{"title":"Stock Market Efficiency in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence from Industry Stock Returns","authors":"Vaibhav Lalwani, V. Meshram","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v5i2.744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v5i2.744","url":null,"abstract":"Using industry portfolios as test assets and a battery of statistical tests, we study if the informational efficiency of stock prices has declined after the COVID-19 crisis began. The results suggest that the predictability of stock returns in some industries has increased during the COVID-19 period. Markets appear to have become less informationally efficient during the COVID-19 crisis. \u0000JEL Classification Code: C58, G01, G10, G14.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"127 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133907313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Volatility Modelling of Chinese Stock Market Monthly Return and Investor Sentiment Using Multivariate GARCH Models","authors":"H. Zeng","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v5i1.635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v5i1.635","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines the linkage and volatility spillover among Chinese Stock Market Monthly Return and Investor Sentiment, investigating the effect dynamic links of various investor sentiment indicators and Chinese stock market return volatility. Employing the DCC and BEKK GARCH, we find investor sentiment is to some extent linked to the yield fluctuations of the Chinese stock market, but the volatility spillover is relatively weak. In the test period (2005-2020), we observe that several indicators do not explain their linkage effects with CSI 300 index of return fluctuations and volatility spillovers well, with no indicators can reflect both of these effects. Most indicators are linkage with the CSI 300 index, especially consumer confidence index (CCI), new investor account openings last month (NIA) and the volume of transactions last month (TURN) have significant linkage effects with the CSI 300 index. We also find that only the CCI index has a one-way volatility spillover on the CSI 300 index, and the CSI 300 index has no volatility spillover on any indicator.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128179115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accounting Standards for Awaqf: A Review","authors":"Zakir Hossen Shaikh, A. Sarea, A. Khalid","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.424","url":null,"abstract":"The paper focuses on establishing accounting standards for the awqaf system in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its operation. Standardization could cut costs and reduce the risk of mismanagement so that services provided by awqaf strengthen development fundamentals. Thus, it is essential that Muslim countries adopt unified accounting standards to ensure accountability and transparency of various transactions related to awqaf. This will provide flexibility concerning allocations of awqaf endowments so that priority will be given to projects related to people’s basic needs. The proposed framework is designed based on the literature review to conceptualize the need of standardization of accounting for awqaf. The contribution of this paper is to add value to the literature of accounting for awqaf. \u0000JEL Classification: M41, E23.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122456432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Attitudes towards Islamic Banks: The Impact of Religiosity and the Moderating Role of Trust","authors":"Zaid Zaid","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.420","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of Muslim religiosity on attitudes towards Islamic Banks, considering the moderating role of public trust that exists towards these Islamic financial institutions. It identifies how trust towards Islamic banks in terms of their conformity with Shari’ah principles and their safe handling of deposits would affect common attitudes towards them. Data for the study was collected through questionnaires from 113 individuals participated in the survey. The data was analyzed through correlation and regression analysis. Results showed that religiosity (belief, practice, knowledge, experience and consequence) has positive impact on attitudes towards Islamic banks. It proved that the more a person is religion conscious the more he/she is inclined towards Islamic banks. Moreover, it was confirmed that trust has positive relationship with attitudes towards Islamic banks. However, results could not identify any significant moderating role of trust on the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards Islamic banks. Practical implications of the results and avenues for further investigation are discussed for future research.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127318141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influential Factors Responsible for Profitability: A Technical Study on Commercial Banks in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Akber","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.418","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores how many internal and external factors from 2007-2017 affect the competitiveness of commercial banks in Bangladesh. Many bank-specific variables are used to achieve the goals as internal factors, and macroeconomic variables are used as external factors. A sample of seven commercial banks will be used for this purpose. Return on equity is used as a proxy for profitability and capital adequacy, the size of asset quality banks, investment control, liquidity, resource structure, and economic indicators are used as proxies for the independent variable. The paper's overview findings show that asset structure, capital adequacy, and asset quality are the key factors in Bangladesh's profitability for the commercial bank. The paper's outcome indicates that if commercial banks are more worried about these factors, they could produce a better return on the competitive market.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116896204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forensic Accounting and Fraud Prevention in Nigerian Public Sector: A Conceptual Paper","authors":"S. Abdulrahman","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.389","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines forensic accounting and fraud prevention in Nigerian public sector by using some selected studies from within and outside Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to determine how does forensic accounting prevents fraud in Nigeria Public Sector and to determine whether forensic accounting prevents fraud in Nigeria Public Sector. To achieve the stated objectives of the study, data were collected from secondary source or Content Analysis. Based on the analysis, the study found that a significant positive influence exists between forensic accounting techniques and fraud prevention. The paper is of the opinion that more steps should be taken to ensure fraud prevention with the application of forensic accounting techniques. Moreover, an effective and thorough legal framework should be developed and be provided for effective enforcement of what the law say by government agencies that were saddled with such responsibility on behalf of the government.