Managerial Finance: Volume 45 Issue 1

Dividend policy determinants of Sri Lankan firms: a triangulation approach

H. Kent Baker, N. Jayantha Dewasiri, Weerakoon Banda Yatiwelle Koralalage, Athambawa Abdul Azeez

The purpose of this paper is to identify the dividend policy determinants of Sri Lankan firms and why they pay dividends.

Saving green while going green: The role of expenses in socially responsible equity mutual fund selection

C. Edward Chang, Thomas M. Krueger, H. Doug Witte

The purpose of this paper is to examine the operating characteristics as well as risk and performance measures of all available self-proclaimed socially responsible funds…

Cross-country evidence of Islamic portfolio diversification: are there opportunities in Saudi Arabia?

Md Hakim Ali, Md Akther Uddin, Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury, Mansur Masih

On the backdrop of growing importance of Shariah compliant equity markets, the purpose of this paper is to study cross-country portfolio diversification benefits for investors…

Does peer firm executive compensation affect earnings management?

KoEun Park

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between executive compensation of peer firms and earnings management. Given the prevalence of the competitive benchmarking…

The impact of gender and ethnic diversity on REIT operating performance

Robert Hogan, Daniel Huerta

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between gender and ethnic diversity in managerial positions and Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) operating performance.

Interdisciplinary finance

Hamish D. Anderson, Yuk Ying Chang

Litigation risk and working capital

James Malm, Nilesh Sah

The purpose of this paper is to understand the association between litigation risk and working capital management.

Do market participants value earnings management? An analysis using the quantile regression method

Leon Li, Nen-Chen Richard Hwang

The purpose of this paper is to postulate that market participants’ views on the nature of discretionary accruals as earnings management or earnings manipulation could relate to a…

How financial literacy and demographic variables relate to behavioral biases

H. Kent Baker, Satish Kumar, Nisha Goyal, Vidhu Gaur

The purpose of this paper is to examine how financial literacy and demographic variables (gender, age, income level, education, occupation, marital status and investment…

System and neural network analysis of intent to buy and willingness to pay insurance premium

Sanjay Tolani, Ananth Rao, Genanew B. Worku, Mohamed Osman

The purpose of this paper is to analyze significant determinants to assess the probability of insureds’ intent to buy (ITB) insurance and willingness to pay (WTP) quantum of…