Corporate finance,industrial organization,and organizational economics

In the last 35 years, research at the intersection of corporate finance, industrial organization, and organizational economics has grown substantially. This paper reviews work that combines elements from these fields of finance and economics, with an emphasis on recent developments. I discuss how product market competition, customer-supplier relations, firms’ organizational form, and ownership structures interact with firms’ financial policies. I also overview new developments in the literature from a special issue of the Journal of Corporate Finance.     

Ranking Journals Using Social Science Research Network Downloads

I use a new approach to rank journals, namely the number and percent frequency of articles a journal publishes that are heavily downloaded from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). I rank 18 accounting and finance journals, and I identify five journals not considered by the two most recent major published ranking studies of publications by accounting faculty, namely (in rank order): Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting. I show that financial accounting faculties are more likely to post their working papers to SSRN, and papers posted by financial faculties generate more downloads. I mitigate this bias in favor of the financial area by providing separate rankings based on authors in the financial versus non-financial areas.     

国外行为公司金融理论的发展及述评

行为公司金融突破了传统公司金融理论的理性框架和研究范式,注重对参与人的心理和实际行为进行分析,使它的假设更加贴近资本市场的现实,从一种全新的视角来研究外部市场的无效性和内部管理层的非理性对公司的融资、投资及股利政策等各方面的影响。本文对行为公司金融方面的研究文献进行了回顾,综述其主要理论、已经取得的成就,并对行为金融在我国的应用做了展望。     

Introduction to recent research topics in banking and finance

This note introduces a set of papers that have been presented to the third International Symposium on Computational Economics and Finance (ISCEF), organized in Paris on April 10–12, 2014, focusing on topics in banking and financial markets. This selection of papers emphasizes the role of the development of research in quantitative finance that benefited from the progress in econometric modeling and the availability of high frequency data. These studies carried in the context of the global financial crisis provide different interesting findings enabling to better understand financial market dynamics and banking sectors. We briefly analyze in this note their methodologies and discuss their empirical findings.     

Fifty years of finance research in the Asia Pacific Basin

In this paper, we review the history of scholarly finance research in the Asia Pacific Basin. We do this by analysing the four leading regional finance journals – Accounting and Finance, Australian Journal of Management, International Review of Finance and the Pacific‐Basin Finance Journal – along five dimensions. The five dimensions are the most cited papers, noted authors, impact in terms of practice, research areas and a breakdown in terms of the development of the field according to Kuhnian concepts of normal science, anomalies and extraordinary science. We show that the Asia Pacific journals make a crucial contribution to research and practice both in the region and internationally.     

Behavioural Finance: A Review and Synthesis

I provide a synthesis of the Behavioural finance literature over the past two decades. I review the literature in three parts, namely, (i) empirical and theoretical analyses of patterns in the cross‐section of average stock returns, (ii) studies on trading activity, and (iii) research in corporate finance. Behavioural finance is an exciting new field because it presents a number of normative implications for both individual investors and CEOs. The papers reviewed here allow us to learn more about these specific implications.     

2000~2009年《财经理论与实践》学术轨迹及被引定量研究

运用词频统计及共现方法分析了2000~2009年国内学术期刊《财经理论与实践》所发表的2000余篇论文的所有关键词及被引情况,得出该刊近10年的学术轨迹情况、被相关期刊的引用情况、高影响力作者及高影响力论文的情况。研究结果反映了国内金融学研究领域的现状、特征及动向。     

Using CFO Surveys as a Motivational Tool to Teach Corporate Finance

This article is based on the keynote address from the Eastern Finance Association meeting in South Beach in April 2010. In this keynote address, I discuss how to engage and motivate students by using the results from surveys of corporate finance professionals. Specific examples are given to motivate capital structure, capital budgeting, and payout. Actual job interview questions can also be used as a motivational tool to teach finance.     

EFA Keynote Speech: “Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: What Do Investors Care about? What Should Investors Care about?”

This article is the keynote address from the Eastern Finance Association meeting in New Orleans in March 2007 with updated references and examples. In this keynote address, I discuss what we can learn about institutional investors' views on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility from research and surveys.     

Applications of high-frequency data in finance: A bibliometric literature review

This study aims to provide a bibliometric literature review (BLR) on the applications of high-frequency data in finance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first BLR on this topic. It aims to map the evolution of the literature, identifying the leading sources of knowledge in terms of the most influential journals, articles, and authors. It also provides a chronological development of the conceptual and intellectual structures of the networks in this topical research area. Using the Scopus database, the study identifies 2920 articles on the application of high-frequency intraday data in finance. These had been published in 393 journals during the period from 1977 to 2019. A thorough content analysis of the 100 most influential papers (ranked based on average citations per year) is also provided concerning research attributes in terms of datasets, asset classes, country of analysis and the major themes and sub-themes of these papers. The Journal of Banking and Finance is the leading journal in terms of the number of publications, whereas the Journal of Finance is the leading journal in terms of citations received on this topic. Tim Bollerslev is the leading author in this area in terms of the total number of publications (36), total citations (7241) and h-index (30). The most cited article in terms of total citations and average citations per year is Andersen, Bollerslev, Diebold, and Labys (2003) titled “Modeling and forecasting realized volatility”, which has appeared in Econometrica. The majority of the top 100 surveyed papers are empirical (66%). Volatility modeling as a major theme is the front runner with 29% of the surveyed papers. The theme “Volatility modeling” has most often been studied with Realized Volatility. The Trade and Quote (TAQ) database and 5-minute interval data appear to be the most favored choices in terms of data usage in high-frequency finance research. 56% of the surveyed papers have used the data on stocks, with NYSE stocks being the most popular, while US financial markets are the most commonly studied markets (65%).     