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133627230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Environmental and Social Cost on Performance of Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria","authors":"Ngozi G. Iheduru, I. Chukwuma","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.378","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the effect of environmental and social costs on performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The objectives of this study are to examine the relationship between environmental and social costs and performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The data for the study were collected from annual reports and accounts of fourteen (14) randomly selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria. The data were analyzed using multiple regression models. The key findings of the study shows that there is significant negative relationship between Environmental and social costs and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) and Earnings per share (EPS) and a significant positive relationship between environmental and social costs and Net Profit Margin (NPM) and Dividend per Share (DPS). Based on this it was recommended that government should give tax credit to organizations that comply with its environmental laws in order to reduce their environmental costs and that environmental reporting should be made compulsory in Nigeria so as to improve the performance of organizations and the nation as a whole.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127023948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan Peter Teru, Innocent Felix Idoko, Lukman Bello
{"title":"The Impact of E - Accounting in Modern Businesses","authors":"Susan Peter Teru, Innocent Felix Idoko, Lukman Bello","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i2.355","url":null,"abstract":"There has been constant growth and development in information technology which had brought the digital revolution in our daily economic, social and cultural fields. This technological development changed the methods and ways of carrying out tasks within the scope of accounting transactions and activities through the use of electronic media. One of the digital applications produced on this issue is E- accounting. E- accounting is a new development in the field of accounting adopted at the international level. E- accounting stands for electronic accounting with the characteristics of high speed, accuracy and with an immediate result. Accordingly, source documents and accounting records exist in a digital form instead of on paper in an electronic accounting system. It helps businesses keep their financial data and accounting software in a safe, secure environment allowing real-time access to authorized users irrespective of their location or computing platforms. This paper sheds light on the impact of e-accounting in the modern business, the concept of E- accounting, benefits, and problems of e- accounting. The main source of data used for this paper is the secondary data from the review of related literature basically to create a theoretical background for the study. It was found from the studies that many organizations fail in the business, not because of poor quality of material, not the availability of trained staff, management problems, but the main reason is the accounting practices adopted by the businesses. Therefore, there is a need for businesses to adopt e -accounting practices as a replacement for traditional practices.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134493867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Commercial Banks' Lending Behavior in Nepal","authors":"B. Bhattarai","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i1.338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i1.338","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this study was to establish the determinants of lending operations among commercial banks in Nepal. Specifically, the study sought to explore the effect of bank specific characteristics and to identify external factors that determine commercial banks’ lending behavior in Nepal. Secondary panel data was used that covered a period of six years (2012/13-2017/18) of the major ten commercial banks to examine factors associated with lending behavior of in Nepal. From the estimation results, it was found that liquidity ratio, interest rate spread and exchange rate were significant in determining lending behavior in Nepal’s commercial banks. The positive effect of exchange rate infers that commercial banks in Nepal have sufficient insights into the international market and trade and that they are prepared to meet short-term and long-term commitments. Inflation maintained by the central economic policy has a positive and significant influence on lending volumes among commercial banks in Nepal. Likewise, the findings showed interest rate spread negatively and significantly on total loans advanced to individual and institutions. This implies that as the cost of borrowing increases, banks significantly increase credit supply in the market. However, there seems a greater deal of reluctance from among the borrowers to get more credit in such situations. During periods of economic stagnation, majority of loans become non-performing and thus constraining credit available to private sector.","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126393463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does the Interest Rate Form Business Cycle?","authors":"B. Bidabad, Abul Hassan","doi":"10.46281/ijafr.v4i1.281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46281/ijafr.v4i1.281","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic structural behavior of depositor, bank and borrower and the role of banks in forming business cycle are investigated. We test the hypothesis that does banks behavior make oscillations in the economy through the interest rate. By dichotomizing banking activities into two markets of deposit and loan, we show that these two markets have non-synchronized structures, and this is why the money sector fluctuation starts. As a result, the fluctuation is transmitted to the real economy through saving and investment functions. Empirical results assert that in the USA, the banking system creates fluctuations in the money sector and real economy as well through short-term interest rates","PeriodicalId":358779,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114056058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}