The present study empirically analyses the association between board of directors'
composition and capital structure. Particularly, the fraction of independent directors on the …

In this paper, we examine the role of national culture in corporate takeover decisions, by
arguing that managerial risk tolerance (a combination of risk aversion and risk perception) …

This article presents a partial survey of the literature of the burgeoning area of cultural
finance with a view of how respective investigations and results are explicitly or implicitly …

In this study, we try to establish what determines the substantial differences in the Nordic
countries' size and composition of socially responsible investing (SRI). We investigate if …

This paper examines the effect of national culture on adult financial literacy levels in 12
countries. Contrary to earlier financial literacy studies, our results are directly comparable …

This paper tests the relationship between financial development, quality of institutions and
poverty. To this end, we reviewed the literature and selected indicators of poverty, financial …

This unique study examines the moderation effect of institutional quality (IQ) on the
relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and financial development (FD) of 45 …

This research is the first comparative attempt incorporating the role of economic,
demographic, sectoral contribution, government and trade in explaining financial …

We hypothesize that if the cultural characteristics of a region are important, then firms
located in Protestant-and Catholic-majority counties within the US will have different attitude …

We investigate the effect of culture on corporate governance using the extraordinary
opportunity that the corporate landscape of Switzerland provides. Within a single institutional …