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Pastures Green: Corporate Investments in Green Skills and Toxic Chemical Releases (2025)
Journal Article
Hagendorff, J., Nguyen, D. D., & Sila, V. (online). Pastures Green: Corporate Investments in Green Skills and Toxic Chemical Releases. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12909

Firms face pressure to improve their environmental performance. However, in addition to making substantive investments that enhance environmental outcomes, firms may also engage in investments that are green but mostly symbolic and not effective in i... Read More about Pastures Green: Corporate Investments in Green Skills and Toxic Chemical Releases.

CEO power and firm decarbonisation efforts (2025)
Journal Article
Kwabi, F., Adamolekun, G., & Kyiu, A. (2025). CEO power and firm decarbonisation efforts. International Review of Financial Analysis, 101, Article 104044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104044

Using a global sample of 899 firms from 26 countries for the period 2000 to 2021, this study investigates the effect of CEO power on firms' decarbonisation efforts. We find that firms with higher levels of CEO power are associated with lower carbon e... Read More about CEO power and firm decarbonisation efforts.

Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurial/SME Finance: Regulatory Framework for Financial Inclusion (2025)
Journal Article
Ahmed, H. (in press). Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurial/SME Finance: Regulatory Framework for Financial Inclusion. Journal of Banking Regulation,

Crowdfunding is considered an efficient alternative to traditional sources of finance that can enhance financial inclusion and reduce financing gaps faced by entrepreneurial firms and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The growth of crowdfunding pl... Read More about Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurial/SME Finance: Regulatory Framework for Financial Inclusion.

Born to Behave: Home CEOs and Financial Misconduct (2025)
Journal Article
Lei, Z., Petmezas, D., Rau, P. R., & Yang, C. (online). Born to Behave: Home CEOs and Financial Misconduct. Review of Accounting Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-025-09870-y

We examine the association between CEO birthplace proximity and financial misconduct. We find that CEOs managing firms near their birthplaces ("home CEOs") are associated with lower levels of financial misconduct compared to non-home CEOs. This assoc... Read More about Born to Behave: Home CEOs and Financial Misconduct.

Islamic Moral Economy: Bringing Back Substantive Morality to Humanise Islamic Finance (2025)
Journal Article
Asutay, M. (2025). Islamic Moral Economy: Bringing Back Substantive Morality to Humanise Islamic Finance. Global Policy, 16(S1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13487

The theoretical foundation of Islamic finance is constituted by the Islamic moral political economy, which aims to provide resource accessibility within the permissibility of Islam to all stakeholders. The complementarity and unitarity nature of the... Read More about Islamic Moral Economy: Bringing Back Substantive Morality to Humanise Islamic Finance.

Overcoming the Invisible Ceiling for the Empowerment of Refugees and Immigrants Through Islamic Finance (2025)
Journal Article
Asutay, M., Avdukic, A., & Tobin, S. A. (2025). Overcoming the Invisible Ceiling for the Empowerment of Refugees and Immigrants Through Islamic Finance. Global Policy, 16(S1), 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13486

The 21st century has been marked by continuous political, economic and financial crises on a global, regional and national scale, leading to an unprecedented movement of people in the form of refugees and immigrants. The global refugee crisis has rea... Read More about Overcoming the Invisible Ceiling for the Empowerment of Refugees and Immigrants Through Islamic Finance.

Local boy does good: The effect of CSR activities on firm value (2025)
Journal Article
Lei, Z., Petmezas, D., Rau, P. R., & Yang, C. (2025). Local boy does good: The effect of CSR activities on firm value. Journal of Banking and Finance, 173, Article 107398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2025.107398

We examine the relation between home CEOs and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Our analysis shows home CEOs are associated with higher CSR engagement and increased firm value. These firms exhibit higher asset turnover, lower cost of equity, imp... Read More about Local boy does good: The effect of CSR activities on firm value.

Corporate Hiring under Uncertainty (2025)
Journal Article
Nguyen, L., & Sila, V. (in press). Corporate Hiring under Uncertainty. The Review of Corporate Finance Studies,

Using granular data on job postings and employee flows, we examine how firms adjust human capital investments during periods of uncertainty brought on by gubernatorial elections. We find
that firms reduce job postings in the six months leading up to... Read More about Corporate Hiring under Uncertainty.