Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science: Volume 29 Issue 57 , Open Access

Editorial: 57th issue of the Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science

Luis Chavez-Bedoya

Impact of competition and concentration on bank income smoothing in Central and Eastern European countries

Albulena Shala, Peterson K. Ozili, Skender Ahmeti

This study examines the impact of competition and concentration on bank income smoothing in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Spillovers between cryptocurrencies, gold and stock markets: implication for hedging strategies and portfolio diversification under the COVID-19 pandemic

Ahlem Lamine, Ahmed Jeribi, Tarek Fakhfakh

This study analyzes the static and dynamic risk spillover between US/Chinese stock markets, cryptocurrencies and gold using daily data from August 24, 2018, to January 29, 2021…

Do credit risks deter FDI? Empirical evidence from the SAARC countries

Md Badrul Alam, Muhammad Tahir, Norulazidah Omar Ali

This paper makes a novel attempt to estimate the potential impact of credit risk on foreign direct investment (FDI hereafter), thereby focusing on a completely unexplored area in…

Impact of private and public initiatives on individuals' employment and income during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from Peru

Samuel Arturo Mongrut, Vivian Cruz, Daniela Pacussich

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of private and public initiatives (financial literacy, entrepreneurship, remote work and government aid) on individual job…

The specific factors of heterogeneity characterizing investors' beliefs

Hajer Chenini, Anis Jarboui

A separate study of the different behavioral biases does not allow for a full understanding of the complexity and stability of the heterogeneity of beliefs. Therefore, through a…

Foreign direct investment and local interpretable model-agnostic explanations: a rational framework for FDI decision making

Devesh Singh

This study aims to examine foreign direct investment (FDI) factors and develops a rational framework for FDI inflow in Western European countries such as France, Germany, the…

The relationship between goodwill and capital structure and the moderating effect of financial market development

Oli Ahad Thakur, Matemilola Bolaji Tunde, Bany-Ariffin Amin Noordin, Md. Kausar Alam, Muhammad Agung Prabowo

This study empirically investigates the relationship between goodwill assets and capital structure (i.e. debt ratio) of firms and the moderating effect of financial market…

Exploring the importance of the perceived value of port users: evidence from the public port system in Ecuador

José Antonio Pedraza-Rodríguez, Martha Yadira García-Briones, César Mora-Márquez

This article aims to explore the concept of chain value of the public port system in Ecuador from the perspective of importing/exporting companies, analyzing how perceived value…

The relationship between dividend policy and earnings management: a causality analysis

Olfa Ben Salah, Anis Jarboui

The objective of this paper is to investigate the direction of the causal relationship between dividend policy (DP) and earnings management (EM).

The impact of relationship marketing practices on companies’ market and financial performance in emerging markets

Vera Rebiazina, Elena Sharko, Svetlana Berezka

The paper aims to reveal the impact of relationship marketing (RM) practices adopted by companies in emerging markets on their market and financial performance (FP) over a…