Financial Literacy Shapes Decision Making Through Behavioral Finance Mechanisms—A Systematic Bibliometric Study pp. 1-24

Antonija Mandić, Katerina Fotova Čiković and Tanja Jakšić

Volume 14, issue 3, 2026

Board Gender Diversity and the Value Effect of Climate Change Reporting: Empirical Evidence from an Emerging Market pp. 1-19

Musaab Alnaim and Abdelmoneim Bahyeldin Mohamed Metwally

From Risk to Resourcefulness: How Does Financial Uncertainty Shape Waste Management and Circularity? pp. 1-22

Afef Slama and Imen Khelil

A Novel AI-Based Trading Framework for Futures Markets: Evidence from the MTX Case Study pp. 1-22

Yu-Heng Hsieh, Chiung-Han Lai and Shyan-Ming Yuan

A Hierarchical Signal-to-Policy Learning Framework for Risk-Aware Portfolio Optimization pp. 1-41

Jiayang Yu and Kuo-Chu Chang

Managerial Myopia, Willingness for Proactive Risk-Taking, and Digital Transformation in Commercial Banks: Evidence from China pp. 1-30

Yuanyuan Huo, Shengnan Wang and Wenlong Miao

From ESG Alignment to Value: Post-Merger ESG Dynamics and Market Valuation in Global M&As pp. 1-44

Selin Kamiloğlu and Elif Güneren Genç

False Reality Bias in Treasury Management pp. 1-17

Óscar de los Reyes Marín, Iria Paz Gil, Jose Torres-Pruñonosa and Raul Gómez-Martínez

Mapping Firm Debt and Productivity with Spatial Analysis in the Visegrad Countries pp. 1-21

Beáta Reider-Pesti, Alex Suta and Árpád Tóth

Trends in Capital Structure: A Bibliometric Analysis to Support the Construction of Decision-Support Methodologies pp. 1-21

José Matheus Ferreira Gomes dos Passos, Marcelo Nunes Fonseca, Rodrigo Martins Baptista, Wilson Toshiro Nakamura and Jonas Poutilho de Morais Pereira

Financial Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Review with Text Mining and Natural Language Processing pp. 1-21

Eveling Sussety Balcazar-Paiva, Alexander Fernando Haro-Sarango and Juan Amilcar Villanueva-Calderón

Liquidity, Leverage and Financial Performance Nexus: Insights from Sub-Saharan Africa’s Healthcare Sector pp. 1-15

Ayuba Zakka Dangs, Stephen Aanu Ojeka, Ahmad Bukola Uthman and Lucky O. Onmonya

Banking Efficiency Under Systemic Uncertainty: A Bibliometric Lens on Sustainability pp. 1-37

Alina Georgiana Manta, Claudia Gherțescu, Roxana Maria Bădîrcea and Nicoleta Mihaela Doran

Interpretable Deep Learning for REIT Return Forecasting: A Comparative Study of LSTM, TVP–VAR Proxy, and SHAP-Based Explanations pp. 1-33

Eddy Suprihadi, Nevi Danila, Zaiton Ali and Gede Pramudya Ananta

Corporate Governance Role in Greenwashing and Firm Value Nexus pp. 1-26

Islahuddin Islahuddin, Yossi Diantimala, Zera Ayudiastika and Muhammad Putra Aprullah

Governance and Fiscal Sustainability: Evidence from Developed and Emerging Economies pp. 1-26

Seydou Nourou Ndiaye, Zakari-yaou Doulla Harouna, Adama Sow Badji and Babacar Sène

Regime- and Tail-Dependent Performance of CVaR-Based Portfolio Strategies in Cryptocurrencies pp. 1-18

Tsolmon Sodnomdavaa

Bond–Stock Price Comovements: Evidence from the 1960s to the 1990s pp. 1-18

Willem Thorbecke

Digital Accounting and Financial Performance of MSMEs in Indonesia: The Mediating Role of Digital Innovation pp. 1-18

