Journal of Business Economics

2016 - 2026

Current editor(s): Günter Fandel

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Volume 96, issue 4, 2026

Green intentions under financial pressure: the moderating role of the green alternative preference index pp. 457-488

Rebeka Anna Pop, Erika Hlédik and Tünde Szász

Technological knowledge, soft skills and management & leadership skills: three pillars for the digitally competent manager pp. 489-512

Dennis Grenda

Seeing is believing: the impact of corporate scandal documentaries on stock prices pp. 513-542

Gregor Dorfleitner and Pedro Piccoli

Behavioral effects of feedback in management accounting research: a literature review of the current state pp. 543-571

Nicole Nikiforow, Thorsten Knauer and Svenja Marsula

Correction to: Beyond sentiment analysis of online customer reviews: an approach to automated measurement of technology acceptance from online customer reviews pp. 573-574

Andreas Karasenko and Daniel Baier

Volume 96, issue 2, 2026

Hydrogen supply chain management pp. 129-135

Christian Thies, Udo Buscher, Frank Meisel, Matthias Klumpp and Thomas Volling

National hydrogen strategies and their role on the design of clean hydrogen supply chains pp. 137-183

Eugênia Vale de Paula, Breno Nunes and Juliana Bonomi Santos

Hydrogen mobility: activating the transition towards the future pp. 185-214

Francesca Bianchi, Giuseppe de Leo, Margherita Pero, Monica Rossi and Giovanni Miragliotta

Diversification of import networks for green hydrogen: a case study for Germany pp. 215-248

Louis Vincent Sroka and Frank Meisel

Activity analysis based framework for economic and environmental modelling and evaluation of hydrogen pathways pp. 249-289

Eberhard Schmid and Jan Deden

Comparative evaluation of emissions and costs in renewable fuel production pp. 291-327

Alexander Schneider, Moritz Harnischmacher, Andreas Rudi and Frank Schultmann

Analysis of local scale suitability for the development of hydrogen infrastructures using GIS pp. 329-361

Dominik Coquette, Lars-Peter Lauven and Martin Faulstich

Advancing the energy transition in the steel industry: a game-theoretic bilevel approach for green hydrogen supply chains pp. 363-407

Shiyu Guo, Alexander Blume, Maria Beranek and Udo Buscher

Configuration planning for gaseous hydrogen refueling stations: a techno-economic assessment pp. 409-456

Tjard Bätge, Steffen Heinke, Christian Weckenborg, Marco Karig, Wilhelm Tegethoff, Jürgen Köhler and Thomas S. Spengler

Volume 96, issue 1, 2026

The 30th annual meeting of the German finance association in Aachen pp. 1-9

Wolfgang Breuer and Andreas Knetsch

Experiences, expectations, and asset prices pp. 11-34

Stefan Nagel

MACs matter: the impact of material adverse change clauses on corporate takeover dynamics in Germany pp. 35-70

Kwabena Osei, Philipp Pollmann and Bernhard Schwetzler

The Eurosystem’s asset purchase programmes, securities lending and bund specialness pp. 71-105

Markus Baltzer, Kathi Schlepper and Christian Speck

Bureaucracy cost perspective of ESG implementation in German credit cooperatives pp. 107-127

Markus Riegler

Volume 95, issue 8, 2025

Foreign networks and export capabilities: insights from small manufacturing firms pp. 1043-1077

Petrit Gashi and Albian Krasniqi

A generalised comparison of Pareto/NBD based forecasts using MCMC, maximum likelihood, and heuristics pp. 1079-1105

Lydia Simon

Tax system characteristics and country-level differences in earnings management pp. 1107-1140

Simon Helms, Reinald Koch and Till B. Scheider

Identifying nested preference structures in choice models based on stated choice data pp. 1141-1188

Nils Goeken, Peter Kurz and Winfried J. Steiner

Volume 95, issue 7, 2025

Beyond sentiment analysis of online customer reviews: an approach to automated measurement of technology acceptance from online customer reviews pp. 917-955

Andreas Karasenko and Daniel Baier

Inflation risk and equity valuation: a critical review pp. 957-974

Andreas Schüler

Mitigating escalation of commitment through error management climate and the devil’s advocate approach pp. 975-1004

Hannes Gerstel, Niklas Kreilkamp, Maximilian Schmidt and Arnt Wöhrmann

Corporate tax strategy and recruitment success pp. 1005-1041

Kai Sandner and Sebastian Sieber

Volume 95, issue 6, 2025

Corrected normalized additive analysis as alternative method for easy measurement of efficiency pp. 777-808

Heinz Ahn, Marcel Clermont and Julia Langner

Efficiency of activities in production networks of arbitrary structures and technologies pp. 809-838

Harald Dyckhoff and Rainer Souren

The effect of tax policy uncertainty on incentivization, managerial effort and total surplus pp. 839-869

