Research in International Business and Finance

2004 - 2025

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Volume 77, issue PA, 2025

Digital tax administration and enterprise innovation: Evidence from the Golden Tax Project III in China

Chao Xu, Tianlei Bai, Cai Zhou and Shuai Huang

The hybrid monetary policy rule in China’s transition period

Hongjin Li, Naifang Su and Xiangyu Liu

From risks to opportunities: The impact of green public investment programs on sovereign yields

Lucia Alessi, Anja Duranovic, Virmantas Kvedaras and Irene Monasterolo

How does international capital flows drive green technological innovation in emerging and developed markets?

Obaika M. Ohikhuare, Nasir Khan and Kais Saidi

Access to credit and fintech: A lexicon-based sentiment analysis application on Twitter data

Marilena Bredice, Anna Vittoria Formisano, Sara Kullafi and Pasquale Palma

Strategic fit of potential M&As between dual banks and conventional banks: Does Islamic banking matter?

Daniel Alejandro Bonfil Penella, Felix Rainer Schmitz, Yong Tan, Jorge Antunes, Peter Wanke, S. M Julkar Naeen Abir and Md. Abul Kalam Azad

Domestic value chain, digital finance and the quality of firm's export products

Ma Xiaoli, Shi Benye, Lu Hongliang and Ali Raza

Latent corporate governance: The impact of Confucianism on the value of cash holdings

Zhiguo Ding, Brian C.W. Kei, Wing Chun Kwok, Qiqing Lin and George Wong

Annual report tone and bank risk-taking behavior: Evidence from China

Lu Wei, Mingye Wei, Haozhe Jing and Zhongbo Jing

Long-term correlation between the green and conventional bond markets: The roles of categorical EPU indices and structural changes

Hongwei Zhang, Shiyao Wei and Yaoqi Guo

Employee satisfaction and CEO pay-performance sensitivity

Heung-Jae Jeon

Tokens and cryptocurrencies: Evidence from asymmetric frequency connectedness approach

Marouene Mbarek and Badreddine Msolli

Higher-order moment and cross-moment spillovers among MENA stock markets: Insights from geopolitical risks and global fear

Mohamad Husam Helmi, Jinxin Cui, Ahmed H. Elsayed and Mohammad Enamul Hoque

The impact of China’s outward FDI on agricultural productivity

Runong Xu, Yufeng Chen and Anna Min Du

Digital trade and firm ESG performance: The perspective of finance development

Qin Zhu and Xiangxiang Zhou

The spillover effects of green bond issuance in peer firms’ financial performance

Yang Deng and Zhaoqin Zhang

Market-based environmental regulations and green innovation: Evidence from the pilot carbon markets in China

Shimeng Liu, Xiong Xiong and Ya Gao

Openness and the effect of business cycle synchronization on the equity risk premium

Natalia Gitelson and Eran Manes

Sustainable workplace accessibility, green CEO, and green finance: Evidence from China

Siyuan Yan, Xiaoxu Ling and Jin Ding

Hedging climate risk: The role of green energy exchange-traded funds

Libo Yin, Jier Zhang, Wensheng Wang and Hong Cao

Digital Economy Development and Trade Credit Supply: Evidence from Chinese A-Share Listed Firms

Donghui Li, Yingdong Liu, Liangtao Zhang and Zunxin Zheng

Can inclusive finance curb sustainability regulatory risk for corporations?

Zhu, Xiaoyu (Ross), Changyun Zhou and Hanzhe Zeng

The market power of ESG index providers: The effects of rebalancing ESG-themed indices

Roberto Barontini and Luigi Gioja

Does SDG-13 disclosure impact the performance of insurance companies?

Caterina Di Tommaso, Maria Mazzuca and Vincenzo Pacelli

Investigating the impact of ESG ratings on ETF performance during market disruptions: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russian (full-scale) invasion of Ukraine

Chonawee Supatgiat, Piyachart Phiromswad, Olgun Fuat Sahin and Pattarake Sarajoti

Extreme events and quantile time-frequency volatility connectedness across crude oil, green bonds and low-carbon equity markets

Jikai Wang and Gaoxiu Qiao

Does cross-border e-commerce development promote the improvement of residents' income level? Evidence from China

