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Unveiling dynamics: Financial performance determinants in the Ghanaian insurance industry 揭示动态：加纳保险业财务业绩的决定因素

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101935

Ezekiel Kofi Opoku , Edward Marfo-Yiadom , Mariya Gubareva , José Zorro Mendes

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Institutional blockholder monitoring and stock price crash risk 机构大股东监控与股价暴跌风险

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101933

Chune Young Chung , Pham Thi Ngoc Dung , Chang Liu

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Employee stock ownership plan as a measure of covering up corporate fraud: Evidence from China 员工持股计划是掩盖公司欺诈行为的一种措施：来自中国的证据

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101934

Ben Ma , Yong Qiu

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Asymmetric nexus between shadow economy and financial instability: Does institutional quality matter? 影子经济与金融不稳定之间的不对称关系：机构质量是否重要？

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101932

Faisal Faisal , Suresh Ramakrishnan , Sami Ur Rahman , Adnan Ali , Hamid Ghazi H Sulimany

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Vulnerable options with regime switching and stochastic liquidity 制度转换和随机流动性下的脆弱期权

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101930

Xin-Jiang He , Puneet Pasricha , Tuantuan Lu , Sha Lin

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The value of international standards certification: Evidence on export and firm performance from a security enforcement on borders 国际标准认证的价值：边境安全执法对出口和公司业绩的影响

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101926

Shu-Ching Chou, Yen-Hui Kuo, Yu-Hsiu Cheng

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Intraday analyses on weather-induced sentiment and stock market behavior 对天气引发的情绪和股市行为进行日内分析

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Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101929

Sangik Seok , Hoon Cho , Doojin Ryu

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Natural gas volatility prediction via a novel combination of GARCH-MIDAS and one-class SVM 通过 GARCH-MIDAS 和单类 SVM 的新型组合预测天然气波动率

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-09-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101927

Lu Wang , Xing Wang , Chao Liang

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Debtholder responses to controlling shareholders’ share pledging 债务人对控股股东股权质押的反应

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-09-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101928

Xiaohui Hou, Xiaonan Lu

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Rigidity in public contracts: Implications for renewal dynamics 公共合同的刚性：对续约动态的影响

IF 2.9 3区经济学

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance Pub Date : 2024-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.101924

Marian W. Moszoro , Stéphane Saussier , Jean Beuve

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