基于行为公司财务的上市公司异常财务政策分析

上市公司进行财务决策时表现出许多异常行为,传统公司财务理论往往对此无法做出圆满解释。本文基于新崛起的行为公司财务理论,从一个新的视角进行了分析,结果发现：资本市场上投资者的非理性行为以及企业管理者自身的非理性行为都会导致企业财务政策的扭曲。     

基于文献综述的互联网金融发展研究

作为现代信息技术与金融结合的新型金融业态,互联网金融以其在国内外的迅猛发展和对传统金融业带来的巨大冲击而受到学术界的广泛关注和研究。本文对互联网金融的已有研究成果进行述评。通过探讨互联网金融的内涵,分析其包括信息化与虚拟化、高效性与经济性、金融服务一体化、直接性与普惠性、风险性在内的五个特征,重点评析网络支付结算、网络融资、网络货币、网络投资理财等四个互联网金融模式种类,探究其对传统金融业带来的挑战,归纳其存在的风险特征并总结防范风险的对策建议。最后,预测与展望互联网金融的发展趋势及未来理论研究演进。     

The Ultimate Irrelevance Proposition in Finance?

I survey 457 published papers in top finance journals across two decades to assess whether these papers misuse tests of significance. More than 80% of published studies are diligent about distinguishing between statistical and economic significance and quantifying and interpreting the economic magnitudes of the statistical relationships they measure. Yet, only 10% of these acknowledge limits to the power of their tests and even fewer do anything about them. Recent demographic trends in publishing, such as larger co‐author teams and increased participation by non‐North American scholars, women, and those outside the top finance departments are not associated with these outcomes.     

财务学科定位与发展研究——基于会计学科定位的思考

本文试图解决财务学科定位与发展这一财务学科建设的基本问题。文章通过将会计学科定位与财务学科定位相关研究的方法,分别从财务学与会计学的本质、内涵、范畴等基本理论研究出发,为财务学科与会计学科定位奠定理论基础;然后针对我国目前财务学科与会计学科归属存在的问题,提出了将会计学科作为与经济学和管理学并列的学科门类,扩大财务学科范畴,将财务学科作为管理学门类中的一级学科的观点。     

Intelligent Systems in Accounting,Finance and Management: ISI journal and proceeding citations,and research issues from most‐cited papers

This paper analyses the citations from Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management that have occurred in ISI's Web of Knowledge in February 2010. I found roughly 1000 citations to the journal under 10 different journal name abbreviations, with roughly 25% of the citations occurring during 2008–2009, associated with 27 of the more frequently cited papers. Using that citation data, the H‐index and the 40 (42 with ties) most‐cited papers are presented. I found that ISI's new proceedings data appear to have a different citation pattern than ISI's journal citation data, resulting in citations to more sources, but fewer citations per source. I also examine the research methodologies and applications of the most‐cited papers in an attempt to determine what areas have been cited most and where there are potential gaps in the research. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finance,growth, and stability: Lessons from the crisis

This article introduces a special issue on lessons from the recent crisis on finance, growth, and stability. The papers in the special issue discuss (i) the benefits and risks of financial innovation and regulatory responses to these risks, (ii) the effect of finance and globalization on the real economy, and (iii) the role of government in providing credit guarantees. This introductory article provides a broader view on these issues and closes with ideas on the future research agenda in this field.     

What Is Real Estate Finance?

The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics - How does real estate finance relate to the core of contemporary finance? What research in real estate might most interest financial economists?...     

Sustainable finance and blockchain: A systematic review and research agenda

Sustainable finance and blockchain studies have garnered considerable interest recently. but there has been no systematic analysis of blockchain in sustainable finance to far. To fill this gap, based on the theme structure of blockchain research in the field of renewable finance from November 1, 2008 to January 31, 2022, this paper proposes a multi-level and all-round comprehensive bibliometric method (Co-occurrence Analysis method, Natural Language Processing method, and Exploratory Factor Analysis method) to comprehend the mode, process, and mechanism of the integration of them. The findings indicate that: (1) Blockchain has been widely used in many industries involved in sustainable finance; (2) Blockchain will have a long-term impact on Sustainable Finance in the fields of smart city and sharing economy; (3) Blockchain can be deeply integrated with other technologies to promote the diversified development of sustainable finance. Additionally, we highlight trends and research directions regarding blockchain in sustainable finance research.     

Indigenous sustainable finance as a research field: A systematic literature review on indigenising ESG,sustainability and indigenous community practices

Sustainable finance research has come into its own as an established area in the finance literature. The increased awareness of sustainability and global concerns around environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, particularly among institutional investors, has catalysed a shift towards greater research and publications in this area. Accompanying this is the emerging body of work being produced on indigenous investments and indigenous community practices. These nascent strands of literature tell a story of the shift that is taking place within the finance field. To chart this shift and create a harmonised view of these bodies of work, this paper conducts a systematic literature review of the significant nexus between sustainable investments and indigenous approaches to sustainability. We present a framework for conceptualising and characterising the various stands of literature and, in so doing, make the case for Indigenous Sustainable Finance (ISF) as a distinct disciplinary field. This paper argues that ISF is distinct from mainstream sustainable finance and other social and management sciences and constitutes a legitimate, well-defined sub-field of research in its own right.     

Coauthorship and subauthorship patterns in financial economics

Acknowledgments are a special kind of intellectual partnership. Acknowledged scientists in published papers are called subauthors. We examine collaboration patterns between authors and subauthors in four finance journals from 1994 to 2013: the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. We employ social network analysis and discover that the majority of subauthors form a compact giant component with small average distances between the nodes. Moreover, the subauthorship network in finance has a non-overlapping structure, exhibiting low clustering coefficients and a plethora of cohesive groups of nodes.