Lifeng Cai, Qunyang Du, Liner Bao, Agyenim Boateng and Zhongyuan Li

Corrigendum to “Exploring the digital era: Has digital technology innovation reshaped investment efficiency in Chinese enterprises?” [Res. Int. Bus. Financ. 75 (2025) 102729]

Xiaobing Lai, Lei Quan, Chong Guo and Xing Gao

Social bonds: Proceeds’ investment and social premium

Francesco Baldi and Giovanni Ferri

Environmental controversies, environmental fines and firms’ default risk

Simona Cosma, Giuseppe Rimo and Paola Schwizer

Better financing: Signal match between growth in the digital economy and renewable energy business

Minyang Li, Anna Min Du, Siquan Wang and Boqiang Lin

Influence of share pledging on corporate social responsibility: Evidence from India

Arpita Ghosh

How does green finance policy reduce the carbon emissions of polluting enterprises? A mediation effect analysis of inclusive finance

Sun Meng, Yunfei Duan and Wei Zhou

Climate risk and banking stability in China: A dynamic analysis from the short- and long-term perspectives

Qiguang An, Lin Zheng and Shuhong Wang

ESG rating and financial performance in the emerging markets: The moderating effects of cross-listing and industry type

Chaman Shrestha, Panagiotis Andrikopoulos and Jin Suk Park

Financial development, international financial integration, and income inequality: An emerging markets perspective

Zal Yıldırım and İlkay Şendeniz-Yüncü

The effect of academic scientists on corporate exploratory innovation performance: Knowledge focus versus long-term focus

Lei Gao, Jianfeng Cai, Nan Chen and Jianyi Zhong

ESG performance and total factor productivity of enterprises: the role of digitization

Yini Geng, Zhiqiang Zheng, Xuemei Yuan and Ana Isabel Jiménez-Zarco

Environmental regulations and bond pricing: A quasi-natural experiment based on the new environmental protection law

Qian Wang, Li Wang, Yuan Zhang and Hongfeng Peng

Financialization trends and climate policy uncertainty: Implications for China’s nonferrous metal market

Xiaohang Ren, Chenjia Fu, Lizhu Tao, Li Yuan and Ziyue Xu

Government-led CSR effort, innovation, and firm value: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Jianfu Shen, Daoju Peng and Yue Zhou

Does shadow banking regulation constrain the idiosyncratic risk of firms? evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China

Zhenming Fang, Ruijiang Li, David Smith and Jing Liao

Determining future research trends in sustainable foreign direct investment: A bibliometric and content analysis

Tusharika Mahna, Sonali Jain and Surendra Singh Yadav

Exploring the hedging performance of non-fungible token: Novel evidence from world uncertainty

Muhammad Umar, Meng Qin and Chi-Wei Su

Management integrity and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from Chinese listed firms

Mo Yang, Sishi Yue, Dayong Dong and Jiawei Cao

The unforgettable past: The long-term impact of war on corporate tax avoidance in modern China

Xue Tan, Jingwei Yin and Ning Lin

Volume 76, issue C, 2025

Dividend payouts and biodiversity risk — Chinese evidence

Yang Zhou, Brian M. Lucey and Feng He

Differential impact of adopting Islamic banking: A quasi-experimental approach

Adil Saleem, R.M. Ammar Zahid and Judit Sági

Does the financial reporting quality of private targets matter for deal timing? Evidence from European M&A

Belén Gill-de-Albornoz, Marco Maffei and Flavio Spagnuolo

How do exchange rate and oil price volatility shape Pakistan’s stock market?

Misbah Khan, Sitara Karim, Farah Naz and Brian M. Lucey

The effect of climate policy uncertainty and induced risks on US aggregate and sectoral stock returns

Thomas C. Chiang

Exit decisions of women entrepreneurs in resource-constrained environments

Viviana Fernandez

Heterogeneous effects of public listing on the usage of trade credit: Evidence from Korean chaebol versus non-chaebol firms

Hyun Joong Im, Inji Jung and Jiyeon Kim

Does a founder’s cultural imprint affect corporate ESG performance?

Yuanyuan Chen, Ellen Jin Jiang and Phyllis Lai Lan Mo

Does short selling affect corporate green transformation? —Evidence from China

Deshuai Hou, Qi Wang, Qiong Sun and Ying Chen

Reversal of divergent decisions: Wise or hasty decisions?