Maryanti, Mediaty, Andi Harmoko Arifin and Anis Anshari Mas’ud

Beyond the Playing Field: Financial Literacy Competencies for Professional Athletes in Team Sports pp. 1-16

Jaco Moolman

A Cointegrating Linkage of Financial Inclusion, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries pp. 1-16

Morgak Kassem Golpet, Patricia Lindelwa Makoni and Godfrey Marozva

Does Hyperbolic Discounting Mediate the Association Between Financial Literacy and Investment in Risky Assets? pp. 1-16

Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan and Yoshihiko Kadoya

Governance and Financial Outcomes of ESG Implementation in Tourism Enterprises: A Case Study from Greece pp. 1-27

Alexandros Garefalakis, Filia Stratidaki, Erasmia Angelaki, Danai Antonaki and Christos Papademetriou

Chaotic Scaling and Network Turbulence in Crude Oil-Equity Systems Using a Coupled Multiscale Chaos Index pp. 1-27

Arash Sioofy Khoojine, Lin Xiao, Hao Chen and Congyin Wang

Reconceptualizing Central Bank Transparency: A Multidimensional Index and Its Implications for International Equity Portfolio Allocation pp. 1-25

Sana Bhiri and Houda BenMabrouk

Poverty Dynamics Under Changing Measurement Frameworks: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam pp. 1-25

Phuc Tran Nguyen

Modeling the Probability of Default Term Structure Using Different Methodologies Under IFRS 9 pp. 1-31

Kgotso Rudolf Moremoholo, Sandile Charles Shongwe and Frans Frederick Koning

Volume 14, issue 2, 2026

Efficiency, Concentration, and Diversification: Portfolio Lessons from Indian Technology Equities pp. 1-20

Davinder K. Malhotra, Shaurya Batra and Rahul Singh

Institutional Investors, Dividend Policy, and Idiosyncratic Volatility: Evidence from European Equity Markets pp. 1-20

Adrian-Gabriel Enescu and Monica Răileanu Szeles

Creative Accounting Practices and Their Perceived and Actual Impact on Financial Reporting: Evidence from Romanian Listed Companies pp. 1-31

Adriana Horaicu, Victor Munteanu, Marilena-Roxana Zuca, Gabriel Cucui, Luiza Ionescu, Mihaela-Denisa Coman and Aura-Oana Mustățea

ESG Integration and the Financial Stability Trade-Off in Emerging Markets pp. 1-27

Luis Ángel Meneses Cerón, Julián Mauricio Gómez López, Yudith Cristina Caicedo Domínguez and Juana Patricia Diaz Olaya

Taxes, Growth, and Equity: The Illusions of Fiscal Policy pp. 1-23

Anil Hira, Tim Swartz and Jiguo Cao

Quantile–Frequency Connectedness Among Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, and Blue Economy Markets pp. 1-28

Imen Jellouli

How Does Artificial Intelligence Reshape Bank Profitability in China?—Evidence from a Multi-Period Difference-in-Differences Model pp. 1-28

Xiaoli Li, Dongsheng Zhang, Na Zeng and Defeng Meng

Financial Information Quality Between Numerical Accuracy and Comprehensibility: Effects on Investment Decisions in the Context of the Bucharest Stock Exchange pp. 1-16

Daniela Mogîldea and Mihai Carp

CSR Disclosure and the Zero-Leverage Phenomenon: Evidence from Pakistan Listed Firms pp. 1-16

Affaf Asghar Butt, Aamer Shahzad, Sadia Anis, Luís Miguel Marques and Flávio Morais

Index of the Cycle of Money: The Case of Cyprus pp. 1-26

Constantinos Challoumis, Nikolaos Eriotis and Dimitrios Vasiliou

The Impact of Gender on Tax Compliance in Southern Albania pp. 1-10

Blerina Dervishaj and Melaize Gropa

Particle Swarm Optimization with Stretching and Clustering for Asset Allocation pp. 1-44

