Managerial Finance: Volume 49 Issue 11

Does religiosity have a dark side? Evidence from board gender diversity

Xiaohu Guo, Lukai Yang

This research aims to investigate whether local religious norms influence corporate attitudes toward board gender diversity.

Impact of major stock markets on China's stock market

Robert M. Hull, Ashfaq Habib, Muhammad Asif Khan

The main purpose is to explore the impact of major stock markets on China's market where major markets are represented by former G8 nations (current G7 and Russia).

Dividend policy and corporate life cycle: a study of Indian companies

Ravinder Singh, C.P. Gupta, Pankaj Chaudhary

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between dividend policy and the life cycle of firms in India. In addition, this study intends to examine the variation…

Algorithms for better decision-making: a qualitative study exploring the landscape of robo-advisors in India

Indu Nain, Sruthi Rajan

This paper explores the current state of Robo-advisory services in India. This paper further highlights the problems experienced by the service providers in disseminating the…

Board characteristics and dividend payout decisions: evidence from Indonesian conventional and Islamic bank

Muhamad Umar Mai, Tjetjep Djuwarsa, Setiawan Setiawan

This study attempts to examine the relationship between board characteristics and dividend payout decisions of conventional and Islamic banks.

Board diversity and systematic risk: evidence from emerging markets

Victor Daniel-Vasconcelos, Vicente Lima Crisóstomo, Maisa de Souza Ribeiro

This study aims to investigate the association between board diversity and systematic risk. The theoretical framework used in this study is based on agency and resource…

Consumption and voluntary savings response to service tax

Sudip Gupta, Jayanta Kumar Seal

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of consumption tax on savings behavior especially on the people who are close to their retirement.

Impact of Bitcoin mining and crypto market determinants on Bitcoin-based energy consumption

Nishant Sapra, Imlak Shaikh

While Blockchain can serve us, Bitcoin threatens our survival. If Bitcoin is assumed to be a country, it will rank 38th globally for energy consumption. With 90.2 metric million…