Laura Andreu, Ruth Gimeno, José Luis Sarto and Miguel Serrano

The dynamic impact of cryptocurrency implied exchange rates on stock market returns: An empirical study of G7 countries

Chao Feng, Shiqun Ma, Lijin Xiang and Zumian Xiao

Research on the impact of financial technology on risk-taking of commercial banks

Chengyou Li, Yuxin Li, Yun Xu and Guanglin Sun

Banking system stress: Unravelling its influence on U.S. industry risk

Siyu Yi, Sitong Li and Gengxuan Chen

Leading or facilitating? —— The appropriate role of governmental venture capital in China

Zhoubo Xia, Xiuping Hua, Yong Wang and Jiadong Peng

How robust are financial connectedness networks? A network attack assessment

Yufei Cao and Yueming Zou

The green circuit: Tracing digital inclusive finance's role in sustainable urban development

Zhiyuan Gao, Yingnan Zhu, Yihang Wei and Yu Hao

Enhancing corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in China: The role of returnee chairmen vs. CEOs with foreign experience

Jiazhu Li and Zishang Liu

Sustainable financial inclusion through social progress and regularity quality interaction – Implication for least developed countries

Shajara Ul-Durar, Mubasher Iqbal, Shabana Naveed, Alberto Massacci and Irfan Saleem

Big data in tax enforcement and trade credit: Evidence from China

Gaoya Song and Quan Li

Demographic structure and SME credit availability: Rethinking SME finance amid unprecedented demographic transformations

Ling Wang

Quantile connectedness among climate policy uncertainty, news sentiment, oil and renewables in China

Wan-Lin Yan and Cheung, Adrian (Wai Kong)

How does macroeconomic uncertainty influence energy futures?: Evidence from extraordinary events

Man Lu, Libo Yin and Fengwen Chen

The effects of disruptive technologies on accountability in fintech industry: Using bibliometric analysis to develop a research agenda

Silvana Secinaro, Federico Lanzalonga, Michele Oppioli and Elbano de Nuccio

ESG performance and corporate innovation

Xian Sun and Xiaoyan Xiong

Mitigating financing constraints under economic uncertainty: The role of implicit government guarantees in China

Sifeng Bi, Na Wei, Anna Min Du and Tiran Zhou

The impact of economic policy uncertainty and digital integration on ESG practices in European companies

Imen Ayadi and Jahmane Abderrahman

Tokenization in soccer leagues. Is fan engagement for real?

Pablo Agnese and Yuqing Xiao

Can cryptocurrencies improve portfolio diversification? Evidence from the prospect risk perspective

Zhan Wang, Xiang Gao and Jiahao Gu

Investor-company interactions and stock price crash risk: Evidence from China

Lei Ruan and Liwen Yang

ESG relevance in credit risk of development banks

Jan Porenta and Vasja Rant

Corporate governance, fraud learning cycles, and financial fraud detection: Evidence from Chinese listed firms

Jing Li

ESG leaders and crypto currency market: Asymmetric TVP-VAR connectedness and investment approaches

Rashida Bibi, Saqib Gulzar and Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad

ESG reactions to fintech: The role of cross-border capital flows

Xukang Liu, Chao-Qun Ma and Yi-Shuai Ren

Unveiling how efficiently sustainability transforms into intangible assets of financial institutions

Indrė Lapinskaitė, Viktorija Stasytytė and Viktorija Skvarciany

The effects of portfolio rebalancing strategies on the performance of global mutual funds

Barbara Abou Tanos and Sonia Jimenez-Garcès

Unveiling the impact of the digital economy on the interplay of energy transition, environmental transformation, and renewable energy adoption

Buhari Doğan, Rabeh Khalfaoui, Brahim Bergougui and Sudeshna Ghosh

Greening IPOs: An investigation of the impact of environmental verification on pollution reduction

Yupeng Yang, Xingxing Chen, Lidan Li and Xianzhong Song

Bridging social responsibility and grassroots finance: Evaluating the impact of firms’ targeted pairing assistance on county digital financial inclusion

Zixun Zhou, Xinyu Zhou, Hao Zhong and Xuezhi Zhang

Navigating the intersection of competition and performance in the banking sector: A hybrid review

Sikandar Hayyat Malik and Irum Saba

Sustainable portfolio optimization: A multi-class framework for eco-friendly stocks

Abdul Wahid and Oskar Kowalewski

Can ESG enhance the efficacy of emissions trading systems on enterprise productivity: Evidence from China

Qiang Tu, Jianing Wang, Limei Zuo, Ye Yao and Qiang Ji

The critical role of financial inclusion in green growth: Evidence from BRICS countries

Qiutong Dong, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente and Qasim Raza Syed

The impact of debt: International versus local debt in microfinance organizations

Tigist Woldetsadik Sommeno, Roy Mersland and Trond Randøy

Empowering green households: How does digital finance influence household carbon footprints?

