The International Journal of Business and Finance Research

2007 - 2023

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Volume 11, issue 2, 2017

THE IMPACT OF SBA LENDING ACTIVITY ON MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS IN THE U.S. SOUTHEAST pp. 1-8

Bienvenido S. Cortes and Zheng Yao Ooi

VALUE CREATION IN BANKS AND INFORMATIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF VALUE EFFICIENCY pp. 9-19

Lamia Bouattour Boulifa and Slim Khouaja

WHAT THREATENS TUNISIAN BANKING STABILITY? BAYESIAN MODEL VERSUS PANEL DATA ANALYSIS pp. 21-37

Abdelaziz Hakimi, Khemais Zaghdoudi, Taha Zaghdoudi and Nesrine Djebali

CAN SKEWED GARCH-TYPE DISTRIBUTIONS IMPROVE VOLATILITY FORECASTS DURING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS? pp. 39-50

Jack J.W. Yang and Chien-Tsung Li

HOW FUEL PRICE SHOCKS AFFECT AIRLINE STOCK RETURNS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF MAJOR US CARRIERS pp. 51-59

C. Hsu Chris

THE EFFECT OF ACCOUNTING-BASED DEBT COVENANT DISCLOSURES ON SHAREHOLDER WEALTH pp. 61-78

Ping Wang

INVESTOR ATTENTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL ANCHORS, AND THE STEALTH INDEX pp. 79-92

Chih-Wen Yang, Chun-An Li and Sam Ting-Hsin Hsu

U.S. AND COSTA RICA STOCK MARKET COINTEGRATION pp. 93-104

Jed Baker

Volume 11, issue 1, 2017

DO PROPERTY-LIABILITY INSURERS CATER THEIR LOSS RESERVE TO INVESTOR SENTIMENT? pp. 1-12

Fang Sun, Xiangjing Wei and Yang Xu

CAPITAL STRUCTURE POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN pp. 13-35

Fu-Chuan Lee

U.S. PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS AND RISK SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF MONEY MANAGERS: THE PATH TO ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS pp. 37-47

Amod Choudhary and Nikolaos Papanikolaou

THE INCREMENTAL INFORMATION CONTENT OF SALES IN EXPLAINING STOCK RETURNS: A CROSSINDUSTRY STUDY pp. 49-63

Taewoo Park

CROSS SECTIONAL VARIATION IN RISK ARBITRAGE pp. 65-75

Jia Wang

HUMAN CAPITAL REPORTING AND CORPORATE EARNINGS: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA pp. 77-85

Olayinka Akinlo and John Olayiwola

THE IMPACT OF RELIABILITY ELEMENTS ON PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF JORDANIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS pp. 87-107

Ebrahim Mansour, Wasfi AL Salamat and Walid Masadeh

Volume 10, issue 4, 2016

SECURITIZATION MARKETS AND CENTRAL BANKING: POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT EFFECTS pp. 1-18

Charalambos Michael

NEWLY ADOPTED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISM IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC JAPANESE OVERSEAS ACQUIRERS pp. 19-28

Faisal Alzaidi

TESTING FOR STOCK PRICE BUBBLES: A REVIEW OF ECONOMETRIC TOOLS pp. 29-42

Bala Arshanapalli and William Nelson

UNEMPLOYMENT AS A DETERMINANT OF GOLD PRICES: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE pp. 43-52

Ranjini L. Thaver and Jimmie Lopez

FORECASTING VOLUME AND PRICE IMPACT OF EARNINGS SURPRISES USING GOOGLE INSIGHTS pp. 53-62

Jedediah Baker

COULD BASEL III CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENTS AVOID BANK FAILURE? pp. 63-71

Lamia Bouattour Boulifa and Dalenda Rzig Khouaja

ESTIMATING AND ANALYZING THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF BANKS IN GHANA pp. 73-90

