Religion is widely regarded as a social force that shapes entrepreneurship and business
(EB) activity, behavior, and practice. However, a holistic review of religion and EB literature …

Using US listed firms during the period from 1971 to 2010, this paper investigates the effect
of religion on corporate cost behavior. We find that religion mitigates cost stickiness induced …

Using a sample of Chinese listed firms in polluting industries for the period of 2008–2010,
we empirically investigate whether and how Buddhism, China's most influential religion …

We document evidence that CEOs who lead firms that face higher climate change risk
(CCR) receive higher equity‐based compensation. Our finding is consistent with the …

Using a sample of 12,061 firm-year observations from the Chinese stock market for the
period of 2001–2011 and geographic-proximity-based Confucianism variables, this study …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate (CG) and Islamic
(IG) governance mechanisms on corporate earnings management (EM) behaviour in Oman …

Abstract In China, Buddhism and Taoism are two major religions. Using a sample of 10,363
firm-year observations from the Chinese stock market for the period of 2001–2010, I provide …

Firms headquartered in more corrupt US environments (states) provide higher payouts to
their shareholders. Our results are robust to, for example propensity score matching …

Using a sample of Chinese listed firms for the period of 2004–2010, this study examines the
impact of religion on corporate philanthropic giving. Based on hand-collected data of …

We study the relation between social trust and stock price crash risk using a sample of
Chinese publicly traded A-share stocks during 2001–2012. The crash-prone environment …