Julien Chevallier

Exploring the Impact of Executives’ Digital Attention on Corporate Sustainable Development: Evidence from China pp. 1-30

Quan Zhang, Yichuan Wang, Le Zhu and Suying Song

Macro-Financial Blind Spots in Emerging Markets: Non-Bank Intermediation, Funding Liquidity, and the Persistence of Global Shock Transmission pp. 1-17

Gustavo Henrique Rodrigues Pessoa and Ricardo Ratner Rochman

Campus Affinity Card Agreements Under the CARD Act: Portfolio Scale, Governance, and the Limits of Transparency pp. 1-17

Peter G. Kreysa

Online Search Activity and Market Reaction to Earnings Announcements pp. 1-21

Saurabh Ahluwalia

Bankruptcy Law Reform and Its Impact on Firms’ Borrowing: A South Asian Experience pp. 1-21

Swati Kumaria Puri, Jiali Fang, Udomsak Wongchoti and Wei Hao

Enhancing Intraday Momentum Prediction: The Role of Volume-Based Information Uncertainty in the Chinese Stock Market pp. 1-21

Decheng Yang and Qiang He

The Impact of EPU on the Relation Between International Oil Price Shocks and the Chinese Stock Market: Industry and Transnational Perspectives pp. 1-12

Xin Huang and Yang Gao

Financial Risk Prediction Models Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance Factors: A Systematic Review pp. 1-46

Cristina Caro-González, Daniel Jato-Espino and Yudith Cardinale

Digital Financial Literacy and Investment Grip: A Study of Japanese Active Investors pp. 1-22

Aliyu Ali Bawalle, Sumeet Lal, Mostafa Saidur Rahim Khan and Yoshihiko Kadoya

Industry Expertise of Independent Directors and Firm Misconduct: Evidence from China pp. 1-22

Huiling Tang, Shili Tang and Jiyuan Li

Drivers of Net Interest Margin in Ethiopia’s Banking Sector pp. 1-19

Seid Muhammed, Douglas Mwirigi and Prihoda Emese

Understanding Millennials’ Financial Behavior: The Role of Fintech Adoption, Financial Literacy, and the Mediating Effect of Financial Attitudes in a Crisis-Affected Emerging Economy pp. 1-19

Dani Aoun, Rita Rahal, Layal Sfeir and Nada Jabbour Al Maalouf

The Relevance of Expected Shortfall Models in Different Time Window Sizes pp. 1-19

Marcelo Fukui and Leonardo Fernando Cruz Basso

Exploring Market Efficiency with GRU-D Neural Networks: Evidence from Global Stock Markets pp. 1-19

Abdelhamid Ben Jbara, Marjène Rabah Gana and Mejda Dakhlaoui

Volume 14, issue 1, 2026

Comparative Analysis of Tail Risk in Emerging and Developed Equity Markets: An Extreme Value Theory Perspective pp. 1-34

Sthembiso Dlamini and Sandile Charles Shongwe

A Momentum-Based Normalization Framework for Generating Profitable Analyst Sentiment Signals pp. 1-34

Shawn McCarthy and Gita Alaghband

The Financial Lobster Bias pp. 1-19

Óscar De los Reyes Marín, Iria Paz Gil, Jose Torres-Pruñonosa and Raúl Gómez-Martínez

The Impact of Philanthropic Donations on Corporate Future Stock Returns Under the Sustainable Development Philosophy—From the Perspective of ESG Rating Constraints pp. 1-19

Yunqiao Chen, Yawen Wang and Cunjing Liu

Design and Evaluation of Machine Learning-Based Investment Strategies in Equity Funds pp. 1-22

Danillo Guimarães Cassiano da Silva, Estaner Claro Romão and Fabiano Fernandes Bargos

Has IPO Market Structure Fundamentally Changed? Evidence from Negative Binomial Regression with Structural Breaks pp. 1-12