Y. Abdul Karimu Tossa

ASSET PRICE VOLATILITY AND EFFICIENT DISCRIMINATION IN CREDIT MARKET EQUILIBRIUM pp. 91-101

David Nickerson

Volume 10, issue 3, 2016

THE INFLUENCE OF SHANGHAI-HONG KONG STOCK CONNECT ON THE MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG STOCK MARKETS pp. 1-10

Yang-Chao Wang, Jui-Jung Tsai and Yi Lin

CARRY TRADE STRATEGIES WITH FACTOR AUGMENTED MACRO FUNDAMENTALS: A DYNAMIC MARKOV-SWITCHING FACTOR MODEL pp. 11-28

Gokcen Ogruk

U.S. CORPORATE PENSION EXPENSE AND THE 20072009 FINANCIAL CRISIS: AN INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS pp. 29-38

Benjamin B. Boozer, Julie A. Staples, S. Keith Lowe and Robert J. Landry

CASH DIVIDEND CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENT EFFECT ON SHARE PRICE RETURNS: EVIDENCE FROM NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE pp. 39-47

Freshia Mugo-Waweru and Pauline Atieno Otieno

CREDIT RISK FACTORS DURING THE ASIAN AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISES pp. 49-59

Hsiu-Yun Chang

WHY SHARE REPURCHASES ARE NOT A PANACEA FOR INCREASING SHARE PRICES pp. 61-73

Tai-Yuan Chen, Ching-Hua Yu and Lie-Jane Kao

LOT WINNING RATE AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF SEASONED EQUITY OFFERINGS: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN pp. 75-81

Han-Ching Huang and Hsiu-Hsin Chiu

INNOVATION ACCOUNTING OF TAX-REVENUE DRIVERS: COINTEGRATION EVIDENCE FROM GHANA pp. 83-95

George Maxwell Amoah and Kofi Amoateng

ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AND MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS IN A FIXED EXCHANGE RATE REGIME pp. 97-111

Chung-Fu Lai

Volume 10, issue 2, 2016

REPUTATION, FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, AND INDUSTRY COMPETITION pp. 1-16

Yilun Shi

IS VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE VALUE RELEVANT? EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN LISTED COMPANIES pp. 17-30

Davide Scaltrito

TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF ISLAMIC BANKS VERSUS DOMESTIC BANKS: EVIDENCE FROM BANGLADESH pp. 31-40

Abdus Samad

LONG-RUN PURCHASING POWER PARITY AND EXCHANGE RATES: EVIDENCE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST pp. 41-53

Anwar Al-Gasaymeh and John Kasem

DETERMINANTS OF PRIORITY SECTOR LENDING: EVIDENCE FROM BANK LENDING PATTERNS IN INDIA pp. 55-80

Muneesh Kumar, Neetika Batra and Florent Deisting

ILLIQUIDITY EXPOSURE OF SIZE AND VALUE IN MALAYSIAN EQUITY RETURNS pp. 81-90

Mohamad Jais and Chandana Gunathilaka

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION BACKGROUND AND EARNINGS MANAGEMENT OF CHAIRMEN AND SENIOR MANAGERS pp. 91-108

Hsiang-Tsai Chiang, Shu-Lin Lin, Li-Jen He and Yi-Ting Sung

Volume 10, issue 1, 2016

INCOME SMOOTHING PRACTICES OF US BANKS AROUND THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS pp. 1-11

Burak Dolar

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF MONETARY POLICY REACTION FUNCTION: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA pp. 13-25

Ikechukwu Kelikume, Faith A. Alabi and Roseline Chizoba Ike-Anikwe

UNDERPRICING OF SEASONED EQUITY OFFERINGS BY CANADIAN CROSS-LISTED FIRMS IN THE PRE- AND POST-SARBANES-OXLEY PERIODS pp. 27-37