Alexandra Spaeth

On the nonlinear relationship between bank liquidity creation and financial stability: the moderating role of institutional quality in African economies pp. 871-915

Anas Alaoui Mdaghri and Abdessamad Raghibi

Volume 95, issue 5, 2025

Recent progress in the development of the Journal of Business Economics pp. 661-667

Wolfgang Breuer and Philipp Schreck

A Bayesian model for portfolio decisions based on debiased and regularized expert predictions pp. 669-706

Risto Heikkinen, Juha Karvanen and Kaisa Miettinen

An examination of membership function performance in predicting the ideal order quantity for perishable items pp. 707-724

Anshu Sharma, Sumeet Gill, Anil Kumar Taneja, Seema Sahebrao Jadhav and Sunil Tulshiram Hajare

Whistleblowing: incentives and situational determinants pp. 725-748

Klaus Ulrich Schmolke and Verena Utikal

Digitalization against tax evasion: evidence on the role of company size pp. 749-776

Bálint Ván, Gábor Lovics, Csaba Tóth and Katalin Szőke

Volume 95, issue 4, 2025

Environmental regulation and corporate green innovation: evidence from the implementation of the total energy consumption target in China pp. 499-526

Larry Su

The equity crowdfunding choice: A demand-side perspective pp. 527-551

Jonas Löher

Improving the use of public e-services through explainability pp. 553-586

Marie Christine Fahr, Maximilian Förster, Lars Moestue, Julia Brasse, Julia Klier and Mathias Klier

Financial inclusion—entrepreneurship nexus: evidence from a threshold analysis pp. 587-616

Louis Logogye, Michael Adusei, Kwasi Poku and Godfred Aawaar

Machine learning-based variable selection for clustered credit risk modeling pp. 617-652

Joost Bosker, Marc Gürtler and Marvin Zöllner

Correction to: CHRO firm dinosaur versus CHRO role gorilla: the effect of CHRO company and role tenure on firms’ social performance pp. 653-653

Nina Engels, Denise Fischer-Kreer and Malte Brettel

Correction to: The impact of Digitalized Communication on the effectiveness of Local Administrative Authorities – Findings from Central European Countries in the COVID-19 Crisis pp. 655-656

Bernhard Hirsch, Fabienne-Sophie Schäfer, Aleksander Aristovnik, Polonca Kovač and Dejan Ravšelj

Correction: Leading-by-example: a meta-analysis pp. 657-657

Gerald Eisenkopf and Torben Kölpin

Correction to: Endogeneity of marketing variables in multicategory choice models pp. 659-659

Harald Hruschka

Volume 95, issue 2, 2025

Replication studies in finance and accounting pp. 187-196

Wolfgang Breuer and Christian Hofmann

Robust design heuristics for product costing systems: a replication and extension using an ABC cost hierarchy pp. 197-235

Matthias Meyer and Mark Schmidt

Re-examining the effect of wage delegation: a replication study of Charness et al. (2012) pp. 237-256

Hendrik Niehoff and Philipp Schreck

Auditors and client investment efficiency: a quasi-replication and further insights from a regulatory change pp. 257-294

Christopher Bleibtreu, Mert Erinc, Luciana Orozco and Zhenyang Shi

Audit fees and audit quality in Austria—a replicatory study in the wake of the EU audit reform pp. 295-332

Sabine Graschitz and Marcel Steller

A long-term analysis of research unbundling: implications for research provision and market quality pp. 333-384

Micha Bender, Tino Cestonaro, Benjamin Clapham and Peter Gomber

Relevance of debt- and tax-related motives for conditional conservatism of limited-liability and full-liability firms: evidence from Europe pp. 385-426

Jochen Bigus and Nadine Georgiou

Does the CAPM drive misvaluations in M&As? pp. 427-463

Paul F. Hark and Christoph Schneider

Correction: Does the CAPM drive misvaluations in M&As? pp. 465-465

Paul F. Hark and Christoph Schneider

Learning to be overprecise pp. 467-497

Christoph Merkle and Philipp Schreiber

Volume 95, issue 1, 2025

German business economics pp. 1-7

Wolfgang Breuer and Jannis Bischof

Deal or no deal? Understanding entrepreneurs’ criteria and deal breaker in investor selection processes pp. 9-36

Tobias Sturm, Peter M. Bican, Frederik J. Riar, Carsten C. Guderian and Tobias Welz

Investing in people, not in products: how age, gender, ethnicity, and attractiveness of entrepreneurial teams influence the decision-making of angel investors in Germany pp. 37-74

Livia Boerner, Thomas Fritz and Bernd Frick

The dynamics of IP contract patterns in the German biotechnology industry – a mixed-methods approach pp. 75-102

Steffen Grebe and Svenja Jarchow

Does public funding reduce financial constraints of young firms in Germany? pp. 103-154

Nadine Weuschek

Reevaluating the conglomerate discount in Germany: the role of design choices pp. 155-185

Marc Eulerich and Benjamin Fligge