Managerial Finance: Volume 49 Issue 6

Pension discount rate, executive stock-based compensation and investor sentiment

Fang Sun, Xiangjing Wei

In this paper, the impact of stock-based compensation and further the joint effects of stock-based compensation and investor sentiment on pension discount rate choice is examined.

Green bonds for sustainability: current pathways and new avenues

Nikita Kedia, Mayank Joshipura

The study aims to consolidate knowledge, explore current dynamics, understand knowledge progression, identify primary research streams, present content analysis and provide future…

CEO confidence and firm performance: exploring the moderating role of board independence

Diksha Saini, Balwinder Singh

Based on Upper Echelon Theory, the present study is an endeavor to assess the relationship between Chief Executive Officer (CEO) confidence and the performance of a firm. This…

Mapping the intellectual structure and demystifying the research trend of cross listing: a bibliometric analysis

Shallu Batra, Mohit Saini, Mahender Yadav, Vaibhav Aggarwal

This study aims to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to determine the intellectual structure of cross-listing studies and suggests a road map for future research in…

Earnings management: Are men from Mars and women from Venus?

Sonal Kumar, Rahul Ravi

Research on gender and finance finds that women chief executive officers (CEOs) are relatively risk-averse and more ethical than their male counterparts. These differences are…

The wisdom of crowd, real option and game theory decisions: can they be used by clubs to improve their investment in football players?

Gracia Rubio Martín, Conrado M. Miguel García, Francisco José González Sánchez, Álvaro Féliz Navarrete

The aim of this work is to explain the final negotiated prices for some of the most famous transfers of football players over the last twelve years (2007–2018).

Size, conditional idiosyncratic risk and price momentum: an international study

Steve Fan, Linda Yu, Deborah Beyer, Scott Beyer

This paper jointly examines how firm size and idiosyncratic risk impact momentum returns.

Adoption of FinTech services amidst COVID-19 pandemic: empirical evidence from Assam

Ankita Das, Debabrata Das

The paper intends to comprehend the pattern of usage of FinTech services among bank customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper also examines the factors influencing the…