Arturo Rubalcava

STATES OF THE ECONOMY AND GEOGRAPHIC INVESTMENT DECISIONS pp. 39-52

C. Catherine Chiang and Yilun Shi

PERFORMANCE OF CHILEAN PENSION FUNDS INVESTMENTS ABROAD 2010-2014 pp. 53-67

Renato Balbontín and Rodrigo Blanch

BANK ACQUISITIONS AND LOAN OFFICER AUTHORITY: EVIDENCE FROM FRENCH BANKS pp. 68-84

Ghassen Bouslama and Christophe Bouteiller

BANK COMPETITION AND RISK APPETITE: EVIDENCE FROM TUNISIA pp. 85-93

Khemais Zaghdoudi, Helmi Hamdi, Hichem Dkhili and Abdelaziz Hakimi

A COMPARISON OF CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BANKS IN INDIA pp. 95-108

Isaiah Oino

Volume 9, issue 5, 2015

STOCK PRICE DISCOVERY IN EARNINGS SEASON pp. 1-15

Qi Sun

BANK STOCK AND OPTION TRANSMISSIONS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS pp. 17-23

Han-Ching Huang, Yong-Chern Su and Sheng-Jung Wu

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION STICKINESS AND PEER GROUP BENCHMARKS: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE FIRMS pp. 25-36

Zhiqiang Lu, Sarath Abeysekera and Hongyu Li

INTERNATIONAL EARNINGS TO PRICE RATIO CONVERGENCE: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION pp. 37-55

Nicholas Apergis, Christis Hassapis, Christina Christou and Steve Johnson

INVESTOR REACTION IN STOCK MARKET CRASHES AND POST-CRASH MARKET REVERSALS pp. 57-70

Daniel Folkinshteyn, Gulser Meric and Ilhan Meric

INFLATION TARGETING AS A POSSIBLE MONETARY FRAMEWORK FOR NIGERIA pp. 71-81

Ikechukwu Kelikume and Olaniyi Evans

CURRENCY-ADJUSTED STOCK INDEX CAUSALITY pp. 83-91

Terrance Jalbert

ON THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MONEY, CREDIT, AND SEIGNIORAGE pp. 93-102

Gerasimos Soldatos and Erotokritos Varelas

FINANCIAL RISK AND ISLAMIC BANKS’ PERFORMANCE IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COUNTRIES pp. 103-112

Hussein A. Hassan Al-Tamimi, Hela Miniaoui and Walaa Wahid Elkelish

Volume 9, issue 4, 2015

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEMALE ILLNESS AND SAVINGS: EVIDENCE FROM JAPANESE WOMEN pp. 1-10

Yoko Mimura, Kim Love-Myers and Janine E. Aronson

OUTSOURCING STRATEGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN SMALL MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN SWEDEN pp. 11-20

Anders Isaksson and Björn Lantz

GOVERNANCE CHANGES FOR FIRMS ADDED TO THE S&P 500 pp. 21-35

Xin Li and Tih Koon Tan

THE IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE VOLATILITY ON COMMODITY TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN pp. 37-49

Carlos Moslares and E. M. Ekanayake

SERVICE QUALITY, SIZE, AND PERFORMANCE OF AUDIT FIRMS: CONSIDERATION OF MARKET SEGMENTS AND BUSINESS STRATEGIES pp. 51-66

Yi-Fang Yang, Lee-Wen Yang and Min-Ning Lee

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (MSMES) IN THE PHILIPPINES pp. 67-80

Rufo R. Mendoza

DETERMINANTS OF SILVER FUTURES PRICE VOLATILITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE THAILAND FUTURES EXCHANGE pp. 81-87

Woradee Jongadsayakul

GROWTH AND VOLATILITY OF MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS IN THE U.S pp. 89-102

Bienvenido S. Cortes, Michael Davidsson and Michael McKinnis

INTEREST RATE AND CREDIT SENSITIVITY OF SECTORAL OUTPUT IN NIGERIA pp. 103-114

Ikechukwu Kelikume

Volume 9, issue 3, 2015

THE VALUE RELEVANCE OF MANDATORY CORPORATE DISCLOSURES: EVIDENCE FROM KUWAIT pp. 1-18

Mishari Alfraih and Faisal Alanezi

THE IMPACT OF DIVERSIFYING ACQUISITIONS ON SHAREHOLDER WEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM TURKISH ACQUIRERS pp. 19-32

