Browsing Department of Accounting and Finance by Research Institute "Finance and Banking Research Group (FiBRe)"
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An analytical review of volatility metrics for bubbles and crashes
(Article)Bubbles and crashes have long been an important area of research that has not yet led to a comprehensive theoretical or empirical understanding of how to define, measure, and compare such extreme market events. Highlights ... -
Antecedents of voluntary corporate governance disclosure: A post-2007/08 financial crisis evidence from the influential UK Combined Code
(Article)Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of compliance with, and disclosure of, good corporate governance (CG) practices among UK publicly listed firms and consequently ascertain whether board ... -
Are competitive microfinance services worth regulating? Evidence from microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Article)In recent years there is increasing appetite for regulation of microfinance services after the 2008 financial crisis. Policy questions such as whether competitive micro finance institution (MFI) requires strong regulation ... -
Asset Management
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Bank Excess Reserves in Emerging Economies: A Critical Review and Research Agenda
(Article)This paper reviews academic studies of excess reserves in the banking system of emerging economies from 2000 through 2014. While excess reserves in emerging countries have attracted increasing attention from scholars, ... -
Bank opacity and risk-taking: Evidence from analysts’ forecasts
(Article)We depart from existing literature by invoking analysts’ forecasts to measure banking system opacity and then investigate the impact of such opacity on bank risk-taking, using a large panel of US bank holding companies, ... -
Banking competition in Africa: Subregional comparative studies
(Article)This paper examines the extent of banking competition in African subregional markets. A dynamic version of the Panzar–Rosse model is adopted beside the static model to assess the overall extent of banking competition in ... -
Benford's law first significant digit and distribution distances for testing the reliability of finanical reports in developing countries
(Article)Wediscuss a common suspicion about reported financial data, in 10 industrial sectors of the 6 so called ‘‘main developing countries’’ over the time interval [2000–2014]. These data are examined through Benford’s law first ... -
Biases in International Portfolio Allocation and Investor Protection Standards
(Article)Economic reasoning suggests that financial globalization that encourages optimal international portfolio investments should improve investor protection standards (IPS) of a country. In practice, however, investors manifest ... -
Board Gender Diversity, Audit Committee and Financial Performance: Evidence from Nigeria
(Article)This paper considers the effects of female representation and the proportion of female representation on corporate boards and audit committees on financial performance in an African context where institutions are weak. ...