Journal of Risk Finance: Volume 12 Issue 3

Corporate social responsibility and organizational effectiveness of insurance companies in Nigeria

Folake Olowokudejo, S.A. Aduloju, S.A. Oke

The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical and empirical relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and some dimensions of organizational effectiveness…

Brokers' incentives and conflicts of interest in the control of opportunism

Tajudeen Olalekan Yusuf

The purpose of this paper is to examine brokers' financial incentives in the Nigerian insurance market and how they balance conflict of interest which their role engenders. The…

The demand for micro insurance in Ghana

Oscar Joseph Akotey, Kofi A. Osei, Albert Gemegah

The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors which influence the demand for micro‐insurance services among the informal sector workers of Ghana who are quite vulnerable to…

Beta risk estimation of companies listed on the Ghana stock exchange

Gordon Newlove Asamoah, Anthony Quartey‐Papafio

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the Beta Risk Coefficient of 32 listed companies (shares), which are included in the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE All Share Index).

Predicting Tunisian mutual fund performance using dynamic panel data model

Samira Ben Belgacem, Slaheddine Hellara

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ability of well known fund characteristics such as the recent past performance, fund size, management fees, fund age, net asset value…

The determinants of capital structure of Palestine‐listed companies

Faris M. Abu Mouamer

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between capital structure and debt lifetime among listed companies in Palestine stock market.

Let there be tax risk: currencies, interest rates, and tax rates