Michael D. Herley

Correction: Moreno-Menéndez et al. (2025). Improving Financial Sustainability Through Effective Credit Risk Management and Human Talent Development in Microfinance Institutions. International Journal of Financial Studies, 13 (2), 60 pp. 1-1

Fabricio Miguel Moreno-Menéndez, Vicente González-Prida, Diana Pariona-Amaya, Victoriano Eusebio Zacarías-Rodríguez, Víctor Zacarías-Vallejos, Sara Ricardina Zacarías-Vallejos, Luis Alberto Aguilar-Cuevas and Lisette Paola Campos-Carpena

A Review of Gender-Inclusive Green Microfinance Business Models in Tunisia: A Business Model Canvas Perspective pp. 1-24

Nadia Mansour

How Environmental Uncertainty Drives Asymmetric Mispricing in China: Dual Channels and Heterogeneous Media Effect pp. 1-24

Shuya Hu and Shengnian Wang

AI, Security, and Trust in the Digital Wallet: Evidence from Current Romanian FinTech Users pp. 1-29

Bianca-Eugenia Bodorin and Eliza Ciobanu

Corporate Governance Structures and Firm Value: The Mediating Role of Financial Distress in ASEAN Construction Companies pp. 1-17

Anton Firdaus, Nunuy Nur Afiah, Harry Suharman and Tettet Fitrijanti

Market Structure, Efficiency, and the Quest for Banking Performance: New Insights from an Evolving Banking Market pp. 1-17

Naveed Khan, Muhammad Asim Afridi, Muhammad Tahir and Umar Burki

Quantum-Based Method to Estimate Future Tax Compositions: Application to the Case of Foreign Trade in Mexico pp. 1-18

Sergio Lagunas-Puls and Oliver Cruz-Milán

Sustainability Practices and Capital Costs: Evidence from Banks and Financial Technology Firms in Global Markets pp. 1-18

Raminta Vaitiekuniene and Alfreda Sapkauskiene

Lender of Last Resort and Financial Systemic Risks in Times of Economic Stability: Evidence from 55 Countries pp. 1-18

Wenlong Miao, Yuxian Ma and Yuanyuan Huo

Risk Aversion, Self-Control, Commitment Savings Device and Benchmark-Defined Undersaving Among Nano Enterprises in Urban Slums: A Logistic Regression Approach pp. 1-26

Edward A. Osifodunrin and José Dias Lopes

Distance to Governance Regulatory on Financial Performance: Evidence from Managerial Disclosure Activities at Vietnam pp. 1-33

Thi Ngoc Anh Nguyen and Hail Jung

Information-Neutral Hedging of Derivatives Under Market Impact and Manipulation Risk pp. 1-28

Behzad Alimoradian, Karim Barigou and Anne Eyraud

Workforce Shocks and Financial Markets: Asset Pricing Perspectives pp. 1-23

Samreen Akhtar, Jyoti Agarwal, Alam Ahmad, Refia Wiquar and Mohd Shahid Ali

A Bibliometric Analysis of Digital Financial Literacy and Its Role in Reducing Online Financial Fraud in the European Union pp. 1-23

Carol Wangari Maina, Mahdi Imani Bashokoh and Diána Koponicsné Györke

Influence of ESG on Credit Growth: Moderating Effects of Islamic Bank and Size in MENA pp. 1-27

Aysha Alhamrani, Atif Awoad and Mohamed Albaity

Can Soybean Tariff Shocks Trigger Abnormal Asymmetric Phenomena in Futures Markets? Evidence from the 2025 U.S.–China Trade Friction pp. 1-25

Arthur Walter Chen and Zichen Zhang

Financing Startups and Impact Investing: Evidence Across MENA Countries pp. 1-25

Slim Mseddi

Systemic Operational Risk in Morocco’s Banking Sector: An Empirical Analysis Using Panel VAR pp. 1-20

Kawtar El Khadi and Zakaria Firano