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Microfinance Institutions Fostering Sustainable Development by Region
(MDPI, 2020)
In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to microfinance as a relevant
participant in the formal financial system, whose target audience is people who are otherwise at
risk of financial exclusion. In ...
Do board characteristics drive firm performance? An international perspective
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2019-02)
The aim of our research is to analyze how board characteristics influence firm performance.
In this paper, we specifically examine how board size, board independence, CEO duality,
female directors and board compensation ...
Ethical strategy focus and mutual fund management: Performance and persistence
(Elsevier, 2019-03)
The aim of this study is to analyze whether managers, practitioners and individual investors could obtain higher risk-adjusted returns by allocating their investments to funds that integrate specific levels of socially ...
The influence of intraday seasonality on volatility transmission patterns
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Using data on a five-minute interval basis, this article analyses the effects of intraday
seasonality on volatility transmission between the spot and futures markets of the
CAC40, DAX30 and FTSE100. Remarkable differences ...
Las agencias de calificación de la sostenibilidad, impulsoras de la inversión socialmente responsable
(Universidad de Deusto, 2018)
El conjunto de actores de los mercados financieros a nivel mundial están demandando
de forma creciente que la información financiera de las empresas se vea integrada con
información de carácter ambiental, social y de ...
Risk Disclosure and Cost of Equity: ABayesian Approach
(Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, 2020)
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la relación entre la divulgación de información sobre riesgo y el coste de capital de los recursos propios de empresas que cotizan en el mercado de capitales español. Este estudio ...
An international approach of the relationship between board attributes and the disclosure of corporate social responsibility issues
(Wiley, 2018)
Firms interested in being perceived by all stakeholders and society as drivers of corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, especially regarding CSR reporting, should have boards of directors that defend not only ...
The impact of women’s leadership in local governments: the case of Spain
(Routledge, 2021-03-26)
The main objective of this article is to analyze whether the gender of the mayor and the municipal council members affects compliance with the principles of budgetary stability and financial sustainability established in ...