Finance Research Letters

2004 - 2026

Current editor(s): R. Gençay

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Volume 100, issue C, 2026

Distal stakeholders and enterprise innovation: Evidence from multidimensional attention

Rongda Chen, Wenhao Xiao, Zheng Tian, Wenyan Hu and Feng Xu

The sports industry as an engine of economic growth: A financial development perspective

Rongjiao Hu, Xingci Yang and Ze Xu

Financial technology innovation, data transparency, and the quality of corporate financing: An empirical inquiry based on financial economic data

Boyu He, Zimeng Li, Gongyu Ke and Yuhan Zhang

Human resource service industry and regional economic growth

Yang Long, YanPing Li, Xiaotong Yu and Siqi Zou

The impact of abolishing shareholder perks on dividend policy: Evidence from Japan

Yoshiaki Matsuura

The market value of political alignment: Recent U.S. evidence

Bilal Hafeez, Onur Kemal Tosun and Arman Eshraghi

Trading on record-breaking monthly revenue announcements

Chun-Chuan Lai, Wei-Hsuan Tsai, Yueh-Neng Lin and Anchor Y. Lin

Intellectual property protection, collateral value of intangible assets, and cost of debt

Zhijun Yang

U.S. Monetary policy financial spillovers and the time-varying impact on China’s real financing costs

Nan Feng and Jinfeng Cai

Incorporating data resources into financial statements and manufacturing enterprise debt financing: Evidence from China

Zhongsheng Zhou, Jingyao Zhang and Ning Tang

Do whistleblowing allegations affect the cost of debt?

Qu Deng, Donghui Li, Zhi Li and Zeyu Sun

Digital finance development and regional public cultural service construction

Yanbo Wang

Climate accelerator: Physical risk intensifies spillovers between banking and real economy sectors

Wenna Fan, Feng Wang and Hao Zhang

Blockholder network centrality and strategic environmental disclosure

Jianing Liu, Yuanyuan Man, Youwei Li and Runze Wang

Natural disasters reveal firms’ true colors: Evidence from China’s A-share listed firms

Jianjun Sun, Chao Zhang, Hongtao Liu, Tahira Naz and Nannan Zu

Cyber risk under stress: Bank cyber shocks and systemic fragility

Masayoshi Chida, Seohyun Kim and Naoyuki Yoshino

Global risk versus financial integration in portfolio bond flows

Ye Jin Heo

Does interest rate liberalization promote the credit behavior of commercial banks: From the perspectives of capital regulation and business innovation

Mo Chen and Xiaosha Wei

From corporate social responsibility to higher product quality: Unpacking the U-shaped relationship through resource allocation and efficiency

Jin Zhou, Hongguang Sui and Mingxiang Gao

Environmental litigation, social attention, and corporate value: Evidence from China

Miao Wang, Zhihui Wang, Yuxin Feng and Chao Feng

Artificial intelligence, financial resource allocation, and the service capacity of sports research institutions

Chang Liu, Jingke Gao and Ziyuan Liu

Sports participation and commercial insurance demand

Siyuan He and Xueying Yao

Financial decentralization, fiscal institutions, and development quality: Evidence from China

Yongli Chen, Jinpeng Yin, Zhicheng Wan and Ruofan Wu

Stepping over corporate venture capital’s toeholds: do third-party acquirers benefit from CVC’s involvement in their targets?

Saira Latif and Yi Yang

Artificial intelligence penetration, talent development, and employment rate: Insights from social financial support mechanisms

Jia He and Lu Tong

Media attention, digital finance, and stock price crash risk: evidence from film and television companies

Jianhua Jiang, Mohd Nor Shahizan Ali and Wan Amizah Wan Mahmud

Exposure to government agencies: Impacts on corporate cash holdings and capital investments

Huiyi Zhu, Yeuthong Tham and Yuni Yuningsih

Are debt-to-equity swaps a win-win strategy in corporate bankruptcy reorganization? Evidence from China

Chaoyi Huang and Zhongxu Ji

The impact of judicial reforms on corporate financing costs: Evidence from specialized bankruptcy courts

Jie Li, Xinsi Zheng and Xiaoyu Sun

Digital Infrastructure Construction and household risky financial market participation

Rui Zheng, Rundong Guo, Xiaoqing Sun and Jiayi Liu

The impact of logistics service standardization on corporate cost stickiness: Evidence from China

Chao Hu, Zhaohui Zhu and Yicheng Chen

Digital economy development and global value chain resilience

Jinming Wang and Xin Zhang

Cultural secrecy, corruption, and earnings management

Alexandru Todea, Daniel Gheorghe Stuparu and Anita Mihaela Todea

Does improving judicial process effectiveness relieve the maturity mismatch between corporate investment and financing? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment

Xiuli Deng and Juan Gao

Sustainable exploitation equilibria for dynamic games with irreversible failure

Nicholas H. Kirk

Employee digital competence, financial technology, and enhancement of employee performance in enterprises

Meng Chai, Doris Hooi-Ten Wong and Ming Yuan

Mandatory disclosure in oligopolistic market making

Seongjin Kim and Jin Hyuk Choi

Can REITs alleviate local government debt burden? Evidence from China’s pilot program

Jialin Wen, Yicheng Wei and Yifu Wang

Valuation of proof-of-stake and smart contract cryptocurrencies

Huayuan Dong, Marko Hans Weber and Yao Xiao

Dynamic effects of financial openness and capital account controls on economic growth

Xiaohua Liu, Bianling Zhang, Caoyuan Zhao and Yusheng Li

Social media echo chambers and stock price volatility: Evidence from Chinese investor forums

Jianxiang Zhang, Maoguang Wang and Xinzi Xia

The effects of cross-border acquisitions on acquirers’ environmental performance: the mediating role of overseas market expansion and green innovation

Yuhuilin Chen and Miao Wang

Do investors care about climate commitments? evidence from Net Zero Banking Alliance withdrawals

Yudi Hartanto, Dirk G. Baur and Liu, Zhangxin (Frank)

Is the grass always greener on the other side? Investor regret and equity returns in developed yet illiquid markets

Anh Tuan Le, Harvey Nguyen, Cuong Nguyen and Baiding Hu

Liquidity depth and information efficiency: High-frequency evidence from leading U.S. technology stocks

Eunjung Noh, Young-Sung Kim and Sun-Yong Choi

Digital economy, resource allocation efficiency, and firm export resilience

Chuntong Xie and Ziniu Yu

Board gender diversity and liquidity in microfinance institutions

Hubert Tchakoute Tchuigoua and Jean Pierre Gueyie

Algorithmic trading, systematic tail risk, and corporate transparency

Jianxiang Liu, Haofang Shi and Wenyu Yi

Predicting executive compensation structure in China: a machine learning approach

Yu Hong and Jianbing Shao

Adaptive learning and financial stability: The role of network topology reshaping

Qianqian Gao, Naixi Chen and Peng Zhao

When bookbuilding uncertainty hits: Pricing and real effects of primary-market uncertainty

Koji Takahashi and Sumiko Takaoka