Elif Akben Selcuk and Halil Kiymaz

SOUTH AFRICA’S IMPORT DEMAND FUNCTION WITH CHINA: A COINTEGRATION APPROACH pp. 33-44

Russell E. Triplett and Ranjini L. Thaver

LONG TERM ADR PERFORMANCE: HOW DO REGIONAL ISSUES LISTED ON THE NYSE COMPARE TO US AND REGIONAL INDEX RETURNS? pp. 45-58

Mark Schaub and Todd A. Brown

HEDGING STRATEGY COMPARISONS OF VOLATILITY INDEX OPTIONS USING DIFFUSION MODELS pp. 59-69

Jun-Biao Lin

IPO INITIAL RETURNS AND VOLATILITY: A STUDY IN AN EMERGING MARKET pp. 71-82

Mike Siew Wei Leong and Sheela Devi Sundarasen

EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND ANALYST COVERAGE CHANGES AROUND IFRS IMPLEMENTATION: EVIDENCE FROM FRANCE pp. 83-94

Ezzeddine Abaoub and Yosr Nouri

DETERMINANTS OF EARNINGS OPACITY: INDONESIA EVIDENCE pp. 95-104

Zuhrohtun and Zaki Baridwan

DETERMINANTS OF MANDATORY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: EVIDENCE FROM AN EMERGING MARKET pp. 105-114

Qasim M. Zureigat

Volume 9, issue 2, 2015

Returns for Dividend-Paying and Non Dividend Paying Firms pp. 1-20

Yufen Fu and George W. Blazenko

How do Broad-Based Stock Option Grants Affect Firms' Overall Future Productivity pp. 21-38

Wenjing Ouyang and Menghistu Sallehu

The Impact of Financial and Legal Structures on the Performance of European Listed Firms pp. 39-52

Hani El-Chaarani

Predicting Loan Loss Provisions by Including Loan Type Characteristics pp. 53-67

Glen Hansen

Impact of Foreign Exchange Reserves on Nigerian Stock Market pp. 69-76

Olayinka Olufisayo Akinlo

Announcement Effect of Cash Dividend Changes around Ex-Dividend Days: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 77-91

Jack J.W. Yang and Tsung-Hsin Wu

Is there Asymmetric Information About Systematic Factors? Evidence from Commonality in Liquidity pp. 93-104

Rahul Ravi

Volume 9, issue 1, 2015

Idiosyncratic Risk and Earnings Noncommonality pp. 1-17

Kenneth Yung, Qian Sun and Hamid Rahman

Empirical Investigation of Herding Behavior in East Asian Stock Markets Toward the U.S. Market pp. 19-32

Shih-Jui Yang, Ai-Chi Hsu, Show-Yen Lai and Chien-Chiang Lee

Oil. Foreign Direct Investment an d Corruption pp. 33-49

Luisa Melo and Michael A. Quinn

Managerial Discretion Over Loan Loss Reserves during the Global Financial Crisis pp. 51-61

Glen Hansen

Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Seasoned Equity Offerings by Canadian Cross-Listed Firms: Evidence from Bought Deals vs. Firm Commitment pp. 63-71

Atturo Rubalcava

Empirical Evidence on Firm-Bank Relationships in the G-8 Countries pp. 73-87

Hsin-Yu Liang

Return to Profitabiolity after a Financial Crisis pp. 89-101

Dev Prasad, Yash R. Puri and Ravi Jain

Seasonality in the Vietnam Stock Index pp. 103-112

H. Swint Friday and Nhung Hoang

The Effect of Limit Order Book Information on Investors with Different Risk Attitudes pp. 113-120

Ya-Hui Wang and Chien-Chih Lai

Market Efficiency around the Announcement Day of Self-Tender Offers pp. 121-128

Han-Ching Huang, Yong-Chern Su and Hsin-Ying Wang