Yao Wang, Xuenan Wu and Boqiang Lin

Investigating volatility spillovers: Connectedness between green bonds, conventional bonds, and energy markets

Jelena Jovović and Saša Popović

Relative ESG positions among OECD countries in the presence of international competition for FDI inflow: A gravity model perspective

William W. Chow and Michael K. Fung

Climate risks and corporate supply chain configuration:Evidence from China

Zhifang Su, Changzhe Deng, Yufang Feng, Yulu Bai and Zhikai Xu

Impact of the three digital divides on residents’ commercial insurance purchase behavior: An empirical study based in China

Yifeng Zhu and Qinghai Li

Board digital expertise and digital innovation: Evidence from commercial banks in China

Shengjing Yu, Xiaolan Zheng and Martin J. Liu

How do climate risks affect corporate ESG performance? Micro evidence from China

Yang Liu, Kangyin Dong, Rabindra Nepal and Hatem Afi

Green innovation under financial and policy uncertainty: Evidence from China

Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Ninglu Xu, Shaen Corbet and Frank Scrimgeour

The impact of digital inclusive finance on green economic efficiency: Pathways to inclusive sustainability

Yuanxiang Zhou, Huayan Liu, Chan Chen and Yingqi Ma

Extreme weather and the green transition of energy firms: The moderating effect of digital technology and digital inclusive finance

Niu Niu, Junhua Ma, Deyuan Zheng, Yang Lu and Bin Zhang

The Impact of commercial banks' ESG performance: Difference between provocative and passive risk-taking – Evidence from China

Bohui Wen, Wei You and Ming Yuan

Economic policy uncertainty and foreign direct investment inflow: The role of institutional quality in South Asia region

Mosab I. Tabash

Can non-punitive regulation curb corporate greenwashing?Evidence from a word embedding model

Jiacai Xiong, Zelin Yang and Qing Sophie Wang

Media coverage and managerial investment learning from stock markets: International evidence

Xin Gao, Weidong Xu and Donghui Li

Prediction of Chinese stock volatility: Harnessing higher-order moments information of stock and futures markets

Gaoxiu Qiao, Yunrun Wang and Wenwen Liu

Impact of market regulations on firm-specific esg performance: evidence from asian economies

Qinghu Liao, Yaman Omer Erzurumlu and Giray Gözgör

Predicting ESG disclosure quality through board secretaries' characteristics: A machine learning approach

Jie Yang, Yanfang Niu, Wenlei Shi and Kanghuan Zhu

How do women directors ensure corporate ethics? The role of board tenure

Nancy Ursel and Ligang Zhong

The impact of green public finance and green taxes on environmental and non-environmental innovation

Mahmoud Hassan, Ji-Yong Lee, Luc Rouge and Marc Kouzez

Exposure of stock sector returns to petroleum price shocks: The case of petroleum exporters and importers

Miramir Bagirov and Cesario Mateus

China futures market and world container shipping economy: An exploratory analysis based on deep learning

Zhenqing Su, Jiankun Li, Qiwei Pang and Miao Su

Climate risk and renewable energy market volatility: Machine learning approach

Wei Jiang, Wanqing Tang, Jianfeng Li and Xiaokun Wei

ESG uncertainties and valuation implications: Evidence from the EU banking sector

Jie Dou, Nawazish Mirza, Muhammad Umar and Alexandra Horobet

Exploring nonlinear tail dependencies: Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and commodity markets amid monetary shifts

Zehra Atik, Murat Guven, Bulent Guloglu, Gulsah Hancerliogullari Koksalmis and Fethi Calisir

The impact of the digital economy on rural industrial revitalization

Shucui Wang, Ting Peng, Anna Min Du and Xiaohui Lin

Energy transition and CO₂ emissions: Fresh insight from low, middle and high-income countries

Parisa Pakrooh, Hela Nammouri and Sami Ben Jabeur