Abstract Manuscript Type Review Research Question/Issue We survey the literature on
corporate governance in banks in the US and international settings. We discuss how the …

We investigate the relation between national cultural values and bank risk. Despite the rigid
transnational regulatory oversight of systemic European banks, we find evidence of an …

This paper investigates how the digital transformation of firms affects their risk-taking in
China. By using a panel of Chinese listed companies from 2007 to 2020, we find that digital …

Corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) is vital for sustainable growth, while
the motivation of corporate ESG engagement could decide whether ESG participation is …

It is important for practitioners, policymakers, and scholars to understand how the adoption
of sustainability strategies and innovations influence firms' overall performance. Practitioners …

National culture has been shown to impact the way investors, firm managers, and other
financial market participants respond to crisis. To date, however, none has looked at the …

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on trading volume in stock markets around the
world. We document a large spike in trading volume in 37 international equity markets. The …

We present a systematic review of research conducted on culture in finance journals,
accompanied by bibliometric summary analysis. We summarize publication and citation …

Using a novel database of firm patents and board characteristics across 45 countries, we
examine both within-and cross-country determinants of board gender diversity and its …

While previous literature has paid much attention on the effects of trust as an informal
institution on economic growth and corporate behavior, it is unclear whether and how the …