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Dance with wolves: firm-level political risk and mergers and acquisitions
While previous studies primarily use economy-wide indicators for political risk, Hassan et al. (Quart J Econ 134(4):2135–2202, 2019) propose that a...
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The effect of political institutions on the interplay between banking regulation and banks’ risk
This paper examines whether the influence of banking regulation on banks’ risk is channeled through the quality of political institutions. As banking...
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Firm-level political risk and corporate tax avoidance
This study investigates whether firm-level political risk increases managers’ propensity to avoid taxes. Using a measure of firm-level political risk...
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Does firm-level political risk affect cash holdings?
We investigate whether firm-level political risk affects corporate cash holdings. Taking a sample of 5424 US firms with 129,750 firm-quarter...
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The impact of political uncertainty on the cost of capital
We investigate the impact of political uncertainty on the relationship between foreign equity portfolio flow and the cost of capital. Using panel...
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Political uncertainty and corporate working capital in China
We examine how turnovers of provincial officials in China correspond to changes in corporate working capital. We find that during periods of turnover...
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Do political connections reduce earnings management?
This study examines whether political connections are associated with earnings management (both accrual-based and real) and whether the association...
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Business environment, political risk, governance, Shariah compliance and efficiency in insurance companies in the MENA region
Widespread political and economic changes over the past several decades have influenced MENA insurance firms’ business environment fundamentally....
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Does effect of risk and uncertainties on US sectoral returns differ across different investment horizons and market conditions
Our work investigates the effect of different financial, economic and political uncertainties on US sectoral returns spanning over the period January...
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Can credit default swaps exert an enduring monitoring influence on political integrity?
Exploiting the launch of U.S. state credit default swaps (CDS) to study how financial market monitoring affects local political integrity, we show...
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Prioritizing interdependent drivers of financial, economic, and political risks using a data-driven probabilistic approach
Financial, economic, and political risks pose a significant threat to the development and progress of countries as such risks can impact all spheres...
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Do institutions matter? Political economy of the enhancement of banking supervision
The aim of this study is to examine the degree to which a country’s institutional quality, such as the degree of central bank independence and the...
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Political, economic, and financial country risks and the volatility of the South African Exchange Traded Fund market: A GARCH-MIDAS approach
Despite the soaring popularity of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in South Africa, country risk may have a minimal or no effect on ETFs because ETF...
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Political landscape and liquidity of non-U.S. stocks from emerging markets
We investigate the empirical relation between country governance quality and stock market liquidity, as well as information asymmetry, using a sample...
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Risk Management Practices in Canada
Risk plays a significant part in getting a successful outcome in a construction project. It is an element that must be appropriately considered...
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What have we learned about political participation changing a financial centre’s competitiveness?
What role does polyarchy (and thus increased democracy) play in aiding the development of an international financial centre? Little research has...
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Risk Management and Banking Failures
The focus of this chapter is on the management of risks leading to banking failures. It examines regulatory responses to bank failures and highlights...
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Risk Management Practices in Qatar
Risk can be viewed as a crucial issue that must be addressed in all sectors. This chapter provided a broad overview of risks in Qatar and its...
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Risk Management Practices in Australia
Risks that have not been identified and handled pose an undeniable threat to the project’s objectives, potentially resulting in major cost and time...
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Enterprise Risk Management in Supply Chains
This chapter introduces risk management by reviewing some major risk events faced by businesses in the past. Unexpected consequences of human...