...Lisa S. Anderson; L. Emily Hickman Purpose This paper examines whether CEO political orientation is associated with firms’ climate-related pledging behavior, with particular emphasis on the quality, scope and potential for greenwashing in greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments. Design...

...Mohammad Hashemi Joo; Yuka Nishikawa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between political perspectives and the adoption of financial technology (fintech) mortgage lending, a new type of mortgage lending facilitated by online platforms. Design/methodology/approach...

... the presidential administration’s political party and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy stance. It evaluates this return behavior across the 60-year time period from 1954 to 2013, and sub-divides this entire period into the pre-Medicare period (1954-1964), Medicare period (1965-1984), and Medicare-plus-high...

...Dr Scott Beyer, Dr Gerry Jensen and Dr Robert Johnson; Ahmed Jeribi; Mohamed Fakhfekh; Anis Jarboui Purpose – Previously elaborated research works, dealing with the political uncertainty effect on stock market, have been primarily concerned with such political events as terrorist attacks...

...Dr Scott Beyer, Dr Gerry Jensen and Dr Robert Johnson; Reza Houston; Stephen Ferris Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the value of corporate political connections resulting from the revolving door of employment between political office and the for-profit corporation. The authors...

...Christos Floros; Christos Floros Purpose The paper's aim is to examine the influence of the Greek political elections on the course of the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). Using daily data from the ASE General Price Index, it seeks to empirically examine the effect of political elections...

... without external enforcement, and in a similar manner many modern commentators in law and finance maintain that the state must play an active role for markets to function. In his study of emerging financial markets in post‐Soviet Russia, Timothy Frye (2000:2) argues that, “politics underpins social order...

...Daniel Sutter Outlines the theory of public choice (i.e. the equilibrium of a formal political model based on functions: not politicians) and identifies some reasons why US politicians may actually vote for rent seeking (“pork barrel”) projects. Suggests that they include the need for election...

... into economic, social, political/legal and cultural groups; and assesses their impact in both developing and industrially developed countries (IDCs). Finds that political, economic and social variables create more difficulties for IDCs, but that cultural factors affect both groups equally. Displays the results...